Was petrified in twelve months’ space;
Then taken down, brought to the inn,
Where “Mother Shipton’s” sign is seen—
(Herself, the dear old lady’s drawn
In antique mantle, hood, and gown,)—
On which is writ, as trav’lers see,
The following lines of poetry—
“Near to this petrifying well,
I first drew breath, as records tell.”
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