PREDICTION CONCERNING THE DEATH OF HIS LATE MAJESTY KING EDWARD.
According to Mr. Arthur Mee, Cardiff, in the “Western Mail,” May, 1910, astrologers who make a study of national forecasts, had predicted the death of the late King.
SIR RHYS AP THOMAS CONSULTING A WIZARD CONCERNING KING HENRY VII.
When the Earl of Richmond (afterwards Henry VII.) was about to land in Wales from France on his way to Bosworth, Sir Rhys Ap Thomas, consulted a well-known wizard and prophet, who dwelt at Dale, as to whether the Earl would be successful to dethrone Richard III. After much hesitation, and at the urgent demand of Sir Rhys, the Conjurer on the next day prophesied in rhyme as follows:—
“Full well I wend, that in the end
Richmond, sprung from British race.
From out this land the boare shall chase.”
The “Boare” meant Richard III. See “Life of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas,” by M. E. James, page 49.