A black almanack or Predictions and astronimonicall observations foreshewing what will happen to the king of Scots this present year, from the aspect and conjunction of the planets on the day and hour of his coronation the first of January 1651. Also some calculations concerning many bloudy fights between the English and Scots and the various success thereof. With a bloudy contention between the buff-coat, the long coat, and the black-coat, and the issne [sic] thereof. Licensed according to order.

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A black almanack or Predictions and astronimonicall observations foreshewing what will happen to the king of Scots this present year, from the aspect and conjunction of the planets on the day and hour of his coronation the first of January 1651. Also some calculations concerning many bloudy fights between the English and Scots and the various success thereof. With a bloudy contention between the buff-coat, the long coat, and the black-coat, and the issne [sic] thereof. Licensed according to order.
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London :: Printed by J. Clowes,
1651.
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Charles -- II, -- King of England, 1630-1685 -- Early works to 1800.
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Predictive astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
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"A black almanack or Predictions and astronimonicall observations foreshewing what will happen to the king of Scots this present year, from the aspect and conjunction of the planets on the day and hour of his coronation the first of January 1651. Also some calculations concerning many bloudy fights between the English and Scots and the various success thereof. With a bloudy contention between the buff-coat, the long coat, and the black-coat, and the issne [sic] thereof. Licensed according to order." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76774.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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To deliver the Stone, a Medicine that never fails.

TAke the roots of red Nettles, and wash them clean in many waters, and then bray

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them small, and lay them in red Wine twelve hours; then give else sick thereof to drink six spoonfuls of the liquor and let him rest on a bed 3 hours; and then give him twelue spoon∣fuls, and 3 hours after give him twenty spoon∣fuls, and anon he shall make water and deliver the Stone. Or take white Thorn buds in May and distyl them, and take a pinte of the same water, and half a pinte of Malmsey, and boyl it a little at the fire, (but if you put in a little Honey withal it will be the better) and then drink it to bed-ward: Proved by Master GAGE.

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