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.

Medicines for the Stone.

A Medicine for the Stone, tryed by Master Hide of Narbury.

TAke four handfuls of Prosper, six handful of Parsley, and Parsley-roots, two handful of Grommel, or for want of that, some Grommel-seed, the quantity of an Egg-shel full; two handful of Philipendula, three handful of Be∣tony, four handful Mousear, one handful Cen∣tuary with Mast, begotten between the two Lady-days; two handful of Cherry-stones, three handful of Brierheps, threescore inner-skins of Pigeons gissarens; let them be washed and hanged upon a thred till they be dry, so as they may be knocked to powder, as also the Heps, and Cherry-stones must be dryed in an Oven or before the fire the other herbs in the Summer, the Heps, Cherry-stones, and Gis∣sarens must be knocked to powder every one

severally by themselves, the other herbs must be rubbed to powder, then blend them altoge∣ther, and sift them through a fine sive; and take every morning and evening a quantity of half a Nutmeg of the same powder, and put it in a spoon, and blend a little Beer or Ale, and sup it, and drink after it; and use this till you find ease.

An excellent Medicine for them that have the Stone

THere grows in the Gall of some Oxen a certain yellow stone somtimes in bigness of a Walnut, somwhat long and brittle; if you take that Stone and make it to powder, and eat of it in your pottage the weight of a scruple or more at a time, according to your strength, it is a singular thing for them that cannot make water, and for stopping of the Conduits.

For the Stone and Strangullion.

TAke a handful of Chickweed and as much fresh Butter as a Walnut, and half so much black soap, and stamp them altogether in a morter, and then fry them, and lay them plaisterwise to thy Navel, and this will make

thee void the Stone without any pain. And for the Strangullion, take the bone that is in the pistle of a Weasel, and dry it and make powder thereof and use to drink it with Ale or Beer, and be whole.

For the Stone, that never faileth.

TAke Barley Malt, and pick it very clean, and then grind it and make thereof good Wort, and put into the said Wort a good quan∣tity of Cherry stone kernels, and Gum that groweth on Cherry trees, and boyl the Wort and the Gum together, until half the Wort be consumed, then strain it, and put it in a fair Vessel, and use to drink thereof morning and evening, and be whole on warrant.

Another for the same.

TAke the Urine of a Boar, and give it the pa∣tient to drink, and it shall drive out the Stone wheresoever it be. This medicine did a Lady use for the best medicine that ever she knew.

Another for the same.

TAke the blood of a Fox, and anosnt the side that is sore, and the Stone will break to powder, and go away if you use it. Or take the blood of a Fox with white Wine, and it will break the stone hastily.

To break the Stone in the Bladder.

TAke a great Flint stone, and lay it in the fire until it be as hot as fire, and then put it in∣to stale Ale, and drink thereof at evening and at morning, and it will break.

A soveraine Medicine for the Stone.

TAke the blood of a Fox, and anoint thy Yard therewith, and this will break the Stone in the Bladder; and to try the goodness thereof, put some small stone into the Fox bloud, and it will break it. Or take a great root of Radish, and pare him, and cut him in∣to fifty round pieces, and put them into a dish, and put thereto honey enough, and let it stand all night; and on the morrow eat nine pieces, and the next day eight, and then seven, and so abating one every day till all be eaten; and this will break the Stone.

A proved Medicine for the Stone.

TAke true black Jet, and beat it to powder, and searse it, then take Bees (stings and all) and dry them in an Oven, and make powder thereof, and drink it and the Jet together; and if you put the seed of Burrows made into pow∣der to it, it will be the better: And for lack of Bees, and Bur-seed, you may use to drink the Jet alone. This medicine is well proved, and if you use it, it will help you.

A Medicine for the Stone, oftentimes proved.

TAke green Samphire as it groweth, and make powder thereof, and let him that is troubled with the Stone drink every week of it, whether he feel pain or no, and in short time it will rid him clean of the Stone; this powder is best to be drunk with white Wine.

For the Stone.

TAke the Acorns that grow on an Oak, and dry them, and make powder there∣of, and drink it in the morning fasting with Rhenish wine and sugar; and this will break the Stone.

A most approved Medicine for the Collick and Stone, by the most learned Phisitian Doctor Gynello.

TAke a quantity of wood Betony, and dry it to powder, and a quantity of the roots of Elicampana, and dry them into pow∣der, and boyl them with a little sugar plate in a quart of red wine unto a pint, and drink it hot in the morning fasting, before the sun be up, and in the evening after the sun is down; use this three times, and it will help thee God wil∣ling.

A special Medicine for the Stone of Doctor Le••ckner, his Experiment as followeth.

TAke the green weed that cometh from the Sea amongst the Oysters, and wash it very clean, and dry it as dry as you can, and make it into fine powder, and drink it fasting with Malmsey, and it will break the greatest Stone that is.

For the Stone.

THe best thing that is to dissolve the Stone in man or womans body, is the oyl of Christal, being dulcified and given to the Pa∣tient, a Dram at once in white Wine or Re••ish Wine a good draught; for if you lay a stone in the Vrine which the Patient voided, afterwards it will dissolve him in twelve hours; and the same oyl will also heal any green wound or sore with great expedition. There was a man the which was sore grieved with the Stone, who was holpen with this drink following. Take the blossoms of Haws, and distyl them; then take the water thereof and seeth it, and put therein Grommel-seed, Saxifrage-seed, and Parsly-seed, of each an ounce, of Goats blood, Hares blood, and Fox blood, of each of them seven Drams; seeth all these in a quart of the water, in a close pot of Pewter or earth, in a Kettle of water the space of six hours; then strain it and drink thereof every day. This is an excellen thing.

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

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.

To break the Stone.

TAke a quantity of a Jet-stone, and two races of Ginger, and the shells of Egs, hatched under a Hen when the Chic∣kens be out; (but first take away the filme of the shels) and put them altogether in a Morter, with the piece of a stone that cometh out of an Ox gall, or with Parsley-seed if you cannot get the stone; and make Powder of all these toge∣ther, and drink of it with warm. Ale in a spoon as often as you shall think good, and it will break the Stone, and ease you of the Col∣lick, and cause you to make water easily.

An excellent Medicine for the Stone.

TAke Selgreen, Planten, Fetherfew, and Tansey; and pound them all a∣part, and keep every Liquor by it self in a Glass; then take of each of them a like quantity, and boyl it with Bean-flower and Honey to make it Plaister-wise; and then take a double swadling-band of linnen cloth, and spread the Plaister thereupon, and so lay it to the pain, and round about the back, and use it so a fortnight or three weeks; for this is a special good Medicine and well approved.

Another for the same.

TAke a Goat, and keep him three dayes fasting, then put him in a Tub full of holes; and the fourth day give him no∣thing but Grommel, Parsley, Alexander, Sa∣lendine, Saxifrage, Hawberries, and Water-cresses; and make him to lick prepared Salt, and give it him with Wine to drink; and so keep him with that food a whole week in the foresaid Tub; and all the water he maketh you must through the holes of the Tub receive it

into some vessel; then take this water, and put thereto Holly Berries, Ivy Berries, and Haw∣thorn Berries, of each half a handful; of Juni∣per Berries, of flowers of Starewort, of Cras-foot, of each half a handful; of the seeds of Parsley, Saxifrage, Elysander, Radish, Phili∣pendula, Nettles, the Berries of Kneeholm, As∣paragus, Fennel-seed, and Anni-seed, of each half an ounce; of the roots of Kneeholm, of Asparagus, and Water-cresses, of each of them four ounces; of Grommel-seed and Smal∣lage-seed eight ounces. Bruise all these seeds small, and chop the herbs, and put them into the foresaid Goats water the space of twelve dayes into some warm place, stirring them every day two or three times; then put them toge∣ther into a Styll, and hang in the mouth of the Styll a little Musk Cynamon and Cloves, be∣cause of the loathsomness of the Goats wa∣ter; and so distyl the water, and give the Patient that hath the Stone three ounces at a time: this is the most Soverain water can be found, for it melteth and voideth the Stone without pain: This holp a Scholler at Eaton-Colledge, whom all the Physitians gave over as one incurable.

Of the Stone.

THe Stone is engendered by reason of a great heat that is about the Reins, straightness of the Conduit, and abun∣dance of gross and slimy humors; or Brent∣choler, which by the said excess of heat, is (as one would say) baked or dryed as Clay in the Furnace, and so at last becometh a hard stone. Therefore it is chiefly to be noted, that without the mending of the foresaid causes, all that you do minister to break the Stone, is ei∣ther hurtful to the Patient, or else small effect; therefore it is good to keep a sober diet. And note that alwaies whatsoever they be are nought in this case: All kind of Pulses, as Pease, Beanes, and such like; all gross flesh and wa∣ter-fowls, and fowls of great bodies, and all Fruits (except ripe Prunes) are nought; and all Shell-fish except Grevise and Shrimps; also all Pepper and hot spices, and all meats salt or sower; but especially beware of hard Cheese, for that is oftentimes the onely cause of the Stone; and you must not lie on your back, and you must keep your Reins cold, and let your back be untrussed in summer.

An approved Medicine for the Stone and Strangury.

TAke most of Licoras, then Anniseeds, Colianedr, Grommel, Fennel Par∣sley and Alicander-seeds; then dry all these seeds and pound them seve∣rally by themselves; and note that Licoras, An∣ni-seeds, and Grommel-seeds be Restoratives; and when they are all in Powder, mix thereto powder of Syne, to the quantity of one half of one parcel of the scowrers, also mix thereto white Sugar-candy, to the quantity of your Li∣coras, with a Nutmeg or two; use this powder fasting in clear Ale, in your Broths, and all suspected meats.