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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Title: 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.
Publication: London :: Printed by J. Clowes,; 1651.
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Subject terms: 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.
Cite this Item: "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 May 20, 2024.

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Medicines for the Measels or Shingles.

TAke the juyce of Arch-angel, and dip a linnen cloth in it, and lay it to the sore morning and evening, untill it be whole, Probatum est.

To take away the Scarres of the small Pox or the Measels.

TAke the blood of a Bull or of a Hart, and this is much commended of Authors, to be

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good to anoint hot the scarres, and also the li∣quor that issueth out of the sheeps clawes, hot in the fire, or the dripping of a Signet or Swan, upon the place oftentimes hot.

For the Shingles or Measeles.

TAke a Cat, and with a stick beat her ear a good while, and when you have wel bea∣ten her ear, cut off that ear first, and with a sawcer save the blood, and then cut of the o∣ther ear as you shall need, and with that bleod anoint the place where the Shingles be, and use this three times, and be whole.