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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Medecines for the small Pox.

FIrst let all Physitians beware, not onely in this infirmity▪ but in many others: not to minister Medicines External which should be repercussive; which is to say, to drive in the infirmity into the body: And beware in this matter of ointments and baths, and of cold and open ayers, or of picking or touching any of the pushes, or skabs; keep the Pa••ie•…•…

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warm, and let him be of a good diet to comfort blood, although some that be expert Physitians in this matter, would that a man should ex∣haust blood out of a vain named Mediana.

For Pock-holes.

TAke for a man the grease of a Capon, and for a woman the grease of a Hen, and a∣noint the place where the Pock-holes be, and it shal cleanse them, and make them appear as it were no Pock there.

To drive out the Pox.

TAke Malmsey, Ginger, and Treacle, and mingle them well together; and when thou goest to bed, drink a good draught, and it will drive out the Pox.