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.

A water to heal all manner of wounds in short space, which is a thing that every man ought to have in his house, seeing it is of so great vertue.

TAke a pound of new yellow wax, or as much as you will, and melt it in a clean pan, and then pour it out into some other ves∣sel, wherein must be Malmsey, Muscadel, or good Claret-wine; and then take the wax out, and pour it again upon the wine, and do so seven times, then take the said wax and melt it on the fire, and put into it a handful of Brick beaten into fine powder, and stir it well toge∣ther, and then put it into a crook't-neckt glass, such as Stillers call the Bag-pipe-glass; you must clay it well about the midst of the glasses neck, and let it distil first with a little fire, and then more and last with a good great fire, and then when all the things be cold, put it out of your recipient, and pour it into a Viol well stoped with wax and searcloth, so that in no

case the ayre go out, no sun nor fire come to it, for it is so fine of himself, that it will vanish away straight; and when you will occupy it, you must wet and moyst the wound with a fine linnen cloth, and so bind it to the wound.