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 Teeth.

To make Teeth white.

TAke Vineger of Quinces, and dip a little piece of Cloth in it, and rub thy Teeth, and Gums therewith: the said Vineger fa∣steneth the Teeth and Gums, comforteth the Roots of the Teeth, and maketh sweet Breath.

To keep the Teeth sweet, clean, and from danger of Worms, or a Regiment Ach

TAke a Pint of White Wine, two Ounces of Alum, and a quarter of an Ounce of Honey, boil them together, and wash your Mouth there∣with every Morning.

A Regiment for the Tooth-ach.

YOu must wash your Mouth before and after Meat with warm Water to cleanse the Mouth and purge the Humors from the Gums, which descend out of the Head, it is good every Mor∣ning to wash the Mouth, and to rub the Teeth with a Sage Leaf, or with Powder made of Cloves, and Nutmegs. You must forbear Lettice, and

raw fruits, all tart things, and the chewing of hard things: also all Meats of evill digestion, and vomiting, and straining of your self.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the Root of Henbane, and seeth it in Vi∣neger, and hold in thy Mouth the Deco∣ction thereof, and the pain of the Teeth will a∣way straight: or take Hysope, and make a deco∣ction with Vineger, and wash your Mouth, and Teeth therewith being hot, and the pain will away.

Another for the same.

TAke Wheat Bran, and good stale Ale, and make it thick like Mustard, and let it soke therein a quarter of an hour, then strain it, and put thereto the Powder of Pepper a good quan∣tity, and some of the Juice of Rue, and make it somewhat thick, and put it into a little bag of linnen cloth, and lay it between thy Cheek and thy Teeth, and lie down on that side, and let the Water run out of thy Mouth, and use it three or four times, and thou shalt never have the Tooth∣ach more: or take Hounds tongue, and stamp it, and frie it with Butter, and make a Plaister thereof, and bind it to thy Cheek on that side that the pain is, and thou shalt be whole. Proved.

An approved Medicine for the Tooth-ach.

TAke Berries of Ivy, and the scraping of a Harts Horn, and boil it in white Wine, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay it to thy Check, and hold the Liquor thereof in thy Mouth, and thou shalt be whole. Or take Pepper, Salt, and the Roots of Primrose, and dry them all toge∣ther, and make Powder thereof, and rub thy Teeth therewith.

To take away the Tooth-ach in half an hour.

TAke Henbane Seed, Smallage Seed, and Pop∣py Seed, of each the weight of a Penny, and make Pellets thereof as big as a Vache, with a quantity of Aqua vitae, and lay it unto thy Teeth that ake, and the pain shall cease straight.

A notable Medicine for the Tooth-ach.

TAke Pellitory of Spain, both of the Leaf, and of the Root, wash it and stamp it, and thereof make three Balls, every Ball as big as a Plumb, and lay the first Ball between the Teeth and the Gummes, the space of a miles ri∣ding, and even as the water ingendreth in thy Mouth spit it out whole, and put in another Ball, as thou diddest at the first, and likewise the third, and so let the Water run out of thy Mouth still, and be whole straight.

To make Teeth white.

TAke Flower of Rie, Salt, and Honey, and mingle them well together, and therewith∣all rub thy Teeth every day twice or thrice, and then wash them clean with Water, and they will be clean. Or take green Branches of Broom and burn them, and make thereof a Powder, and burn Alum, and mix them together, and then temper them with fair Water, and rub thy Teeth therewith, and it will do away the blacknesse of them.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the green part of the Eldar Rine, not the uttermost, nor the innermost, but the green in the middle between both, and Sage, Rue, and Ginger, and a good deal of Salt, then grind them all together in a mortar, and seeth it in white Wine, and make a Plaister thereof, and lay to the Cheek, and be whole.

Another for the same.

TAke a Pint of the strongest Vineger thou canst get, and a handfull of Sage, the Root of a red Nettle the quantity of a Fingers length, and as much of the Rine of an Oke, and cut them in little pieces, and so let the Vineger and all the rest seeth together from a Pint, then let the Pa∣tient chew it on the sore Tooth, and so dresse 〈…〉〈…〉

Evening, and Morning, half of it at each time, and this shall help him for ever. Probatum est.

For to remove a Tooth.

TAke the Root of a Mulberry Tree, and lay it in Vineger, three dayes and three Nights, and then dry it in the Sun, and make Pow∣der thereof, and rub thy Teeth therewith, and it will fall out.

A Water for the Teeth.

TAke and distill the Water of Mother wort and hold it in thy Mouth a good while, and it will kill the Pain of the Teeth, and the stink∣ing thereof. Also Water of Vervain, or Hysope Water will do the like.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke Henbane-seed, and the Powder of Am∣ber, of each a like much, and lay them on a glowing tile, and make a Pipe that thy Breath may go through to the sore Tooth, and this will kill the Worms, and put away the Tooth-ach.

For a Canker, and Tooth-ach.

TAke Smalladge, and Sorrell Leaves, Alum, and Glasse, and make thereof a Powder, and lay it to the Sore, wheresoever it be, and for the

Tooth that is hollow and aketh, take the Flow∣ers and Leavos of Pellitory, and stamp it with Salt, and fill the hollow Tooth therewith, and be whole.

For the Tooth-ach.

Take Ivy Berries, and seeth them well in Vi∣neger, and when they be well sodden, sip some of the liquor as hot as you may suffer it, and hold it in your Mouth till it be cold, and then cast it out, and take new, and do so three or four times, and it will ease you.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke and rost an Egge hard, and put there∣in a Spoonfull of Salt, and two Spoon∣fulls of Vineger, or good Aleger, and temper them well together, till they be a Pap, then strain it, and with a little fine Cloth put some thereof into your Mouth, and when you have spit out the corruption, refresh the same with more, and it will take away the Pain shortly.

To make Childrens Teeth come.

TAke the Brains of a Hare, and seeth them, and anoint the Gummes therewith; and take the Brains of a Hen likewise, and rub the Gummes therewith, and this shall make the Teeth grow without akng.

To fasten the Teeth.

TAke and seeth the Roots of Vervain in old Wine, and wash thy Teeth therewith, and this will make them fast.

For Worms in the Teeth.

TAke Henbane seed, and lay it upon a flat Stone, and set it upon a Chafingdish of Coals, and let the smoke go into your Mouth, and this will will kill the Worm shortly.

For the Tooth-ach.

TAke the inner Rine of an Eldar Tree, and bruise it a little, and put thereto a little Pepper, and make it in Balls, and lay it to your Teeth, and be whole.

THe cause of these impediments may come, either by an humor descending out of the Head to the Teeth, or Gummes, or by cor∣••oding or eating of Worms, or corruption of Blood, lying and being upon, and betwixt the Teeth: or it may come by drinking of hot Wines, eating of hot Spices, or hot Apples, Pears, Cher∣ries, and such like; and it may come of a hot Li∣ver or Stomach: and ever beware of pulling out of thy Teeth, for pull out one, and pull out more, but if it be hollow pull it out, for it will rot still, more and more, do what thou canst.