ART and NATURE join HAND in HAND. Or, The Poor Mans daily Companion. Wherein is shew'd for TWO PENCE Charge, how you may Cure any Distempers Incident to human BODYS:  
As first, The Magical and Physical virtues of Beasts and Birds, of Trees and Herbs, Charms to cure Agues, the true time for gathering of Herbs, at the right Planetary Hours for Ever, and their virtues for curing of most Diseases Astrologically; A brief Treatise of Urines, as well of Mens as of Womens, to judge by the Colour which betokneth Health, which Sickness, and which Death; Also to judge the Danger of falling Sick by the Age of the Moon; Also a charm to know whether the Sick Party shall Live or Die; Also to cure the Kings Evil, with a Rule to know the Kings Evil: Against Wry-Necks, quartan Agues, for one that cannot make Water; how to make the true Antidote Powder called, The Orvietane of Rome: To take away Pearls, and Films from the Eyes; Elixir Vitae, or, Elixir of Life, Gascoynes Powder, the Royal styptic Water, which stops Blood in an instant, also good for Watery Eyes, rheumatic Eyes, inflammations in your Eyes, Pin, or Web, and strengtheners them to Admiration; with many other things worthy of Note. By John Durant, Student in physic and Astrology.  
London, Printed for Sam. clerk, in George-yard, in Lombard-street, 1697.   

THE Magical and Physical virtues OF BEASTS and BIRDS.  

Of the Hare.  
THe Heart of a Hare dried, and worn about the Neck cureth the Cramp; and Drunk in Wormwood-Water, cureth all the Worms in the Stomach or Belly.   

Of the Mole, or Want.  
The Bones of a Dog Want sewed up in Silk, and worn about the Neck, causeth a Woman to Conceive.   

Of the Tortoise.  
Take the Shell of a Tortoise Egg, and wear it about you, and all that while you shall never have desire of Venery.   

Of a Ram.  
He being a Creature of the Sun, and if he be knocked down, or killed at any of those times, when Herbs of the Sun is to be gathered, as shall be shown hereafter at large, and Rings made of the Horns, and one put on the Finger next the little Finger on each Hand, cures the Cramp to Admiration.   

Of a Magpye.  
Being a bide of Mars, if it be killed at any of those times when any Herbs of Mars are to be gathered, and the Brains of it taken out and dried to Powder, and put into white Wine, and the Wine drunk, if any one hath not Pissed in three or four days, within an hour it causeth them to Piss abundantly.   

Of a Hedg-Sparrow.  
Being a bide of Venus, and killed at any of those times as afore was shown, and Salted well, and eaten Raw, is one of the best Remedys to cure the ston in the Reins or Bladder, or Vritory Passages.   

Of the Land Toad.  
Take a great Toad, kill him, and put him into a Horse Dung-hill, there let him lye, and the Ants will consume the Flesh; in the Head you shall find a thing like a ston, great or little, the which being set in Gold, and worn about a Man or Woman, it doth give them warning of any Mischief, or Ill to them, that weareth it, by changing Colours in divers manners.   

Of a Spider.  
Take a Spider and shut it up close in a Walnut-Shell, and wear it about you, cures an Ague to Admiration.   

Of a Stag.  
The Horns of a Stag killed in October, and being dried, and one Dram thereof taken, doth cause one to Vomit. And take the Bones of his Heart, being killed in May, and worn about one who hath the Falling-Sickness, cureth him in a very short time; it cureth the Passion of the Heart; and is a very wholesome thing. And being taken for a Fume, doth cure the Fits of the Mother.   

Of the Row-Buck.  
Take the Horns of him and make Beads thereof, and wear them about your Neck, or Wrists, it causeth Coception; and if a Men weareth the same, he shall not have his natural course of Seed, though he be with a Woman.   

Of the Squirrel.  
Take his Fore Teeth and wear them, and you shall never be troubled with the Cramp.   

Of the Water Rat.  
Take his Shin and Dry it and Dress it as a fur, and being worn about a Woman, it cureth the Mother. His Bones beaten to Powder doth the same effect being Drunk; and it stops the Urine of them that have no Retention, and whose Water goeth from them by Day and Night.    

The Magical virtue of Trees and Herbs.  

The Pine three.  
THE Pine-Aples being gathered when they are full Ripe, the Kernels being worn by any, the said Party shall have no Lice about him. The same do cause a Woman to her Terms. The Salt of Pine-Apples is an excellent Medicine for divers things, especially for the ston and Strangury.   

Of the Orange three.  
Take the Leaves of the three and carry them in a little Bag bound to the Navel, and it will cause a Woman speedily to Conceive, and also to keep in the Conception or Child. The Leaves powdered and drank in White Wine, cureth the Green Sickness; and stopeth the overflowing of the Seed: The Juice of Oranges Pounded, and the Peels Distilled, is very good for the ston, with Fennel Seed, pursy Seed, an Ounce, of Dill Seed, half an Ounce.   

Of the Nutmeg three.  
Take a Nutmeg that hath the Mace on him, and sew it in a linen Bag, and bind it about a Womans Leg, and another to her Navel, and it causeth speedy Delivery; It will also cure the Squinancy, if it be worn about the Neck: The Rind of this three boiled in fair Water and drunk, stops all kind of Fluxes.   

Of the Pomegranate three.  
Take the Juice of a pomegranate, and one part of the Kernels, and of Rose Water two parts, and put it together, and give it to a young Child who Sucks, being sweetened with Sugar, it doth firmly knit the Navel, and keep him from a rapture; but this said Juice and Ingredients must be first twice Distilled.   

Of the lemon three  
Take a green lemon and wet it in Wine Vinegar, and sew it in a Bag, and bind it to the Nape of the Neck, and immediately stops the Bleeding.   

Of the Sassafras three.  
This is an Excellent three, and of Divers virtues, his Magical virtues are by his Smell, and that is for the Megrim and such like pains of the Head; and most Excellent against the Falling Sickness. The Decoction of Sassafras is a great drier, it cureth the Rheum; the Salt of it is a very Excellent thing for many Diseases, but especially for Morbus Gallicus, the Dose is half a Dram in Butter, to be taken in a Pill or two.   

Of the Yew three.  
The Berries of a Yew three dried, and worn in a little Bag about the Neck, doth wonderfully help the Trembling of the Heart, and is good against the Kings Evil, and stayeth Bleeding at the Nose; one Dram of the Powder of them being taken in Drink, doth stop Fluxes, the Running of the Reins; also it cureth the Scalding of the Urine.   

Of the Lime three.  
Take a piece of a Fingers breath, of the bigness and square of the Timber of this three, and if any one be Hurt, or Bleed at the Nose, writ his Name on one side of the Stick, and on the contrary side the Charactor of OR, then burn the Stick, and it ceastth Bleeding Immediately.   

Of the Wild Ash three.  
Take a cluster of the Green Berries and convey them about the Party Suspected to be a Witch, and then examine her, and she will confess. Take a cluster of the same Berries and hang them about a Horse Neck, and it will cure him of the Farcy or Fashions. Take three Ripe Berries of the said three, and pound them, and give them in White Wine, and it doth absolutely cure the Yellow Jaundice.   

Of the Service three.  
The Fruit of it dried and worn about the Neck stoppeth Bleeding; it causeth a Woman to keep her Child in the Womb, and not to Miscarry.   

Of the Mandrake Apple  
The Mandrake green Apple being worn about the Neck of the Party that hath a when, even as the Apple doth whither, so shall the when.   

Of the great French meadows.  
Take of his Seeds and Lace them upon a Thread, and being worn about the Arms and Neck, it helpeth the Ague and Cramp; and bound about the gathering place of a Woman in travail, it causeth speedy Delivery; the small Mallow is better than great, it suppleth and looseth; it is very good for a Bruise, and it is of a very could Nature.   

Of the Mouse-ear.  
Take of the Leaves of Mouse-ear, being an Herb of the Moon, and dry them, and being worn about a Man or Woman, no Infection can take hold of the Party.   

Of Angelica.  
Take the Roots of Angelica and dry them hard, then cut them in square slices, and Lace them on a Silk Thread like to a Bracelet, and wear them about the Arm or Neck, and it keepeth away all Infection from the Body, and cureth the Spleen; and it will cause a Woman to Conceive.   

Of St. John's wort.  
This Herb being gathered when the Sun is in Aries, and then presently dried, and made into fine Powder, and worn about the Neck in a Silk Bag, doth cure the squinsy, the Mumps, the Megrim, and Disiness of the Head.   

Of Carduus Benedictus.  
The Down of Carduus being scraped into a little Bag, and worn about the Neck, doth cure the Kings Evil if it be not yet broken; it cureth also the Swelling of the Throat.   

Of Valerian.  
Take the Roots of Valerian, and cut them in pretty thick pieces like a Die, and dry them in an Oven, then Lace them on a Thread, and wear them about the Arms as a Bracelet, it will cure the Cramp; and it is exceeding good for the Shaking palsy; and being bound about the Leg of a Woman, causeth her to have speedy Delivery, and it causeth a Woman to have her Monthly visitor.   

Against the headache.  
℞ The Herb that groweth upon the Head of an Image, and it cureth the headache by its Magical virtue.   

Of asparagus, an Herb of Jupitur.  
The Root being applied and kept upon the Tooth, draws it forth without Pain.   

Of Penony under the Sun.  
The Root being hung in Childrens Neck, is good against the Convulsion Fits, Pyrathrum, or St. Anthonies Fire, doth the same.   

Of the Swallow.  
You shall find in young Swallows, taken at the increase of the Moon, and if you siit them by the Belly you'l find two little Stones, one of one colour, and the other of divers, which being tied in a piece of calves Skin, and hung on the Neck, is good against the Episepsie, and cures it.   

Of plantain under Venus.  
plantain Roots being worn about the Neck, are good against the Kings Evil, and doth Dissolve it.    

MAGICAL charms.  

For an Ague.  
WHEN Jesus went up to the across to be Crucified, the Jews asked him, saying, Art thou afraid, or hast thou an Ague; Jesus answered and said, I am not afraid, neither have I the Ague, but all those which beareth the Name of Jesus about them, shall not be afraid, nor have the Ague, Amen, Sweet Jesus, Amen, Sweet Jehovia, Amen.   

Another.  
There came two Angels from the East, the one brought Fire, the other brought Frost, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, out Frost, in Fire.   

Another.  
writ these Characters in a piece of Parchment, and wear them about you, and they are these following, 

Abracadabra.  
Abracadabr.  
Abracadab.  
Abracada.  
Abracad.  
Abraca.  
Abrac.  
Abra.  
Abr.  
Ab.  
A.     

Or else take all the Nailes paring of the Toes and Fingers of any Man or Woman, lying Sick of an Intermittent fever, and to mix or Incorporate them with Wax, so as the Party in the doing hereof do say these words, I am about a Remedy for the Tertian, Quotidian, or rain Ague, according as the Patient is troubled with the one or other of these fevers, which done and said, to stick up the Wax upon the Door of another Man or Womans House that is not Sick at all, and that before the Sun be Risen, which no doubt will cure the Sick Person, and set the Ague or fever upon the well Person.    

Planetary Hours.  
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sunday ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ Sunday Night. ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ monday. ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ monday Night. ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ Tuesday. ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ Tuesday Night. ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ Wednesday. ♀ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ Wednesday Night. ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ Thursday. ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ Thursday Night. ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ Friday. ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ Friday Night. ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ Saturday. ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ Saturday Night. ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂  
But for your better Understanding I have inserted a Planetary Table, showing what Planet Reigns every hour of the day through out the Week, as for example, I would know what Planet rules on Sunday, June the 6th. at which time the Sun rises at three a Clock, which is the first hour of the day, for the beginning of the day is always counted from Sun-rising, which right again Sunday, under the figure of one, I find the ☉ rules at Sun-rising, being at three a Clock, ♀ at four a Clock, ☿ at five a Clock, and so on.  
The Directions following are sufficient to enable any Person whatsoever, tho of never so mean a Capacity, provided he can but red, and know what a Clock it is, may know when to gather an Herb in the right Planetary hour for every day in the year, that Herbs are fit to be gathered, pointing directly to the true time; so that you have no more trouble but to know what a Clock it is, and your expectation is answered, which Rules are the same Perpetually.  
As first, the true time to gather Herbs in April, which if it be an Herb that the Sun do's rule, you may gather them on any Sunday in this Month, from 6 a Clock to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon; Always observe, that if you are to gather Herbs of the Sun, then gather them on a Sunday, because the Sun is Lord of that day, and on the Planetary Hour as I have shown you before, for then the Herbs have a double virtue.  
In gathering Herbs on any monday in this Month, the right time to gather Herbs that are governed by the Moon, is from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon.  
In gathering Herbs on any Tuesday in this Month, that is governed by Mars, is from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon.  
In gathering Herbs on any Wednesday in this Month, that is governed by Mercury, is from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon.  
In gathering Herbs on any Thursday in this Month, that is governed by Jupiter, is from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon.  
In gathering Herbs on any Friday in this Month, that is governed by Venus, is from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon.  
In gathering Herbs on any Saturday in this Month, that is governed by Saturn, is from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 1 to 3 in the Afternoon.  
By observing the foregoing Rules, you may gather Herbs of the Sun in June on a Sunday from 5 to 6 in the Morning, and from 2 to 4 in the Afternoon; Herbs of the Moon on a monday from 5 to 6 in the Morning, and from 2 to 4 in the Afternoon; Herbs of Mars on a Tuesday from 5 to 6 in the Morning, and from 2 to 4 in the Afternoon; Herbs of Mercury on a Wednesday, from 5 to 6 in the Morning, and from 2 to 4 in the Afternoon; Herbs of Jupiter on a Thursday, at the same hours; Herbs of Venus on a Friday at the same hours; Herbs of Saturn on a Saturday, at the same hours; this Rule will serve for ten days in July.  
In gathering Herbs on the first ten days of August, which you may gather any Herbs according to the foregoing rules from 5 to 7 in the Morning, and from 2 to 3 in the Afternoon; and to the 20. day from 6 to 7 in the Morning, and from 2 to 3 in the Afternoon. Now I shall proceed to the Virtue of Herbs   

For Curing Wens, Tumour, or Swelling, or any Rising in the Flesh, or Warts.  
TAke hot Asmart, called also Peachwort, Water Pepper, it hath no black spots as the could hath, it being a Weed of Mars, let it be gathered as directed, and put in could Water, being well moistened, take it out and lay it to the place Defective, and let it lye on it till the Asmart be hot, then take it and Bury it in the Ground above two Foot deep, and as that doth rot or consume, so will the when or any of the other sink or grow less and less, till it be quiter gone; for that which hath been long, do it twice.  

Vervaine.  
Vervaine an Herb of Venus, being gathered as directed, and bruised and hung about the Neck, helps the headache, the distilled Water of it, so gathered, droped into the Eyes, cleanseth them from all Mists, Films, Clouds that hinders the Sight, and wonderfully Strengtheneth the optic Nerves; the Leaves in syrup or Decoction, helpeth all inward Pains and Lungs, Kidneys, ston or Wounds, healeth Ulcers, gangrenes or fistulas, in any part of the Body.   

Wild Carrot Seeds.  
Being under Mercury and taken in Wine, or boiled in Wine, removes stitches in the Sides, Provokes Urin, and Womens Courses, and helpeth to break and expel the ston; for the dropsy, and those whose Bellies are Swellen with Wine, helpeth colic, the ston in the Kidneys, and the Rising of the Mother, it helpeth Conception; the Leaves applied with Honey to Running Sores or Ulcers, it Cleanses them, and Heals them in a short time.   

Hop Seeds.  
Take half a Dram of it in Powder in a little Drink, killeth the Worms in the Body, bringeth down Womens Courses, and Expeleth Urine.   

Columbine.  
Being under Venus, a Dram of the said Seeds taken in Wine with a little Saffron, openeth Obstructions of the Liver, and is good for the Yellow Jaundice, if the party after the taking thereof be laid to Sweat well in the Bed; It causeth a speedy Delivery of Women with Child, if one draft suffice not, let her drink the second, and it is effectual.   

Cinke-foyle, or five leaved Grass.  
Being gathered as directed is the best that grows, being an Herb of Jupiter, for curing of all kind of Agues, be it what Ague soever, being boiled in white Wine, or white Wine Vinegar, being strained out, and the Wine drank as hot as sufferabe two or three houres before the Fit, as Doctor Culpepper saith, he never knew it fail: I have had trial of it above 12 years, I never knew it fail but it produced the desired effects at three times taking as most, by those that have had the quartan above a year, there is no Doctor can prescribe a better remedy for Agues, the directions rightly observed, for every day, or every other days Ague, once or twice taking hath rid it away, some have taken it in strong Beer, Ale, cider or Metheglim, it hath done the like; It cures the Gout in any part, and Sciatica, being boiled in read Wine and drank, it stops all Fluxes of Blood, and read or White.   

Henbane.  
A Weed of Saturn, the root taken up as directed and dried to powder, touch but the tooth that acheth with the powder, and it will fall out; the root taken up as aforesaid and dried, and a Necklace made thereof and put round the neck of a Child that breedeth teeth, they cut the Gums and breed them without pain, they are to be hung a 'bout the neck as Bracelets are.   

Celandine.  
Gather this herb as directed and when the Sun is in lo in Trine to the Moon, and make an ointment of it with Hogs Lard, and anoint your Eye-lids when you go to Bed, and in so doing it will take a way any Skins or Films that shall grow over the sight of the Eye; or else take Celandine, field Daises, and ground Ivy, clarified, and a little fine Shugar dissolved therein, and droped into the Eye, is a sovereign remedy for Watering of them, for pains, Redness; and also for the Pin, Web, Skins, and Films growing over tht sight, it helpeth Beasts as well as Men; the Juice dropped into the Ears doth wonderfully help the Noise and Singing of them, and hearing which is decayed.   

Lavender Corten.  
Being an Herb under Mercury, and gathered as directed, resisteth Poison, putrefaction, and helps the Bitings of Venomus Beasts; a Dram of the Powder of the dried Leaves taken every morning fasting in any convenient Vehicle, stops the running of the Reins in Men, and Whites in Women; the Seed beaten into Powder and taken as Wormseed, it kills the Worms, not only in Children, but also in People of Riper years, the Herb itself being boiled in Milk and the Milk drunk, the body Bathed with it cures the Itch; the Decoction of it helps Scabs and Itch.   

Ground Ivy.  
Being an Herb of Venus, and gathered as directed, and a Decoction made of it and drunk in Wine for sometime together, procureth ease unto them that are troubled with the Sciatica or Hip Gout; as also the Gout in the Handa, Knees or Feet: If you put to the Decoction some Hony, and a little burnt alum, it is excellent good to gargoyle any Sore Mouth or Throat, and to wash the Sores and ulcers in the Privy Parts of Man or Women; it speedily helpeth green Wounds, being bruised and bound thereunto; the juice of it boiled with a little Honey and Verdegreece doth wonderfully cleanse Fistulaes, and Ulcers; and strengtheners the Spreading or Eating of Cancers or Ulcers.   

Peletory of the Wall.  
An Herb of Jupitur, as directed, and made into a Syrup, or the Juice Clarified, is an excellent remedy for the ston, and Gravel, to cleanse and heal the Kidneys, and Bladder, Uritory Passage; for Cleansing, boil it in white Wine, for dissolving, make it in Syrrups to cleanse in white Wine.    


A brief judgement on Urine, by the Colour and Contents.  
1. URine fat and troubled, betokeneth a Burning fever, Proceeding of Choler.  
2. read and thick all over, with a black circled, signifieth Sickness in all the Body.  
3. White and thin, and little in quantity, sheweth could in the Body.  
4. Clear with a black circled, sheweth that the Sick Man hath the Ptysick.  
5. read and thin, with a bright circled signifieth an evil Stomach.  
6. Thin somewhat green above, signifieth a could complexion, and if it show blew above in the casting, it is the phthisic.  
7. Thin and black above in Casting, signifieth great loss of Nature.  
8. Thick and troubled, like horse Piss, signifieth the Head Ach.  
9. On the colour of Whey, with Slime flying up and down in it, signifieth the French Pox.  
10. Fat in the bottom, and white in the midst and read above; signifieth a fever Quartan.  
11. Fat like flesh, and dregs in the bottom, as shadowing, signifieth the dropsy of could; but if like Whey above, and clear in the middle, and shadowing beneath, it signifieth a hot dropsy.  
12. Black dregs, like gobbets of Coal in the bottom, signifieth Worms in the Body.  
13. With black Contents, small as motes in the midst of the Urine, signifieth an impostume under the Side.  
14. Contents, like shavings of Parchment in the bottom, signifieth the stopping of the Reins and of the Pipes of the Liver.  
15. Black and green of Colour, with long white contents in the same, signifieth the palsy.  
16. Grains under the circled, signifieth that the stomach is full of Worms, burning of the Heart.  
17. Foul above, signifieth heat in the Heart, Lungs and Spleen.  
18. Contents with blackness in the bottom signifieth Costiveness in the body.  
19. Long lasting, signifieth Biting in the Body and great Rheum.  
20. Thick, little and high coloured, signifieth great burning in the Body.  
21. Frothy, clear, and little read, sheweth Pain under the right Side.  
22. Frothy, signifieth wind and pain under the left Side.  
23. read as a Coalt, signifieth an impostume in the Liver.  
24 read as burnt Gold, if it be hydropic, signifieth Death.  
25. Divers colours in ones Urine which is to say, read, Black, Green, and Blew, in a hot fever, signifieth Death.  
26. Black and a little Fat and Stinking, in a hot Axis, Death.  
27. led Colour all over, signifieth a prolonging of Death.  
28. Dark above, and clear beneath, signifieth Death.  
29. Shining raw and bright, and the skin in the bottom, signifieth Death.  
30. Thin fleeting above, like a dark Sky, signifieth Death.  
31. drossy, stinking and dark Sky within, signifieth prolonging of Death  
32. White as water, with a dark Sky in a fever, signifieth Death  
33. Dregs in the bottom, mixed with Blood betokeneth Death.  
34. Black and thin, if the Sick loathe when he goeth to stool, and that he speak overthwart, or under stand not a right, and that the sickness depart not, it signifieth Death.   

urines of Women.  
1. WHite, heavy and stinking, signifieth pain in the Reins, and Mother, and sickness of coal.  
2. Fat fleeting above, signifieth pain in the Reins of the Back.  
3. Black contents in the bottom, sheweth falling of the Flowers.  
4. White contents in the bottom, signifieth much falling of her Flowers.  
5. Colour of Linseed, with a Flux, signifieth death of the Woman.  
6. Bright as Gold, signifieth she lusteth for a Man.  
7. Also in Woman with Child, their Urines are clear, and diversely coloured.  
8. And from the beginning, there appeareth contents like Carded Wool.  
9. Also there seem certain grains or small notes swimming about up and down in the Urine, and sometimes a thing like black Ink and some filthy contents.  
10. If she be with Child, the Urine will have some clear streaks, and the most part shall be troubled, the troubledness shall be reddish, in the manner of Tawny, and these tokens do at no time fail, as soon as the Child shall have Life.  
11. If it be a Man-Child, as soon as it hath life, the troubledness shall be thickest above.  
12. If it be a Maiden Child, the troubledness shall be beneath.  
13. Also, if thou mayst see thy face in the urine of a Woman, and that she have no fever, and the urine having in it tawny contents, then she is with Child, and these tokens never fail.  
14. Also urine of a woman white as whey, having also a Cloud in the bottom, with white showrings, sheweth she is with Child.  
15. Likewise Urine of Women, red as Gold, with a Watery circled above, signifieth she is with Child.  
16. Also, colour of led, if she be with Child, signifieth the Child is Dead; if she be with Child, and that the Urine be led colour, and stinking, it signifieth that the Matrix is Rotten.    

To Judge the Danger of falling Sick by the Age of the Moon.  

1. HE that falleth Sick on the first day of the Moon shall die, if the Sickness be very Fierce and Tedious. D.  
2. Altho' he be sore Sick, yet he shall be cured. R.  
3. He may with due regard in physic be recovered. R.  
4. Shall very soon be restored. R.  
5. Promiseth his cure after ten days. R.  
6. No danger, but speedy Health. R.  
7. enjoy Life but three Months. D.  
8. Languish a long time. L. S.  
9. Recover Health after Nine Days. R.  
10. Recover after Ten Days. R.  
11. Very long Sick, yet recover Health. L. R.  
12. Amend after Twelve Days. R.  
13. A long and grievous Sickness. L. S.  
14. Soon restored, tho' it comes Fiercely. R.  
15. Easily escape Death. R.  
16. Great danger of Death, if he take the Air. Dan.  
17. No physic will prevail. D.  
18. A good day, easily Recovered. R.  
19. A good day, easily Recovered. R.  
20. A good day, easily Recovered. R.  
21. Sickness Mortal and Incurable. D.  
22. Long Sick, but escape after 3 Months. L. S.  
23. After few days he shall die. D.  
24. Long time in Sickness. L. S.  
25. Are all days of Recovery. R.  
26. Are all days of Recovery. R.  
27. Are all days of Recovery. R.  
28. Are all days of Recovery. R.  
29. Are all days of Recovery. R.  
30. Hardly Escape with many Medicines. Dan.    


Secrets to Judge of Life and Death in a Sick Body.  
First, Take a Marigold, and put into the Urine of the Sick, if it keeps open, they will Live, if it closes, they'l Die.  
Second, Also it is said of some, that it may be known by speaking Two Words at the Bed-side, viz. Ancora Pancorene, and if he hear it, it notes Life, if not, Death.   

The Kings evil.  
Take barley Flower, Tar, Wax, and oil, of each a like quantity, mix all together, and Seeth it well, and put it into a little Piss of a young Child, and stirring it well about, lay it upon the Sore plaster wise.   

A rule to know the Kings Evil by.  
Take a ground Worm alive and lay it upon the place, and cover him with a Leaf, if it be the Kings Evil, the Worm will change and turn into Earth, if not he will remain alive.   

A Secret to staunch Blood.  
Take the blood of healthful men and dry it in the Sun, and make it into powder.   

To stop Womens Courses.  
Take a Toad and bind him with a little band, and hang it about the womans Neck that hath that infirmity, and in few days she will be cured.   

Against wry Necks or Gouts.  
Take the ston of a Beaver, called Castoreum, white Pepper and Pursley of each alike, beat altogether and sift them, take a Spoonful of it and put in so much Honey, and two mouthfulls of hot Water, and give it the patient to drink before breakfast, and he shall be healed.   

For a quartan Ague.  
Take Asrabacca one Dram, and give it the Patient one hour before the fit comes, in white wine, it Purges upwards and downward.   

For one that cannot make Water.  
Take a Flint ston, put it into the fire till its read hot, and there with warm your Ale, then drink it.   

How to make the Antidote Powder, called, The Orvietan of Rome, a Cordial.  
Angelica root, Serpent, Contrierva root, Calanga root, Dictamus root, Aristolocnia root, Gentian root, Arris root, Casamus, Zedoary root, Acorus root, agaric, Ginger root, ana ʒ i. Peratterum ʒ iv. Trochisk ʒ ii. Vipers Flesh, read Roses, Dictmnus leaves, Sarubucum Leaves, Saffron, ana 40 gr. Anni seeds, Parsly-seeds, Fennel seeds, Caraway-seeds, Cummin-seeds, Dasie-seeds, Cisilias-seeds, Cardamum, Cubeb, ana 30 gr. Cloves, Cinnamon, Gascoynes Powder, Nutmeg, white Pepper, Co●lander, ana 40 gr. Lemniam earth, Storax, Calamit, Juniper Berries, elecampane, ana ʒ i. Curcuma Root ʒ iii. Sagaveny, Opapanar, ana ʒ i. beat all these fine to a Powder, and this is the true O●vietane Powder; And mix it with pure fine Honey, and it makes the true Roman Orvietane, which Expelleth poison out of the Body.   

To take away Pearls, Films from the Eyes.  
Take Honey, Juice of Cellandine, ana ℥ iv. Aloes, Scammony, Sarcocol in fine Powder, ana ʒ iv. Lapis Tutia prepared, mix them well together, and put it into the Eye every Night going to Bed, and every Morning before Rising.   

Elixir Vitae, or, Elixir of Life.  
Take of Rosemary, Lavender, Saffron, Castor, and of our Treacle, ana ℥ iv. Rectified Spirit of Wine Tartarised, lb x. digest all for three Months, Decant of the Tincture, to which add Clarified Honey, ℥ vi. the Essence of balm and Celandine, ana ℥ iii. Circulate all for a Month, and keep it for use.  
The Virtues of this Elixir are great in Curing and Preventing the Vertigo, Falling Sickness, Apoplexy, palsy, Madness, melancholy, swooning, Asthma, and all Diseases of the Stomach, the Terms, and helping the Green Sickness, Dose ℈ i. or ʒ i. in a convenient Vehicle.   

gascons Powder.  
Which Secret he sold to the Bishop of Worcester for 300 l. I will give it freely. Take the Toes of Sea-crabs boiled, beat them to Powder, which must be done the ☉ and ☽ being in Cancer ♋; of this Powder take ℥ i. of the Magistery of Coral and Pearl ana ʒ ii. of the true Bezoar ʒ i. make Rolls with the Jelly of Vipers Skins, or if thou wilt of the Flesh of the whole Vipers, which is as good, and being dried let them be made up again, and dried with the same Jelly, the oftener you do it, the better; the use of it is to beat it into Powder, and to give from ℈ i. to ℈ ii. almost in any Disease, repeating it often.   

The Royal styptic Water.  
Which stops Blood, also good for Watery Eyes, rheumatic Eyes, inflammation of the Eyes, Pin or Web, and makes the Eye look Fair and Lovely. Take Colcothar, or read Vitriol that remains in the Retort after the Spirit is drawn out; Burnt alum, Sugar Candy, ana ʒ ss. the Urine of a Healthful Young Person, Rose Water, ana ℥ ss. Plantaine Water, ℥ ii. Stir them altogether a good while in a Mortar, then power the mixture into a Viol, which when you use it separate by inclination; Note, when taken Inwardly ʒ ss. or ʒ i. may be taken at any time in Knot-grass Water.   
FINIS.   

Avertisement.  
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