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The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex : containing directions of behaviour, in all places, companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world Prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. By Hannah Woolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1673- Books
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Dr. Lowers, and several other eminent physicians, receipts : containing the best and safest method for curing most diseases in humane bodies : very useful for all sorts of people, especially those who live remore [sic] from physicians.
Lower, Richard, 1631-1691Date: 1700- Books
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Pains afflicting humane bodies : their various difference, causes, parts affected, signals of danger or safety : shewing the tendency, of chronick, and acute diseases, for a seasonable prevention of fatal events : with a tract of issues and setons / by Everard Maynwaringe.
Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?Date: 1682- Books
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The art of chymistry / written in Lattin by George Phædro ; and done into English by Nicholas Culpepper.
Fedro von Rodach, George, active 1566Date: 1674- Books
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Merlini Anglici ephemeris : Or Generall and monthly predictions upon severall eclipses and celestiall configurations for the yeare 1649. / By William Lilly, student in astrology.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: 1649 [i.e.1648]- Books
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A sexennial diary, or an almanack for six years : containing certain astrological judgments for the said years, with several new and useful problems, very satisfactorily resolved in a manner more easie, and far different from any extant in any other almanack; particularly for finding the golden number, the epact, the moons age, her coming to south, the time of high water at any port, the cycle of the sun, dominical letter; roman indiction, what day of the week the first day of any moneth happens for ever, how long the moon shines when she riseth and setteth, with all her quarters. All of them by sure and short rules for ever. To which are added 9 large tables for all vertical declining dyals speedy drawing, with directions at large for the use of them. Price 6d. By Samuel Gilbert, Philomath.
Gilbert, Samuel, philomathDate: 1683- Books
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The only delicate beautyfying cream, for the face, neck, and hands.
Date: printed in the year 1716- Books
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A tutor to astronomy and geography. Or, an easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, celestial and terrestrial : In six books. The 1. Teaching the rudiments of astronomy and geography. ... More fully and amply than hath yet been set forth, either by Gemma Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, or any others ... With an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolomaick sphere. The fifth edition corrected and enlarged. By Joseph Moxon. Whereunto is added the antient poetical stories of the stars; shewing reasons why the several shapes and forms are pictured on the Cœlestial globe. As also a discourse of the antiquity, progress and augmentation of astronomy.
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691Date: MDCXCVIII. [1698]- Books
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Vade mecum: or, A companion for a chyrurgion : Fitted for sea, or land; peace, or war. Shewing the use of his instruments, and virtues of medicines simple and compound most in use, and how to make them up after the best method. With the manner of making reports to a magistrate, or coroner's inquest. A treatise of bleeding at the nose. With directions for bleeding, purging, vomiting, &c. By Thomas Brugis Doctor in Physic. The sixth edition, amended and augmented. With an institution of physic, and seven new treatises viz. of tumors, wounds, ulcers, fractures, dislocations, lues venerea, anatomy. By Ellis Prat M.D.
Brugis, Thomas, active 1640?Date: 1679- Books
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A memento for Holland : or A true and exact history of the most villainous and barbarous cruelties used on the English merchants residing at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherland governor and conncel [sic] there. Wherein is shewed what tortures were used to make them confess a conspiracy they were never guilty of; by putting them on the rack, and by a water torture, to suffocate them; and by burning them under their arm pits, and soals of their feet, till their fat by dropping extinguished the candles.
Date: 1652- Books
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A tutor to astronomy and geography, or, An easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, celestial and terrestial [sic] : in six books ... more fully and amply than hath been set forth, either by Gemna Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, or any others that have taught the use of the globes ... : with an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolemaick sphere / by Joseph Moxon ; whereunto is added the antient poetical stories of the stars ... as also a discourse of the antiquity, progress, and augmentation of astronomy.
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691Date: 1699- Books
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Merlini Anglici ephemeris, or astrological judgments for the year 1670. By William Lilly student in astrology.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: 1670- Books
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Vade mecum: or, A companion for a chirurgion : Fitted for sea, or land; peace, or war. Shewing the use of his instruments, and virtues of medicines simple and compound most in use, and how to make them up after the best method. With the manner of making reports to a magistrate, or corroner's inquest. A treatise of bleeding at the nose. With directions for bleeding, purging, vomiting, &c. By Thomas Brugis Doctor in Phisic. The seventh edition, amended and augmented With an institution of physic, and seven new treatises, viz. of tumors, wounds, ulcers, fractures, dislocations, lues-venerea, anatomy. By Ellis Prat M.D.
Brugis, Thomas, active 1640?Date: 1681- Books
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The English physitian enlarged : with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines, made of English herbs that were not in any impre[ss]ion until this: the epistle will inform you how to know this impre[ss]ion from any other. Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation: containing a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health; or cure himself, being sick, for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things, viz. 1 The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, juleps, or waters, of al sorts of physical herbs ... 7 The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrologie: living in Spittle-Fields.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1655- Books
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Morbus polyrhizos & polymorphæus : a treatise of the scurvy : examining opinions of the most solid and grave writers, concerning the nature and cure of this disease : and determining the whole matter from the latest experiments and best observations / by Everard Maynwaringe.
Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?Date: 1669- Books
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Natures secrets. Or, The admirable and wonderfull history of the generation of meteors : Particularly describing, the temperatures and qualities of the four elements, the heights, magnitudes, and influences of the fixt and wandring stars: the efficient and finall causes of comets, earthquakes, deluges, epidemicall diseases, and prodigies of precedent times; registred by the students of nature. Their conjecturall presages of the weather, from the planets mutuall aspects, and sublunary bodies: with the proportions and observations on the weather-glass, with philosophicall paraphrases rendred explicitely, usefull at sea and land. / By the industry and observations of Thomas Willsford, Gent.
Willsford, ThomasDate: 1658- Books
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Merlini Anglici ephemeris : astrologicall predictions for the year 1655. / By William Lilly, student in astrology.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: 1655- Books
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The general practise of physicke : Conteyning all invvard and outward parts of the body, with all the accidents and infirmities that are incident vnto them, euen from the crowne of the head to the sole of the foote. Also by what meanes (with the help of God) they may be remedied: very meete and profitable, not onely for all physitions, chirurgians, apothecaries, and midwiues, but for all other estates whatsoeuer; the like whereof as yet in English hath not beene published. Compiled and written by the most famous and learned doctour Christopher Wirtzung, in the Germane tongue, and now translated into English, in diuers places corrected, and with many additions illustrated and augmented. By Iacob Mosan Germane, doctor in the same facultie.
Wirsung, Christof, 1500?-1571Date: 1617- Books
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Merlini Anglici ephemeris or, astrologicall predictions for the year 1653 / By William Lilly, Student in Astrology.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: 1653- Books
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The practice of physick in seventeen several books : wherein is plainly set forth the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs : together with the cure of all diseases in the body of man / by Nicholas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... and William Rowland ; being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarus Riverius ... to which are added four books containing five hundred and thirteen observations of famous cures, by the same author ; and a fifth book of select medicinal counsels, by John Fernelius ; with a table of the principal matters treated to therein ; as also a physical dictionary, explaining the hard words used in these books.
Rivière, Lazare, 1589-1655Date: 1668- Books
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A right godly and Christian A.B.C. shewing the duty of every degree : To the tune of Rogero.
Date: [1625]- Books
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The accomplisht cook, or, The art and mystery of cookery : wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, than hath been publisht in any language ... / approved by ... Robert May.
May, Robert, 1588-Date: 1678- Books
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Via recta ad vitam longam. Or, A treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthfull life, is clearly demonstrated and punctually applyed to every age and constitution of body : The fourth impression, amplified with many profitable additions. By Tob. Venner Doctor of Physick in Bathe. Whereunto is annexed a very necessary and compendious treatise of the famous baths of Bathe; with a censure of the medicinal faculties of the water of St. Vincent's Rocks near the city of Bristol. As also an accurate treatise concerning tobacco, by the same author.
Venner, Tobias, 1577-1660Date: Anno 1660- Books
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Manchester al mondo : Contemplatio mortis, & immortalitatis.
Manchester, Henry Montagu, Earl of, 1563?-1642Date: 1638 [i.e. 1639]- Books
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A statute for swearers and drunkards, or Forsake now your follies, your booke cannot saue you, for if you sweare and be drunke, the stockes will haue you : To the tune of When canons are roaring.
Date: [1624]