212 POCKET ALMANACKS AT RENI-SHAW. 



July the I7">, sent him more p Broth : Francis 15:0:0. 

 Octob : the 13"", sent him more p Brother Francis 15 : o : o. 

 A good Receipt for the Gripes. 



Take A good Pott of hot Ale, and put some Brandy to it ; drink it oft and 

 keepe warme after it. 

 A good Receipt for the Con llione. 



Take two handfulls of Pollipodium of the Oake, and one handfuU of the 

 flower of foxgloves, and boile them together in A quart of water unlill halfe be 

 boiled away, and then drink 4 or 5 sponefulls twice a day. Fast 2 houers 

 after it. if this makes you vomit too much leave out the ffoxgloves ; it may 

 doe well without them. 



As appeares by the bill of Mortallity in London dated the 16"^ of July, 1700, 

 there were 284 Xned, and 284 buried. In the bill of mortallity dated the 

 23<^ of July there were 303 Xned & 294 buried. 



M? Novemb : the 26"^, 99. Bargained then with my Barber to Trim me 

 for 7^ p Quarter. 



ffeb: the 28'h, p? him for the i" Quarter - - - 0:7:0 

 May the 29"', p'? him for the 2"* Quarter - - - 0:7:0 

 August the 28"*, p'^ him for the 3'' Quarter - - - 0:7:0 

 Decemb : ye 28, p"? him y* 4"^ Quarter - - - 0:7:0 



Octob : the 7"". Lent then to M"' Will : Eyre Evremont's Essayes in two 

 vol. 



Sizeing, Lamb black, & Oyle, mixt together for blacking shoose. After you 

 have done upon the shoose, and that its pretty well dryed on, Rub your shoose 

 with an hard brush. 



[This entry repeated 1704.] 

 [In the pocket of this almanac was a ' Postboy 'of 1 701.] 



1704. 



' The Office and Authority of a justice of Peace,' by W. N. of Middle 

 Temple, Barrister, printed for Chas. Harper att the flower da L... over against 

 St. Dunstan's C... in Fleet Street. 



M"' Wilberforce, Coffee man, in Drury Lane, London. 



Hemsworths bill for uncle Will ; Cloaths comes too, 6:12:1. 



M4 son Geo. goes with his M' to Battersay next Thursday, whose . . is in 

 York place there. 



June the 2'', 1702. Lent then to M"' Gerrard the 'secret history of the 

 Kings of England.' Sept : the 22^ , 1703, Lent then to Uncle Will : Patricks 

 book of Devocons, the Eighth Editione. 



Lent to my Mother by Brother William Spencer ' ffairy Queen.' 



Lent to Cozen Sam : Gardiner the ' History of fformosa,' and the ' Tale of a 

 Tub.' 



