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A09711	The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery	Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611?, attrib. author.; Harris, Thomas.	1675 (1675)	STC 19976; Wing W3268; ESTC S103441	121,532	188

candyed 15 Oranges preserv'd after the Portugal fashion ibid Oranges to bake 1 Oraneg-water 32 P Pear plumbs to preserve 7 Purslain to pickle 8 Pomatum to make 11 Pomander to make 16 Peaches to preserve 17 Pippins to dry 26 Paste of Genua ibid Paste of quince 29 Pome citron preserv'd 35 Paste of tender Plumbs 40 Poppy-water to make 41 Plague-water to make 50 Paste of cherries 53 Paste of Apricots ibid Quinces cakes 3 Quince preserv'd white 14 Quinces preserv'd red 6 Quidany of cherries 14 Quidany of Quinces 27 Quince cakes thin 29 Quince cream 37 Quinces to pickle 50 Quince cakes clear ibid R Raspices preserved 4 Rosemary-water 11 Rasberry-wine 21 Rose-Vinegar 39 Rasberry cream 45 Roses preserved whole 49 S Symbals to make 5 ●yrup of Violet ibid Dr. Stephen's water 8 ●yrup of clove-gilly-flowers 5 ●yrup of Worm-wood 11 ●yrup of Poppies 12 ●yrup of ●emons ibid ●yrup of cowslips 14 ●pirit of wine 12 ●ugar plates to make 16 Syrup of Maiden-hair 13 Syrup of Licorish ibid Syrup of Quinces 17 Syrup of Hartshorn 18 Syrup of cinamon ibid Spirit of Ambergreese 22 Syrup of citron-peels 18 Syrup of Hysop 22 Sweet cakes without sugar 27 Spirit of Honey 28 Syrup for the Lungs ibid Sweet-bags for Linnen 27 Sugar Leach 31 Spirit of Roses 32 Syrup of Elder 32 Syrup for short-wind 36 Surfeit water 33 44 Syrup comfortable 34 Syrup of Roses 33 Syrup of sugar-candy ibid Syrup against scurvy 33 Suckets of walnuts 29 35 Syrup of saffron ibid Spots and stains out of cloathes 38 Sugar-cakes ibid Syrup of Vinegar 39 Syrup of Apples ibid Sugar of Roses 41 Syllabub to make 42 Steppony 43 Syder to make ibid Strawberry wine ibid Snow-cream 45 Suckets of Lettice-stalks 48 Syrup of Purslain 48 Syrup of Mint ibid Sweet-meat of Apples 52 T Trisle to make 36 Treacle water 18 V. U. Verjuice to make 31 Vsquebah to make 15 W Wafers to make 8 Water against fits of the Mother 11 Walnut water 18 Water for a consumption 19 Wormwood-wine 27 Wormwood-water 29 Wash-balls to make 30 Wipt-syllabub 45 White Mead 47 The Table to Physick and Chirurgery Beautifying Waters c. A ACH or Pain 56 Agues to cure ibid Agues in Children 58 Ague in the Brest 68 Alom-water 71 B Black Jaundice 57 Bite of a mad Dog 60 Bloody-flux to cure 67 Bleeding at the Nose 68 Beautifying the Face 81 Breath to sweeten 86 Beautifying-water 88 Body to cleanse 94 Breasts to make small ibid Bath for Ladies 94 Body to make Fat ibid Belts to Embroider 97 Black sarsnets to wash ibid C Cramp to cure 58 Countess of Kent's pouder iid Cancer to cure 60 Conception to procure 62 Catholicon 61 Consumption to help 63 Children to go to stool 76 Cancer in a breft 63 Care of the infant 77 Chilblains to take away 88 Cloven Nails to help 89 Colour'd silks to wash 90 D DAFFY's Elixir Salutis to make right 55 Dry cough to help 59 Deafness to cure 6● Dropsie to help 64 Dr. Tench's Julep for fits of the Mother 67 Dr. Willoughby's Aqua Mirabilis 70 Drink that healeth all worunds 74 Directions for Nurses 76 Dentifrice for Teeth 86 E Eye-water to make 72 Excellent wash 89 Excellent beautifier 93 F Fevers in Children 57 Falling-sickness to help 59 Fits of the Mother 65 Fistula to heal ibid Fellon to Kill 68 Flowers to bring down 72 Flowers to stay 73 Falling off of Hair 81 Face to make Fair ibid Freckles to take away 83 For nails that fall off 90 For cloven nails ibid Face to make youthful 92 Face to make Ruddy ibid Face to clear ibid G Gout to cure 56 Griping of the Guts ibid Green fikness to cure 60 Green Oynmen● 65 Gascoign Pouder 68 Gold-lace to clean 95 H Help for blasting 66 Hair to make fair 80 Hair to make grow ibid Hair to take away 81 Holes or pits to clear 83 Heat in the Face 84 Hands to whiten 90 Heat in the hands ibid Hair to curl 93 Hair to make black 93 Hair to increase ibid I. J. Infection of Plague 58 Imposthume to break 60 Itch to cure ibid Infants troubled with Wind and Phlegm 79 Itch or breakings out 60 73 Iuk-spots in Linnen 96 K King's-Evil to cure 60 L Loosness to stop 62 Lac virginis to make 82 Lips chopt help 87 Lawns to starch 95 M Medicine for the back 57 Medicine for aches 56 Miscarying to prevent 59 Medicine for agues 57 58 61 Medicine to teeth easy 66 Megrim in the head 69 My Lord Denies medicine for the Gout 70 Morphew to cleanse 84 N Nails to make grow O Oyl of Roses to make 73 Oyl of St. John's wort 75 Oyl of Fennel ibid Oyntment for an inflamed Face 84 Oyntment to take away spots of the small-pox 91 Oyntment for beautifying the Face 33 Oyntment to illustrate the Face ibid. P Piles to destroy 59 Plague-water to make 64 Pain in the Ears 69 Piles after child-birth 73 Pouder for the Green-sickness 74 Pricking of a Thorn ibid Pimples in the face 33 Pomatum for the skin 85 Pock-holes to take out 88 Pimples to take away 84 Point and Lace to clean 96 Points to wash 98 R Remedy for sore eyes 61 Rickets in children 65 Rheumatick cough 67 Red-flux to help 68 Redness of the face after the small-pox 83 Red face to prevent 84 Ring-worms in the face 93 Red face to cure 94 S Stone and Gravel 56 Survey drink ibid ●●tica to cure 57 Sprain in the back 61 Scurvey to cure 62 Sore breast not broken and when broken 63 Scald head to heal 64 Shingles to cure 65 Spitting of blood 68 Swooning-fits to help 71 Scabs after small-pox 72 Stitch in the side 73 Spleen to help 74 Skin to cleanse 81 Sun-burn to take away 82 Skin to whiten 62 85 Skin to smooth ibid Spots in the face to take away 85 Stinking breath to help 88 86 Stink of the Nostrils 89 Stench of Armholes 91 Spots after small-pox 91 Scars in the face 92 Silver-plate to cleanse 95 Silk stockens to wash 96 Spot of greese out of sild stuff or cloth ibid Stains in Linnen c. ibid Sarsnet to wash 97 T To make a Woman be soon delivered the child dead or alive 65 Tympany to cure 67 Terms to provoke ibid To staunch bleeding 68 Tertian Ague to cure 74 Tyssick to prevent 75 Teeth to make white 86 87 U Vnguentum Album 59 W Worms in children 49 Whites to cure ibid Wens to cure 63 Wind to prevent 64 Women in Travail 65 White-flux to cure 68 Water for the eyes 69 Web in the eye ibid What is to be given the child forthe first thing it taketh 78 Waters for the Face 81 Wash-balls to make 87 Warts to take away 91 Water to whiten the skin and take Sunburn away 92 Wrinkles of the Face 94 Y Yellow-Jaundice 91 The Table to the Compleat Cook 's Guide A'Rtichoak's fry'd 107 Apple-pyes fry'd 119 A made dish of Apples 126 Almond water 135 Almond pudding 136 Asparagus to keep 106 Almond-tart 137 B Bisket-bread to make 100 Black buddings ibid Barley broth to make 112 Beef-stewed 120 Baked Puddings 123 Brawn made Tender 126 Birds stew'd the Lady Butler's way 140 Breams to stew 150 Butter to draw 152 C Cheese-cakes ta made 92 Carbanado Matton 100 Carbanado Hens 106 Cream of Eggs 108 Colleps of beef stewed 110 Capon boyl'd 113 ●arp to stew 114 Calves-feet to roast 119 ●hine of beef Poudered 121 ●ods-head dressed 122 Capon boyl'd with Asparagus 124 Capon boyld with sage parsley Clouted cream 126 Citron Puddings 128 Cows Vdder Roasted 131 Codling-tart 132 Cherry tart 132 Carp Pye 135 Chicken pye ibid Calves-head bak'd 138 Cocks or Larks 142 Chuks of Veal bak'd 146 D Dish of Marow 101 Damson Tart 110 Dutch Pudding 110 Double-tats 144 E Eels to souce 105 Eggs butter'd on toasts 111 Eets boyl'd 121 Eel-pye to make ●13 Eels to roast 141 English Pottage 143 F Furmety to make 102 Fricacy of Veal 105 Fine Pudding in dish 108 Fricacy of chickens 111 Florentine to make 114 Fresh-cheese 116 Finè Custard 118 Fry'd Pudding 123 Fool to make 129 ●lounders to boyl ibid Fresh Sturgeon to Roast 135 Frica●y of Rabits 136 Fennel-s●llet 149 Fare'd Veal 151 Flownders stew'd 199 G Gr●●seberry-F●●l 105 Grand S●lle● 113 Gamon of ●a●on 128 Gurnet boyl'd 155 G●oseberry ●●stard 139 H Herring-pye 100 He●g 〈◊〉 pudding 107 Haggess pudding 108 Hash of c●p●● 121 H●tch-●et to make 138 H●reto Reast 147 ●●●sh of 〈◊〉 150 I Italian pudding 130 F●rther to make 140 L Lamb-pye to make 93 Le●●●● caudde 140 Leg of Lamb stewed 107 M Mince-pye of Egs 98 Mine'd pies to make 133 Marrow spinage Pasties 140 Marrow Puddings 115 Mallard to stew 146 Mullet to boyl 150 N Neats foot Pye 102 Neats-tongue and Vder dress'd 127 O Orangado ' Pye 102 Oysters to battel up 137 Oysters to pickle 142 Oysters to broyl ibid P Pheasant to stew 100 Pork-pye 105 Puff paste to make 112 Pig to bake ibid Paste for Tarts 123 Pig to souce 126 Pear-pye to make 130 Pippin-tart 131 Pear puddings 138 Pancakes 139 Peg bak'd court fasho●n 144 Pidgeon pye to make 146 Pottage of a capon 148 Pippin pye to make ibid Pudding of Rice 151 Polonian sausages 126 Q Quince Pye 105 Quaking Pudding 125 R Rice Pudding 199 Rabbit Rosted with Oysters 110 Rabits bak'd to be eat cold 118 Rice Tart to make 132 Rare fricacy 136 Roast beef Pickled 143 Rabit stewed 146 Rare broth 147 S Spanish Olio 101 Scollops boyl'd ●●● Salmon to boyl 111

piece of Lawn and so drink it in some Broth or Caudle and it will by God's help cause the Patient to be presently delivered 63. For Infants troubled with wind and Phlegm Give them a little pure sugar-candy finely bruised in saxifrage water or scabrous water in a spoon well mingled together 64. A most excellent Medicine to breed their Teeth easily Take of pure Capons Grease very well clarify'd the quantity of a Nutmeg and twice as much of pure Honey mingle and incorporate them well together and anoint the Childs Gums therewith three or four times a day when its Teething and they will easily break the Flesh and prevent Torments and Agues and other Griefs which usually accompany their coming forth 65. For Agues in Children Take a spoonful of good Oyl of Populeon and put thereto 2 spoonfuls of good Oyl of Roses mingle them well together and then warm them before the Fire anoint the Childs Joynts and Back also his Forehead and Temples twice a day Chasing the Oyntment well in 66. To cause a young Child to go to stool Chafe the Childs Navel with May Butter before the Fire then take some Black Wool and dip it in the Butter and lay it to the Navel and it will procure a stool this is also good for one in years that can take no other Medicine 67. For Worms in Children Take of Myrrh and Aloes very finely powdered of each a Penny-worth and put thereto a few drops of Chymical Oyl of Wormwood or savine and a little Turpentine make these up into a Plaister and lay it to the Childs Navel 68. To help one that is blasted Take the White of an Egg and beat it in a Mortar put to it a quarter of an ounce of Coperas and grind them well together till it come to an Oyntment and therewith anoint the sore Face and it will ease the pain and take away the swelling and when it is well nigh whole anoint the place with a little Populeon and that will make the skin fair and well again 69. An Excellent salve Take a pound of Bees-Wax a pint of sallet-oyl three ounces of Red-Lead boyl all together in a new earthen Pipkin keeping it stirring all the while till it grows of a darkish Colour then keep it for use or make searcloaths of it while it is hot It is most approved against any Pain sore scald Cut Burn to stre●gthen the Back or remove any old Ach whatsoever 70. A Julep of Doctor Trench for the Fits of the Mother In the time of the year distill Black Cherry-Water Piony flower-water Cowslip-water Rue of Herb-grace-water then take of the Waters of Cowslip Black Cherries Piony Rue of each an ounce and add to them water of Castor half an ounce of Cinamon-water one dram Syrup of Clove-gilly flowers three drams mix all these together and take two spoonfuls at a time of it as often as you please 71. For a Tympany Take a handful of the blossoms of Marygolds stamp them and strain them and give the juice thereof to the Patient in a draught of Ale fasting 72. To provoke Terms a good Medicine Take Wormwood and Rue of each one handful with five or six Pepper-corns boyl them all together in a quart of White-wine or Malmsey strain it and drink thereof 73. For the Bloody Flux Take a great Apple and cut out the Core and put therein pure Virgins Wax then wet a Paper and lap it therein then rake it up in the Embers and let it roast till it be soft then eat of it as your stomach will give leave 74. For a Rheumatick Cough or Cold. Take a pint of Hyssop-water Syrup of Gilliflowers Syrup of Vinegar Syrup of Maiden-hair Syrup of Coltsfoot of each an Ounce mingle all together and drink it when you please 75. To kill a Fellon Take an Egg and roast it hard and take out the Yolk thereof then roast an Onion soft and beat the Yolk and the Onion together and lay it the sore and it will kill the Fellon 76. For the white Flux Take the powder of the flower of Pomegranates and drink it in Red Wine 77. For the Red Flux Take Sperma Ceti and drink it and truss up your self with a piece of black Cotten 78. For the Cancer in a Womans breast Take the Dung of a Goose and the Juice of Celendine and bray them well in a Morter together and lay it to the sore and this will stay the Cancer and heal it 79. For an Ague in the Breast Take Grounsel Dasie-leaves and Roots and course Wheat sifted make a Poultess thereof with the parties own Water and lay it warm to the Breast 80. For bleeding at the Nose Take Bettony and stamp it with as much Salt as you can hold betwixt your two Fingers and put it into your Nose 81. For spitting of Blood Take Smallage Rue Mints and Bettony and boyl them well in good Milk and drink it warm 82. To stanch the bleeding of a Wound or at the Nose There is no better thing than the powder of Bole-Armoniack to stanch the bleeding of a Wound the powder being laid upon it or for the Nose to be blown in with a Quill Or take the shavings of Parchment and lay it to the wound and it stancheth and healeth 83. To make the Gascoign Powder Take of Pearls white Amber Harts-Horn Eyes of Crabs and White Coral of each half an ounce of black thighs of Crabs calcined two ounces to every ounces of this powder put in a dram of Oriental Bezoar reduce them all into a very fine powder and searce them then with Harts-horn Jelly and a little Saffron 〈◊〉 therein make it up into paste and make therewit● Lozenges or Trochises for your use Get your Crabs for this powder about May or September before they be boyled dry your Lozenges in the Air not by Fire nor Sun 84. For the Megrim or Imposthume in the Head Take four penny weight of the Root of Pellitory of Spain a farthing weight of spikenard and boyl them in good Vinegar and when it is cold put thereto a spoonful of Honey and a Saucer-ful of Mustard and mingle them well together and hold thereof in your mouth a spoonful at once and use this eight or nine times spitting it out continually 85. For Pain in the Ears Take the juice of Wild Cucumbers and put it into the Ears and. it assuageth the Pain Also put the Wood of Green Ash in the Fire and save the Liquor that cometh out at the end and put it into the Ears it causeth the pain to cease and amendeth the Hearing Also beat the juice of Wormwood and drop it into the Ears 86. A precious Water for the Eye-sight made by King Edward the Sixth Take Smallage red Feunel Rue Vervain Bettony Agrimony Pimpernel Eufrane Sage Celendine of each a little quantity first wash them clean then stamp them and put them in a brazen pan with the powder of 14 or 15 Pepper corns fair searced

quantity to these Powders infused cut off the black tops of the great Claws of the Crabs the full weight of the rest Beat these all into a fine Powder and searce them through a fine Lawn Searce To every ounce of this Powder add a dram of Oriental Bezoar make all these up in a lump or mass with Jelly of Hartshorn and colour it with Saffron putting thereto a scruple of Amber-Grease and a little Musk finely powdred and dry it in the Air after they are made up into small quantities you may give to a Man twenty Graints and to a Child twelve Grains It is excellent against all malignant and pestilent Diseases French Pox Small Pox Measles Plague Pestilence Malignant or Scarlett Fevers and Melancholly twenty or thirty Grains thoreof being exhibited in a little warm Sack or Hartshord Jelly to a Man and half as much or twelve Grains to a Child 19. For the Falling Sickness or Convulsions Take dung of a Peacock make it into Powder and give so much of it to the Patient as will lye upon a Shilling in a little Succory-water fasting 20. For the Pleuresie Take the round Balls of Horse-dung and boyl them in a pint of White-wine till half be consumed then strain it out and sweeten it with a little Sugar let the Patient drink of this and then lye warm 21. To prevent Miscarrying Take Venice Turpentine spread it on black brown Paper the bredth and length of an hand and lay it to the small of her back and let her drink a Caudle made of Muscadine putting into it the Husks of about 20 sweet Almonds dryed and finely poudered 22. For the Worms in Children Take Worm-seed boyled in Beer and Ale and sweetned Clarified Honey and then let them drink it 23. For the Whites Take white washed Turpentine and make it up in Balls like Pills then take Cinamon and Ginger and roul the Balls in it and take them as you would do Pills Morning and Evening 24. For a dry Cough Take Anniseed Ash-seeds and Violets and beat them to Powder and stamp them of each a like quantity then boyl them together in fair water till it grows thick then put it up and let the Patient take of it Morning and Evening 25. To make Vnguentum Album Take a pint of Oyl-Olive and half a pound of Diaculum Anniseeds a pretty quantity and put them together and put thereto a pound of Ceruse small grounded boyl them together a little and stir them always till it be cold and it is done 26. To destroy the Piles Take Oyl of Roses Frankincense and Honey and make an Oyntment of them and put it into the Fundament and put Myrrh unto the same and use often to anoint the Fundament therewith and let the Fume thereof ●o into the Fundament 27. For the Canker Take a handful of unset Leeks with the roots and a small quantity of Yarrow and boyl them in White-wine till they be very soft then strain and clarifie them and let the Patient drink thereof Morning and Evening blood warm 28. For the Itch. Take the Juice of Penny-royal the Juice of Savin the Juice of Scabius the Juice of Sage the Juice of Pellitory with some Barrows grease and Black Soap temper all these together and make a Salve for the Itch. 29. For the King 's Evil. Take 2 ounces of the water of Broom Flowers distilled and give it in the Morning to the Patient fasting and i● will purge the Evil Humour downwards and wasteth and healeth the Kernels without breaking them outwardly 30. To break an Imposthume Take a Lilly Root and an Onion and boyl them in Water till they be soft then stamp them and fry them with Swines grease and lay it to the Imposthume as hot as the Patient may suffer it 31. For biting of a Mad Dog Stamp large Plantain and lay it to the grieved place and it will cure the Sore 32. The Green Sickness Take the Keys of an Ashen-tree dryed and beaten to powder and take of Red Fennel of Red sage Marjoram and Bitony and seeth them in Running water from a pottle to a quart then strain them and drink thereof a good draught with Sugar Morning and Evening luke-warm 33. For Deafness Take Wild-Mint mortify it and squeeze it in the Hand till it re●●teth juice then take it with its juice and put it into the Ear change it often this will help the Deafness if the Person hath heard before 34. For the Dropsie Take a Gallon of White-wine and put into it a handful of Roman Wormwood and a good piece of Horse-radish and a good quantity of Broom Ashes tyed in a Cloth then take a good Bunch of Dwarf Elder beat it in a Morter and strain out the Juice and put into the Wine when you will drink it but if the Elder be dry you must steep a good quantity in the Wine Take of this half a pint Morning and Evening 35. For a Sprain in the Back or any other Weakness Take a quarter of a pint of good Muscadine a spoonful of Madder incorporate them well together then give it to the Patient to drink for three Mornings together and if need requireth you may use it often in a day this will strengthen the back exceedingly 36. An Excellent Remedy for sore Eyes Take a Gallon of pure Running Water and eight drams of White Copperas and as much of fine White Salt mix them together and let it simper half an hour over a slow Fire and then strain it for use 37. Catholicon a most excellent Cordial Take half a peck of Ripe Elder Berries pick them clean and let them stand two-or three days in an Earthen pan till they begin to hoar or mould then bruise and strain them and boyl the Liquor till half be consumed then putting a pound of Sugar to every pint of Liquor boyl them to Syrup 38. A Medicine for an Ague Take a quart of the best Ale and boyl it to a pint and let the Party take it and then let the Patient lye down upon a Bed and be covered warm when the first sit grudges and let a Bason be ready to vomit in 39. Another for an Ague Take a large Nutmeg and slice it and so much Roch-Alom beaten to powder and put them both into one pint of White-wine and incorporate them well together and let the Patient take one half thereof about half an hour before the Fit and then walk a-pace or use some other Laborious Exercise and when the fit begins to come take the other half and continue Exercise Both these I have known to cure to Admiration 40. For a great Lax or Looseness Take one quart of New Milk and have ready one half pint of distilled Plantain water and set your Milk over the Fire and when your Milk by boyling rise up take two or three spoonfuls as occasion shall be to allay the rising and when it rises again do the like and so in the like manner till the

and deminisheth the Milk and m●keth it of an unfavory Taste tasting hot and rank or Goatish which bringeth no small inconvenience and hurt to the Child But if the Milk decrease Pultesses of Bean-meal Rice are meet to be used also like Paps ma●e of Bread with Milk and Sugar to which may be added a little 〈…〉 And if the Milk be thick it must be made thin with slender Diet and subtil Wine and Syrup of Vinegar as also with exercises But if it be too thin and waterish gross and strong Meats and longer Sleeps will be convenient For the Corruption of the Milk a little Mugwort grosly bruised and put into a linnen Cloth and so into Broth with a little Honey added thereto will do very much good The care of the Infant And if the Child's Belly be loose the Food ought to be the more gross and strong and her Sleep longer but Children may suck so long as till they have brought forth sharp and great Teeth but if you suffer them to drink Wine or strong drink or other Potions before they have toothed them they will be corrupted but when they have gotten the Teeth their Arms and back-bones are gently to be rubbed after their Sleep And 't is not of little concernment in what Swadling-cloaths Children are wrapped for when they are not tied up at all or the Clouts are too loose they are subject to Fluxes Imposthumes apt to be crooked backt and other discommodities but especially when their Knees are too strictly tied and bound up and their Thighs left at liberty they are lamed When they cry or feel pain or will sleep they are to be pacified either by shewing the Breast or Singing or by Rocking either in Cradles or Hanging-beds carrying up and down But we must observe that Children may lye strait whensoever they lye down and ought not to be covered too much or hot with coverings nor yet with too few lest they may catch cold Moreover let the Linnen-cloth wherein they are wrapped be neat and clean for Children are offended and insected by foul and filthy Excrements From three Years of Age till the seventh they are to be Educated gently and kindly not to be severely reprehended chidden or beaten for by that means they are made throughout their whole Life after too timorous or too much terrified astonished and sottted Being yet in their first Years they are not to be compelled to going for seeing all their bones are soft as Wax and their body fall the heavier they either become lame or universally resolved in their Feet Food must be daily given them thrice a day till they are 3 Years old for if they be much filled they are subject and accustomed to be troubled with Convulsions and other Diseases In the sixth or seventh Year of their Age they are to be sent to School and committed to the breeding and instruction of courteous and temperate School-masters who may not terrifie them Before these Years they are not to be compelled or forced to hard Labours otherwise they will not thrive well but stand at a stay and keep little or else become Dwarfs When as the Infant beginneth to grow sick as for example from a cold Disease the Nurse is to be nourished with hot and dry Meat and Drink so that thereby forthwith it may grow well again so also if it be taken with other Diseases as with an Ague the Nurse shall use Plantain-water and such like things Paps made for Children of Crums or Morsels of Bread broken or sliced are more wholesome than made of Meal or Flower Till 2 Years old give them Honey often for that keepeth them from Convulsions and Costiveness of the Belly and that the Milk they eat hurt them not When Infants cast up their Milk a Corral should be hung about their Neck down to their middle for it is useful for them in teething and Ivory also is good for the same purpose What is to be Administred unto the Child after it is Born for the first thing it taketh ARnoldus de villa Nova a most Learned Physitian writeth That if you give unto a Child half a scruple of Coral finely powdered with Woman's Milk first before it taketh any other thing after it is Born that it shall never be troubled with the Falling-sickness Also I know Persons of good Quality in England who give unto all their own Children and advise all other Women where they are desired to be assistant at the Birth to exhibit unto the Children New-born the first thing they take a little Salt well mingled in a spoonful of Saxifrage or Hysop-water to prevent the trouble of Frets and other Diseases in Children following their Birth For Infants troubled with Wind and Phlegm Many Midwives advise the Nurses to give them a little pure Sugar-Candy finely bruised in Saxifrage-water or Scabious-water in a Spoon well mingled together A most excellent Medicine to cause Children to Teeth easily Take of pure Capon's-grease very well Clarified the quantity of a Nutmeg and twice as much of pure Honey mingle and incorporate them well together and 3 or 4 times in a day anoint the Child's Gums when they are Teething and they will break Flesh easily and prevent Torments and Agues and other Griefs which usually accompany their coming forth To cause a young Child to go to Stool Take a good big green Mallow Sprig and strip off the outward Skin and anoint the Sprig well with fresh Butter and put it up into the Child's Fundament and let it stay a while there and in a very short time it will procure a Stool For an Ague Take the Herb called Hartshorn stamp it then mingle it with Bay-salt and 3 or 4 hours before the Fit comes apply it spread upon a Linnen-cloth to the Child's Wrists and when the Fit is past apply a fresh one before the next Fit and in a few Fits God willing it shall be cured Beautifying Waters Oyls Oyntments and Pouders to Adorn and add Loveliness to the Face and Body 1. To make the Hair very Fair. WASH your Hair very Clean and then take some Alom Water warm and with a Sponge moisten your Hair therewith and it will make it Fair. 2. Another Take the last Water that is drawn from Honey and wash your Head therewith and it will make the Hair of an excellent fair Colour but because it is of a strong smell you must Perfume it with some sweet Spirit 3. To make the Hair grow thick Make a strong Lye then take a good quantity of Hyssop Roots and Burn them to Ashes and Mingle the Ashe and Lye together and therewith wash your Head and it will make the Hair grow also the Ashes of Frogs Burnt do encrease Hair as also the Ashes of Goats-dung Mingled with Oyl 4. To make the Hair Grow Take Marsh-Mallows and Boyl them Roots and all and wash the Head therewith and it will grow in a short time also take a good quantity of Bees and dry