all these in a Mortar to a Paste with a little Sack and one grain of Amber-grease then mould it up with searced Sugar make it into little Cakes according to your fancy and lay them upon Wafer sheets upon a Tin-plate and bake them after Bread is drawn Another sort of Bisket Take half a pound of Naples-Bisket mix them with a little Sack when you have sliced them thin and let them lye in soak in it then take half a pound of sweet Almonds blanched in cold Water and beaten to a Paste with a little fair Water to keep them from oyling then beat that Paste with the Naples Bisket and the Yolks of three Eggs and the Whites of one when you have mixed them then put in three quarters of a pound of searced Sugar a little juyce of Lemmon and one grain of Ambergreace of what Spice you like you may put in a little beaten and searced When these are well incorporated take them out of the Mortar and mould it up with searced Sugar upon a smooth Board and make it into what form you please bake them upon Waser-sheets on tin Plates after-Brown-bread is drawn do not take them from the Plates till they are cold enough To make Sirrop of Violets Pick your Violets very clean and beat them well in a Mortar then strain them and to one pint of the juyce take one quarter of a pint of Spring-water put it into the Mortar with the stamped Violets which you have strained stamp them together a while and strain the Water well from them and mix them with your other juyce then put it into a long Gally-pot and to each pint of Juyce put in one pound of double Resined Sugar let it stand close covered for the space of twelve hours then put in a little quantity of Juyce of Lemmon that will make it look purely transparent then set your Gally-pot into a Kettle of seething-water covered till you find it to be thick enough then set it by till it is cold and then put it up Sirrop of Roses a good way Fill a great Stone-pot with Damask-Rose leaves as hard as you can thrust it then fill it up with Damask-Rose water and cover it with Stone or Glass and set it into a Kettle of boiling Water till you find that the Rose-water be very well coloured which may be about four hours then strain it out hard and put the Liquor into a Gally-pot and to every pint of it put two pounds of Sugar then cover the Pot and set it into a Kettle of seething Water and let it stand till it be a thick Sirrup when it is cold put it up and keep it for your use it will worke very kindly and very effectually The best way to preserve Fruits Wet the Sugar for them with the juyce of some of the same Fruit instead of Water and that will give a full and lively taste and they will keep the better The worst of your Fruit will serve for that Be pleased to observe my former Books for the ordering of all Fruits in the Preserving only do not put in Rose-water so generally as is set down because it is not so much used as formerly unless in Cordial things or some other particular things therefore where it is liked use it or else not for we have new Modes for Eating and Drinking as well as for Apparel One cannot so strictly set down any thing but that in the making of Sauce dressing of Meat with Seasoning Preserving several things and the like there must be a judgment in those who order them to leave out or to add or else they will please but a few pallets for some do hate the taste of what others do extreamly love To make very fine Jelly for a weak stomach Take Calves-Feet or Sheeps-Trotters cleanly dressed and split them in half put them into a Pipkin with as much Whitewine as will cover them put in a little Salt make it boil and scum it well then put in a blade or two of whole Mace with a sprig or two of Time and a little Lemmon-pill put in a few Dates sliced very thin cover it close and let it boil leisurely till the Feet be very tender then take them up and eat them if you please and take the Liquor and strain it and to a quart of it put in the juyce of one Lemmon and as much fine Sugar as will well sweeten it and set it over the fire till the Sugar be throughly melted then keep it in a Gally-pot and give the Party of it three or four times in a day as much as they please to take if you like it you may put in a little Ambergreace and Rose-water the one is pleasing and good for a weak stomach the other for the Brain Amber-greace is good for the Head if inwardly taken but it is not good to smell to because it will raise fumes to the head Yet observe this I once did ask a Physician concerning Musk and Ambergreace Why the smell of either of them did offend so much He Answered me thus The reason saith he why either of them are so offenfive is because they smell but a little and do only disturb but if they go into a Shop where store is and smell to divers pounds of it they will find it rather a purge downward than a raiser of Fumes to the Head To Candy White Sugar excellent good for any Cough or Cold. Take two pounds of the best powdered Sugar and put it in a Dish to dry very well in a warm Oven then beat it fine and searce it mix with this quantity one ounce of the best prepared Amber mingle them very well together and put them into a Preserving-Pan with one pint of Fair-water melt it over a gentle fire and when it boils put in the White of an Egg to clarifie it then seum it very well and when you perceive it to be as clear as Chrystal then let it stand in the Pan until it be cold covered very close then take fair Running-water about two quarts and one ounce of the clearest Roch-Allom beaten to powder mix them together and let them stand twenty four hours When you have so done take an Earthen-Vessel or Pot and some few sticks of the whitest sappy-sappy-Fire splintered from un-wrought Deal and place your sticks as you do in a Bee-Hive cross every way set this Pot over a few Embers empty then mix your Sugar and your Water in your Preserving-Pan setting them upon the fire and so soon as you perceive the Sugar to sink then pour out the Water having a Cullenderâ— pour your Sugar into the said Pot very gently through the Cullender and it will Candy presently in square forms and that which falleth to the bottom will be as good as the rest though perhaps not altogether so clear of colour as soon as you have poured in all your Sugar which will rope like Hony then stop your Pot very close and let the
the space of two hours or more then put them out into an Hippocras Bag and hang them up to drain and let them drop into a Glass with a mouth so wide as that it may not drop besides and when it hath dropped all it will then to a pint of it take a pound of White Sugar Candy two spoonfuls of the best Cinnamon-water one quarter of a pint of red Rose-water one grain of Ambergreace and twelve sheets of Leaf-Gold put all these into the Glass and let it stand all night then set it carefully into a Kettle of Water when it is cold and fasten it very vvell about with Hay and let the Kettle be set on the fire and by degrees be made to boil but if you should put in a Pot or Glass into a Kettle of boiling hot Water the suddain heat would break it or else not Let it stand thus slightly covered till you find that the Sugar be quite incorporated with the Juyce when it is taken off and cold put it up to keep and give the Party of it two spoonfuls at a time twice in a day in the Morning and in the Afternoon about four of the Clock Very fine Lozenges for a Cough of defluxion of Rheum Take two ounces of powder of Liquorish half an ounce of powder of Anniseeds one quarter of an ounce of powder of Elecampane one dram of flower of Brimstone and one dram of prepared red Corral one pound of double refined Sugar beaten and searced then with some Gum-Dragon steeped all night in red Rose-water beat them into a paste then mold it up with a little searced Sugar and make it up into Lozenges print them with a Seal and dry them in the Sun or in some warm place eat of these often in the day or night putting one in your mouth and let it lye till it be quite melted To make a Paste very delicate rich and very pleasant Take one pound of red Quince-Marmelade which is made very smooth one ounce of candid Lemmon-pill one ounce of candid Cittron-pill one ounce of candid Iringo-root one ounce of candid Ginger one ounce of Dates sliced thin and one ounce of Prunels let all these be cut small and beaten with a little Sack to a Paste then put your Marmelade to them with four ounces of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten and four ounces of fine Sugar beaten and searced and a little Gum-Dragon steeped all night in fair water when you have beaten them extream well then take it out and mold it up with searced Sugar and make it into little Cakes of what form you please and dry them upon Wafer-sheets on Tin-plates in an Oven after Bread is drawn If you please you may perfume some of them To make good Drink to comfort you in a cold Morning Take a pint and a half of Claret-Wine and half a pint of stale strong-Beer boil them with such Spice as you like very well and a little Lemmon-pill then take the Yolks of four or five Eggs and beat them very well then put so much Sugar into your Wine as you think will well sweeten it and after mixing some of your hot Wine with the Eggs brew them and the Wine very well together and let there be a little piece of Butter in it Be sure to brew it a pace that it curdle not for then it is spoiled To make an excellent Cordial Electuary for to restore one that is weak or against Melancholy Take of Conserve of Burrage flowers Rosemary flowers of Marigold flowers of Sage flowers of Benorty flowers of each of these one ounce two ounces of Sirrop of Clove-Gilly flowers two ounces of the Sirrop of the juyce of Cittrons one dram of Confection of Alkermes two ounces of the best Cinnamon Water and twelve or fourteen leaves of Leaf-Gold with one ounce of prepared Corral either White or Red mix all these together very well and take about the quantity of a Walnut every night when you go to Bed A very good Cordial Water without the trouble of a Still Take two quarts of Brandy and keep it in a great Glass with a reasonable narrow mouth put into it of Cloves Nutmeg Cinnamon and Ginger Cardemon seeds Coriander seeds Anniseeds Liquorish of each of these half an ounce bruised Long-pepper and Grains of each one dram bruised Elecampane one quarter of an ounce bruised let all these steep in the Brandy a fortnight then pour it out into another Glass softly so long as it will run clear then put more Brandy into the Glas where the Ingredients are and let that stand three weeks and so along as you find there is any strength in the Ingredients still put in more Brandy and let it stand every time longer and longer Then take your first two quarts of Brandy which you poured off and put in it four ounces of White Sugar-Candy and so much Sirrop of Clove-Gilly flowers as will well colour it with store of Leaf-Gold give two spoonfuls at a time It is good in case of any Illness or Swouning to drive out any infection and venemous humors it is good for wind in the Stomach and to keep out Cold. A pretty Sweet-mèat made of Grapes very good in Feavors Take Grapes and pluck them from their Stalks and bruise them well then strain them through a Strainer made of French Canvas then set that juyce in a Gally-pot into a Kettle of boiling Water for three hours then take the weight of it in fine Sugar and boil it to a Candy height then put in your juyce of Grapes and boil it till it be very clear and scum it well then put it into Glasses and set them into a Stove for a while To make Marmelade with Barberries and Pippins Take one pound of fine Sugar and a pint of Water and boil them together and scum them very well then put into that Sirrop one pound of the best Pippins pared and cut in quarters and Coared boil them quick in this Sirrop till they are extream clear then take them and bruise them as small as you can with the back of a Spoon then put to them one pound of Conserve of Barberries that is curiously made and stir them well together and let them boil till they are well incorporated and then put them into Glasses This is very Cordial and pleasant in Feavors To Candy Fruits after they have lien in Sirrop Take any sort of Fruit which you have preserved as Apples Pears Plumbs Oranges Lemmons Citrons or any other and lay them out of their Sirrop all night to drain then lay them upon Sieves and set them into a warm Oven to dry then wash them over with Wat◠wherein Gum-Arabick hath lien to steep one night and do it with a Feather then have in readiness some White Sugar Candy beaten not fine but grosly and some small some bigger so soon as you have washed your Fruit with Gum-water then strew it over with this Sugar Candy so thick as the Gum
Loaf Sugar and so apply it For the Stone and Choler Half an ounce of Cassia in the Cane taken from the point of a knife and presently after it half an ounce of Manna dissolved in Posset-drink and two hours after that drink Lemmon Posset-drink This you must do three days together To make Thistolow Water Take of Bolearmoniack four ounces Camphire four ounces white Coperus one ounce slice the Camphire thin and beat the Coperus fine then boil them two together in an Earthen-Pan never used they will melt of themselves without any thing to them when they are melted stir them together with a little stick till they are hard then beat them in a Mortar to a powder and then beat your Bolearmoniack and mix with them very well and keep it tied up in a bladder it will keep seven years when you use of it take a quart of Spring-water and make it boiling hot then put in one good spoonful of the powder and stir it about and when it is cold put it into a Glass and cover it When you dress any Wound or Thistolow with it you must warm it very hot and bath the place well with it then double some soft Rags and wet them in it having before a little Hony in the heating of it so lay on your wetted Rags and bind them on thus do twice a day till it be well This heals very fast if the Wound be fit to be healed but if there be any inflammation in it it is not for it If you use it for the Eyes you must warm it and drop it in I did Cure a Gentlewoman of a Thistolow in the Eye with it which she had by the Small-Pox And several sore Legs I have Cured with it It is very good for the Itch and for Gald-Horse backs only you must double your quantity of powder and always put in Hony when you heat it for that doth cleanse and help to heal For Rheum in the Eyes Dragons-blood Bole-armoniack and Mastick beaten and searst of each a like quantity mix them with the white of an Egg well beaten then spread it on a piece of Leather and lay it on the Forehead from one Temple to another and let it lie till you be Cured which with Gods blessing will be in three days To stench Bleeding at the Nose or in Wounds Take of Frankinsence one dram Aloes half a dram beat them into fine powder then beat the white of an Egg and mix with it let it be of the thickness of Hony dip the wool of a Hare in it and apply it to the Wound and bind it on if to the Nose spread it upon a linnen Cloth and lay it to it For Kibed Heels Take the Wool of a Cony and the white of an Egg beaten together and spread it upon a linnen Cloth and lay it on but if they are broken then take a live-Mouse and flea it and lay the skin on while it is warm For the Rickets in Children Take of the inner Bark of Ivy the inner Bark of Ash Harts-tongue leaves branches of Tamerisk boil them in sour Gallons of middle-Wort and put in so many of Hops as you think will keep it when it is cold enough work it up with Yeast as you do other drink have one Vessel under another and let the Child drink no other drink for a quarter of a year I have cured many with this drink and a Plaister of Paracelsus upon Sheeps leather to the small of the back An excellent Remedy for the Stone Take White-wine and quench a black Flint in it five several times then sweeten it with Sirrup of Marsh-Mallows and take it Morning and Evening for three days An excellent Cordial Electuary Take of Conserve of Sage-flowers Rosemary-flowers Marigold-flowers and of red-Roses of each one ounce mix them together with one ounce of Sirrup of Clove-gilly flowers and six sheets of leaf-Gold keep it in a Gally-pot and take every night when you go to bed as much as a little Walnut It is very good for any weak Body For the Bloudy-Flux or other Loosness Take two or three Races of Ginger and slice them thin and lay some of them ever a Chaffing-dish of Coals then sit over the heat and smoak of it and take heed you catch no Cold Do this Morning and Evening for three or four days For the Worms in Children Take of the tops of unset-Leeks with the lower part also of them one handful as much of the tops of Wormwood chop them small then set them on the fire with a little fresh Butter and a little Whitewine Vinegar and boil them till the Herbs be soft and that it be reasonable thick then put it between two linnen Clothes sewed like a Bag and lay it warm all over the belly of the Child at Night and bind it on with a Cloth The next Morning take it off and put a warm Cloth instead thereof Thus do three or four Nights together and it will cause them to void the Worms It doth also draw Wind and infection out of the Body To make a black Salve very good for Corns or for any Sore old or new Take a pint of sallad Oyl and half a pound of Red-lead and put them into a skillet that will hold three pints or near for fear of boyling over stir it all the while and let it boil softly till you perceive it to look black and that it leave boiling and doth smoak then take it from the fire and let it stand till it be quite cold then warm the bottom of the Skillet and turn it out An excellent Water for a Canker in the Mouth or for any Sore Take of Rosemary Sage Plantain and Scurvy-grass of each one handful one little branch of Herb of Grace and a little Sweet-bryer boil these in a quart of Water and a quart of White-wine and put therein a bright shining Sea-coal as big as an Egg one that was never burned let them boil softly over a slow-fire close covered till half be consumed then strain it out and put in some Roach-allom make it sharp with it then make it very sweet with Hony and set over the fire again till it be boyling hot then when it is almost cold put it into a Glass-bottle and keep it for use When you use it wash your Mouth with it very hot three or four times in a day and then take a little warm Hony in your Mouth to ease the smart Bath-Wounds with it very hot and well then dip linnen Clothes in warm Hony and lay on Dress it twice a day A very sine Poultis to lay on any Sore to take the inflammation out of it or to lay to a sore Breast to break or to dissolve it if it will not break It will also heal it if broken Take a quart of Milk and boil it with two slight handfuls of Oatmeal and one good handful of white-Lilly leaves I mean the green leaves of the white Lillies
Onion and put to it three spoonfuls of Fair-water and as much pure sallad Oil and beat it together very well with two or three Feathers tied together beat it till it be thick and white and lay it on with a Feather then lay on very thin Raggs dipped therein dress it three times in a day for you must not let it be dry and when you do dress it anoint the Cloths with some of it before you take them off that they may come easily the pulling of them off when they are hard and dry is that which makes a Scar. When you perceive the fire to be quite out then leave out the juyce of Onion and use only the Oil and Water and besure you anoint it eight or ten days after it is quite well I have Cured many Burnings and some with Gunpowder without a Scar with this Medicine For the Shingles Take a Cat and cut off her Ears or her Tail and mix the Blood thereof with a little new-Milk and anoint the grieved place with it Morning and Evening for three days and every night vvhen the Party goes to Bed give her or him two spoonfuls of Treacle-water to drive out the venom To take away the pain in the Huckle-bone or for any Old ach Take of Burgundy-Pitch Oxicroscium and Paracelsus of each a like quantity melt them together in an Earthen-Porringer and spread them upon Sheeps-leather then anoint the grieved place vvith Oil of Amber and lay on your Plaister This is very good also for any Sprain For one who is suddenly taken with a Numbness in any Limb. Take Brandy and Mustard and warm them well together and bath the place very well with it twice a day for a week together and it will work a wonderful effect To take away any extream pain in the Head in any Sickness At your going to rest let a linnen Cloth be dipped in Aquavite and laid all over the Forehead from one Temple to another then dip little linnen Rags in Cinnamon-water and put up the Nostrils let them not be too short for fear the breath draw them into the Head For an Impostume in the Ear. Take a great Onion and roast it in a paper wetted in wood-Embers when it is enough put to it two pennyworth of Saffron and a little spoonful of sallad Oil and work them well together with the back of a Spoon then apply it on a linnen Cloth to the hole of the Ear as hot as the Party can suffer it at the time of going to rest and the next day when you take it off put a warm Cloth instead thereof thus do three Nights together and when you find that it is broken and well drawn out Seringe the Ear with a little warm Sack and Betony-water for three days together twice a day For Deafness in Young or Old Take Brine which comes from Beef at the first salting and boil it very well and scum it well and keep it in a Glass for your use Then take the Kidney-Suet of a Loin of Mutton and shave it very thin and when the Party goes to Bed fill the hole of the Ear that is grieved with some of the Suet and stop it with Black-wool and let him lie on the other side that it fall not out and as he sleeps it will melt into the Ear thus do for a Week every Night when that is done then take three or four drops of the Brine in a Spoon and warm it a little and drop into the Ear every night for a Week This hath done very much good to one of Fourscore years Old For the Emorroids or Piles Take of Unguentum Album vvhich you have at the Apothecaries commonly melt it over the fire vvith a little sallad Oil and put in a little of the best Bolearmoniack apply it upon a linnen Cloth every Night vvhen you go to bed till you are vvell For to Cure Heart-burning Take prepared Crabs-Eyes and mix leaf-Gold therein and keep them in a Box and when you find your Heart begin to burn lick two or three times of the powder and it vvill Cure you for that time and be a means to keep it away for the future Also a draught of Milk never at all boiled doth help it but the other Medicine is much better For the passion of the Heart Take as much Confection of Alkermes as a Pea in a drop or two of Sirrup of Clove-Gilly-flowers and it will case you in such an instant as you cannot but admire it is beyond all things that ever I used and not of much cost Take heed that it be good Alkermes for there is much of deceit used in it For the Cramp in the Legs Take a lock of black-Thred about half an ounce and dip it in such Oil as they greaze Wool withal then draw it through your hands very well that the Oil may not drop from it then vvind it about your Thighs and tie it and keep it on day and night Eel-skins are also good to tie about the Thighs but first they must be made gentle and easie And that which is as good as either of these is to anoint the grieved parts vvith Oil of Spike a vveek together The same perfectly Cures a Crick in the neck in two or three times using I like the latter best To Cure a Scabbed-Head and to kill the Lice Take the yolks of six hard Eggs and bruise them well with a spoon then put one pound of new-Butter to them that vvas never salted boil them together till you find it to be enough which will be in an hours space upon a slow fire let it look blackish when you take it off the fire then strain it and keep it for your use anoint the Head very well with it twice a day and it will soon destroy both Scabs and Lice in a short time to much admiration For Chilblanes on the Hands So soon as you find your Fingers begin to itch spread some Burgundy Pitch upon Leather and lay round about your Arms let the Plaisters be four-fingers broad and lay them four-fingers above your hand They will soon abate the itching and draw forth the humor where they lie not suffering it any more to fall into your hands Wash your hands every day with right Venice Soap and that will help you in the Cure This is a very certain Remedy to my knowledge It also Cureth sore hands that are crackt and chopt with a sharp humour if you lay the Plaisters round about the upper-part of your Arm above the Elbow and wash with the same Soap To kill the Scurvy before you purge Take of Scurvy-grass of Worm-wood and Sage of each half a handful with a little Rue put them into a pint of Whitewine and let them boil softly till half be consum'd close covered then strain it and put in as much Saffron as will well colour it Divide this into three parts and take every Morning one then take this Purge following Take five Gallons
Crust round the edge so that you may not hurt your Points when you rub them then lay them on a Table upon a clean Cloth and rub them very well with the white Bread all over then take a clean little brush and rub over the Bread very well till you think you have rubbed it very clean then take your Point or Lace and shake the Bread clean off then brush it very well from the Bread and take a clean linnen Cloth and gently flap it over oft-times Thus you may get the soil off from white Satten Tabby Taffety or any Coloured Silk provided it be not greazy nor too much soiled To wash and starch Points Take your Points and put them into a tent then make a strong ladder with the best Soap you can get then dip a brush in that ladder and soundly rub your Point on both sides so do till you have washed it in four ladders then wash it in fair water alone then with blew water and when you have so done take Starch made thin with Water and with your brush on the wrong side wash it over with it so let it dry then lay your tent upon a Table and with an Ivory bodkin made for the purpose run into every close and narrow part of it to open it betwixt the gimp or over-cast likewise into every Ilet hole to open them For the Laces after you have pulled them out well with your hands you must iron them on the wrong side Let your water be warm wherewith you make your ladder When you take them out of the tent iron them on the wrong side let not the water be too blew with which you wash them To wash White Sarsnets Lay them very smooth and streight upon a Board and if there be any dirty plats soap them a little then take a little hard brush and soap it well then dip that brush in water and with it make a pretty thick ladder then take the brush and rub your Sarsnet well the right way of the Sarsnet side-waies of the brush and when you have washed one side well turn it and wash the other Then have a clean ladder scalding hot and cast your Hoods in double into it and cover it and still as fast as you wash them cast them into that you must give them three good washes upon the board and after the first ladder let the other be very hot and cast them in a scald every time then make up a scalding hot ladder into which put some Gum-Arabick steeped before in water and some smalt to blew it a little let them lie doubled up in that close covered for one hour when you come to take them out be sure you dip them very well all over and then fold them up to a very little compass and squeeze them smooth betwixt your hands then smoak them over Brimstone then draw them between your hands every way till they be little more than half dry then smooth them with good hot Irons the same way you did wash them and upon the right side of the Sirsnet To wash Coloured Silk They are done the same way with the White only there must be no blew nor smoaking over brimstone To wash Black Sarsnets They are washed the very same way with the other only wrinsed in strong Beer cold without any Gum and iron'd upon the wrong side and on a woollen Cloth To wash Silk Stockings Make a good strong ladder with Soap and pretty hot then lay your stockings on a Table and take a piece of such Cloth as the Sea-men uses for their Sails double it up and rub them soundly with it turn them first on one side and then on the other till they have past through three ladders then wrinse them well and hang them to dry with the wrong sides outward and when they are near dry pluck them out with your hands and smooth them with an Iron on the wrong side To make clean Gold and Silver Lace Take the Lace off from your garment and lay it upon a Table and with a brush rub it all over very well with burnt Allom heaten fine till you find it to become of the right colour then shake it very well and wipe it very well with a clean linnen Cloth often times over To get spots of Ink out of any linnen Cloth Before that you suffer it to be washed lay it all night in Urine the next day rub all the spots in the Urine as if you were washing in water then lay it in more Urine another night and then rub it again and so do till you find they be quite out To get the stains of Fruit out of any linnen Cloth Take them before they are washed and with a little Butter rub every spot very well then let the Cloth lye in scalding-hot Milk a while and when it is a little cooled rub the spotted places in the Milk till you see they are quite out and then wash it in Water and Soap To take out any greasie spots out of Silk Stuff or Cloth Take a linnen rag and wet it very well in fair water then with a pair of tongs put 〈◊〉 live Sea-coal or Wood-coal upon the wet rag and hastily close the rest of the rag about the coal and presently lay it upon the greasie spot while it is smoaking hot and when you do perceive it to be cool do so again and so do till you find they are quite taken out To make clean Plate Wash your Plate first in Soap-suds and dry it then if there be any spots rub them out with Salt and Vinegar Then when you have so done anoint your Plate all over with Vinegar and Chalk and lay it in the Sun or before the fire to dry then rub it off with warm clean linnen Cloths very well and it will look like new To keep the Hair clean and to preserve it Take two handfuls of Rosemary and boil it softly in a quart of Spring-water till it comes to a pint and let it be covered all the while then strain it out and keep it every Morning when you Comb your head dip a sponge in this water and rub up your Hair and it will keep it clean and preserve it for it is very good for the brain and will dry up Rheum To wash the Face There is no better thing to wash the face with to keep it smooth and to scour it clean than to wash it every night with Brandy wherein you have steeped a little flower of Brimstone and the next day wipe it only with a Cloth To make a Salve for the Lips Take two ounces of white Bees-wax and slice it thin then melt it over the fire with 2 ounces or more of pure sallad Oyl and a little white Sugar Candy and when you see that it is well incorporated take it off the fire and let it stand till it be cold Then set the skillet on the fire again till the bottom is warm and so turn
sore Leg who was advised by a Chirurgion to have it cut off A Cancer in the Nose I have Cured Cankers in the Mouth and Throat The Green-sickness in many Dropsie Jaundies Scurvy Sciatica Griping of the Guts Vomiting and Loosness And for the Palsie whether Dead or Shaking I am sure none can give better Remedies nor know it better than I do having bought my Experience at a dear rate there is none who have been more afflicted with it than my self and I humbly bless God for it there is no Person more freer from it than my self nor from any other Disease and that is very much I being now in my Two and fiftieth year Much more I could say but I think I need not for they who do believe any thing I write will I hope have confidence to make use of these Receipts I shall give them without any fear It is altogether as necessary that you should know how to keep your Bodies in health to preserve your Eye-sight and your Limbs as it is to Feed or Cloath your self Therefore the more fully to accomplish you let me perswade you not to slight but to value what I shall teach and give God the glory who out of so mean things as I shall name he should of his goodness to us create in them so great a vertue I do not attribute any thing but to his alone power and give him praise when he pleaseth to make me an Instrument of doing good For any Ague whatever TAke of the dried leaves of Lawrel which is esteemed in Gardens Take of the fine powder thereof as much as will lie upon a sixpence by heap mix it vvith any liquid thing and take it one hour or two before the fit comes do this three times and go to bed and keep warm The best thing to give it in is Treacle-water Cardus-water or Dragon-water For the falling Sickness Take a live Mole and cut the throat of it into a Glass of Whitewine and presently give it to the party to drink at the New and Full of the Moon viz. the day before the New the day of the Nevv and the day after and so at the Full. This vvill Cure absolutely if the Party be not above forty years of Age. For an extream Rheum falling from the Head Take some Lucatelia Balsom and spread it thin upon the smooth sides of red Sage leaves take five or six of these leaves with the other side downward upon a few embers of Wood Coals and take the smoak through a paper tunnel into your mouth thus do every morning till you find a Cure For Worms a miraculous Cure Let the party drink their own Water with a little Methridate mingled therein for three days together in the morning fasting and walk after it A most excellent Oyntment for all manner of swellings and sores and for the Kings Evil it will dissolve it if it be to be dissolved it will both break and heal it is good also for sore Eyes if anointed therewith Take one pint of the juyce of Cellondine and boil it in one pound and half of new Butter never salted till you may by your judgment think it to be enough so keep it in a Gally-pot for your use and when you apply it let it be warm and bath the place well if it be not broken but if it be broken then dip fine linnen Cloths in it and lay on twice in the day anoint sore Eyes gently with a Feather every night till they are well A most excellent Balsom for Wounds Take a pint of the purest sallad Oyl and put to it four ounces of common Brimstone beaten fine and set it in the Sun for three weeks or more before you use it If the Wound be inflamed spread some conserve of Red-roses upon a linnen Cloth and lay on over night the next Morning bath it well with Brandy and then lay on this Balsom with a Feather warm use the Conserve of Roses till you find the inflammation to be quite gone and if you perceive proud flesh to grow in the Wound then lay in a little burnt Allom after you have washed it before you lay on the Balsom Conserve of Red-roses is also very good to lay upon inflamed Eyes moistned first with a few drops of Plantain Water For Madness and for fumes in the Head Rub the soles of the Feet with the Spirit of Brandy every night and apply the Herb Henbane bruised with a little Nutmeg and Whitewine Vinegar to the Temples it will ease pain in the Head and cause the Party to sleep For pain in the Bones Anoint the place grieved with Dogs grease every night by the fire and wear socks cut out of a Bears skin in their Shoes every day and their pain will be gone For the Leprosie or any other venemous Humour Swallow every twelve hours a bullet of Gold and still as you void one wash it in Treacle-vvater and at the due hour swallow it again continue doing this a long time and it vvill Cure To kill Rats Fry a Spung in Butter and hang it by a string and the Rats vvill forsake the Room To Cure a Horse of a Cold though he hath had it never so long a time Take two new laid Eggs put them into an Earthen-pot and then put in as much Whitewine Vinegar as will cover them then cover them close and put them into a Horse-dunghill and cover it over with the dung so let it stand twelve hours then pour it down the Horses throat shells and all and gallop him after it and Cloath him very warm be sure you give it him three or four times but there must be a day between every time For a Cow that Stales bloud Take a good handful of the Herb called Peruwinckle and bruise it and boyl it in a quart of Ale till it comes to a pint then strain it and give it her to drink do so three times Peruwinckle hath also an excellent vertue to stench bleeding at the Nose in Christians if it be made into a garland and hung about the Neck An excellent Medicine for the Cold Gout Take Stone-pitch three drams pound it to dust and set it over the fire Venice Turpentine so much as being mingled with the Pitch will make it spread when the Pitch is cold the best Turmerick 5 or 6 Races beaten to powder Letharge of Gold half an ounce mix all these together when you have warmed the Pitch and work them together that all may become one substance and use it for your Plaister following the Gout as it shall remove For the Hot Gout A most admirable Medicine Take the Bones of a Horses Legs break them and take the Marrow out of them and wash it clean it must be the whitest Marrow wash the Bones also and put both the Marrow and them into a Kettle with Running-water and set them a boyling scim off the first rising for that will be froth then scim of all the rest that
ariseth and save it as you do the Neats-foot Oyl then take of Issop Time Camomile Rosemary and six leaves of red Sage of all the quantity of a handful and when you have got as much Oil as you can then boil the Herbs in it for a quarter of an hour then strain it and keep it in a Gally-pot or Glass the quantity of a small Nut will go a great way you must strip the Rosemary and Time upwards and be sure you put in none of the stalks put in as much Sothernwood-tops and of Lavender Cotton as you did of each of the other Herbs and boil them with the other keep it well from the Air. An excellent Glister to Cool and Bind Take a quart of new Milk and a handful of Knot-grass as much of Bramble as much of small Plantain boil these together in the Milk then strain it and put in six penny weight of Bolearmoniack and administer it blood-warm For the running-Gout or any hot Tumor Take Mallows Violet leaves Marsh-Mallows Melilot of each two handfuls Linseeds beaten two ounces Crumbs of Bread as much boil these in Milk and make a Poultis therewith then put into it a little Oil of Roses and apply it to the grieved place very warm twice a day To Cure a Deafness which is caused by the stoppage of the Ears by wax If it hath been long then drop into the Ear a little of Bitter-Almonds warmed for a week together every Night when the Party is in Bed then take a little warmed Sack with as much of the best white Anniseed-water and seringe the Ears with it once a day for three days together and keep them stopped with black Wool If they have been deaf but a little while then the Wine with the Anniseed-water will be sufficient without the Oil of Almonds For the falling down of the Mother Take Smiths Water and Oaken leaves or the Bark of Oak and boil them well in a Pewter dish close covered then strain it through a Cloth wet Cloaths therein and apply them hot two or three times in a Night when you go to Bed Thus do for a week together and keep your self warm in the day time A most excellent Plaister for the Gout wherewith a Gentleman as I knew was Cured after all the Chirurgions had given him over Take half a pound of un-wrought Wax half a pound of Rosin one ounce of Olibenum four ounces of Letharge of Gold three quarters of a pound of White-lead finely beaten and searced then take a pint of Neats-foot Oyl set it on the fire with the Wax and Rosin and when it is melted put thereto the other powders and stir it fast with a stick till you find it be enough so make it up in Rouls and keep it for your use and when you feel any pain apply it upon linnen For the biting of a Mad-dog taught by Doctor Mathias Take of Rue of Garlick of scraped Pewter of each two ounces of Venice-Treacle one ounce of Muscadine one quart put all these into it stop it close and boil it in a Kettle of water for the space of two hours then pour off the clearest and apply some of the dregs to the place bitten and give the Patient two spoonfuls to drink of the Liquor Morning and Evening for nine days together This never failed Man nor Beast To make the Oil of Charity Take Rosemary Sage Lavender Camomile the lesser Valerian of each one handful cut them small and put them into Oyl-Olive let it be very thick with the Herbs let it infuse seven daies in the Sun then take the Glass wherein they are and wind about the bottom a little Hay and set it into a Kettle of seething Water and let it stand two hours then strain it out and put in Herbs and do as before so do three times then put in Valerian alone and do as before then strain it and let the Oyl settle keep the clearest for Christians and the grounds and Herbs for Beasts The Vertues It healeth green-Wounds and Bruises if inwardly Take a spoonfull of the clearest Oil in a little warm Posset-drink and go to Bed and sweat after it It cureth the Tooth-ach if it comes of a cold Rheum dipping Clothes in it and â—ay to the Cheek It is good for all Aches that come of Cold. It is good for Deafness if it be dropped into the Ear warm if first the head be carefully opened with the stream of red-Sage and Milk boiled together It will also Cure or knit together a broken Rib. To Cure a Timpany Proved by me Take shell-Snails crack their shells and take them off then put the Snails into a Cullender for a little while to drain then beat them in a Wooden-Boul or Mortar till you find they are well beaten then warm it a little in a stone-Pan and spread it upon Sheeps-leather and lay it all over the Belly when the Party goes to Bed and bind it on the next Moâ—ning take it off and lay in the stead thereof a warm Cloth Thus do three Nights together To make the Black-water to Cure a Thistolow Woolf Noli me tangere or any Tetter or Scald or any other Sores Take the fattest Wool about the Cod of a Sheep dry it in an Oven after Houshold-Bread is drawn then beat it into fine powder put to it a sufficient quantity of white Rose-water with a little Mercury sublimate and so apply it to the grieved places by wetting linnen Rags and lay it on warm A most excellent Diet-drink for any Disease caused by sharp or foul Humors Take Sasa-perilla 4 ounces Sasafras-wood 4 ounces and China-root 1 ounce 4 handfuls of Egrimony 4 handfuls of Colts-foot 4 handfuls of Scabions 2 penny worth of Marsh-Mallow-root one handful of Betony 1 handful of Ladies-mantle 1 handful of Sanicle and 1 root of Columbine shread the Roots abovesaid and put them together with the Herbs into three gallons of Running-water boil it to two Gallons then strain it and put to the water one gallon more of Water and boil it until it be half consumed then strain this drink and put thereto one pottle of Whitewine and one pint and half of Hony boil it a little again and scum it very clean then take it from the fire and put in two ounces of Sena and three quarters of an ounce of Rubarb drink a draught thereof Morning and Evening It is good for Dropsie and Scurvy For a Film in the Eye Take English Hony and the Marrow of a Goose wing of each a like quantity warm them together and lay them on the Eyelid with a Feather and let it go into the Eye dress it twice a day till it be well It will cure those films which do come of the small Pox. To Cure sore Nipples or for abruise which comes by a fall Take Persley and shred it and boyl it in Cream till you see an oil on the top of it then take that oil and boil with a little
it be as Batter for a Pudding order it so that there may be no knots in it but that it may be very smooth then spread the same all over upon the Prints not too thick and when they are very dry wipe the right-side clean and set them up in your Closet to use at your pleasure Fine Hangings for Closets Make some plain Net with Brown-thread and a good round Pin let the Panes be as long and as broad as you think fit when they are done wash them and starch them very stiff and pull them out against the fire till they are quite dry then put one of them into a long Tent and let it be very streight then have in readiness a Paper drawn with Leaves or Flowers and Leaves together or any other things you like tack it at the corners under the Net and so flourish it according to the Paper To make Feathers of Woosted which do look very like natural Feathers for the Corners of Beds About four pounds of French-Woosted will serve your turn three pounds of that colour your Bed is wrought with and one pound of White First Buy three quarters of a pound of Wier of sixteen pence the pound burn it in the fire till it be red-hot then take it out and cool it then cut it into pieces twenty of them must be a yard long and sixteen something shorter and twelve must be but a quarter of a yard long or little more double all these Wiers in the middle and twist them slightly then take your Woosted and open it and cut every skean twice then comb it well with a Horn-Comb then cut it in whole locks as it is in pieces about a quarter of a yard long or something less and comb every one of them then take three Brown-threds turn a large Stool the bottom upwards and tie these Brown-threds from one foot of the Stool to the other very streight then take a long double Brown-thred in a Needle and then take one of your short locks of Cruel or Woosted and cast over your Threds which you have tied to the Stool hang them even then sew them fast to the tied string which that you may the better do be sure to hold the ends of the Woosted in one hand and sew with the other for if you do not sew the tied Thred fast in your Feather will not hold but come to pieces and one thing you must be sure of that as you sew them to clap another lock on before you have done that you begun or else there will be gaps in your Feathers In every Feather you must put three locks of White or more if you please but not too much in a lock When you have thus sewed them then take your Wiers fasten a Needle and double Brown-thred to the bolt end of it and begin at one end of your Woosted you have sewn and sew the Wier very fast to it you must leave at the other end as much Wier as may be convenient to bind them up in a Plume when you have done them all When you have done thus then take some double white Woosted and sew over all that so thick that nothing may be discovered that you have done before then cut the Feather from the tied string and lay it on your Lap or a Table and comb it then take it by the stalk and with a Bodkin part it as right in the middle as you can then comb it upwards towards the tip and you will quickly perceive it to look like a natural Feather then with your Cissers cut it in shape and then comb it a little again the little ones of all must be made with Woosted not above half a quarter of a yard long for they are for the sprigs which stand up in the middle and there must be three in every sprig The twenty large Feathers are for every Corner five and the other sixteen are for every Corner four When you bind them up first bind those three together which are for the Sprig and turn the right-sides inward then put on the four with the right-sides inwards and then the five and bind the Wiers very fast Then put them into the Cups and turn the Feathers quite back and bow them down as you would have them be I have given you as full a direction as I can in writing but you may imagine that if you were with me but one hour you would learn perfectly For these kind of Feathers I have taken many a pound Some count it folly in me to declare so many things and rather wish me to keep them secret but I am of that humour that I must and will impart all what may be beneficial to others For we are not born for our selves alone God made us to serve him and to keep his Commandements and I am sure it is part of my duty to be kind to my Neighbour and what is kindness more shewed in than by giving good Counsel and good Instructions and when we are not near then to express our selves in Writing So do I do by you all and do beseech you to practice what I direct you to How to save much work and to make a suit of Chairs which be very noble Let what Draught you please be drawn upon a very course French-Canvas then have your Chairs cut out as you would have them either of Camlet or Paragon put your Stuff into a Tent and then tack your Canvas streight upon it so work it in Cros-stich and take heed that you do not cleave the Threds of the Canvas in the working nor work your Woosted or Silk too full and when you have done cut your Canvas between your Leaves and Flowers and pluck out every Thred one by one and there will be your Work very brave upon your Stuff and will look very high then form it about with what coloured Gimp you fancy best And if you want skill to shadow desire the Drawer to direct you in the drawing of it but then you must get an Embroiderer to draw it for no other can direct you right and you had better not work then that which is ridiculous This way saves the grounding or cutting out to Embroider and is much better and not common therefore to be more esteemed Another way for Chairs Let your Draught be drawn upon Stuff or Satten what else you please and work it with Woosted or Silk or both together which doth better then Silk alone if it be upon Stuff but if upon Silk then Silk alone doth best Work it in Satten-stich and as many other stiches as you know or can devise and when you bring off one shadow take a bright one from another and that wil much quicken and enliven your work for one shadow simply of it self looks very faint Observe when you walk abroad and find a dead Leaf or beginning but to wither how many shadows there is mixed together also what Bark of a Tree what Flie Worm or
Pot stand in a Vessel of cold water four daies very well luted they usually break the Pot when they take the Candy then break it off the sticks and keep it in a Box in some dry place A most rare Receipt for the Scurvy for old Catarrhs or Rheums or for a Consumption Take a good quantity of Scurvy-grass and beat it and strain it take the juyce thereof and set it over the fire till it be hot but let it not boil so soon as you see a thick scum arise take it off and strain it through a linnen Cloth but never press it between your fingers as soon as the scum is thrown away then set it over the fire again and take clarified Hony three ounces Butter clarified with three Cloves of Garlick one ounce Anniseeds half an ounce Eunulacampane half an ounce Liquorish half an ounce powdered very fine and searced through a lawn Sieve Saffron one dram finely beaten White Sugar-Candy finely beaten one ounce mix all these powders very well together and strew them carefully into the aforesaid Juyce with the clarified Butter and Hony and keep it continually stirring till you have incorporated it fully over the fire then take it from the fire and keep it stirring till it be cold then if you have a mind to keep it for a Sirrop you may keep it in a Gally-pot or you may make it thicker with more Sugar-Candy add a little Fâ—os Sulphuris and you may perfume them if you please that is if you stiffen it enough for Lozenges An excellent Medicine for any Obstructions Take a quarter of a peck of fine Wheat-flower half an ounce of Cloves beaten very fine two Nutmegs and a quarter of an ounce of Mace beaten fine mix these well with the Flower as also half a pound of fine Sugar beaten and searced put in some juyce of Harts-tongue and Liver-wort the yolks of six Eggs and six ounces of fresh sweet Butter knead it together very well and make it into a Cake and bake it with Bread eat of it very often and no doubt you will find good of it for it hath done very great Cures upon many who were Obstructed Here is a most excellent Plaister which is called the Catholick and for fear I should forget it I will not omit it any any longer Take of Rosin beaten beaten to powder two pounds and a half Heifers Tallow one pound and a quarter tryed with a gentle fire and cleansed when it is cold scrape away the dross from the bottom and melt it in a Brass Vessel then strew in the Rosin by handfuls and stir it with a Willow Spatula continually stirring it until it be all stirred in and melted then have ready a Bason of Pewter and in it of Water of Camomile of English Briony-Root and of Damask Rose-water of each eight ounces with powder of Salt of Wormwood Salt of Tartar Salt of Scurvy-grass Vitriol camphonate of each one ounce and half then pour in the melted bodâ—â—â—d stir it with the Spatula from the East to the West round continually until the body have seemingly swallowed up all the Waters and Salt continue it stirring until the Water appear and thus work it until the body be as white as Snow then let it stand a Month in the Water covered from dust and when you use it let it not come near any fire but work a little at a time until it be as white as Snow on the brawn of your hand over against the little-Finger spread it on a linnen-Cloth or Leather for the best Catholick Plaister in the World for the Reins in all Accidents for all Bruises and great Contusions and where the Bones are broken into small bits to ease pains least a Gangrene ensue then twice a day foment the part with hot stroops wrung out of a fomentation made with a strong Lye of three quarts made with Wood-Ashes then in the Lye Centaury St. Johns Wort Mallows Wormwood of each a good handful one root of Solomons Seal if you can get one or else it may be made without foment with hot stroops wrung out of this liquor of Wollen Cloaths and apply to the part as hot as may be and cover it 〈◊〉 Blankets to keep in the heat and before it be quite cold renew another hot stroop continue this order one hour Morning and Evening then presently apply the Plaister a little warmed every time when you see want spread it again if you see cause But when such shatterings are of Bones Contused Wounds Dislocations roul it not up as other fractures but have a Box made open at each end and lay the part on a pillow and let the strings of binding come about the pillow and lay the Member in the Box bind it not hard and sometimes not at all This is a very great Secret and to be valued To make fine Jelly of Fruit which will look transparent Take some Isinglass and break it in little bits and boil it in Water very well and strain it then colour it with any sort of Fruit by putting in the juyce thereof then to every pint of it take one pound of the best refined Sugar boil them together and scum it very well and when you find it to be enough put it into flat Glasses and keep it in a Cubbord You may make Jelly of any Cordial Herb or Flower in this manner which will be very comfortable and strengthâ—ing and also very pleasant A pretty sweet Meat of Lettuce-stalks Boil them in several Waters till they are tender then wash them in cold water and dry them well then take their weight in fine Sugar just wet it with Water and boil it to a Candy-height â—hen put in your stalks being first stamped in a Mortar very well boil them together till it be very cleer and take them from the fire and put them into Glasses and if you please you may add 〈◊〉 little juyce of a Lemmon to it as it â—oils and a little candid pill of a Lemnon shred small for that will give a good taste and make it look very beautiful In like manner you may do with Harty-Choaks bottoms when they are boiled â—ender To make Marmalade of Damsons Take your Damsons and scald them in Water till the skins do crack then pill them and take away the Stones then beat them well in a Mortar then take their weight in fine Sugar wet it with Water and boil it to a Candy-height then put in your Damsons and boil it and keep it stirring continually till it will come from the bottom of the Posnet To make Sirrop of Snails most admirable in Consumptions Take shell-Snails and break their shells off and wash them very well in a Pan with Water and Salt and then with several Waters alone till they be very clean then put them into a long Gally-pot with a blade or two of Mace and a little quantity of Whitewine cover the Pot and set it into a Kettle of boiling Water for