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A65957	The whole duty of a woman: or a guide to the female sex From the age of sixteen to sixty, &c. Being directions, how women of all qualities and conditions, ought to behave themselves in the various circumstances of this life, for their obtaining not only present, but future happiness. I. Directions how to obtain the divine and moral virtues of piety, meekness, modesty, chastity, humility, compassion, temperance and affability, with their advantages, and how to avoyd the opposite vices. II. The duty of virgins, directing them what they ought to do, and what to avoyd, for gaining all the accomplishments required in that state. With the whole art of love, &c. 3. The whole duty of a wife, 4. The whole duty of a widow, &c. Also choice receipts in physick and chirurgery. With the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying, &c. Written by a lady.	Lady, fl. 1701.	1696 (1696)	Wing W2054B; ESTC R221014	59,390	159

two quarts of rectified Spirits and so distill them this is excellent good against the Stone or Gravel eases pains of the Cholick and all other pains of the Bowels Elixir Proprietatis Take Alexandrian Myrrh Aloes Succotrine and Saffron of each two ounces bruise them very fine put them into a gallon of White-wine and a quart of rectified Spirits let them infuse eight days then distill them in a moderately heated Sand-hath and so preserve the Spirit mixing amongst when taken some of the volatile spirit of Hartshorn viz. six drops to a quarter of an ounce This purifies the Blood and is exceeding good against the Sourvey and all Distempers proceeding from corrupt humour if it prove too hot you may take it in Wine or other palatable Liquors Dr. Butler 's Ale Take Sarsaparilla two ounces Polypody of the Oak and Sena each four ounces Licoris two ounces Carriway seeks and Anniseed each an ounce Agrimony and Maiden-hair of each a pugil or little handful Scurvy-grass leaves and stalks a quarter of a peck bruise them grosly together and put them into a thin Canvas bag into six gallons of New Ale and at three days end draw it off and fine it in Bottle This purges the Urin and gentle breathing Sweats it expels Scorbutick humours and helps much in the Dropsie and all watery diseases c. Purl-Royal Take two ounces of Coriander seeds a handful of stript Roman Wormwood an ounce of Senna a little handful of Balm an ounce of horse-raddish-Horse-Raddish-root thinly sliced bruise these and infuse them in two gallons of white-White-wine or rhenish-Rhenish-wine six days take away the liquid part drink a small glass full in as much other Wine It fortifies the Heart cleanses the Stomach and very much helpeth Digestion These ingredients may likewise be infused in Ale or any other Liquor in Ale it is called Common Garden-Purl a liquor very much esteemed in London Spirit of Scurvey-Grass Take the bark of the root of an Ash-tree the root of Fraxinel Capers and Tamarisk each an ounce Oak Polypode two ounces wild Radish 3 ounces Scurvygrass-leaves one pound Sorrel Water-cresses Brook-lime and spleenwort three handfuls each Bayberries and Berries of Juniper of each half an ounce a handful of the tops of the lesser Centaury the seeds of Mustard Citron Cardus each half an ounce Cinamon Cloves Ginger and Nutmeg each three drams bruise these and digest them in a warm Sand-bath in a gallon of Rhenish-wine and three pints of true Brandy three days then distill them in an Alimbeck Twenty drops in any Liquor is a sufficient dose in case of the Scurvey shortness of Breath pricking Pains foulness of the Lungs Yellowness of the Teeth easing pains of the Belly killing Worms in Children and for it 's rare Virtues is called The Golden Spirit of Scurvey-Grass Pligue Water Take Balm Mint Rhue Cardus and the green husks of Walnuts or Walnut-leaves of each a good handful bruise them and infuse them 24 hours in a gallon of Canary add bruised Mace and Cinamon each half an ounce distill them and drink an ounce of the Water fasting It resists all Pestilential Airs Infectious or Nauseous Vapours that offend Nature is good in Surfeits Pains of the Head or Ascending Vapours that occasion Dizziness the Megrim c. Surfeit-Water Cut off the bottoms of Poppy-flowers infuse two large handfuls in two quarts of Brandy 24 hours wring them out and put in as many fresh ones till the Brandy has the Red Tincture of them then slice in Nutmeg Ginger and Cinamon each a quarter of an ounce press out the liquid part drop in a few drops of Oyl of Cloves and sweeten it with Loaf Sugar keep it close stop'd and take an ounce at a time It 's a great Healer of the Stomach gives Rest cause Sweat and Rarifies the whole Mass of Blood Vsquebaugh Take three gallons of neat Brandy or good rectified Spirit Spanish juce of Liquorice six ounces Raisins of the sun ston'd a quarter of a Pound sliced Dates the Stones taken out the like quantity the tops of Thyme and Balm each a little handful the tops of Rosemary and Rosemary flowers two ounces each Mace Cinamon Coriander-seed and Anniseed grosly bruised each half an ounce scent it with Orange or Citron water or the flowers or peels of either let this Mass infuse 5 or 6 days in a Glass or Earthen Vessel put in six ounces of white Sugar-candy beaten in fine powder then draw or pour off the liquid part as fine as may be and what remains will make a weaker sort by putting other spirits to it This is a pleasant Liquor a great friend to the Lungs preventing cold distillations and bringing away Phlegm or Rheum it removes obstructions in the Liver helps shortness of Breach and sweetens it it ●hears the Spirits and taken fasting prevents the bad effects of evil Airs about three spoonfuls at a time is a sufficient Dose Dr. Stephen 's great Cordial Water Take a Gallon of Claret Canary or Rhenish Wine Gallingal Grains of Paradice Cinnamon Nutmegs Ginger Anniseeds and sweet Fennel-seeds of each three drams Mint the leaves of Red Roses Sage Pellitory of the Wall the tops of Rosemary Thyme Wild Marjorum Chamomile and the tops of Lavender-cotton shred the Herbs and grosly bruise the Spices infuse them the space of two days and distil them in an Alimbeck This mainly resists Infectious Airs is an Antidote against the Plague and very advantagious And ounce of it taken just before the coming of a cold fit of an Ague and if it appear too hot you may palliate it with cooling Liquors it easies mightily likewise pains in the Bowels and is good taken by those that are apprehensive or fearful of the Small pox when they go abroad in times when its rife Metheglin White Take sweet Marjorum Violet Strawberry leaves and flowers the tops of Thyme Rosemary Burrage and Agrimony of each a little handful the seeds of Coriander Carriway and sweet Fennel each half an ounce a quarter of an ounce of beaten Mace boil them grosly bruised in eight gallons of Spring-water gently about an hour scumming straining them being strained put into the liquor as much fine Honey as will make it bear an Egg so that some part of it may appear above the liquid boil it again as long as any scum will rise when it is cool put it up into a Vessel with about a pint of Ale Yeast let it work three days then hang five days a bag of Spice in it draw it off and bottle it up Mead. Take Sweet-Briar rosemary and Thyme Agrimony Bettony and Eyebright the tops of Scabious each a pugil or as much as may be lightly held between the Fore-finger and thumb put them in Spring-water and lay a Stone or some heavy cover to sink them infuse them 48 hours then take them out and boil them in another water till the water be coloured with them very high let them stand off the fire a day and a

made for Ruin and Destruction It should therefore methinks be an easie determination whether to Embrace that Clemency and Compassion which you see Exemplified in the Wisest and Best of Men or that Savage Fierceness of the Ignoble Creatures This is certain That there is not any Woman would be contented to assume the outward form of any Ravenous Revengeful Creature Why then should you subject your Nobler Parts and Mind to such Transformation For as there is no Monster so Deformed as those Compounded of Man and Beast so nothing can be more Unnatural or Odious than a Woman Tyger Temperance as Sobriety is the Bridle of the Passions of Desire so Temperance is the Bitt and Curb to restrain us to a moderate use of Meat Drink and Recreations so that they may best consist with our Health and not hinder but help the work of the Soul by the necessary supports they administer and this principally consists in the Act of the Soul for it is a Grace that chuses natural means in order to promote Natural and Holy Ends. It is Exercised in Eating and Drinking because they are necessary however it permits the use of them only as they Minister to Lawful Health but when Delight is the only End and rests and dwells there long tending to Riot there it is the contrary for such Eating and Drinking is not a Serving God but an Inordinate Action because it is not in the way to that end And to avoid these Latter 1. Be not often at great Feasts nor at all in Dissolute Company for variety of objects Steals away the Heart and Company is either Violent or Enticing 2. Be severe in your Judgment concerning your Proportion and suffer no occasion to make you enlarge beyond what is ordinary lest you exceed the bounds of Moderation and as you take this caution your self never urge any one to Eat or Drink beyond their desires Take in this St. Paul's Advice Let us who are of the day be Sober c. 3. Begin and end your time with Thanksgiving so that you may carry your Mind and spirit to the Coelestial Table often thinking on it and often desiring it that by enkindling your desires to Heavenly Banquets you may be indifferent and less Passionate for the Earthly Mingle Discourses pious or in some sense profitable and in all sense charitable and innocent To Conclude Let your Drink so serve your Meat as your Meat doth your Health that it be apt to convey and digest it and refresh the Spirits but let it never go beyond such Refreshment as may a little lighten the present Load of a Sad or Troubled Spirit never to Inconveniency Lightness Sottishness Vanity or Intemperance Be not Impatiently desirous of any thing so that you cannot Abstain from it for that is to lose your Liberty and to become a Servant to Meat and Drink Intemperance is hurtful to Nature by Creating Diseases to your Good name by bringing a Scandal on it and to your Soul by clogging the Spirits and hindering it in the Offices of its Devotion especially Intemperance in Drinking a Vice Detestable in all but prodigious in a Woman who in that case puts a double violence upon her Nature the one in the Intemperance the other in the Immodesty and though such may take their Copy from Men yet nothing Human is such a Beast as a woman who gives her self every way up to Intemperance Affability is so becoming our Sex that it is one of their Chiefest Ornaments in Moral Virtues and more absoluely necessary in them than in Men. As for its Cause it derives it self either from a Native Candor and Generosity of Mind or from a Noble and Ingenious Education or something joyntly from both and these are as good Originals as any thing Meerly Moral can flow from And this Virtue reaches further and grasps at that which is Divine for as far as it partakes of Humility it must of Sincerity also that being a Virtue whose very Elements are Plainness and Simplicity for as it has no designs that want a cover so it needs none of those Subtilties and Simulations those Pretences and Artifices requisite to those that do 'T is the Precept of the Apostle Philip. 2.3 In Lowlyness of Mind let each esteem others better than themselves 2. Courtesie and an Affable Carriage and Behaviour are such Charms that they Endear all but especially your Inferiours to you and keep up a Reputation in spight of many blemishes A kind Word or Look from a Superiour is strangely taking and Insensibly Steals away the Heart The Grecians comparing the Affability and Easie Access of Cleomene with the Sullen State and Pride of other Princes were so Enamoured with it that they judged him only worthy to be their King and as there is no certainer so also no cheaper way of gaining Love and winding into the Affections of those you Converse with A Friendly Salutation is as easie as a Frown or Reproach and that Kindness may be preserved by them which if once forfeited will not at a far greater price be recovered Besides when Vicissitudes are considered it may be a Providence to you the greatest Persons upon the turns of Fortune often stand in need of the assistance of the meanest and then you will be sure of Friends at need to Comfort you and Rejoyce that by your Affability you have Link'd them to your Interest Disdain is contrary to this and will not fail to procure you Enemies as it is it self an enemy to Civil Society and Conversation Frowns Haughty Looks Surly Words or an expectation of more Cringing and Submission than is due cannot be well relish'd or digested A Proud Temper is hateful to all especially that are of an Affable Disposition it shews the Birth or Spirit mean or poor and gives a suspicion that it is but a Pageantry of some Mushrome newly sprung up that stands so stiff So that instead of keeping others at distance this invites them to a nearer inspection that if there be any flaw either in their Life or Birth 't will be sure to e discovered there being no such prying Inquisitor as Curiosity urged 〈◊〉 a sense of Contempt CHAP. II. The Duty of Virgins Directing them what they ought to Do and what to Avoid 〈◊〉 gaining all the Accomplishments Requir●● in that State With the Whole Art of Love Being Directions how to Receive the Addresses either of a Nobleman Gentleman o● Tradesmen with that Prudence as not 〈◊〉 be accounted Scornful Morose or Fond● Whereby Persons of the Meanest Rank ma● Raise their Fortunes to the highest pitch o● Honour and Greatness HAving given you an Account of thos● General Qualifications which are a● once the Duty and Ornament of your Se● there are notwithstanding Specific differences arising from the several States and Circumstances of Life some whereof may exact ●reater degrees even of the former Virtues and all may have some distinct or particular Requisites adapted to that particular State and Condition and