Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	natural_a	spirit_n	vital_a	2,146	5	10.9559	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66847	The queen-like closet; or, Rich cabinet stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying & cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex. By Hannah Wolley.	Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. Second part of the queen-like closet.	1670 (1670)	Wing W3282; ESTC R221174	130,957	433

each steep these in Spirit of Wine Malmsie or Aquavitae every one in their Season till all may be had then put also to them of Balm Motherwort Spike-flowers Bay leaves the leaves of Orange trees with the Flowers if they may be had of each one ounce put them into the aforesaid distilled Wine all together and distil it as before having first been steeped six weeks when you have distilled it put into it Citron Pill dried Piony seeds hull'd of each five Drams of Cinamon half'an ounce of Nutmegs Cardamom seeds Cubebs and yellow Sanders of each half an ounce of lignum Aloes one dram make all these into Powder and put them into the distilled Wine abovesaid and put to them of Cubebs anew a good half pound of Dates the stones taken out and cut them in small pieces put all these in and close your Vessel well with a double Bladder let them digest six weeks then strain it hard with a Press and filtrate the Liquor then put into it of prepared Pearl Smaragdus Musk and Saffron of each half a Scruple and of Ambergreece one Scruple red Roses dried well Red and Yellow Saunders of each one ounce hang these in a Sarsenet Bag in the water being well sewed that nothing go out The Virtues of this Water This water is of exceeding virtue in all Swoundings and Weaknesses of the heart and decaying of Spirits in all Apoplexies and Palsies also in all pains of the Ioints coming of Cold for all Bruises outwardly bathed and dipped Clothes laid to it strengtheneth and comforteth all animal natural and vital Spirits and cheareth the external Senses strengtheneth the Memory restoreth lost Speech and lost Appetite all weakness of the Stomach being both taken inwardly and bathed outwardly it taketh away the Giddiness of the Head helpeth lost Hearing it maketh a pleasant Breath helpeth all cold disposition of the Liver and a beginning Dropsie it helpeth all cold Diseases of the Mother indeed none can express sufficiently it is to be taken morning and evening about half a Spoonful with Crums of Bread and Sugar XXXII For a Cough of the Lungs or any Cough coming of Cold approved by many Take a good handful of French Barley boil it in several waters till you see the water be clear then take a quart of the last water and boil in it sliced Licoras Aniseeds bruised of each as much as you can take up with your four Fingers and your Thumb Violet Leaves Strawberry Leaves five fingered Grass Maidenhair of each half a handful a few Raisins in the Sun stoned boil these together till it come to a Pint then strain it and take twelve or fourteen Iordan Almonds blanched and beaten and when your water is almost cold put in your Almonds and stir it together and strain it then sweeten it with white Sugar Candy drink this at four times in the morning fasting and at four of the Clock in the Afternoon a little warmed do this nine or ten days together if you please you may take a third draught when you go to Bed if you be bound in your body put in a little Syrrop of Violets the best way to take it is to suck it through a straw for that conveys it to the Lungs the better XXXIII To make the best Bisket-Cakes Take four new laid Eggs leave out two of the Whites beat them very well then put in two spoonfuls of Rose-water and beat them very well together then put in a pound of double refin'd Sugar beaten and searced and beat them together one hour then put to them one pound of fine Flower and still beat them together a good while then put them upon Plates rubbed over with Butter and set them into the Oven as fast as you can and have care you do not bake them too much XXXIV Perfumed Roses Take Damask Rose Buds and cut off the Whites then take Rose-water or Orange-Flower water wherein hath been steeped Benjamin Storax Lignnm Rhodium Civet or Musk dip some Cloves therein and stick into every Bud one you must stick them in where you cut away the Whites dry them between white Papers they will then fall asunder this Perfume will last seven years Or do thus Take your Rose Leaves cut from the Whites and sprinkle them with the aforesaid water and put a little powder of Cloves among them XXXV To make Tincture of Caroways Take one quart of the Spirits of French Wine put into it one pound of Carroway Comfits which are purled and the Pills of two Citron Limons let it stand in a warm place to infuse in a Glass close stopped for a Moneth stirring it every day once Then strain it from the seeds and adde to it as much Rosewater as will make it of a pleasant taste then hang in your Bottle a little Ambergreece and put in some Leaf-Gold this is a very fine Cordial XXXVI To get away the Signs of the Small Pox. Quench some Lime in white Rosewater then shake it very well and use it at your pleasure when you at any time have washed with it anoint your face with Pomatum made with Spermaceti and oyl of sweet Almonds XXXVII To make Clouted Cream Take Milk that was milked in the morning and scald it at noon it must have a reasonable fire under it but not too rash and when it is scalding hot that you see little Pimples begin to rise take away the greatest part of the Fire then let it stand and harden a little while then take it off and let it stand until the next day covered then take it off with a Skimmer XXXVIII To make a Devonshire-White-pot Take two quarts of new Milk a peny white Loaf sliced very thin then make the Milk scalding hot then put to it the Bread and break it and strain it through a Cullender then put in four Eggs a little Spice Sugar Raisins and Currans and a little Salt and so bake it but not too much for then it will whey XXXIX To make the Portugal Eggs. Take a very large Dish-with a broad brim lay in it some Naples Bisket in the Form of a Star then put so much Sack into the Dish as you do think the Biskets will drink up then stick them full with thin little pieces of preserved Orange and green Citron Pill and strew 〈…〉 store of French Comfits over them of divers colours then butter some Eggs and lay them here and there upon the Biskets then fill up the hollow places in the Dish with several coloured Iellies and round about the Brim thereof lay Lawrel Leaves guilded with Leaf-Gold lay them slanting and between the Leaves several coloured Iellies XL. To Candy Flowers the best way Take Roses Violets Cowslips or Gilly-flowers and pick them from the white bottoms then have boiled to a Candy height Sugar and put in so many Flowers as the Sugar will receive and continually stir them with the back of a Spoon and when you see the Sugar harden on the sides