Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	dram_n	half_a	ounce_n	8,672	5	10.2661	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

set them on the fire and when they boyl up take them off and let them stand 2 days and then boyl them again once more 34. To preserve Currants Part them in the tops and lay a laying of Currans and a laying of Sugar and so boyl them as fast as you do Rasberries do not put them in the Spoon but Scum them boyl them till the Syrup be pretty thick then take them off and let them stand till they be cold and put them in a Glass 35. To make Goose-berry Cakes Pick Goose-berries and put them in an earthe Pitcher and set it in a Kettle of water till they be soft then put them in a sieve and let them stand till all the juice be out and weigh the juice and as much Sugar as Syrup first Boyl the Sugar to a Candy and take i● off and put in the juice and set them in the press till they be dry 36. To make excellent Broth. Take a Chicken and set it on the fire and when it boyls Scum it then put in a Mace and a very little Oatmeal and such herbs as the party requires and boyl it well down and bruise the Chicken and put it in again and it is good broth And to alter it you may put in 6 Prunes and leave out the Herbs or put them in as you please and when it is well boyled strain i● and season it 37. To make Angelets Take a quart of new Milk and a pint of Cream and put them together in a little Runnel when it is come well take it up with a spoon and put it into the Vate softly and let it stand 2 days till it be pretty stiff then slip it out and Salt it a little at both ends and when you chink it is salt enough set it a drying and wipe them and within a quarter of a year they will he ready to eat 28. To make Jelly of Harts-horn Take 4 Ounces of shavings of Harts-horn of the inside and 2 Ale-quarts of Water put this in a Pipkin and boyl it very gently till it come to a quart the Harts-horn must be steeped 3 or 4 Hours first afterwards put a little into a Saucer till it be cold and if it jellieth it is boyled enough then being warm take it off the fire and strain it hard through a Cloth and set it a cooling till it be a hard Jelly then take 2 whites of Eggs and beat them very well or with a sprigg of Rosemary or Birch but not with a spoon till a Water come in the bottom then put these beaten Eggs and the Water thereof into a Skillet and all the Jelly upon it with 3 Spoonfuls of damask Rose-water and a quarter of a pound of Sugar and when it boyls stir and lay it pretty well then strain it through a Cloth and let it cool And of this take 4 spoonfuls in the morning fasting and at 4 a Clock in the Afternoon and this is excellent good for the weakness in the Back 39. To preserve Damsons Red or Black Plumbs Take their weight in Sugar and Water enough to make a Syrup to cover them so boyl them a little therein being close covered turning them from spot●ing let them stand all night in their own Syrup then set them upon a pot of seething Water and suffer your Plumbs to boyl no faster than the Water under them and when they are both sweet and tender take them up and boyl the Syrup again till they be thick then put 〈◊〉 your Plumbs and it together in your Preserving ●●a●●es 40. To make Rosemary-water Take Rosemary and the flowers in the midst of May before the Sun rise strip the Leaves and the Flowers from the stalks take 4 or 5 Elecampane Roots and a handful or 2 of Sage and Roots together till they be very small then take 3 Ounces of Cloves and so much of Mace and half a pound of Anniseeds and beat all these Spices every one by themselves then take the Herbs and the Spices and put thereto 4 or 5 Gallions of good White-wine then put in all these herbs and Spices and Wine into an earthen pot and put the Pot into the ground about sixteen days then take it up and distill it with a very soft fire 41. To make Pomatum Take fresh Hogs suet cleansed from the films and washt in White-wine one pound and as much sheeps suet washt in White-wine then take about 16 Pomwater apples cleansed and boyled in Rose-water add to these Rose-wood Sassafras Roots of Orrice Floreirtine of each six Drams of Benzoin Storax Calamita half an Ounce of each and so make it into an Oyntment 42. To make Oyl of sweet Almonds Take dryed sweet Almonds as many as you please beat them small and put them in a hempen cloth and without fire by degrees press out the Oyl 43. An Excellent Water against fits of the Mother Take Briony-roots Elder berries ripe drest at a gentle heart in a Furnace and cleans'd from their stalks of each 2 Onnces leaves of Mugwort Bittany Peatherfew Nep Basil Penny-royal Rue Sabine all dryed in the Sun of each half an Ounce peels of Oranges the out-side dry'd and Ounce and a half Mirrh Castoreum of each 3 drams Saffron 1 dram pouder them and steep them 8 days in 2 quarts of the Spirit of Wine then strain them through a very quick Hair-strainer keep the Liquor in a glass very well stopt 44. To make Syrup of Wormwood Take Roman Wormwood or Pontick Wormwood half a pound of red Roses 2 Ounces Indian Spike drams old White-wine and juice of Quinces of each 2 pints and a half bruise them in an earthen Vessel 24 hours then boyl them till half be Wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a Syrup 45. To make Conserve of Quinces Take 3 quarts of the juice of Quinces Clarified boyl it until two parts be wasted then put to it 2 pounds of white Sugar then boyl them to the thickness of Honey 46. To make Syrup of Poppies Take the heads and seeds of white Popy and of black of each 50 drams Venus hair 15 Licorice 5 drams Jnjubes 30 drams Lettice seed 40 drams add of the seeds of Mallows and Quinces tied up in a fine rag of each 1 dram and a half boyl them in 8 pints of Water until half be wasted strain it and to 3 pound of Liquor put thereto Perides and Sugar of each 1 Pound boyl them to a Syrup 47. To make Honey of Roses Take of white Honey despumed fresh juice of red Roses one pound put them into a Skillet and when they begin to boyl throw into them fresh red Rose-leaves picked 4 pounds and boyl them till the juice be wasted always stirring it then strain it and put it up in an earthen Pot. 48. To make Syrup of Lemons Take of the juice of Lemons purified by going thro' woolen strainer with crushing 3 quarts and a half ●nd of white Sugar

White-wine 2 Pound of Sugar and of Cinamon Ginger long Pepper Mace not bruised Grains Galingal Cloves not Bruised of each 2 penny Worth Bruise every kind of Spice a little and put them together in an Earthen Pot for a day then Cast them through your Bags 2 or three times as you see cause and so Drink it 15. To make Almond-Butter Take your Almonds and Blanch them and beat them in a Mortar very small and in Beating put a littl● Water when they are beaten pour in water into two pots put half into one and half into another put Sugar to them and stir them let them Boyl a good while strain it and so dish it up 16. To preserve Quinces red Pare your Quinces and core them take as much Sugar as they weigh put to every pound of Sugar 1 quart of Water boyl your Quinces very Leisurely close Covered turn them to keep them from spotting when they are very tender and well coloured boyl the Syrup till it will button on a dish and so put your Syrup to them 17. To pickle Cucumbers Wash them and dry them in a Cloth take Water Vinegar Salt Fennel-tops some Dill-tops and a little Mace make it sharp enough to the taste boyl it a while and take it off and let it stand till cold then put in the Cucumbers and keep them down close and within a week they will be fit to eat 18. To Candy Pears Plumbs Apricocks clear as Amber Take your Apricocks or Plumbs and give every one a cut to the Stone in the Notch then cast Sugar on them and bake them in an Oven as hot as for Manchet close stop let them stand half an hour then lay them one by one upon Glass-plates and so dry them In this manner you may Candy any other Fruit. 19. To preserve Oranges Take a pound of Oranges and a pound of Sugar Peel the outward Rind and the inward white skin off then take juice of Oranges and put them into the juice and boyl them half an hour and take them off 20. To make Oyl of Violets Set the Violets in sallad Oyl and strain them then put in other fresh Violets and let them lye twenty days then strain them again and put in other fresh Vioets and let them stand all the year 21. To make Cream of Quinces Take a roasted Quince pare it and cut it into thin Slices to the Core boyl it in a pint of Cream with a little whole Ginger till it taste of the Quinces to your liking then put in a little Sugar and strain it and always serve it cold to the Table 22. To make a March-Pane Steep 2 pound of pickled Almonds one day and 2 nights in fair Water and Blanch them out of it then beat them well in a Morter and bedeck them with Rose-water put it to your Almonds so many pound of Sugar beat it with your Almonds then make fine Crust of Paste and sprinkle it with Rose-water and Sugar then spread the Stuff on it and bake it at a very soft fire always bedewing it with Damask Water Civet and Sugar and lastly with a gut of Dates gilt or the Kernels of Pine-apple and so set it forth 23. To make Almond Milk Boyl French s Barly as you boyl it cast away the water till you see the water leave to change Colour as you put in more fresh water then put a bundle of Strawberry leaves and as much Cullumbine leaves and boyl it a good while then put in beaten Almonds and strain them and then strain it with Sugar and Rosemary then strew some Sugar about the dish and send it to the Table 24. To preserve Apricocks or Pears Plumbs when green Take the fruit and scald them in water and peel them scrape the spungy substance off the Apricocks or Quinces boyl them very tender taking their weight in Sugar and as much water as to cover them boyl them very Leasurely then take them up and boyl the Syrup till it be thick and when they are cold put them up with your Syrup into your preserving Glasses 25. To pickle French Beans Take your Beans and string them boyl them tender take them off let them stand till they are cold put them into pickle of Beer Vinegar Pepper Salt Cloves and Mace with a little Ginger 26. To make an Excellent Jelly Take 3 Gallons of Water boyl in it a knuckle of Veal and Calves feet slit in two with all the fat clean taken from between the claws let them boyl to a very tender Jelly keeping it clean scum'd and the edge of the pot always wiped with a clean Cloth that none of the scum may boyl in strain it from the meat let it stand all night the next morning take away the top and the bottom and a quart of this Jelly half a pint of Sherry Sack half an ounce of Cinamon and as much Sugar as will season it 6 whites of Eggs well beaten mingle all these together then boyl it half an hour and let it run through your bag 17. To make Aqua Mirabilis Take of Cloves Galanga Cubebs Mace Cardamums Nutmegs Ginger each 1 dram juice of Celandine half a pound Spirit of Wine 1 pint White-wine 3 pints infuse them 24 hours and draw off a quart with an Alembik 28. Dr. Stevens 's Water Take of Cinamon Ginger Galanga Cloves Nutmegs Grains of Paradise seeds of Annis Fennel Caraways of each 1 dram herbs of Time Mother of Time Mint Sage Penny-royal Pellitory of the Wall Rosemary Flowers of red Roses Cammomile Origanum Lavender of each one handful infuse them 12 hours in 12 pints of Gascoign Wine then with an Alembick draw away 3 pints of the strong 29. To make good Cherry Wine Take the Syrup of Cherries and when it hath stood while bottle it up and tye down the Cork and in short time it will be pleasant Wine 30. To make Wafers Take a pint of Flower a little Dram the yolks of 2 Eggs a little Rose-water with some searced Cinamon and Sugar work them together and bake them upon hot Irons 31. To preserve Grapes Stamp and strain them let it settle a while before you wet a pound of Sugar or Grapes with the Juice stone the Grapes save the Liquor in the stoning take them off and put them up 32. To pickle Purslain Take Purslain and pick it into little pieces and put it into a pot or Barrel take a little water Vinegar and Salt to your taste it must be pretty strong of the Vinegar and Salt and a little Mace and boyl all these together And pour this Liquor boyling hot into the Purslain and when it is cold tye it close down and in a Week or two it is fit to eat 32. To preserve green Walnuts Boyl your Walnuts till the water taste bitter then take them off and put them in cold Water and peel off the Bark and weigh as much Sugar as they weigh and a little more water than will wet the Sugar

then put them into Boxes for use 67 To make Sugar Plates Take serced Sugar and make it up in a paste with Gum-Dragon steeped in Rose-water and when you have brought it into a perfect Paste rowl it as thin as e're you can and then print it in moulds of what fashion you please let them dry 68. To make Pomander Take half an Ounce of Benjamin and as much Storax and Labdanum with 6 grains of Musk and as much Civet and 2 grains of Ambergreese and one dram of sweet Balsam then ronl it up in Beads as big or as little as you please and whilst hot make holes in them for your use 69. To make Conserve of Damsons Take ripe Damsons and put them into scalding Water and half an Hour after set them over the fire till they break then strain them through a Culender and let them cool then strain them through a piece of Canvas from their stones and skins then set them over the fire again with a good quantity of red Wine so boyl it stirring it till it be thick and when it is even boyled enough put in a Convenient proportion of Sugar stir it well together and put it into your Gally pots 70. To Bake Oranges Peel the Bark off and boyl them in Rose-water and Sugar till they are tender then make your Pye and ●et them whole in it and put the Liquor they were boyled in into the Pye season it with Sugar Cinamon and Ginger 71. To preserve Peaches Take a pound of your fairest and best coloured Peaches and with a wet linnen cloth wipe off the white coar of them then parboyl them in half a pint of White-wine and a pint and a half of running Water and being parboyld peel of the white skin of them and then weigh them take to your pound of Peaches 3 quarters of a pound of refined Sugar and dissolve it in a quarter of a pint of white-wine and boyl it almost to the heighth of a Syrup then put in your Peaches and let them boyl in the Syrup a quarter of an hour or more then put them up and keep them all the Year 72. To preserve Goosberries Take Goose-berries or Grapes or Barberries and take somewat more than their weight in Sugar beaten fine lay one laying of Fruits and another of Sugar till all are laid in your preserving Pan then take 6 spoonfuls of fair Water and boyl your Fruits therein as fast as you can untill they be very clear then take them up and boyl the Syrup by it self till it be thick when they are cold put them into Gally-pots 73. To preserve Angelica Roots Wash the Roots slice them very thin and lay them in Water 3 or 4 days change the Water every day then put the Roots into a pot of Water and set them in the embers all night in the morning put away the Water then take a pound of Roots 4 pints of Water and 2 pound of Sugar let it boyl and Scum it clean then put in the Roots which will be boyled before the Syrup then take them up and boyl the Syrup after they will ask a whole days work very softly at St. Andrew's time is the best time to do them in all the Year 74. To make Syrup of Quinces Take of the juice of Quinces clarified 3 quarts boyl it over a gentle fire till half of it be consumed scum it and add to it three pints of red Wine with four pound of white Sugar boyl it to a Syrup and Perfume it with a dram of Cinamon Cloves and Ginger of each 2 Scrupels 75. To make Walnut Water Take of green Walnut a pound and a half Garden Radish-roots 1 pound green Asarabacca 6 Ounces Radish-seeds 4 Ounces bruise them and steep them in 3 pints of White-wine Vinegar for 3 days then distil them in a leaden Still till dry 76. To make Treacte-water Take of the juice of green Walnuts 4 pound juice of Rue 3 pound juice of Carduus Marigolds and Balm of each 2 pound green Petasits Roots 1 pound and half Roots of Burrs 1 pound Angelica and Masterwort of each half a pound Leaves of Scordium 4 handfuls old Venice-treacle and Methridate of each 8 Ounces Canary 6 Quarts Vinegar 3 quarts juice of Lemons 1 quart digest them 2 days either in Horse-dung or Bath the Vessel being close shut then distil them in Sand in which you may make a Theriacal extraction 77. To make Syrup of Cinamen Take of Cinamon grosly bruised 4 Ounces steep it in White-wine and small Cinamon-water of each half a pound 3 days in a glass by a gentle fire strain it and with a pound and a half of Sugar boyl it to a Syrup This Syrup refreshes the vital Spirits and cherisheth the Heart and Stomach helps digestion and cherisheth the whole Body exceedingly 78. To make Syrup of Citron-Peels Take of fresh yellow Citron Peels 5 Ounces the berries of Cherms or the juice of them brought over 2 drams spring water 2 quarts steep them all night boyl them till half be consum'd take off the Scum strain it and with 2 pound and a half of the whitest Sugar boyl it into a Syrup let half of it be without Musk but Persume the other half with 3 grains of Musk tied up in a Bag. 79. To make Syrup of Hartshorn Take of Harts-horn 3 handfuls Polypodium of the Oak the roots of both sorts of Bugloss barks of the roots of Capers and Tamaris of each 2 Ounces Hops Dodder Maiden-hair Balm of each 2 handfuls boyl them in 5 quarts of spring-water till it comes to four strain it and with 4 pound of Sugar make it into Syrup according to Art 80. An everlasting Oyl Perfume for Gloves Take Benjamin two Ounces Storax and Calamint each an Ounce the 2 first must be finely beaten by themselves then take a pound of sweet Almonds and mix it with the Storax and Benjamin upon a Marble stone then put it into an earthen pot with more Oyl then put in your Cloves poudered so let it stand close covered and when you will perfume a pair of Gloves take a little fair Water in a spoon and wipe your Gloves fine with it take another spoon and dip it in your Oyl and rub it on your Gloves and let them dry 81. An excellent water for a Consumption Take 3 pints of Milk and one pint of red Wine 24 yolks of Eggs beat them very well together then add so much white-bread as will drink up the Wine put to it some Cowslip Flowers and distill them Take a spoonful of this Morning and Evening in Chicken or Mutton Broth and for a Month it will cure any Consumption 82. To make Barley Water Take a penny-worth of Barley a penny-worth of Raisins of the Sun a penny-worth of Anniseeds an half penny-worth of Licorish about 2 quarts of water boil all together till half be consumed then strain it when it is cold drink it your Licorish must be sliced into small pieces 83.

Dr. Deodate's Drink for the Scurvey Take Roman Wormwood Carduus Benedictus Scurvey-grass Brook-lime Water-creeses Watertrifoil of each 1 handful Dodder Cetrach Scolopendria Burrage Bugloss Sorrel Vervain or Speedwell of each half a handsul Elicampaine Root one Ounce Raisins of the Sun 3 Ounces slices of Oranges and Lemons of each 13 insuse these in a double glass with so much White-wine as will make a pint and a half of liquor when done 84. A Conserve to strengthen the Back Take Eringo roots and conserve them as you do Damask white and red Roses in every respect the pith being taken out one pound and a half of Sugar is enough for every pound of Roots with 3 pints of Water stew them closely at first as you do your Roses if you add to them 5 or 6 grains of Ambergreese beaten to fine pouder it will be much more Cordial 85. An excellent Aqua Composita for a Surfeit Take a handful of Rosemary a root of Enulacampane a handful of Hysop half a handful of Tyme 6 handfuls of Sage as much Mint and as much Penny-royal half a handful of Hore-hound 2 Ounces of Liquorish well bruised and as much Anniseeds take two gallions of the best strong Ale and all the herbs aforesaid and wring them asunder and put them into an earthen pot well covered and let them stand a day and a night from thence put it into a brass pot and set it on a fire and let it stand till it boyl then take it from the fire and set your Limbeck on the pot and stop it close with paste that there come no air out of it and still it out with a soft fire add to it a little Red Fennel 86. To make Balm-water Take 4 gallons of strong stale Ale half a pound of Liquorish 2 pound of Balm two Ounces of Figs half a pound of Anniseeds one Ounce of Nutmegs shred the Balm and figgs very small and let them stand steeping 4 and 20 hours and then put it in a still as you use Aquavitae 87. To pickle Broom-buds Take Broom-buds put them into linnen bags and tye them close then make some brine with vvater and salt and boyl it a little let it be cold then put some brine in a deep earthen pot and put the bags in it and lay some vveight on let it lie till it look black boyl them and put them in Vinegar a Week or 2 and they will be fit to eat 88. To make good Rasberry-wine Take a Gallon of Sack in which let 2 Gallons of Rasberries stand steeping the space of 24 hours then strain them and put to the Liquor 3 pound of Raisons of the Sun stoned let them stand together 4 or 5 days being sometime stirred together then pour off the clearest and put it up in Bottles and set it in a cold place if it be not sweet enough you may put Sugar to it 89. To make excellent Hipprocas in an instant Take of Cinamon 2 Ounces Nutmegs Ginger of each half an Ounce Cloves 2 Drams bruise these small then mix them with as much Spirit of Wine as will make them into a paste let them stand covered in glass the space of 6 days in a cold place then press out the Liquor and put it in a glass A few drops of this Liquor put into any Wine giveth it a gallant relish and Odour and maketh it as good as any Hippocras whatsoever in an instant 90. To make Artifical Malmsey Take 2 Gallons of English Honey put into it eight Gallons of the best Spring water set these in a Vessel over a gentle fire when they have boyl'd gently an hour take them off and when they be cold put them into a small Barrel or Runlet hanging in the Vessel a bag of Spices and set it in the Cellar and in half a year you may drink of it 91. To make Artificial Claret-wine Take 6 Gallions of water 2 Gallions of the best Cyder put thereto 8 pound of the best Malaga raisins bruised in a Morter let them stand close covered in a warm place the space of a Fortnight every two days stirring them well together Then press out the Raisins and put the Liquor into the said Vessel again to which add a quart of the juice of Rasberries and a pint of the juice of black Cherries cover this Liquor with bread spread thick with strong Mustard the Mustard the Mustard-seed being downward and so let it work by the fire side 3 or 4 days then turn it up and let it stand a Week and then bottle it up and it will taste very pleasant far better than our Common Claret 92. Ta make Spirit of Ambergreese Take Amber-greese 2 drams of Musk a dram cut them small and put them into a pint of Wine close up the Glass Hermetically and digest them in a very gentle heat till you perceive they are dissolved then you may use it 2 or 3 drops or more if you please of this spirit put into a pint of Wine gives it a rich Odour or if you put 2 or 3 drops round the brims of the Glass it will do as well half a spoonful of it self or mixt with specifical liquor is a rich Cordial 93. An Excellent sweet water Take a quart of Orange-flower water as much Rose water 4 Ounces of Musk Willow seeds grosly bruised or Benjamin 2 Ounces of Storax an Ounce or Labdanum 6 drams of Lavender flowers 2 Pugils of sweet Marjoram as much of Calamus Aromaticus a dram distill all these in a Glass Still in Balneo the Vessel being very well closed that no vapour breathe forth Note that you may make a sweet water in an instant by putting in a few drops of some distilled Oyls together into some Rose-water and brew them all together 94. Dr. Burge's Plague water Take 3 pints of Muscadine and boyl in it Sage and Rue of each a handful till a pint be wasted strain it and set it over the fire again put thereto a dram of long Pepper Ginger and Nutmeg of each half an Ounce being all bruised together into some Rose-water and brew them all together 95. To make Syrup of Hysop Take of Hysop 1 handful of Figs Raisins Dates of each an Ounce boyl these in 3 pints of water to a quart then strain and clarifie it with the whites of a Eggs and 2 pound of Sugar and so boyl them to a Sy●●● and being boyled enough keep them all the year 96. To make Rosa-Solis Take Liquorish 8 Ounces Anniseeds and Carraway of each an Ounce Raisins ston'd and Dates of each 3 Ounces Nutmegs Ginger Mace of each half an Ounce Galingal a quarter of an Ounce Cubebs 1 dram Figs 2 Ounces Sugar 4 Ounces bruise these and distill them with a Gallon of Aquavitae as the rest when it is distilled you must colour it with the Herb Rosasolis or Alkanet Root 97. To make Museadine Comfits Take half a pound of Musk Sugar beaten and searced then take Gumdragant steeped