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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

undeceived but at the price of many Affronts nay perhaps he may Buy his Experience with the loss of his Life drawing on Quarrels by his ill Manners wherein he finally Perishes and this is no Impossible Suppsition many unhappy Mothers have found to their unutterable Affliction which Deplorable Misfortune a Liberal Education might have prevented Secondly to be Frugal in managing what is your Childrens due is very commendable and must by no means be neglected But in doing it you must not Prejudice them the other way nor indeed Incroach upon any thing that is theirs to advance your self in a Second Marriage or to maintain your own State and Grandure for this not only Cancels your pretended Love to your Deceased Husband in violating his Will and the Trust reposed in you but a manifest Defrauding of your own Children which is the highest Injury of all others for it envenoms the Crime and adds Unnaturalness to Deceit Besides 't is a Preposterous sort of guilt Orphans and Widows are in Scripture linked together as Objects of Gods and Good Mens Pity A Widow to injure her Orphans is like that Uncouth Expression Solomon speaks of Prov. 28.3 A Poor Man that Oppresseth the Poor is like a Sweeping Rain that Leaveth no Food Consider then Seriously in thus proceeding that Injustice of any sort is a grievous Sin Secondly When it is Complicated with Treachery also Thirdly That of all Trusts those Intrusted by the Dead have ever been Esteemed and the Violation of them accounted in a manner Sacriligious and if any Widow can find any allay to these by the two remaining circumstances That it is the Trust of a Husband and the Interest of a Child I shall acknowledge her a very Subtle Casuist but I think it is beyond her Skill by Rules Divine or Moral Having only hitherto spoke of what you owe to your Deceased Husband I now proceed to what of peculiar Obligation relates to your self God who has placed you in this World to pursue the Interests of a Better directs all the signal Acts of his Providence to that end and intends they should be so Interpreted That every great change that occurs is designed either to call you from a wrong way or to quicken your pace in the right And you may the more conjecture when God takes away the Mate of your Bosome and reduces you to Solitariness he sounds you a Retreat from she Gayeties and Lighter Jollytries of the World that with your closer Mourning you may put on a more retired Temper of Mind a Stricter and Soberer Behaviour not to be cast off with your Vail but to be the constant Adornment of your Widowhood As this State requires a great Sobriety and Degrees of Piety so likewise it brings with it many Advantages and Advances towards them The Apostle tells us 1 Cor. 7.34 She who is Married Caret● for the things of the World how She may Please her Husband But in this State that care is overpast and Heavenly things by the removal of this Screen stand fairer to view You may now decline Martha's Care of Serving and choose Mary's better part Shake off those Cares that Cloggs the Souls with a Hurry of Incumbrances in Domestick affairs and consider of more Refined things that bring true Happiness with them to Joy and Rejoyce the Mind We find God himself retrenches the Wife's Power of Binding her own Soul Numb 30. Her Vows were Insignificant without her Husbands Confirmation but the Widow might Devote herself to what Degree she Pleased Your Piety in this State has no Restraint from any other inconsistent Obligation but may Mount as high as it can Those Hours that were before your Husbands Right seem now to be Devolved on God who Promises To be a Husband to the Widow and a Father to the Fatherless so he is the grand Proprietor of your Time you may now convert the time Spent in former Entertainments of your Husband into Colloquies and Spiritual Entercourses with your Maker So that that Love which was humane may by the changing of its Object acquire a Sublimity being Exalted to that which is Divine and what before was Expended in Gayeties and Necessaries now not requisite may be Improved in Works of Mercy and Charity That so his Corruption you have lost may help you to put on an Incorruption and your Loss of a Temporary Comfort state you in one that is Eternal Whilst your Loyalty Duty and Conjugal Affection becomes the External Work and happniess of Angels the Ardour of Cherubims and the Joy of Saints in Endless Glory And having thus shewed what relates to Education and a prospect of Happiness here and hereafter I now proceed to Treat of such things as may be useful tho' some what in a lower degree and may be advantageous to you in Houshold Affaires CHAP. V. I hysical Waters and Cordial Drinks conducing to a Healthful Constitution from the Choicest and Approved Receipts of the most Eminent Persons of this and former Ages With their Proper Virtus how they ought to be taken and the Distempers they are Good in c. Apoplectick Water TAke four pound of Black-Cherries bruise and take away the Stones add of the roots of Valerian and Fartshorn shaved each three ounces Rosemary Lavender and Sage each a handful Cloves and Mace beaten fine each an ounce Saffron 〈◊〉 drams flowers of the Lilly of the Valley a handful bruise these and mix them well together and distil'd drink a quarter of an ounce fasting in any convenient liquor as warm Ale Thea Coffee Wine c. and it will help the Apoplexie Pa●ie or any destempers proceeding from the Affliction of the Brain Aqua Mirabilis to make Take an ounce of the best Cinamon Nutmeg and Citron peel each six drams Gallingal Cubebs Cloves and Mace each two drams bruise them grosly and infuse them in a gallon of White-wine and a quart of spirit of Wine and so distil them this taken half an ounce et a time fortifies the Heart resists contagious Airs Plague or Pestilence Feaver or any venemous Infections Elixir Salutis Lake four ounces of Senna Elicampain roots and Guaicum two ounces Anniseeds Carraway and Coriander seeds each the like quantity Raisins of the Sun stoned half a pound Liquorice sliced two ounces Rheuburb thinly sliced half an ounce bruise and infuse them in Brandy or a spirit drawn from Fruit Malt and Molosses five or six days then draw off the liquid part and put it up in bottles closely Corked This is excellent in the Chollick or other pains in the Belly for cleansing the Stomach and causing a good digestion helps in all cold diseases and brings away the Gravil in the Kidneys or Bladder Antinepretick Water Take of clarefied Honey half a pound Venice Turpentine two ounces Nepretick wood and Rest-harrow roots of each an ounce and a half Mastick Galingal Cloves Cinamon Cubebs Mace of each half a● ounce wood of Aloes an ounce bruise them grosly and let them infuse in

into a stone Vessel that may be stop'd very close and morning and night drink a quarter o● a point of it pretty warm To Expel Sadness or Melancholly Take Rue Cranes-bill a herb so called and Pulegium of each a pugil dry then in a Stove or Oven and beat them into powder mix the powder with powder of Licoris and Loaf-Sugar sinely scraped make them up into Lozenges with Cinamon-water and a little Saffron finely beaten and eat about a quarter of an ounce every morning fasting To Cure the Head-Ach In the first place wash your Temples with fair water then take Saffron Frankincense Vinegar and Roses or Rose-cake beat them together till they may be spread on a piece of Linnen Cloath spinkle this over with a little Powder of Copporas and lay it to the Forehead and Temples Renewing it as you see occasion and it will take away the Heat and ease the Pain For the Plurisie Take the Distilled Water of Burnet wherein Cinamon has been infused an ounce at a time three times a day fasting each time two hours after it For the Green-Sickness Take Extract of Mars prepared with Musk one ounce Alloes Succotrine prepared with the juyce of Succory six ●rams the Extract of Rheuburb half an ounce and of Saffron two drams Oyl of Cinamon six drops mix them well and make them up into small Pills each weighing about a Scruple take one of them fasting in a morning drink about a quarter of an hour after it a glass of Wine and walk about till you begin to be heated or sweat and this repeated several mornings will with the Blessing of God answer your expectation in a wonderful manner To Stench Bleeding Take the tops of Young Nettles and of Ash leaves dip a Linament in them and apply to the Nostrils Wound or any other part that effuses Blood if the Bleeding be Internal mix some fine Sugar in it and drink an ounce of it Blood-warm at a time For a Prick under the Nail Make a Plaister of Turpentine Bees-Wax Mutton-suet and the juce of Housleek this also will draw out Splinters small pieces of Iron or Thorns Melancholy to Suppress Take Clove-gilly-flowers Couslips Borrage-flowers Conserve of Roses each a ounce Alkirms half an ounce preserve Citron and Nutmeg each an ounc● Beazar fifteen grains Tincture of Saffro● half a dram make these up into an Electuary with Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers adding a drop or two of oyl of Cinamon and when you find the Melancholly come upon you which you may perceive by the Dulness or Lumpishness of your Spirits take three drams of it in a Glass of Muscadel or old Malaga For the Megrim Take a handful of Ground-Ivy wash it clean bruise it and boil it in a quart of Fine Ale to the consumption of a pint drink it hot in a Morning Fasting For a Feaver Make a Decoction of the tops of Rue in Spring water till it be very strong then strain it and add Wood-Sorrel and Maiden-hair each a little handful add more some Slices of Liquorice Nutmeg and Sugar strain out the liquid part and drop ten drops of the Spirit of Vitriol into half a pint of it and take half in pint at a time Morning Noon and Night applying to the Soles of the Feet Tobacco leaves beaten into a Moisture with a mixture of Blew Currans Falling Sickness Take the Leaves and Berries of Oak Misleto with the top tender Branches dry them in a Stove or Oven beat them into Powder and Sift it finely and take about two drams in a Glass of of White-wine of for those of tenderyears one dram Do it Morning and Evening especially three days before and after the Full of the Moon often repeating it and it will prove very advantageous Diseases in the Eyes Take the Water of Eye-bright a quarter of a pint drop into it five or six drops of clarify'd Honey the Powder of prepared Pearl and Coral each a Scruple shake them well and often drop some of the water into your eyes It helps Inflamations takes of Spots and Celars the Sight For the Evil. Take Cuttlebone uncalcined scrape off the outside dry the white part beat it into Powder very fine and often take half a dram into a spoonful of Aqua Maluae For the Dropsie Take the Roots of Gors scrape them clean and cut them into thin slices the tops of Thime Hysop Penny-Royal and Netties of each a handful Carrawayseeds Elicampain-roots each an ounce bruise them and boyl them in fair water till the liquid part is near consumed then strain out what remains into two quarts of Rhenish-wine bottle it up close and take about nine spoonfuls in the Morning fasting two hours after dinner and going to bed use it often and the watery humour will abate To help Hearing Take the Chive in a Clove of Garlick run a piece of fine Silk thorough it that it may be easily pulled out upon occasion then crush it between your Fingers put it in anointed over with the Oyl of Almonds when you go to Bed and stop your Far with Cotten or Black Wool and in twice or thrice doing your Hearing if not utterly lost will be quickened For a Consumption an Excellent Receipt Take the Herbs Lungwort Liverwort Rue Hysop Sage each a handful Elicampain and the roots of Sweet Flag each half an ounce Anniseeds Carraway-seed Sweet Fennel seeds each the like quantity Burrage and Bugloss-flowers each two drams infuse them 24 hours in two quarts of Old Maliga or good Canary being well bruised add then Scabious and Cardus-water each two ounces then distill them and drink about two ounces at a time especially fasting This is a great Strengthner of the Lungs and attenuates the vicious humours from the Liver expels VVind out of the Stomach and Bowels Biles to Break and Cure Roast white Lylly-roots in soft Embers bruise Figs with Fennel-seed and Hemp-seed each a quarter of an ounce beat them together and boil them in new Milk till they thicken then add 2 ounces of Hogs-Lard and lay it to the Grieved part CHAP. VII Cookery Or the Art of Dressing Fish Flesh and Fowl after the Newest and Exactest way with their Proper Sawces Garnishes and manner of Serving up To make a Strengthning Jelly of Flesh TAke a well Flesh'd Cock and a Knuckle of Mutton or the Sinews and Knuckle of Veal and little Mutton Raisins of the Sun stoned half a pound bruise these to pieces in three Gallons of VVater then stamp the Meat c. in a Mortar and boil it with the Liquid part up to a pritty thickness then run it through a strainer with hard pressing and when it has stood all night skim off the top and season the rest with Sugar and little Nutmeg sliced with some small pieces of Cinamon and a blade or two of Mace boil it up and strain it again and this being eaten in a Morning fasting is wonderfully Strengthning and Restoring to Nature Lobster Stewed Take Butter Salt and

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-root thinly sliced bruise these and infuse them in two gallons of White-wine or 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