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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

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-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-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

This is a pleasant purging Syrup not any ways offe●● sive to the Stomach and is therefore usually given to Children on that occasion and this way or by infusion in co● water Syrup of Violets Couslips Clove-gilly-flowers and other simple Syrups of Flowers Herbs Fruits and Roots are made Cordial Syrup of Poppeys Take the heads of white poppeys not throughly blown eight ounces the heads of black ones six ounces Aqua Coelestis two quarts simper them over a gentle fire to the consumption of a third part then add 3 pound of Sugar to the liquor the poppeys being squeezed out some blades of Mace and bits of Cinamon boyled in other water to the quantity of half a pint poured into this then boyl it up to the thickness of a Syrup It is exceeding good against Cattars and Coughs and in Feavers mittigating the heat and pain it helpeth Frenzies and Watchings and procureth Sleep And thus with Coelestis Brandy or Aqua-vitae you may make any Cordial Syrups A Syrup for any Cold Cough or Cattar Take one ounce of Cetrack Coltsfoot the herb so called and Maiden-hair each one ounce boyl them in three quarts of water till it wastes to three pints with one pound of Elecampain roots sliced then strain out the liquid part and 〈◊〉 it up with a pound and a half of Sugar to a Syrup and take a dram of it in any covenient warm liquor Night and Morning Honey of Raisins to make Take Raisins of the Sun two pound stone them and infuse them 24 hours in six pound of warm water then boyl it to the consumption of half so strain and press it out then adding two pound of dispumated Hony boyl it to the thickness of Hony And thus you may make Hony of Violets Roses or other Flowers sweet Fruits or Herbs proper to any uses To make Marchpanes Blanch your Almonds swell'd in cold water beat them in a stone Mortar and drop in your beating some Rosewater into them keep them from Oyling and strew now and then a handful of fine sifted Sugar and when by working you have brought it unto a Past rowl it thin and make it into its form Ice it over with Rose-water Sugar and the white of an Egg beaten together put it into a moderate hot Oven and when the Icing begins to rise take it out To make Makroons Take to a pound of Blanched Almonds half a pound of fine Sugar beat them in a Wooden or Stone Mortar with whites of Eggs and a little Rose-water till they come to be as thick as Batter for Fritters ●●en lay wafers on your Tin Plates put on this Batter in little spoonfuls sprinkling it over with a little fine Sugar and rose-Rose-Water and so Bake them in a Gentle Oven about a Quarter of an Hour To make French Bisket Take half a peck of Flower four Eggs and half a pint of Ale Yeast an ounce and a half of Anniseeds make them up into a Past with a little Cream and cold water fashion it like a long Brick● and when it is a day or two old cut it out into thin slices like Toasts being strewed over with beaten Loaf-Sugar set them in a warm Oven or Stove till they are dryed and so put them in boxes for use To make Naples Bisket Take Almonds beaten very fine one pound fine Flower a pound and a half Sugar one pound whites of Eggs half a Dozen make them into Batter with fair water and put the Batter into your Tin Coffins so bake them glazing them with the white of an Egg and Rose-water CHAP. XI Artificial Embellishments Or the Art of Beautifying the Hands Face or any other part of the Body Restoring a good Colour taking away Freckles Spots or any Deformities in the Skin c. Making Perfumes Essences Sweet-bags Sweet-balls Pomatums Washes c. To Beautifie the Hands and Face TAke two handfuls of Rosemary Flowers one handful of the tops of Fumitory and an ounce of Blanched Almonds grosly bruised boyl these in a quart of spring-water and a pint of White-wine till a fifth part be consumed then strain out the rest let it settle twenty-four hours in a Glass then pour it off from the setlings and use it as an excellent Beautifier and great Restorer of a good complexion To make the Skin soft and White Take Neats-foot Oyl one ounce Oyl or the Fat that swims upon the boyling of Sheeps Trotters a like quantity mix these in half a pint of Rose-water over a gentle fire and supple the parts with it very warm chafing or rubbing it in a few times doing it will answer your expectation To take away Morphew Scurff or other Deformities of the Skin Take Comphire two drams two Lemons viz. the juice of them Loaf-Sugar an ounce mix these in half a pint of fair water put it into a Glass and shake it often suffering it to stand eight or ten days in the Sun or some warm place then add a scruple of white sublimated Mercury shake it about and strain it and when you would use it put it softly to your Face with a linnen rag or cloth or upon any other place and it will take off the Deformity and under that there will as it were a new Skin appear very Fresh and Lively To take away Redness or Pimples from the Face Take Camphire a dram Copperas half an ounce Wine Vinegar half a pint add to these the Rhind of Citron thinly pared one ounce boyl them to the consumption of a third part then strain and press out the liquid part and wash the Face with it anointing it afterward with Oyl of Roses and Tuttia mingled together and let it lye on all night and in a little time the Redness or Pimples will decline and the Skin recover its smoothness and natural Complection To take away Freckles Take the Gaul of a young Cock the Wool of a Hares foot burnt to powder by wrapping it up hard in a Brown paper wetted as in Burning Silver Lace that it may not Burn to Ashes but Moulder and so be reducible into Powder add to these an ounce of Rye-Meal beat them together with the Pulp of a Lemon and Wine Vinegar till they may be spread Playster-wise spread this composition on soft Leather and lay it on the Freckley places and in twice or thrice applying you will see a strange Alteration To cause a curious White Shining Complection Take Peach Blossoms two handfuls the Sap that drops from a cut Vine 4 ounce the seed● of Mellions grosly bruised one ounce Gum Tragacanth beaten finely into Powder half an ounce put to these when well beaten or bruised two quarts of Clarified Whey let them infuse twenty-four hours in a warm place then press out the Liquid part as hard as may be by pressing and use it as you see occasion To make the Hands or Face Plump Take of the Marrow of the Bones of Hogs Feet two ounces Oyl of Almonds and Oyl of Roses each half an ounce Flower

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

night to infuse in a third water then boil it up and to every gallon of Water put a pound of Honey that is into the strained liquor and when it will bear an Egg work it together till the Honey is well dissolved let it seeth 12 hours and boil it up with the whites and stells of half a dozen Eggs beaten together then beat up the whites of two or three Eggs with half a pint of Ale Yeast put up the Liquor into a Cask let it work three days then hang a bag of Spices in it grosly bruised ten days so draw it off and bottle it It is an excellent cooling liquor in Feavours and most hot Diseases as also is the former it Tempers and Allays the Heat of the Blood c. of Rheuburb then boil them with a few Chamomil flowers over a gentle fire and drink off the liquid part very hot repeating it morning and evening For the Chollick Take the oyl of sweet Almonds three ounces Pelletory Water and White-wine each a quarter of a Pint Anniseeds and Chamomll flowers eatch two drams let them simper an hour over a gentle fire then pour out the liquid part and drink it very hot For pains in the Teeth Take Henbane seed and Hysop seed beat them together small dissolve Gum Arabick in a little Water and so drop it on the beaten seeds so that it may make them up into little Pellets if the tooth be hollow put one of these into it and stop it close with Lint if not place it to the root of the Tooth between that and your Cheek For an Ague Take a handful of the tops of the herb Rue bruise them grosly boil them in a quart of White-wine till a third part be consumed and when the Ague sit is coming drink Noise in the Head Take a Clove of Garlick peel it and prick three or four holes in the middle dip it in Honey and put it into your Ear stop it with black Wool and so continue at times for a day or two and the noise will cease For a Fellon Take flower of Malt a handful Sope about the bigness of a Walnut boil them together in Beer till it is as thick as Paste then spread a Plaister and lay it to the part grieved and by often changing it will draw it to a head an break it then lay on a Plaister of Diaculum and it will heal it up Lasks to stay Take Burdock-roots half a handful scrape them and wash them clean the seeth them in fair water till half be consumed and bath your belly and the sol● of your feet with the Decoction very warm For the stinging of any Venemous thing Bruise sweet Almonds and Ash-tree leaves or for want of them the inner bark make a poultis with a little Honey and the juce of Rue and apply it Bloodshot Eyes or Sore Eyes Take Lapis Calaminaris half an ounce white Sugarcandy the like weight White-wine one ounce heat the stone almost red hot in a clear fire beat it very fine then mingle it with the rest and strain the liquid part through a linnen cloth put it into a Glass and use it with a feather as you see occasion Note the stone must be without red spots white and clear or it may prove hurtful For a Burn or Scald Take two ounces of old Cheese an ounce of Olive Oyl an ounce of Honey and half an ounce of Bole Armoniak mix these together till they may be spread like a Poltis and apply it to the place for want of some of these you may use Oyl white Lead and Snew water beaten and tempered together For Blasting or St. Anthony's Fire Take a new laid Egg roast it hard then take the White from the Yolk put it into a Mortar with half its weight of Copperas bruise them together with some Oyl of Roses and apply the Mass to the place afflicted and it will allay the Swelling and take away the Heat it is also good to prevent all Flushing in the Face and cause Redness to disappear Small Pox to Prevent its Scarring the Face c. Take two ounces of Hogs-Lard a quarter of a pint of rose-Rose-water Tuttia ● dram Oyl of Rosemary half an ounce the powder of an hares Liver or Hares blood dryed two drams make these up into a● Oyntment over a gentle fire and whe● the Scabs are drying on the Face anoin● it with it pretty warm and let the● fall off of themselves then anoint yo● Face with Oyl of Roses beaten up wit● a little White-wine and no Scars de●● Pits or Disfigurement will appear To Prevent Hair falling off in the Small-Pox Take the inward Rhind of a Young Oak-tree a good handful beat it small then take half a handful of tops of Balm 〈◊〉 Vervine boil these in a gallon of fair spring water till a third part or more be consumed strain out the liquid part with ha●● pressing and wash your head with 〈◊〉 when the Distemper declines and is going off twice a day pretty warm a●● it will not only fasten the roots of the Ha●● but refresh and revive it Sore Mouth or Throat Take Marshmallow tops boil them in Whitewine and Honey dissolve as much Alom as will make the Liquid part somewhat rough in the mouth then strain out the thinnest and gargle your mouth and throat with it often pretty warm and the Soarness will cease To procure Sleep or Rest Take half a handful of Water-Lillys bruise them in three pints of Malmsey and let them infuse twelve hours add a dram of Opium as much Poppy-seed and Lettice-seed well bruised and then distil them and take going to bed or when rest is required of the distilled water from half a dram to a dram in any convenient Liquor For the Weakness of the Sight Take Eye-bright fine Sugar and sweet Fennel-seed beat these together and drink about two drams of it in a morning Fasting in a glass of Wine or Beer Ague to Cure Boil a good handful of the tops of Rue in a quart of White-Wine till half be consumed and when you feel the cold fit coming strain it and drink it as hot as may walk about the room as fast as you can and being somewhat tired get into a warm Bed in twice or thrice thus doing the Ague will decline and go off To Refresh the Senses and Restore the Memory c. Take Balm Bugloss dry'd Roses and Frankincense beaten into Powder of all about six ounces infuse them in three Pints of White-wine when they are well bruised and when they have infused twenty four hours put them in an Alimbeck and of the distilled water take a spoonful every morning fasting and fast an hour after it For the Scurvey Take the juyce of Scurvygrass Water-cresses and Brooklime each two ounces let them settle and poor of the clearer part Renish-wine a quart the roots of Elecampain Horse-Radish and Flower-de-luce thinly sliced each half an ounce two Nutmegs well bruised put these

Red VVine Vinegar and put into your Stew-Pan then grate a little Nutmeg so cut the Flesh of the Tail and Claws of the Lobster in square thick bits the fashion of Dice put them into the Stew sauce covering it with a Dish then when it begins to grow dry run it over with Butter Garnish'd with slices of Lemon and so serve it up with grated Manchet it being seasoned with Grape Verjuce or VVhite-wine To hash a Lobster Clear him of the Shell as soon as boiled and cut the meat in fine thin slices put it into a Earthen Vessel near covered with Claret then put a sprinkling of Salt a good piece of Sweet Butter and the juce of a Lemon being stewed put it upon Sippets and run it over with Butter and Garnish the Dish with slices of Orange and so Serve it up To Collar Beef Take Sinews out of the Flank piece as also the most Skinny part and some of the Fat then cover it with Water and Salt and steep it twenty four hours So hand it a draining in a Linnen-Cloth in the Air shred the tops of Mint Sage Savoury Marjorum and Thime beat a quarter of an ounce of Mace half a quarter of an ounce of Cloves a slice or two of ginger and half an ounce of Pepper mix these with Salt and rub over the Beef rowling it up hard and baking it in a Soaking Oven To bake a Wild Coose or Mallard Par-boil either those then break the Breast and flat it down then season them with Pepper Nutmeg and Salt within and without if they be not very Fat of themselves Lard them and put them into a deep Coffin with Butter above and beneath and when they are well Soak'd poor melted Butter with a Funnel into the vent you have left open on the top of the Lid. To Souce a Pig Scald a large Pig and having take off the Head slit it in the middle take out the Bones and wash it in warm water then with strewing of Salt grated Nutmeg and beaten Mace rowl it up as you do Brawn into a Collar hinding it round with Bass cordage then boyl it in spring-water till it be tender so being taken up put it into cold water wherein a handful of Salt or two has been dissolved and this will make the Skin very white then take about two quarts of the water wherein it was boiled as much White-wine Vinegar a Race of Ginger sliced and two Nutmegs so ordered a quarter of an ounce of whole Pepper and half a handful of Bay-leaves seeth these well together and being cold put the flesh into it and it will keep half a Year To Souce a Pike Carp Breem Tenth Trout or Barbel Dar●v either of these but scrape not off the Scales wash the Roe and Liver and slit them into long peices then take two quarts of fair water one of White-wine and a bundle of sweet herbs set them over a quick fire and when they have boiled a little put in the Fish and pour in half a pint of Vinegar to harden them being boyled but not tender take them up and put into the Liquor whole Pepper Ginger and Cloves adding some salt and being well boiled pour it hot to your Fish and cover them with Mint Balm Fennel or such like sweet herbs and when you serve them up shred the herbs sprinkle a little Ginger on them and pour Vinegar to them in Sawcers Woodcock Larks Blackbirds or Sparrows to Bake the best way Truss them Parboil them and so season them with Pepper Salt and Ginger and if you please Lard them then put them into a Coffin covered with Butter mixed with a few sweet Herbs all shred and beaten in a Mortar and being Baked enough draw them and pour in other Butter beaten with the Yolk or two of an Egg. Red Deer to make Or make Beef look like it Parboyl it and Press it and let it ly all night in Red Vvine and a small quantity of Vinegar then Lard it thick and season it with Pepper Salt Cloves Mate and Nutmeg or if you will a little Ginger finely beaten then lay it into your Pye or Pasty with store of Butter let it be well soak'd and when you draw it out of the Oven pour in at the Vent Butter Nutmeg Sugar and a little Ginger beaten together and so put it into the Oven again half an hour and thus you may make Tender Beef pass for Venison Neats Tongues to Hash Boyl and Blanch them and slice them in slices then put the pieces into a Pipkin with Raisins of the Sun large Mace three or four Blades blanched almonds Claret boyl them altogether and add a proportion of sweet Butter some Verjuce and a little Sugar strain a Ladle or two of the Liquor and beat it up with the Yolk of two or three Eggs place it on carved Sippits and Garnish with slices of Lemons Parsley and pickled Barberries To Collar Eles Take the largest silver Eles cut then open with the Skin on take out the bones then beat some sweet Herbs with Pepper and a little Ginger and strew them on the inside of the Eels then rowl them up three in a breadth bind them up with Bass flag boyl them in three parts Water and one Wite-wine and as the boyl gently put in some slices of Nutmeg Ginger and whole Pepper being somewhat tender cool them in water then drain that from them and put in the Liquor they were boyl'd in with a little White-wine Vinegar Serve it up garnished with Bay-leaves and slices of Oranges and for Sauce Oyl and Mustard Giblets to Dress with Herbs and Roots c. Parboyl them and put them into a quart of Claret in a Pipkin or Earthen vessel add an ounce of Sugar some Pickled Barberries and Spinage a fagot of sweet herbs and such roots as you think convenient sliced then take strong Broath Verjuice and the Yolks of two or three new laid Eggs strain them and put them into the Pipkin and let them stew together So Serve them on Sippets Garnished with Flowers or Greens Chickens and White Broath Truss and Parboyl your Chickens till they become very White then shred sweet Herbs to them with some blades of Mace and peices of Cinamon shred a little Parsly then strain the Yolks of four or five Eggs with some Virjuce which you must put in when they are ready to be taken up place them on carved Sippets and Garnish with Parsly Hysop and sliced Lemons To Hash Deer Sheep or Calves Tongues Boyl either of these prety well then Blanch them draw them with small sprigs of Rosemary then put then on a Spit till they are half Roasted then slice them and put them into a Pipkin or another Earthen Vessel that will endure the fire with as much Claret as will cover them put in after they have boyled a while some Cinamon Ginger and sliced Lemon a little Mace and some Sugar boyl these altogether and Dish them upon Fryed

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-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