loath and without fire by degrees press out the Oyl 45. An excellent Water against fitâ— of the Mother Take Briony-roots Elder-berries ripe and dâ—estat a gentle heat in a furnace and cleans'd from their stalks of each two ounces leaves of Mugwort Dittany Featherfew Nep Basil Penny-royal Rue Sabine all dryed in the Sunâ— of each half an ounce peels of Oranges the out-side dry'd an ounce and a half Myrrh Castoreum of each three drams Saffron one dram powder them and steep them eight days in two quarts of the spirit of Wine then strain through a very quick hair strainer keep the strained liquor in a glass very well stopt 46. To make syrup of Wormwood Take Roman Wormwood or Poâ—tick VVormwood half a pound of red Roses two ounces Indian spike three drams old rich White-wine and juice of Quinces of each two pints and a half bruise them in an earthen Vessel twenty four hours then boil them till half be wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boil it to a Syrup 47. To make conserve of Quinces Take three quarts of the juyce of Quinces clarified boil it until two parts be wasted then put to it two pounds of white Sugar then boil them to the thickness of Honey 48. To make Syrup of Poppies Take the heads and seeds of white Poppy and black of each fifty drams Venus hair fifteen Licorice five drams Jujubes thirty Drams Letticâ— seeds forty drams and of the seeds of Mallows and Quinces tied up in a fine rag of each one dram and half boil them in eight pints of water untill half be wasted strain it and to every three pound of liquor put thereto Perrides Sugar of each 1 pound boil them to a Syrup 49. To make honey of Roses Take of pure white honey dispumed fresh juice of red Roses one pound put them into a Skillet and when they begin to boil throw into them of fresh red Rose leaves picked four pounds and boil them untill the juice be wasted alwayâ— stirring it then strain it and put it up in an Earthen pot 50. To make Syrup of Lemmons Take of the juice of Lemmons purified by going through a Woolen strainer with crushing three quarts and an half and of white Sugar five pound boil them with a soft fire to a Syrup 51. To make Spirit of Wine Take of good Claret or White-wine or Sack enough to fill the Vessel wherein you make your distillation to a third part then put on the head furnished with the Nose or Pipe and so make your distillation first in ashes drawing about a third part from the whole as for example six or eight pints out of four and twenty then still it again in B. M. drawing another third part which is two pints so that the oftner you distil it the less liquor you have bâ—t the more strong some use to rectifie it seven times 52. To make Syrup of Maiden-hair Take of the herb â—aiden-hair fresh gathered and cut a little five ounces of roots of Licorish Scraped two ounces steep them twenty four hours in a sufficient quantity of hot water then boil them according to art Add four pounds of Sugar to five pints of the clarified liquor and then boil them to a Syrup 53. To make Syrup of licorish Take of the Roots of licorish scraped two ounces of colts-foot four handfuls of Maiden-hair one ounce of Hysop half an ounce infuâ—e them twenty four hours in a sufficient quantity of water then boil them till one half be wasted add to the strained liquor a pound of the best clarified honey and as much white Sugar boil them to a Syrup 54. To make the Kings perfume Take six spoonfuls of Rose-water and as much Amber-greece as weigheth two Barley-corns and as much Civeâ— with as much Sugar as weigheth two pence beaten in fine powder all these boiled together in a perfuming pan is an excellent perfume 55. The Queens perfume Take four spoonfuls of spike water and four spoonfuls of Damask water thirty cloves and eight bay leaves shred as much Sugar as weigheth two pence all these boiled make a good perfume 56. King Edwards perfume to make your house smell like Rosemary Take three spoonfuls of perfect Rosemary and as much Sugar as half a Walnut beaten in small powder all these boiled together in a perfuming Pan upon hot Embers with a few coals is a very sweet perfume 57. To make conserve of Rosemary Take your Flowers of Rosemary which you may gather either in March or September when you have beaten them to pap take three times their weight in Sugar pound them all together and set them in the Sun and so use them 58. To make syrup of Cowslips Take the distilled water of Cow-slips and put thereto your flowers of Cow-slips clean pickt and the green knobs in the bottom cut off and boil them up into a Syrup take it in Almond Milk or some other warm thing it is good against the Palsiâ— and â—renzy and to procure sleep to the siâ—k 59. To make Marmelade of Lemmons and Oranges You may boil eight or nine Lemmons or Oranges with four or five Pippins and draw them through a strainer then take the weight of the pulp all together in Sugar and boil is as you do Marmelade of Quinces and so box it up 60. To make Angelica watâ—r Take a handful of Carduus benedictus and dry it then take three ounces of Angelica roots one dram of Myrrh half an ounce of Nutmegs Cinamon and Ginger four ounces of each one dram and half of Saffron of Cardonius Cubels Galingal and Pepper of each a quarter of an ounce two drams of Mace one dram of grains of Lignum Aloes Spikenard Iunius Odoratus of each a dram sage Borage Buglos Violets and Rosemary flowers of each half a handful bruise them and steep them in a pottle of Sack twelve hours and distill it as the rest 61. To make Quiddany of Cherries When your Cherries are fully ripe and red to the stone take them and pull out the stones and boil your Cherries till they be all broken then strain them and take the liquor strained out and boil it over again and put as much Sugar to it as you think convenient and when it is boilâ—d that you think it is thick enough put it into your boxes 62. To dry Cherries Take six pound of Cherries and stone themâ— then take a pound of Sugar and wet it with the juice of the Cherries and boil it a little then put in your Cherries and boil them till they are clear let them lye in the Syrup a week then drein them from the Syrup and lay them on thin boards or sheets of glass to dry in a stove turn them twice a day and when they are dry wash off the clamminess with warm water â— and dry them a little longer 63. To make brown Metheglin Take strong Ale-wort and put as much Honey to it as will make it strong
add to it three pints of red wine with four pound of white Sugar boyl it into a Syrup and perfume it with a dram and half of Câ—â— namon and of Cloves and Ginger of 〈…〉 two scruples 79. To make walnut-Walnut-water Take of green Walnuts a pound and half Garden Radish-roâ—rs one pound green Afarabacca six ounces Radish seeds four ounces Let all of them being bruised be steeped in three pints of White-wine-Vinegar for three days and then distil them in a leaden Still till they be dry 80. To make Treakle Water Take of the juice of green Walnuts four pound juice of Rue three pound juice of Carduus Marigolds and Balm of each two pound green Petaâ—â— is Roots one pound and half the roots of Burs one pound Angelica and Masterwort of each half a pound the leaves of Scordium four handfuls old Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each eight ounces Canary wine six quarts Vinegar three quarts juice of Lemons one quart digest them two days either in Horse-dung or in a Bath the Vessel being close shut then distil them in Sand in the distillation you may make a Theriâ—cal extraction 81. To make Syrup of Cinamon Take of Cinamon grosly bruised 4 ounces â—â—eep it in White-wine and small Cinamon water of each half a poundâ— three days in a glass by a gentle fire strain it and with a poâ—nd and half of Sugar boil it gently to a Syrup This Syrup refiesheth the Vital Spirits and cherisheth the Heart and Stomach helps Digestion and cherisheth the whole body exceedingly 82. To make Syrup of Citron peels Take of freth yellow Citron peels five ounces the berries of Cherms or the juice of theâ— brought over to us two drams spring-spring-water two quarts steep them all night boyl them till half be consumed take off the scum strain it and with two pound and half of the whitest Sugar boyl it into a Syrup let half of it be without Musk but perfume the other half with three grains of Musk tyed up in a rag 83. To make Syrup of Harts-horn Take of Hartsâ— tongue theeâ— handfuls Polipodium of the Oak the roots of both sorts of Buglos barks of the roots of Capers and Tamaris of each two ounces Hops Dodder Maiden-hair balm of each two handfulls boil them in four quarts of spring-water till it comes to five strain it and with four pound of Sugar make it into Syrup according to Art 84. An Oyl perfume for Gloves that shall never out Take Benjamin two ounces Storax and Calamint each an ounce â—ut the two first must be finely bearen by themselves then take a pound of sweet Almonds and mingle it with the Storax and Benjamin upon a marble stone and then put it into an earthen pot with more Oyl then put in your Gloves powdered and so let it stand very close covered and when you will perfume a pair of Gloves take a little fair water in a spoon and wipe your Gloves very fine with take another spoon and dip it in your Oyl and rub it on your Gloves and let them dry this is excellent 85. An excellent Water for one that is in a Consumption Take three pints of Milk and one pint of red Wine twenty four yolks of new laid Eggs beat them very well together then add so much white bread as will drink up the Wine and put to it some Cow-slip flowers and distil them Take a spoonful of this Morning and Evening in Chicken or Muton broth and in one month it will cure any Consumption 86. To make Barley Water Take a penny-worth of Barley a penny-worth of Raisins of the Sun a penny-worth of Anniseeds a half penny-worth of Liquorish about two quarts of water boil all together till half be consumed then strain it and when it is cold drink it your Liquorish must be sliced into small pieces 87. Dr. Deodates drink for the Scurvy Take Roman Wormwood Carduus benedictus Scurvy-grass Brook-lime Water-creases Water-trifoil of each one handful Dodder Cetrach Soolopendria Burrage Buglos Sorrel Vervain or Speedwel of each half a handful Elicampane root one ounce Raisins of the Sun three ounces slices of Oranges and Lemmons of each fifteen boil or rather infuse these in a double glass with so much White-wine as will make a pint and a half of the liquor when it is done 88. 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 three pints of water stew them closely at first as you do your Roses if you add to them five or six grains of Amber grease beaten to fine powder it will be much more cordial 89. To make excellent Aqua Composita for a Surfeit or cold stomach Take a handful of Rosemary a root of â—nulaâ— campane a handful of Hysop half a handful of Thyme six handfuls of Sage as much Mint and as much Penny-royal half a handful of Hore-hound two ounces of Liquorish well bruised and as much Anniseeds Then take two gallons of the best strong Ale and take all the herbs aforeâ—aid 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 all into a brass pot and set it on the fire and let it stand till it boil then take it from the fire and set your Limbeck on the pot and stop it close with past that there come no air out of it and still it out with a soft fire you may add to it 1 handful of red Fennel 90. To make Balm water Take four gallons of strong stale Ale half a pound of Liquorish two pound of Balm two ounces of Figgs half a pound of Anniseeds one ounce of Nutmegs shred the Balm and Figgs very small and let them stand steeping four and twenty hours and then put it in a Still as you use Aqua-vitae 91. To pickle Broom-buds Take as many Broom-buds as you please make linnen bags and put them in and tye them close then make some brine with water and salt and boil 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 weight on them let it lye there till it look black then shift it again still as long as it looks black boil them in a little Cauldron and put them in Vinegar a week or two and they will be fit to eat 92. To make good Raspberry Wine Take a gallan of Sack in which let two gallons of Raspberries stand steeping the space of twenty four hours then strain them and put to the liquor three pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned let them stand together four or five days being sometime stirred together then pair 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 93. To make excellent Hippocras in an instant Take of Cinamon two ounces Nutmegs Ginger of each half an ounce Cloves two drams bruise these small then mix them with as much spirit of Wine as will make them into a Past let them stand close covered in a glass the space of six days in a cold place then press out the liquor and keep 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 94. To make artificial Malmsey Take two 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 boil'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 thereof 95. To make artificial Claret-wine Take six gallons of water two gallons of the best Syder put thereto eight 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 Raisinsâ— and put the liquor into the sâ—id Vessel again to which add a quart of the juice of Ras-berries and a pint of the juice of black Cherries cover this liquor with bread spread thick with strong Mustard the Mustard-seed being downâ—ward and so let it work by the fire side three or four days then turn it up and let it stand a week and then bottle it up and it will tast as quick as bottle Beer and become a very pâ—easant drink and indeed far better and wholsomer then our common Claret 96. To make spirit of Amber-grease Take of Amber-grease two drams of Musk a dram cut them small and put them into a pint of the best spirit 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 Two or three drops or more if you please of this spirit put into a pint of Wine gives it a rich odour or if you put two or three drops round the brims of the glass it will do as well half a spoonful of it taken either of it self or mixt with some specifical liquor is a most rich cordial 97. An excellâ—nt sweet Water Take a quart of Orange-flower water as much Rose water with four ounces of Musk-willow-seeds grosly bruised of Benjamin two ounces of Storax an ounce of Latdanum six drams of Lavender flowers two pugils of sweet Marjoram as much of Calanius Aromaticus a dram distil all these in a glass still in Balneo the Vessel being very well closed that no vapour breath 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 well together 98. Dr. Burges Plague Water Take three pints of Muscadine and boyl in it Sage and Rue of each a handful till a pint be wasted then 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 then boil them a little and put thereto half an ounce of Andramachus Treacle three drams of Methridate and a quarter of a pint of Angellica Water Take a spoonful or two of this morning and evening 99. To dry Cherries or Plumbs in the Sun If it be small fruit you must dry them whole by laying them abroad in the hot Sun in Stone or Pewter dishes or tin Pans turning them as you see cause but if your Plumbs be large slit them in the middle and lay them abroad in the Sun an if they be very large then give each Plumb a slit on each side and if the Sun do not shine sufficiently then dry them in an Oven that is temperately warm 100. To preserve Pippins green Take Pippins when they be small green off the Tree and pare three or four of the worst and cut them all to peices then boil them in a quart of fair water till they be pap then let the liquor come from them as they do from your Quiddany into a bason then put into them one pound of Sugar clarified and put into it as many green Pippins unpâ—rd as that liquor will cover and so let them boyl softly and when you see they be boilâ—d as tender as a Codâ—ing then take them up and peel off the outermost white skin and then they will be green then boil them again in the Syrup till it be thick and you may keep them all the year 101. To maks syrup of Hysop Take of Hysop one handful of Figgs Raisins Dates of each an ounce boil these in three pints of water to a quart then strain and clarifie it with the whites of two eggs and two pound of Sugar and so boil them to a Syrup and being boilâ—d enough keep them all the year 102. To make Rosa Solis Take Liquorish eight ounces Anniseeds and Carrâ—way of each an ounce Raisins ston'd and Dates of each three ounces Nutmegs Ginger Mace of each half an ounce Galingal a quarter of an ounce Cubebs one dram Figgs two ounces Sugar four ounces bruise these and distil them with a gallon of Aqua-vitae as the rest but when it is distilled you must colour it with the herb Rosa Solis or Alkanet root 103. To make Muscadine Comâ—â—ts Take half a pound of Musk Sugar beaten and searced then take Gumdragagant steeped in Rose-water and two grains of Musk and so beat them in an Alablaster Morter till it come to perfect past then roul it very thin and cut it in small diamond pieces and then bake them and so keep them all the year 104. To make conserve of Burrage-flowers Let your flowers be well coloured and pick the blacks from them then weigh them and to every ounce of flowers you must take three ounces of Sugar and beat them together in a stone Morter with a wooden pestle till they be very fine then take them out and put the conserve into a pipkiâ— and â—eaâ— it thorow hot put them up and keep them all the year 105. To candy Ginger Take very fair and large Ginger and pare it and lay it in water a day and a night then take double refined Sugar and boil it to the height of Sugar again and when your Sugar begins to be cold take your Ginger and stir it well about while your Sugar is hard to the Pan then take it out piece by peice and lay it by the fire four hours then take a pot and warm it and put the Ginger in it tye it up close and every other morning stir it about throughly and it will be rock-candyed in a little time 106. To make Manus Christi Take
water till they be hard then take them off and pick as many as you please take as much Sugar as they weigh put two or three spoonfuls of water then put in the Damsons and the Sugar and boyl them take them off then let them stand a day or two then boyl them again take them off and let them stand till they be cold 185. To make Cakes of Limons Take of the finest double refined Sugar beaten very fine and sierced through fine Tiffany and to half a Porringer of Sugar put two spoonfuls of water and boyl it till it be almost Sugar again then grate of the hardest Rinded Limon and stir it into your Sugar put it into your Coffins and a paper and when they be cold take them off 186. To make Artificial Walnuts Take some Sugar-plate and print it in a Mould made for a Walnut-kernel and then yellow it all over with a little Saffron-water with a Feather then take Cinamon sierced and Sugar a like Quantity working it to a Paste with Gum-dragon steeped in Rose-water and print it in a Mould made like a Walnut-shell and when the kernel and shell be dry close them together with Gum-dragon 187. To make Black-Cherry-VVine Take a Gallon of the juice of Black-Cherries keep it in a Vessel close stopped till it begin to work then filter it and an Ounce of Sugar being added to every Pint and a Gallon of White-Wine and so keep it close stopped for Use. 188. To make Rose-Vinegar Take of Red-Rose buds gathered in a dry time the whites cut off then dry them in the shadow three or four days one pound of Vinegar eight Sextaries set them in the Sun forty days then strain out the Roses and put in fresh and so repeat it three or four times 189. To make syrup of Vinegar Take of the Roots of smalledge Fennel Endive each three Ounces Anniseeds smalledge Fennel of each an Ounce Endive half an Ounce clear water three quarts boyl it gently in an Earthen Vessel till half the water be consumed then strain and Clarifie it and with three pound of sugar and a pint and half of White-wine-Vinegar boyl it into a syrup This is a Gallant syrup for such whose Bodies are stuffed either with Phlegm or tough Humours for it opens Obstructions or stoppings both of the stomack Liver spleen and Reins it cuts and brings away tough Phlegm and Choler 190 To make syrup of Apples Take two quarts of the juice of sweet-scented Apples the juice of Bugloss Garden and Wild of Violet-leaves and Rose-water of each a pound boyl them together and Clarifie them and with six pound of very fine sugar boyl them into a syrup according to Art 191. To make the Capon-water against a Consumption Take a Capon the Guts being pull'd out cut it in pieces and take away the Fat boyl it in a close Vessel in a sufficient quantity of spring-spring-water Take of this Broath three pints of Barrage and violet-Violet-water a pint and a half White-Wine one pint red-Red-Rose leaves two drams and an half Burrage-Flowers Violets and Bugloss of each one Dram pieces of bread out of the Oven half a pound Cinamon bruised half an Ounce still it in a Glass still according to Art This is a sovereign Remedy against Hectick-Fevers and Consumptions let such as are subject to those Diseases hold it as a Jewel 192. To make Elder-Vinegar Gather the Flowers of Elder pick them very clean dry them in the Sun on a gentle heat and to every quart of Vinegar take a good handful of Flowers and let it stand in the Sun a fortnight then strain the Vinegar from the Flowers and put it into the Barrel again and when you draw a quart of Vinegar draw a quart of Water and put it into the Barrel luke-warm 193. To make China Broath Take an Ounce of China-Root clipped thin and steep it in three pints of Water all Night on Embers covered the next day take a Cock Chicken clean pickt and the Guts taken out put in its Belly Agrimony and Maiden-hair of each half a handful Raisins of the Sun stoned one good handful and as much French Barley boyl all these in a Pipkin close covered on a gentle Fire for six or seven hours let it stand till it be cold strain it and keep it for your Use Take a good Draught in the Morning and at four in the After-noon 194. To make Paste of tender Plums Put your Plums into an Earthen Pot and set it into a Pot of boyling water and when the Plums are dissolved then strain the thin Liquor from them through a Câ—oath and reserve that Liquor to make Quiddany then strain the pulp through a piece of Canvas and take as much Sugar as the pulp in weight and as much water as will wet the same and so boyl it to a Candy height then dry the pulp upon a Chafing-dish of Coals then put your Syrup and the pulp so hot together and boyl it always stirring it till it will lye upon a Pye-plate as you lay it and that it run not abroad and when it is somewhat dry then use it but put to it the pulp of Apples 196. To make Cream of Codlings First scald your Codlings and so peel off the skins then scrape the pulp from the Cores and strain them with a little Sugar and rose-Rose-water then lay your pulp of Codlings in the middle of the Dish and so much raw Cream round it as you please and so serve it 196. To make Sugar of Roses Take of Red-Rose-Leaves the whites being cut off an Ounce dry them in the Sun speedily put to it a pound of white Sugar melt the Sugar in rose-Rose-water and Juice of Roses of each two Ounces which being consumed by degrees put in the Rose-Leaves in powder mix them put it upon a Marble and make it into Lozenges according to Art 197. To make a Cream Tart. Cut the Crust of a Manchet and grate it small and mix it with thick Cream and some sweet Butter then take twenty-four Yolks of Eggs and strain them with a little Cream putting thereto a good quantity of Sugar mix these very well and set it upon a small fire and so let it boyl till it be thick then make two sheets of Paste as thin as you can and raise the sides of one of them the height of one of your fingers in breadth and then fill it and cover it with the other sheet then bake it half a quarter of an hour then put Sugar on it and so serve it 198. To make Artificial Oranges Take Alabaster Moulds made in three pieces bind two of the pieces together and water them an hour or two then take as much Sugar as you think will fill your Moulds and so boyl it to a height then pour it into your Moulds one by one very quick Then put on the Lid of the Mould and so turn it round with your Hand as quick as you can and when it is cold
four a Clock After-noon and as much at Night going to Bed but be sure do no violent Exercise 43. For a sore Breast not Broken Take Oyl of Roses Bean-flower the Yolk of an Egg a little Vinegar temper all these together then set it before the Fire that it may be a little warm then with a Feather strike it upon the Breast Morning and Evening or any time of the day she finds it pricking 44. To heal a sore Breast when broken Boyl Lillies in New Milk and lay it on to break it and when it is broken Tent it with a Mallow-stalk lay on it a Plaister of Mallows boyled in Sheeps Tallow these are to be used if you cannot keep it from breaking 45. For a Consumption Take a pound and half of Pork Fat and Lean and boyl it in water and put in some Oat-meal and boyl it till the heart of the Meat be out then put to it two quarts of Milk and boyl it a quarter of an hour and give the Patient a draught in the Morning After-noon and Evening and now and then some Barley-water 46. For the Falling Sickness Take Powder of Harts-Horn and drink it with Wine and it helpeth the Falling-Evil 47. For the Tooth-ach Take Feathersew and stamp it and strain it and drop a drop or two into the contrary Ear to the pain and lye still half an hour after 48. For a Wen. Take black Soap and mix it with unslaked Lime made into powder and lay it upon the Wen or Kernel 49. For the Wind. Take the juice of Red Fennel and make a Posset of Ale therewith and drink thereof 50. An Excellent Medicine for the Dropsie Take two Gallons of New Ale then take setwel Calamus Aromaticus and Galingale of each two penny-worth of Spikenard four penny-worth stamp all together and put them into a bag and hang it in the Vessel and when it is four days old drink it Morning and Evening 51. For a Scald Head Wash thy Head with Vinegar and Camomil stampt and mingled together there is no better help for the Scald Or grind white Hellebore with Swines grease and apply it to the Head 52. To make the Plague-water Take a handful of Sage and a handful of Rue and boyl them in three pints of Malmsey or Muskadine till one pint be wasted then take it off the Fire and strain the Wine from the Herbs then put into the Wine two penny-worth of long-pepper half an Ounce of Ginger and a quarter of an Ounce of Nutmegs all grosly bruised and let it boyl a little again Then take it off the Fire and dissolve in it half an Ounce of good Venice-Treacle and a quarter of an Ounce of Mithridate and put to it a quarter of a pint of strong Angelica-water so keep it in a Glass close stopped for your Use. This Water Cureth Small-Pox Measles Surfeits and Pestilential Fevers 53. A precious Eye-water for any Diseases of the Eye often proved Take of the best White-Wine half a pint of white rose-Rose-water as much of the Water of Celendine Fennel Eyebright and Rue of each two Ounces of prepared Tutia six Ounces of Cloves as much Sugar rosate a dram of Camphire and Aloes each half a dram wash the Eyes therewith 54. A Cordial Iulep Take Waters of Endive Purslain and Roses of each two Ounces sorrel-Sorrel-water half a pint Juice of Pomegranats and for lack thereof Vinegar four Ounces Camphire three Drams Sugar one pound Boyl all these together in the form of a Julep and give three or four Ounces thereof at a time 55. To make the Green Ointment Take a pound of Swines grease one Ounce of Verdigrease half a Scruple of Sal Gemmâ—e this Oyntment may be kept forty Years it is good against Cancers and Running Sores it fretteth away dead Flesh and bringeth New and healeth Old Wounds put it within the Wound that it fester not 56. For Fits of the Mother Take a brown Toast of soure Bread of the neither Crust and wash it with Vinegar and put thereto black Soap like as you would butter a Toast and lay it under the Navil 57. For the Rickets in Children Take of Fennel-Seeds and Dill-Seeds but most of the last â—boyl them in Beer and strain it and sweeten it with Sugar and let the Child drink often Probatum 58. For the Shingles Take the green leaves of Colts-foot stamped and mingled with Honey and apply it and it will help 59. To heal a Fistula or Ulcer Take Figgs and stamp them with Shoomakers-wax and spread it upon Leather and lay it on the Sore and it will heal 60. For a Woman in Travel Take seven or eight leaves of Betony a pretty quantity of Germander a branch or two of Penny-royal three Marygolds a branch or two of Hyssop boyl them all in a pint of White-Wine or Ale then put into it Sugar and Saffron and boyl it a quarter of an hour more and give it to drink warm 61. To make a VVoman be soon delivered the Child being dead or alive Take a good quantity of the best Amber and beat it exceeding small to powder then sierse it through a fine piece of Lawn and so drink it in some Broath or Caudle and it will will by God's help cause the Patient to be presently Delivered 62. For Infants troubled with wind and Phlegm Give them a little pure Sugar-candy finely bruised in Saxsifrage-water or Scabious-water in a spoon well mingled together 63. A most excellent Medicine to cause Children to breed their Teeth easily Take of pure Capons grease very well Clarified the quantity of a Nutmeg and twice as much of pure Honey mingle and incorporate them well together and annoint the Childs Gums therewith three or four times a day when it is Teething and they will easily break the Flesh and prevent Torments and Agues and other Griefs which usually Accompany their coming forth 64. For Agues in Children Take a spoonful of good Oyl of Populeon and put thereto two spoonfuls of good Oyl of Roses mingle them well together and then warm it before the Fire annoint the Childs Joynts and Back also his Fore-head and Temples twice a day chasing the Oyntment well in 65. To cause a Young Child to go to Stool Chafe the Childs Navil with May Butter before the Fire then take some Black wool and dip it in the Butter and lay it to the Navil and it will procure a Stool This is also good for one in Years that can take no other Medicine 66. For VVorms in Children Take of Myrrh and Aloes very finely powdered of each a penny-worth and put thereto a few drops of Chymical Oyl of Wormwood or Savine and a little Turpentine make these up into a Plaister and lay it to the Childs Navil 67. To help one that is Blasted Take the white of an Egg and beat it in a Mortar put to it a quarter of an Ounce of Coperas and grind them well together till it come to an Oyntment
Roots of Melons each as much as is sufficient in a large Vessel with a long Neck Distill by an Alembeck with a strong and careful Fire 12. To Beautifie the Face Take of Cuckow-pintle a pretty quantity bruise the thick parts with Rose-water dry them by the Sun three or four days then pouring more Rose-water on it use it 13. To make the Face look Youthful Take two Ounces of Aqua-vitae Bean-flower-water and Rose-water each four Ounces Water of Water-Lillies six ounces mix them all and add to them one Dram of the whitest Tragacinth set it in the Sun six days then strain it through a fine Linnen Cloath wash your Face with it in the Morning and do not wipe it off 14. A VVater to take away wrinkles in the Face Take of the Decoction of Briony and Figgs each alike quantities and wash the Face with it 15. An Excellent water called Lac Virginis or Virgins Milk to make the Face Neck or any part of the Body fair and white Take of Alumen Plumost half an ounce of Camphire one ounce of Roch-Allom one ounce and a dram Sal Gemmi half an ounce of white Frankincense two ounces oyl of Tartar one ounce and half make all these into most fine powder and mix it with one quart of rose-Rose-water then set it in the Sun and let it stand nine days often stirring it then take Littarge of Silver half a pound beat it fine and sierce it then boyl it with one pint of White-Wine-Vinegar till one third part be consumed ever stirring it with a stick while it boyleth then Distill it by a Philter or let it run through a Jelly-Bag then keep it in a Glass Vial and when you will use those Waters take a drop of the one and a drop of the other in your hand and it will be like Milk which is called Lac Virginis wash your Face or any part of your Body therewith it is moâ—â— precious for the same 16. To take away Sun-burn Take the juice of a Limon and a little Bay-Salt and wash your Face or Hands with it and let them dry of themselves and wash them again and you shall find all the Sun-burn gone 17. To make the Face very Fair. Boyl the Flowers of Rosemary in white-wine with the which wash your Face also if you drink thereof it will make you have a sweet Breath Also to make the Face white make powder of the Root of Serpentine and of powder of Sepia and mingle them with Rose-water and let it dry and then let it be put to the same water again and dry again do this four or five times and then use to annoint the face therewith 18. To clear the Skin and make it white Take fresh Boars grease and the white of an Egg and stamp them together with a little powder of Bays and therewith annoint the skin and it will clear the Visage and make it white 19. To take away Freckles in the Face Annoint your face with oyl of Almonds and drink Plantain-water or annoint your Visage well and often with Hares blood 20. To smooth the Skin Mix Capons-grease with a quantity of Sugar and let it stand for a few days close covered and it will turn to a clear oyl with which annoynt your face 21. To Blanch the Face Take the pulp of Limons and take out the Kernels and put to them a quantity of fine Sugar Distill these and keep the water to wash your face every Night 22. For Morphew or scurf of Face or Skin Take of Brimstone beaten into powder two ounces mix it with as much black Soap that stinketh and tye the same in a Linnen Cloath and let it hang in a pint of strong Wine-Vinegar or Red-Rose-Vinegar for the space of eight or nine days and therewith wash any kind of Scurf or Morphew either in Face or Body dipping a Cloath in the Vinegar and rubbing it therewith and let it dry of it self Also drink the water of Strawberries Distilled or Tincture of Strawberries it certainly killeth Morphew or Scurf 23. For taking away spots in the Face after the Small-pox Mix the juice of Limons with a little Bay-Salt and touch the spots therewith oftenâ—times in a day for it is excellent good 24. A good Oyntment for the same Take Oyl of Sweet Almonds Oyl of white Lillies of either one Ounce Capons-grease Goats-Tallow of each four Drams Litharge of Gold one Dram and half Roots of Briony and of Ireos of either one Scruple Sugar-Candy white one Dram make powder of all those that may be brought into powder and sierce them then put them all in a Mortar together beat them together and in the working put thereto Rose Bean-flower and white lilly-Lilly-water of each a good spoonful put in by little and little and so work them together till they become an Oyntment annoint your Face and Hands with it every Evening and in the Morning wash it away in water boyled with Barley Wheaten-Bran and the Seed of Mallows 25. To take away the holes or pits in the Face by reason of the Small Pox. For helping of this Accident I have tryed many things and the best means I have found is to wash the Face one day with the Distilled water of strong Vinegar and the next day with the water wherein Bran and Mallows have been boyled and continue this twenty days or a Moneth together 26. For Redness of the Hands or Face after the Small-pox Take Barley Beans Lupines of each one handful bruise them all in a Mortar grosly and boyl them in three pints of water till it grow thick like a Jelly then strain it and annoint the Face and Hands therewith three or four times a day for three or four days together and then wet the Face and Hands as often with this water following 27. Another Take Vine-leaves two handfuls Bean-flower Dragon Wild Tansie of either one handful Camphire three Drams two Calves Feet the pulp of three Limons a pint of raw Cream shred the Herbs small as also the Limons and break and cut the Calves Feet small then mix them together and Distill it in a Glass Still and use it Also the water of May-dew is Excellent good for any high colour or Redness of the Face 28. For Pimples in the Face Wash your Face with warm water when you go to Bed and let it dry in then take the white of an Egg and put it into a Saucer and set it upon a Chafing-dish of Coals and put into it a piece of Allom beat it together with a spoon till it become thick then make a round Ball and therewith annoint the Face where the Pimples are 29. For Heat and Swelling in the Face Boyl the Leaves of the Blossoms of Rosemary either in White-Wine or fair Water and use to wash thy Hands and Face therewith and it will preserve thee from all such inconveniencies and also make both thy Face and Hands very smooth 30. For a Red Face Take Brimstone that is whole
Nutmegs Ginger of each one dram juice of Celandine half a pound Spirit of Wine one pint White-wine three pints infuse them twenty four hours and draw off a Quart with an Alembick 28. Dr. Stevens Water Take of Cinamon Ginger Galanga Cloves Nutmegs Grains of Paradise seeds of Annis Fennel â—arraways of each one dramâ— herbs of Time Mother of Time Mints Sage Penny-royal Pellitory of the Wall Rosemary Flowers of Red Roses Camomile Origanum Lavender of each one handful infuse them twelve hours in â—welve pints of Gascoign wine then with 〈◊〉 Alembick draw three pints of strong-water from it 29. To make good cherry Wine Take the Syrup of Cherries and when it hath stood a while bottle it up and tye down the Cork and in a short time it will be very good pleasant Wine 30. To make Waâ—ers Take a pint of flower a little cream the yolks of two 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 off the stalks give them a boiling take them off and put them up 32. To Pickle Purslain Take the Purslain and pick it into little pieces and put it into a Pot or Barrel then take a little water Vinegar and Salt to your tast it must be pretty strong of the Vinegar and Salt and a little Mace and boil all these together and pour this liquor boiling hot into the Parslain and when it is cold tye it close but lay a little board on the top to keep it down and within a week or two it is fit to eat 33. To preserve green Walnuts Boil your Walnuts till the water tast bitter then take them off and put them in cold water and pill off the bark and weigh as much Sugar as they weigh and a little more water then will wet the Sugar set them on the fire and when they boil up take them off and let them stand two days and then boil them again once more 34. To preseâ—ve Currants Part them in the tops and lay a lane of Currants and a lane of Sugar and so boyl them as fast as you do Ras-berries do not put them in the spoon but scum them boil till the Syrup be pretty thick then take them off and let them stand till they be cold and put them into a glass 35. To make Goose berry Cakes Pick as many Goose-berries as you please and put them into an earthen Pitcher and set it in a kettle of water till they be soft and then put them into a five 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 it off and put in the juice and set it on again till it be hot and take it off and set them in the Press till they be dry then they are ready 36. An excellent broath Take a Chicken and set it on the fire and when it boils scum it then put in a Mace and a very little Oatmeal and such herbs as the party requires and boil it well down and bruise the Chicken and put it in again and it is good broath and to alter it you may put in six Prunes and leave out the herbs or put them in as you please and when it is well boyled strain it and season it 37. To make Angellets 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 two days till it be pretty stiff then slip it out and salt it a little at both ends and when you think it is salt enough set it a drying and wipe them and within a quarter of a year they will be ready to eat 38. To make Ielly of Harts-horn Take four ounces of the shavings of Harts-horn of the inside and two Aleâ— quarts of water put this in a Pipkin and boil 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 be cold and Jellieth it is boil'd enoughâ— Then being warm take it off the fire and strain it hard through a cloath and set it a cooling till it be hard Jelly then take two whites of eggs and beat them very well er 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 three spoonfuls of damask Rose-water and a quarter of a pound of Sugar and when it boils stiâ— and lay it pretty well then strain it through a cloath and let it cool and of this take four spoonfuls in the morning fasting and four a clock in the afternoon and this is excellent good for the weakness of the baâ—k 40. To preserve Damsons red or black Plumbs Take their weight in Sugar and water enough to make a Syrup to cover them so boil them a little therein being close covered turning them for spotting 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 then the water under them and when they are both sweet and tender take them up and boil the Syrup again till it be thick then put up your Plumbs and it together in your preserving glasses 41. To make Rosemary water Take the Rosemary and the flowers in the midst of May before Sun-rise strip the leaves and flowers from the stalks then take 4 or 5 Elecampana roots and a handful or two of sage then beat the Rosemary sage and roots together till they be very small then take three ounces of Cloves as much Mace and half a pound of Anniseeds and â—eat these spices every one by themselves then take the herbs and the spices and put thereto 4 or 5 gallons of good White-wine then put in all these herbs spices and wine into an earthen Pot and put the Pot into the ground about sixteen days then take it up and distil it with a very soft fire 43. To make Pomatum Take fresh Hogs suet clean sed from the films and washt in White-wine one pound and as much sheeps suet washt in White-wine then take about sixteen Pomwater Apples cleansed and boyl d in Rose-water add to these Rose-wood Sassafras Roots of Orrice Florentine of each six drams of Benzoin Storax Calamita half an ounce of each and so make it into an Oyntment 44. To maks Oyl of sweet Almonds Take dryed sweet Almonds as many as you please beat them very small and put them into a rough hempâ—nâ—
do this three or four times and it will do You may boyl the same Oats with fresh water three or four times 53. To take away Pock-holes or any spot in the Face Wet a Cloath in White-Rose-water and set it all Night to freeze in the Winter and then lay it upon your Face till it be dry also take two or three Poppies the reddest you can get and quarter them taking out the Kernels then Distill them in a quart of red Cows-Milk and with the water thereof wash your Face 54. An Excellent Beauty-water used by the D. of C. Take of white Tartar two drams Camphire one dram Coperas half a dram the whites of three or four Eggs juice of a couple of Limons Oyl of Tartar four Ounces and as much plantain-Plantain-water white Mercury a penny-worth two Ounces of bitter Almonds beat all these to powder and mix them with the Oyl and some water and then boyl it upon a gentle Fire strain it and so keep it when you use it you must first rub your Face with a scarlet Cloath and at Night wash your Face with it and in the Morning wash it off with Bran and White-Wine 55. Against a Stinking Breath Take a handful of Wood-bine and as much Plantain bruise them very well then take a pint of Eye-selt and as much water with a little Honey and Allom keep all these waters together in a Glass and wash your Mouth well therewith and hold it in your Mouth and it will destroy all Cankers and Cure a stinking Breath and preserve the Teeth from rottenness 56. To procure an excellent Colour and Complexion in the Face used by the C. of S. Take the juice of Hyssop and drink it in a Morning Fasting half a dozen spoonfuls in Ale warm it will procure an excellent Colour is good for the Eye-sight destroyeth Worms and is good for the Stomack Liver and Lungs 57. To keep the Teeth white and kill worms Take a little Salt in a Morning Fasting and hold it under your Tongue till it be melted and then rub your Teeth with it 58. To procure Beauty an excellent wash Take four Ounces of Sublimate and one Ounce of crude Mercury and beat them together exceeding well in a wooden Mortar and wooden Pestle you must do it at least six or eight hours then with often change of cold water take away the salts from the Sublimate change your water twice every day at least and in seven or eight days it will be dulcified and then it is prepared lay it on with Oyl of white Poppy 59. A Beauty-water for the Face by Madam G. Take Lye that is not too strong and put two peels of Oranges and as much Câ—tron-peel Blossoms of Câ—momile Bay-leaves and Maiden-hair of each a handful of Agrimony two or three Ounces of Barley-straw chopt in pieces a handful as much Fenugreek a pint of Vine-leaves two or three handfuls of Broom-blossoms put all these into the Lye and mingle them together and so wash the Head therewith put to it a little Cinamon and Myrrh let it stand and wash your Face therewith every Evening It is good to wash the Head and to comfort the Brain and Memory 60. Against stink of the Nostrils Take Cloves Ginger and Calamint of each a like quantity boyl them in White-Wine and therewith wash the Nose within then put in the powder of Piritrum to provoke one to sneeze If there be Phlegm in the Head you must first purge the Head with Pills of Colchie or of Hieva picra Or if the stink of the Nose come from the Stomack purge first 61. To make the Hands white To make the Hands white and soft take Daffodil in clean water till it grow thick and put thereto powder of Cantarium and stir them together then put thereto raw Eggs and stir them well together and with this Oyntment annoint your Hands and within three or four days using thereof they will be white and clear 62. A Sweet water for the Hands Take of the Oyl of Cloves Mace or Nutmegs three or four drops only and mingle it with a pint of fair water stirring them a pretty while together in a Glass having a narrow Mouth till they are well mingled together and wash your Hands therewith and it will be a very sweet water and will cleanse and whiten the Hands very much 63. For heat and worms in the Hands Bruise a little Chick-weed and boyl it in Running-water till the half be wasted away and wash your Hands in it as hot as you can suffer it for the space of six days and it will drive away the heat or worms in the Hands 64. To make the Nails grow Take Wheat-flower and mingle it with Honey and lay it to the Nails and it will help them 65. For Nails that fall off Take powder of Agrimony and lay it on the place where the Nail was and it will take away the aking and make theâ— Nails to grow 66. For cloven Nails Mingle Turpentine and Wax together and lay it on the Nail and as it groweth cut it away and it will heal 67. For Nails that are rent from the flesh Take some Violets and stamp them and fry them with Virgins-wax and Frankincense and make a Plaister and lay it to the Nail and it will be whole 68. Another Annoint your Fingers with the powder of Brimstone Arsenick and Vinegar and in short time you shall find great ease 69. For stench under the Arm-holes First pluck away the Hairs of the Arm-holes and wash them with white-wine and Rose-water wherein you have first boyled Cassia Lignum and use it three or four times 70. For the Yellow Iaundies Take the juice of Wormwood and Sorrel or else make them in Syrup and use to drink it in the Morning 71. To take away VVarts from the face or Hands Take Purslain and rub it on the warts and it maketh them fall away Also the juice of the Roots of Rushes applyed healeth them 72. To smooth the Skin and take away Morphew and Freckles Annoint the Face with the Blood of a Hare or Bull and this will take away Morphew and Freckles and smooth the Skin FINIS New and Excellent EXPERIMENTS AND SECRETS In the ART of Angling BEING Directions for the whole ART LONDON Printed in the Year 1675. New and Excellent EXPERIMENTS AND SECRETS In the ART of Angling To make the Lines TAke Care that your Hair be round and free from Galls Scabs or frets for a well Chosen even clear round Hair of a kind of a Glass-colour will prove as strong as three un-even scabby Hairs that are ill chose Let your Hair be clean washed before you go about to twist it and then not only chuse the clearest Hair but Hairs that are all of an equal bigness for such do usually stretch altogether and not break singly one by one but altogether When you have twisted your Links lay them in water for a quarter of an hour at the least and
the stalk and the Head of a Clove 152. To make a Hotch-pot Take a piece of Brisket Beef a piece of Mutton a Knuckâ—e of Veal a good Cullender of Pot-herbs half minced Carrots Onions and Cabbage a little broken boyl all these together untill they be very thick 153. To make a Tart of Medlars Take Medlars that are rotten then scrape them and set them upon a Chafing-dish of Coals season them with the Yolks of Eggs Sugar Cinamon and Ginger let it boyl well and lay it on Paste scrape on Sugar and serve it 154. To make a Limonâ—Caudle Take a pint of White-wine and a pint of Water and let it boyl put to it half a Manchet cut as thin and small as you can put it in with some large Mace then beat the Yolks of two Eggs to thicken it then squeeze in the juice of half a dozen Limons and season it with Sugar and Rose-water 155. To make an Italian Pudding Take a fine Manchet and cut it in small pieces like Dice then put to it half a pound of Beef-suet minced small Raisins of the Sun Cloves Mace Dates minced Sugar Marrow Rose-water Eggs and Cream mingle all these together put them in a butter'd Dish in less than an hour it will be well baked when it s enough scrape on Sugar and serve it up 156. To make a rare Pudding to be bak'd or Boyled Beat a pound of Almonds as small as possible put to them some Rose-water and Cream as oft as you beat them then take one pound of Beef-suet finely minced with five Yolks of Eggs and but two of their whites make it as thin as Bâ—tter for Fritters mixing it with sweet thick Cream seasoning it with beaten Mace Sugar and Salt then set it into the Oven in a Pewter Dish and when you draw it forth strew some Sugar on the top of your Pudding and Garnish your Dish with Sugar and serve it always first to the Table 157. To make a Gooseberry-Custard When you have cut off the sticks and Eyes of your Gooseberries and wash'd them then boyl them in water till they will break in a spoon then strain them and beat half a dozen Eggs and stir them together upon a Chafing-dish of Coals with some Rose water then sweeten it very well with Sugar and always serve it cold 158. To make a Fricacie of Rabbits Cut your Rabbits in small pieces and mince a handful of Thyme and Parsley together and season your Rabbits with a Nutmeg Pepper and Salt then take two Eggs and Verjuice beaten together then throw it in the Pan stick it and dish it up in Sippets 159. To make Cracknels Take five or six pints of the finest wheat-flower you can get to which put in a spoonful and not more of good Yeast then mingle it well with Butter Cream and Rose-water and Sugar finely beaten and working it well into Paste make it into what form you please and bake it 160. To make Pancakes Put eight Eggs to two quarts of Flower casting by four whites season it with Cinamon Nutmeg Ginger Cloves Mace and Salt then make it up into a strong Bâ—tter with Milk beat it well together and put in half a pint of Sack make it so thâ—n that it may run in your pan how you please put your Pan on the Fire with a little Butter or suet when it is very hot take a Cloath and wipe it out so make your Pan very clean then put in your Batter and run it very thin supply it with little bits of Butter so toss it often and bake it crisp and brown 161. To make a Iunket Take Ewes or Goats-Milk or for want of these Cows-Milk and put it over the Fire to warm then put in a little Runnet then pour it out into a Dish and let it cool then strew on some Cinamon and Sugar and take some of your Cream and lay on it scrape on sugar and serve it 162. To make Excellent Marrow-Spinage-pasties Take Spinage and chop it a little then boyl it till it be tender then make the best Rich light Crust you can and roul it out and put a little of your Spinage into it and Currans and Sugar and store of lump of Marrow clap the Paste over this to make little Pasties deep within and Fry them with Clarified Butter 163. To make a Pine-Apple-Tart Beat two handfuls of Pine-Apples with a prick'd Quince and the pulp of two or three Pippins when they are well beaten put to them half a pint of Cream a little Rose-water the Yolks of six Eggs with a handful of sugar if it be thick add a litte more Cream to it so having your thin low Coffins for it dryed fill them up and bake them you may Garnish them with Orangado or Lozenges of Sugar-Plate or what else you please 164. To dry Neats-Tongues Take Bay-salt beaten very fine and Salt-petre of each alike and rub over your Tongues very well with that and cover all over with it and as it wastes put on more and when they are very hard and stiff they are enough then roul them in Bran and dry them before a soft Fire and before you boyl them let them lye one Night in Pump-water and boyl them in the same water 165. To stew Birds the Lady Butlers way Take small Birds pick them and cut off their Legs Fry them in sweet Butter lay them in a Cloath to dry up the Butter then take Oysters and mince them and put them in a Dish put to them white-wine and Cinamon put in the Birds wiâ—h Cloves Mace and Pepper let all these stew together covered till they be enough then put into it some Sugar and some toasted Manchet and put it in the Dish and so serve it up to the Table 166. To make a sweet-Pye with Lamb-stones and Sweetbreads and Sugar Slit the Lamb-stones in the middle and skin them wash the Sweetbreads both of Veal and Lamb and wipe them very dry take the Lambs Liver and shred it very small take the Udder of a Leg of Veal and slice it season all with a little Salt Nutmeg Mace and Cloves beaten and some whole Pepper then shred two or three Pippins and Candyed Limon and Orange-peel half a dozen Dates sliced with Currans white Sugar a few Carraway-seeds a quarter of a pint of Verjuice and as much Rose-water a couple of Eggs roul up all these together in little Puddings or Balls made green with the juice of Spinage and lay a Pudding then a sweetbread then a Lamb-stone till you have filled up the Pye and cover them with Dates and sliced Citron and Limon When it is drawn take two or three Yolks of Eggs beat them and put to them a little fresh Butter white-wine and Sugar and pour it into the Tunnel scrape some Loaf-sugar upon the Lid and so serve it 167. To Roast Eels When they are flea'd cut them to pieces about three or four Inches long dry them and put them into a Dish
Damask-Rose-Leaves as many red-Red-Rose the Peels of six Oranges or else one handful of the tender Leaves of Walnut-Trees half an Ounce of Benjamin Calamus Aromaticus as much of Camphire four Drams of Cloves an Ounce of Bildamum half an Ounce then take a Pottle of Running Water and put in all these Spices bruised into your Water and Malmsey together in a Pot close stopped with a good handful of Rosemary and let them stand for the space of six days then Distill it with a soft Fire and set it in the Sun sixteen days with four Grains of Musk bruised This Quantity will make three quarts of Water 136. To make Washing Balls Take Storax of both kinds Benjamin Calamus Aromaticus Labdanum of each alike and bray them to Powder with Cloves and Orris then beat them all with a sufficient Quantity of Soap till it be stiff then with your hand work it like Paste and make round Balls thereof 137. To make a Musk-Ball Take Nutmegs Mace Cloves Saffron and Cinamon of each the weight of two pence and beat it to fine Powder add as much Mastick of Storax the weight of Six pence of Labdanum the weight of Ten pence of Amber-grease the weight of Six pence and of Musk sour Grains dissolve and work all these in hard sweet Soap till it come to a stiff Paste and then make Balls thereof 138. To make Imperial VVater Take a Gallon of Gascoin Wine Ginger Galingal Nutmegs Grains Cloves Anniseeds Fennel-seeds Caraway-seeds of each one dram then take Sage Mint Red Roses Tine Pellitory Rosemary Wild Thyme Camomile and Lavender of each a handful then beat the Spices small and the Herbs also and put all together into the Wine and let it stand so twelve hours stirring it divers times then Distill it with a Limbeck and keep the first water for it is best of a Gallon of Wine you must not take above a quart of Water This Water Comforteth the Vital Spirits and helpeth the inward Diseases that come of Cold as the Palsie and Contraction of Sinews it also killeth Worms and comforteth the Stomack it Cureth the cold Dropsie helpeth the Stone and Stinking Breath and maketh one seem Young 139. To make Verjuice Gather your Crabs as soon as the Kernels turn black and lay them a while in a heap to Sweat then pick them from the Stalks blacks and rotteness then crush and beat them all to pieces in a Tub then make a bag of course Hair-cloath as big as your Press and fill it with the crusht Crabs then put it into the Press and Press it as long as any moisture will drop out having a clean Vessel underneath to receive the Liquor then Tun it up in sweet Hogsheads and to every Hogshead put half a dozen handfuls of Damask Rose Leaves then bring it up and spend it as you have Occasion 140. To make dry Sugar Leach Blanch your Almonds and beat them with a little Rose water and the white of one Egg and then beat it with a good quantity of Sugar and work it as you would work a piece of Paste then roul it and Print it only be sure to strew Sugar in the Print for fear of cleaving to 141. To make fine Iumbals Beat a pound of Sugar fine then take the same quantity of fine Wheat Flower and mix them together then take two whites and one Yolk of an Egg half a quarter of a pound of Blanched Almonds then beat them very fine altogether with half a pound of sweet Butter and a spoonful of Rose-water and so work it with a little Cream till it come to a stiff Paste then roul them forth as you please you may add a few fine dryed Anniseeds finely rubâ—d and strewed into the Paste with Coriander seeds 142. To make dry Vinegar To make dry Vinegar which you may carry in your pocket you must take the blacks of green Coâ—â— either Wheat or Rye and beat it in a Mortar with the strongest Vinegar you can get till it come to Paste then roul it into little Balls and dry it in the Sun till it be very hard and when you have Occasion to use it cut a little piece thereof and dissolve it in wine and it will make a strong Vinegar 143. To make Excellent Date Leach Take Dates and take out the stones and the white Rinde and beat them with Sugar Cinamon and Ginger very finely then work it as you would work a piece of Paste and then print them as you please 144. To make white Ielly of Almonds Take Rose-water Gum-dragant or Isinglass dissolved and some Cinamon grosly beaten boyl them all together then take a pound of Almonds blanch them and beat them fine with a little fair water dry them in a fine Cloath and put your rose-Rose-water and the rest into the Almonds boyl them together and stir them continually then take them from the fire and when it is boyled enough take it off 145. To Candy Orange Peels Take your Orange Peels after they are Preserved then take fine Sugar and Rose water and boyl it to the height of Manus Christi that is till it is Sugar again then draw through your Sugar lay them on the bottom of a Siev and dry them in an Oven after you have drawn Bread and they will be Candied 146. To make Paste of Violets You must take Violets ready pickt and bruiâ—e them in a Marble Mortar and wring the Juice from them into a Porringer and put as much hard Sugar in fine Powder as the Juice will cover dry it and then pouder it again then take as much Gum-dragant steeped in Rose water as will bring this Sugar into a perfect Paste then take it up print it with your Moulds and so dry it in your Stove 147. To Preserve Pippins Red. Take your best coloured Pippins and pare them then take a piercer and bore a hole through them then make Syrup for them as much as will cover them and so let them boyl in a broad preserving pan put to them a piece of Cinamon and let them boyl leisurely close covered turning them very often or else they will spot and one side will not be like t'other and let them boyl till they begin to Jelly then take them up and you may keep them all the Year 148. To make Spirit of Roses Bruise the Rose in his own Juice adding thereto being temperately warm a convenient proportion either of Yeast or Ferment leave them a few days to ferment till they get a strong and heady smell near like to Vinegar then Distill them and draw so long as you find any scent of the Rose to come then distill again so often till you have purchased a perfect Spirit of the Rose You may also Ferment the Juice of Roses only and after Distill the same 149. To make Syrup of Elder Take Elder Berries when they are red bruise them in a Stone Mortar strain the Juice and boyl it away to almost half scum it
all the Winter 213. To make Rasberry-Cream When you have boyled your Cream take two Ladle-fuls of it being almost cold bruise the Rasberries together and season it with Sugar and Rose-water and put it into your Cream stirring it altogether and so dish it up 214. To make Snow-Cream Break the whites of six Eggs put thereto a little Rose-water beat them well together with a bunch of Feathers till they come perfectly to resemble Snow then lay on the said Snow in heaps upon other Cream that is cold which is made fit for the Table you may put under your Cream in the bottom of the Dish part of a penny Loaf and stick therein a branch of Rosemary or Bays and fill your Tree with the said Snow to serve it up 215. To make Hydromel Take eighteen quarts of Spring-water and one quart of Honey when the water is warm put the Honey into it when it boyls up scum it very well even as long as any scum will rise then put in one Race of Ginger sliced in thin slices four Cloves and a little sprig of green Rosemary boyl all together an hour then set it to cool till it be Blood-warm and then put to it a spoonful of Ale-yeast when it is work'd up put it into a Vessel of a fit size and after two or three days Bottle it up you may drink it in six weeks or two Moneths 216. To make a whipt Syllabub Take the whites of two Eggs and a pint of Cream with six spoonfuls of Sack and as much Sugar as will sweeten it then take a Birchen Rod and whip it as it riseth in froth scum it and put it into the Syllabub-pot so continue it with whipping and scumming till your Syllabub-Pot be full 217. To make Marmalade of Cherries Take four pound of the best Kentish Cherries before they be stoned to one pound of pure Loaf-Sugar which beat into small powder stone the Cherries and put them into a Preserving-Pan over a gentle Fire that they may not boyl but dissolve much into Liquor Take away with the spoon much of the thin Liquor leaving the Cherries moist enough but not swimming in clean Liquor then put to them half your Sugar and boyl it up quick and scum away the Froth that riseth when it is well incorporated and clear strew in a little more of the Sugar and continue so by little and little till you have put in all your Sugar which will make the Colour the fairer when they are boyled enough take them off and bruise them with the back of a spoon and when they are cold put them up in Pots 218. To make a Flomery-Caudle When Flomery is made and cold you may make a pleasant and wholesome Caudle of it by taking some lumps and spoonfuls of it and boyl it with Ale and White-Wine then sweeten it to your taste with Sugar There will remain in the Caudle some lumps of the Congealed Flomery which are not ingrateful 219. To Preserve Fruit all the Year Put the Fruit into a fit Case of Tin and soder it together so that no Air can get in then lay it in the bottom of a cold Well in Running water 220. To make a most Rich Cordial Take Conserve of Red Roses Conserve of Orange-Flowers of each one Ounce Confect Hyacinthi Bezoardick Theriacal Powder of each two Drams Confection of Alkermes one Dram of powder of Gold one Scruple mix all these well together in the form of an Opiate and if the Composition be too dry add to it some Syrup of Red Currans as much as is needful take of this Composition every Morning the quantity of a Nut. 221. To Pickle Red and White Currans Take Vinegar and White-Wine with so much Sugar as will make it pretty sweet then take your Red and White Currans being not fully Ripe and give them one walm so cover them over with the said Pickle keeping them always under Liquor 222. To make Red Currans-Cream Bruise your Currans with some boyled Cream then strain them through your strainer or Siev and put the liquid substance thereof to the said Cream being almost cold and it will be a pure Red so serve it up 223. To Preserve Medlars Take the weight of them in Sugar adding to every pound thereof a pint and a half of fair water let them be scalded therein till their skin will come off then take them out of the water and stone them at the Head then add your Sugar to the water and boyl them together then strain it and put your Medlars therein let them boyl apace till it be thick take them from the Fire and keep them for Use. 224. To Preserve Mulberries Take the like weight of Sugar as of Mulberries wet the Sugar with some of the juice thereof stir it together put in your Mulberries and let them boyl till they are enough then take out your Mulberries but let your Syrup boyl a while after then take it off and put it into your Mulberries and let them stand till they be cold for your Use. 225. To make white Mead. Take six Gallons of Water and put in six quarts of Honey stirring it till the Honey be throughly melted then set it over the Fire and when it is ready to boyl scum it very clean then put in a quarter of an Ounce of Mace and as much Ginger half an Ounce of Nutmegs Sweet Marjoram broad Thyme and Sweet Bryar of all together a handful and boyl them well therein then set it by till it be throughly cold and then Barrel it up and keep it till it be Ripe 226. To make Naples-Bisket Take of the same stuff the Mackroons are made of and put to it an Ounce of Pine-Apple-seeds in a quarter of a pound of stuff for that is all the difference between the Mackroons and the Naples Biskets 227. To make Chips of Quinces Scald them very well and then slice them into a Dish and pour a Candy Syrup to them scalding hot and let them stand all Night then lay them on Plates and sierse Sugar on them and turn them every day and scrape more Sugar on them till they be dry If you would have them look clear heat them in Syrup but not to boyl 228. To make Lozenges of Roses Boyl Sugar to a height till it is Sugar again then beat your Roses fine and moisten them with the juice of Limons and put them into it let it not boyl after the Roses are in but pour it upon a Pye-Plate and cut it into what form you please 229. To make Conserve of Bugloss-Flowers Pick them as you do Burrage-Flowers weigh them and to every Ounce add two Ounces of Loaf-Sugar and one of Sugar-Candy beat them together till they become very fine then set it on the Fire to dissolve the Sugar and when it is so done and the Conserve hot put it into your Glasses or Gally-Pots for your Use all the Year 230. To Pickle Limon and Orange-Piel Boyl them with
and therewith annoint the sore Face and it will ease the pain and take away the Swelling and when it is well nigh whole annoint the place with a little Pâ—puleon and that will make the skin fair and well again 68. An excellent Salve Take half a pound of Bees-wax a pint of Sallet-Oyl three ounces of Red Lead boyl all together in a New Earthen Pipkin keeping it stirring all the while till it grows of a darkish colour then keep it for Use or make Sear-cloaths of it while it is hot It is most approved against any Pain Sore Scald Cut Burn to strengthen the Back or remove any old Ach whatsoever 69. A Iu'ep of Dr. Trench for the Fits of the Mother In the time of the Year Distill Black-Cherry-water Piony flower-water Cowslip-water Rue or Herb-grace-water then take of the waters of Cowslip Black-Cherries Piony Rue of each an ounce and add to them water of Castor half an ounce Cinamon-water one dram Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers three drams mix all these together and take two spoonfuls at a time of it as often as you please 70. For a Tympany Take a handful of the Blossoms of Marigolds stamp them and strain them and give the Juice thereof to the Patient in a draught of Ale Fasting 71. To provoke Terms a good Medicine Take Wormwood and Rue of each one handful with five or six Pepper-corns boyl them all together in a quart of white-wine or Malmsey strain it and drink thereof 72. For the Bloody-flux or Scouring Take a great Apple and cut out the Core and put therein pure Virgins-wax then wet a paper and lap it therein then rake it up in the Embers and let it roast till it be soft then eat of it as your stomack will give leave 73. For a Rheumatick Cough or Cold. Take a pint of Hyssop-water Syrup of Gilly-flowers Syrup of Vinegar Syrup of Maiden-hair Syrup of Colts-foot of each one ounce mingle them all together and drink of it when you please 74. To kill a Fellon Take an Egg and Roast it hard and take out the Yolk thereof then Roast an Onion sost and beat the Yolk and the Onion together and lay it to the sore and it will kill the Fellon 75. For the white Flux Take the powder of the Flowers of Pomegranats and drink it in Red Wine 76. For the Red Flux Take Sperma Caeti and drink it and truâ—s up your self with a piece of blackâ— Cotton 77. For the Cancer in a VVomans Breast Take The Dung of a Goose and the Juice of Celandine and bray them well in a Mortar together and lay it to the Sore and this will stay the Cancer and heal it 78. For an Ague in the Breast Take Grounsel Daisie-leaves and roots and course Wâ— eat sisted make a Poultess thereof with the Parties own water and lay it warm to the Breast 79. For Bleeding at the Nose Take Betony and stamp it with as much Salt as you can hold betwixt your two fingers and put it into your Nose 80. For spitting of Blood Take Smalledge Rue Mints and Betony and boyl them well in good Milk and drink it warm 81. To stanch the bleeding of a wound or at the Nose There is not a better thing than the powder of Bole Armoniack to stanch the bleeding of a Wound the powder being laid upon it or for the Nose to be blown in with a Quill Or take the shaâ—ings of Parchment and lay it to the Wound and it stancheth and healeth 82. To make the Gâ—scoign Powder Take of Pearls white Amber Harts-Horn Eyes of Crabs and white Coral of each half an Ounce of black thighs of Crabs Calcined two Ounces to every Ounce of this Powder put in a dram of Oriental Bezoar reduce them all into a very fine powder and sierse them then with Harts-Horn-Jelly and a little Saffron put therein make it up into Paste and make therewith Lozenges or Trochices for your Use. Get your Crabs for this powder about May or in September before they be boyled dry your Lozenges in the Air not by Fire nor Sun 83. For the Megrim or Imposthume in the Head Take four penny-weight of the Root of Pellitory of Spain a Farthing weight of Spikenard and boyl them in good Vinegar and when it is cold put thereto a spoonful of Honey and a Saucer full of Mustard and mingle them well together and hold thereof in your Mouth a spoonful at once and use this eight or nine times spitting it out continually 84. For pain in the ears Take the juice of Wild Cucumbers and put it into the Ears and it asswageth the pain Also put the wood of green Ash in the Fire and save the Liquor that cometh out at the End and put it into the Ears it causeth the pain to cease and amendeth the Hearing Also beat the Juice of Wormwood and drop it into the Ears 85. A precious water for the Eye-sight made by K. Edward the Sixth Take Smalledge Red Fennel Rue Vervain Betony Agrimony Pimpernel Eufrane Sage Celandine of each a like quantity first wash them clean then stamp them and put them in a fair Brazen Pan with the powder of fourteen or fifteen Pepper-Corns fair â—iersed into a pint of good White-Wine put them into the Herbs with three spoonfuls of Honey and five spoonfuls of the water of a Man-Child that is sound mingle all together and boyl them over the Fire and when it is boyled strain it through a fine Linnen Cloath and put it into a Glass and stop it well and close till you use it and when you need put a little thereof into the Sore Eyes with a Feather but if it be dry temper it with White-Wine and it profiteth much all manner of Sore Eyes This Water was used by K. Edward the Sixth 86. My Lord Dennies Medicine for the Gout Take Burdock-Leaves and stalks cut them small and stamp them very small then strain them and cleanse them and when you have so done put them into Glasses and put pure Oyl of Olives on the top of them and stop it close from the Air and when you would use it for the Gout pour it into a Porringer and warm it and wet Linnen Cloaths in it and apply it warm to the grieved place warming your Cloaths one after another as they grow cold that are on 87. Dr. Stephen's Sovereign water Take a Gâ—llon of good Gascoign Wine then take Ginger Galingale Cancel Nutmeg Grains Cloves Anniseeds Carraway-seeds of each a dram then take Sage Mints Red Roses Thyme Pellitory Rosemary Wild Thyme Câ—momile Lavender of each a handful then bray both Spices and Herbs and put them all into the Wine and let them stand for twelve hours divers times stirring them then Distill in an Alembeck but keep that which you Distill first by it self for that is the best but the other is good also but not so good as the first This water comforteth the Vital Spirits and helpeth inward Diseases which come from
Cold it helpeth Conception in Women that are Barren and Killeth Worms in the Body it Cureth the cold Cough and helpeth the Tooth-ach it comforteth the Stomack and Cureth stinking breath it preserveth the Body in good liking and makes them look Young 88. The VVater called Aqua Mirabilis Pretiosa made by Dr. Willoughby Take of Galingale Cloves Mace Cucubes Ginger Cardamum Nutmegs Mellilot Saffron four Ounces and beat all these into powder Agrimony-water the quantity of a dram and somewhat more then take of the juice of Selandine half a pint and mingle all these together with a pint of good Aqua-Vitae and three pints of good White-Wine put all these together in a Still of Glass and let it stand so all Night and on the Morrow Distill it with an easie Fire as may be This water dissoveth the swelling of the Lungs without any Grievance and helpeth and comforteth them being wounded and suffereth not the Blood to putrifie he shall never need be let Blood that useth this water it suffers not the Heart to burn nor Melancholy nor Rheum to have Dominion above Nature it also expelleth Rheum and purifieth the Stomach 89. To make Allom-water Take a pound of Allom and beat it to Powder then take a Gallon of clean water and set it on the Fire letting it boyl till all the Allom be melted then take it off the Fire and when it is cold put it into a Glass and keep it for your Use. 90. To make an excellent Electuary called the Electuary of Life Take Scorlegio Morre Gentiana Grandoret and Ialaom of each a like quantity stamp them and strain them and mingle them with Honey that hath been well boyled on the Fire and scummed clean This is Excellent for Sickness in the Stomach or pain in the Belly Heart or Head or for those that are bitten with any venemous Beast or Poysoned it must be taken in water three or four spoonfuls at a time in the Morning Fasting if the Disease be of any long time standing he must drink it fifteâ—n days together and he will be whole Probatum 91. Against heat of the Liver Take Fennel Endive Succory Plantain of each alike Distill them with Red Wine and Milk and use it every Morning nine spoonfuls at a time with a draught of Wine and Sugar or else five spoonfuls thereof alone 92. For Swooning Fits For Swooning and weakness of the Heart in Fever and Sicknesses or if it come of other cause stamp Mints with Vinegar and a little Wine if the Patient have no Fever then toast a bit of Bread till it be almost burnt and put it therein till it be well soaked then put it in the Nose of the Patient and rub his Lips Tongue Gums Teeth and Temples and let him chew and such the moistness thereof and swallow it 93. A Water for the Eyes to make a Man see in forty days who hath been Blind seven Years before if he be under fifty years of Age. Take Smalledge Fennel Rue Betony Vervain Agrimony Cinquef oil Pimpernel Eye-bright Celandine Sage of each a quartern wash them clean and stamp them do them in a fair mashing-pan put thereto a quart of good White-Wine and the powder of thirty Pepper-corns six spoonfuls of Live Honey and ten spoonfuls of the Urine of a Man-Child that is wholsom mingle them well together and boyl them till half be wasted then take it down and strain it and afterwards Clarifie it and put it into a Glass Vessel well stopt and put thereof with a Feather into the Eyes of the Blind and let the Patient use this Medicine at Night when he goeth to Bâ—d and within forty days he shall see It is good for all manner of sore Eyes Wild Tansie-water is good for the Eye-sight and eating of Fennel-seed is good for the same 94. For a Web in the eye The Leaves of white Honey-Suckles and Ground-Ivy of each a like quantity ground together and put every day into the Eye Cureth the Web. Or else Salt burnt in a Flaxen Cloath and tempered with Honey and with a Feather annointed on the Eye-lids killeth worms that annoynt the Eye-lids 95. For moist Scabs after the Small-Pox Take Lapis Calaminaris Letharge of Gold and Silver of each two drams Brimstone and Ceruse two Ounces bring all these into a fine powder and then beat them in a Mortar with so much Barrows-grease as is sufficient to make it up in an Oyntment and annoint the places therewith Evening and Morning 96. To bring down the Flowers Take of Alligant Muskadine or Claret a pint burn it and sweeten it well with Sugar put thereto two spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl then take a good Bead of Amber in powder in a spoon with some of the VVine after it Take this Evening and Morning 97. To stay the Flowers Take Amber Coral Pearl Jeat of each alike grind them to a fine powder and sierse them take thereof as much as will lye upon a Six-pence with Conserve of Quinces and drink a draught of New milk after it Use this every morning 98. To Cure Corns Take Beans and chew them in your mouth and tye fast to your Corn and it will help Do this at Night 99. To make Oyl of Roses Take Red Rose-leaves a good quantity and stamp in a Mortar and put thereto Oyl-Olive and let it stand in the Sun twelve days and then put it in a Glass and bind the Glass fast about with Ropes of Hay and set it in a Pan full of water and let it boyl softly two hours and then â—et it cool then put it in small Glasses and put thereto the Leaves of Red Roses all whole and stop it fast and set it in the Sun for sixteen days and so use it at your need 100. For any Itch or Breaking out Take Frankincense and beat it small in a Mortar and mingle it with Oyl of Bays and therewith annoint all over and it will destroy the Itch. 101. For the Piles after Child-Birth Make a Bath of VVormwood Southern-wood Cinamon-Rinde and the bark of Cassia Fistula boyled well in VVine when the VVoman delivered goeth forth of the Bath put bombace or Cotton with powder of Alloes mixed with Oyl of Penny-royal unto her lower parts 102. For a Stich in the Side Take three handfuls of mallows boyl them in a little raw Milk and put thereto a handful of VVheat-Bran and let theâ— boyl together and then wring out the Milk and lay it hot to the Stitch apply it often Or take a few Leaves of Rue and Yarrow stamp them together and wring out the Juice and drink it with a little Ale 103. For a Tertian or double-Tertian Ague Take a good quantity of Celandine a spoonful of Salt and the bigness of an Egg in Leven and as much Alligant and Spanish Soap stamp them well in a Mortar and make a Plaister of them and apply them to the Patients Feet one hour before the coming of the Fit add thereto four or five
Yolk of Eggs. Or take of Anniseed-water the best you can get half a pound of Oyl of Vitriol shake them well together and drink one or two spoonfuls thereof an hour before the Fit comes 104. For the Spleen Boyl the Rindes and Keys of an Ash-Tree very tender in white-wine and drink a good draught thereof for six or seven Mornings together and it will much ease the Patient when you drink this annoint the Spleen with Unguentum Dialthea every Morning and Evening applying also a Plaister of Melilot to the place 105. An Excellent Powder for the Green-Sickness Take four scruples of Gentian made into fine powder of raspt Ivory and Harts-Horn of each two scruples make these into fine powder and give a spoonful thereof with White-Wine or the like at once 106. A Drink that healeth all Wounds without any Plaister or Oyntment or without any taint most perfectly Take Sanicle Milfoil and Bugle of each a like quantity stamp them in a Mortar and temper them with Wine and give the Sick that is Wounded to drink twice or thrice a day till he be whole Bugle holdeth open the Wound Milfoil cleanseth the Wound Sanicle healeth it but Sanicle may not be given to him that is hurt in the Head or in the Brain-pan for it is dangerous This is a good and tryed Medicine 107. For pricking of a Thorn Take of Violet-leaves one handful stamp them together and take a quantity of Boars-grease ond of Wheat-bran one handful set it on the Fire in clean water and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Grief 108. To make Oyl of St. Johns wort good for any Ach or pain Take a quart of Sallet-Oyl and put thereto a quart of Flowers of St. Iohns wort well picked let them lye therein all the Summer till the Seeds of that Herb be ripe the Glass must be kept warm either in the Sun or in the water all the Summer till the Seeds be ripe then put in a quart of St. Iohns wort-seeds whole and so let it stand twelve hours the Glass being kept open then you must boyl the Oyl eight hours the water in the Pot full as high as the Oyl in the Glass when it is cold strain it that the Seed remain not in it and so keep it for your Use. 109. For the Tissick Take two Ounces of Licorise scraped and bruised of Figgs three Ounces of Agrimony Horehound Enula Campana of each a handful boyl them all together in a Gallon of water till the half be wasted then strain the Herbs from the juice and use it early and late Also for the dry Tissick stamp Fennel-Roots and drink the juice thereof with White-Wine 110. To make Oyl of Fennel Put a quantity of Fennel between two Tile-stones or Plates of Iron make them very hot and press out the Liquor and this Oyl will keep a great while for it is good for the Tissick dry Scab burning and scalding III. To make the black Plaister for all manner of Griefs Take a quantity of Oyl-Olive a quantity of Red Lead boyl these together and stirr them with a Slice of wood continually till it be black and some what thick then take it off the Fire and put in it a penny-worth of Red wax and a pound of Rosin and set it to the Fire again but do not blaze it and stir it then take it off and let it stand till it be cold and make it in a lump It is good for a New Wound â—or to stanch Blood pour a little of it in a dish and if it stick fast to the Dishes side then it is enough keep it for your Use as need requireth FINIS Beautifying Waters Oyls Ointments and Powders to Adorn and add Loveliness to the Face and Body 1. To make the Hair very Fair. WAsh your Hair very clean and then take some Allom-water warm and with a Sponge moisten your Hair therewith and it will make it fair Or you may make a Decoction of Turmerick Rubarb or the Bark of the Barberry-Tree and so it will receive a most fair and Beautiful Colour 2. Another Take the last water that is drawn from Honey and wash your Head therewith and it will make the Hair of an Excellent fair Colour but because it is of a strong smell you must perfume it with some sweet Spirit 3. To make the Hair grow thick Make a strong Lye then take a good quantity of Hyssop-Roots and burn them to Ashes and mingle the Ashes and the Lye together and therewith wash your Head and it will make the Hair grow also the Ashes of Froggs burnt doth increase Hair as also the Ashes of Goats-dung mingled with Oyl 4. To make the Hair Grow Take Marsh-Mallows and boyl them Roots and all and wash the Head therewith and it will grow in a short time Also take a good quantity of Bees and dry them in a Siev by the Fire and make powder of them and temper it witth Oyl-Olive and anoint the place where the Hair should grow Also take the Oyl of Tartar and warm it and annoint any bald Head therewith and it will restore the Hair again in a short time 5. To make the Hair Fair. Take the Ashes of a Vine burnt of the Knots of Barley straw and Licorise and Sow-bread and Distill them together in fair water and wash the Head with it also sprinkle the Hair while it is Combing with the powder of Cloves Roses Nutmegs Cardamum and Galingale with Rose-water also the Head being often washed with the Decoction of Beech-Nut-Trees the Hair will become fair 6. To make the Hair grow Taste Hasle-Nuts with Husks and all and burn them to powder then take Beech-mast and the leaves of Enula Campana and stamp the Herb and the Mast together then seeth them together with Honey and annoint the place therewith and strew the powder thereon and this will make the Hair grow 7. To take away Hair Take the Juice of Fumitory mix it with Gum-Arabick then lay it on the place the Hairs first plucked out by the Roots and it will never permit any more Hair to grow on the place Also annoint your Head with the juice of a Glo-worm stamped and it hath the same Virtue 8. For the Falling of Hair Take the Ashes of Pigeons-dung in Lye and wash the Head therewith also Walnut-leaves beaten with Bears-suet restoreth the Hair that is plucked away Also the Leaves and middle Rinde of an Oak sodden in Water and the Head washed therewith is very good for this purpose 9. To make the Face Fair. Take the Flower of Beans and Distill them and wash the Face with the water some say that the Urine of the Party is very good to wash the Face withal to make it Fair. 10. For cleansing the Face and Skin If the Face be washed with the Water that Rice is sodden in it cleanseth the Face and taketh away Pimples 11. A VVater to Adorn the Face Take Eggs cut in pieces Orange-peels the
Dish 5. A Warden Pye or Tart. 6. Custards A Bill of Fare for Winter Season 1. A Collar of Brawn 2. A Lambs Head and white Broath 3. A Neats-Tongue and Udder Roasted 4. A Dish of Minc'd Pyes 5. A Venison or Lamb-Pye 6. A Dish of Chickens Second Course 1. A Side of Lamb. 2. A Dish of Wild-Ducks 3. A Quince-Tart 4. A Couple of Capons Roasted 5. A Turkey Roasted 6. A Dish of Custards A Bill of Fare upon an Extraordinary Occasion 1. A Collar of Brawn 2. A Couple of Pullets boyled 3. A bisk of Fish 4. A Dish of Câ—rps 5. A Grand boyled Meat 6. A Grand Sallet 7. A Venison Pasty 8. A Roasted Turkey 9. A Fat Pig 10. A powdered Goose. 11. A Haunch of Venison Roasted 12. A Neats-Tongue and Udder Roasted 13. A Westphalia Ham boyled 14. A Joll of Salmon 15. Minced Pyes 16. A Sur-Loyn of Roast beef 17. Cold baked Meats 18. A Dish of Custards Second Course 1. Jellies of all sorts 2. A Dish of Pheasants 3. A Pike boyled 4. An Oyster-Pye 5. A Dish of Plovers 6. A Dish of Larks 7. A Joll of Sturgeon 8. A couple of Lobsters 9. A Lumber-Pye 10. A Couple of Capons 11. A Dish of Patridges 12. A Fricacie of Fowls 13. A Dish of Wild-Ducks 14. A Dish of cram'd Chickens 15. A Dish of stewed Oysters 16. A Marchpane 17. A Dish of Fruits 18. A Dish of Tarts A Bill of Fare for Fish-days 1. A Dish of Butter and Eggs. 2. A Barrel of Oysters 3. A Pike boyled 4. A stewed Carp 5. An Eel-Pye 6. A Pole of Ling. 7. A Dish of green Fish buttered with Eggs. 8. A Dish of stewed Oysters 9. A Spinage Sallet boyled 10. A Dish of Soles 11. A Joll of Fresh Salmon 12. A Dish of Smelts Fry'd Second Course 1. A Couple of Lobsters 2. A Roasted Spitcheock 3. A Dish of Anchovies 4. Fresh Cod. 5. A Bream Roasted 6. A Dish of Trouts 7. A Dish of Plaice boyled 8. A Dish of Perches 9. A Carp Farced 10. A Potato-Pye 11. A Dish of Prawns buttered 12. Tenches with short Broth. 13. A Dish of Turbut 14. A Dish of Eel-pouts 15. A Sturgeon with short broth 16. A Dish of Tarts and Custards A Bill of Fare for a Gentlemans House about Candlemas 1. A Pottage with a Hen. 2. A Chatham pudding 3. A Fricacie of Chickens 4. Leg of Mutton with a Sallet Garnish your Dishes with Barberries Second Course 1. A Chine of Mutton 2. A Chine of Veal 3. A Lark-pye 4. A Couple of Pullets one Larded Garnished with Orange-slices Third Course 1. A Dish of Woodcocks 2. A Couple of Rabbits 3. A Dish of Asparagus 4. A Westphalia Gammon Last Course 1. Two Orange-Tarts one with Herbs 2. A Bacon-Tart 3. An Apple-Tart 4. A Dish of Bon-Chriteen-pears 5. A Dish of Pippins 6. A Dish of Pear-mains A Banquet for the same Season 1. A Dish of Apricots 2. A Dish of Marmalade of pippins 3. A Dish of preserved Cherries 4. A whole red Quince 5. A Dish of dryed Sweet-meats FINIS A TABLE TO THE Art of Preserving Conserving and Candying A. ALmond-Butter Pag. 7 Almond-Candle 69. Almond-Milk 10. Angellets to make 15 Angelica-Roots preserved 30 Angelica water 23 Apricot-Cakes 48 Apricots preserved 10 Aqua Composita 35 Aqua Mirabilis 12 Artichoak-bottoms pickled 118 Artichoaks to pickle 94 Artificial Claret-Wine 38 Artificial Malmsey 28 Artificial Oranges 87 Artificial Walnuts 81 B. Banbury-Cakes 54 Barberries Candyed 75 Barberries preserved 76 Barley-Water 34 Baum-water 36 Bisket-Cakes to make 36 Black-Cherry-Wine 81 Bragget to make 122 Broom-buds to pickle 36 Burrage-flowers to Candy 47 Dr. Burges Plague-water 40. C. Cakes of Limon 80 Capon-water 83 Carraway Cake 91 Candying Pears Plums and Apricots 8 Caudle of great Virtue 66 Cherries to Candy 70 Cherries dryed in the Sun 41 Cherries preserved 4 Cherry-Wine 13 Cherries to dry 24 Chesiuts kept all the year 79 China-broath 84 Chips of Quinces 10â— Crystal Jelly to make 45 Cinamon Sâ—gar 74 cinamon-Cinamon-water 2 Clove-gilly flowers to pickle 72 Comfortable Syrup 69 Comfits of all sorts to make 112 Conserve of Barberries 2 Conserve of Burrage-flowers 43 Conserve of Bugloss flowers 101 Conserve of Damsons 28 Conserve of Oranges 5 Conserve of Prua s. 44 Conserve of Qunces 19 Conserve of Roses 2 Conserve of Rosemary 23 Conserve of Sage 116 Conserve to strengthen the Back 35 Conserve of Strawberries 44 Conserves for Tarts all the Year 49 Cock-Ale to make 9 Cordial strengthning broath 77 Cream of Apricots 76 Cream of Codlings 8 Cream of Quinces 9 Cream-Tarts Cornelians to pickle 120 Cordial water of Clove gilly flowers 92 Cucumbers to pickle 8 Cucumbers preserved green 79 Cullice to make 77 Currans preserved 14 Currans-Wine 115 D. Damask-water 57 Damsons preserved 7 Dr. Deodates drink for the Scurvy 35 Date-Leach 62 Dry Vinegar to make 62 E. Elder-Vinegar 83 Elecampane-Roots Candyed 74 Eringo Roots Candyed 73 Excellent Broth. 15 Excellent Hippocras presently 37 Excellent Jelly 10 Excellent Surâ—eit-water 93 Excellent sweet water 40 F Fine Cakes 56 Flomery-Caudle 97 French Beans to pickle 10 French Bisket to make 27 Fruits dryed â—0 Fruits preserved all the year 97 G. Ginger to Candy 43 Ginger-bread to make 55 Gooseberry-Cakes 14 Gooseberry paste 102 Gooseberries preserved 29 Grapes to Candy 78 Grapes preserved 13 H. Hartichoaks preserved 53 Hippocras to make 6 Honey of Mulberries 107 Honey of Raisins 108 Honey of Roses 20 Hydromel to make 95 I Jelly of Almonds white 62 Jelly of Apples 121 Jelly of Currans 106 Jelly of Harts-horn 16 Jelly of Quinces 105 Jelly of Strawberries and Mulberries 46 Jelly of Gooseberries 121 Jelly of Raspices 111 Imperial Water 59 Italian Bisket 27 Italian Marmalade 122 Jumbals to make 61 K. Kings persume 22 K. Edwards persume 22 L. Leach of Almonds 72 Leach Lumbard 57 Leach to make 50 Limon and Orange-peel pickled 102 Lozenges of Roses 101 M. Manus Christi 44 Marmalade of Cherries 96 Marmalade of Currans 88 Marmalade of Grapes 119 Marmalade of Oranges 11â— Marmalade of Oranges and Limons 23 Marmalade of Quinces 6 Mackroons to make 4 Marchpane to make 9 Marygolds Candyed in wedges 73 Mathiolus Bezoar water 88 Mead or Metheglin to make 25 Mead pleasant to make 89 Medlars preserved 99 Mint-water 93 Muscadine Comfits 42 Musk-balls to make 59 Musk-Sugar 103 Mulberries preserved 99 N. Naples-Bisket to make 100 Nutmegs to Candy 114 O. Oranges and Limons Candyed 25 Oranges to bake 28 Orange-peels Candyed 63 Oranges preserved â— Oranges preserved Portugal Fashion 25 Orange-water 65 Oyl of Sweet Almonds â—8 Oyl of Violets 9 P. Paste of Apricots 117 Paste of Cherries 116 Paste of Genua 50 Paste of Quinces 55 Paste Royal. 47 Paste of tender Plums 85 Paste of Violets 63 Peaches preserved 29 Pears or Plums to Candy 18 Perfume for Gloves 33 Pippins dryed 49 Pippins preserved green 41 Pippins preserved red 64 Pippins preserved white 30 Plague-water 109 Pome Citrons preserved 71 Pomander to make 28 Pomatum to
make 18 Poppy-water 87 Prince-Bisket 104 Purslain to pickle 13 Q. Quiddany of Cherries 24 Quiddany of Quinces 51 Quiddany of Plums 75 Queens perfume 22 Quince-Cakes to make 1 Quince-Cakes clear 111 Quince-Cakes red 110 Quince-Cakes white 109 Quince-Cakes thin 56 Quince-Cream 76 Quinces preserved red 7 Quinces preserved white 3 Quinces to pickle 108 R. Rasberry-Cream 94 Rasberry-Wine 37 Raspices preserved 3 Red Currans-Cream 98 Red and white Currans pickled 98 Rich Cordial 98 Rose-leaves Candyed 104 rosemary-Rosemary-water 17 Rosemary-flowers Candyed 46 Roses preserved whole 10 Rose-Vinegar 8 rose-Rose-water 70 Rosa Solis to make 4 S. Snow-Cream 9 Spirit of Amber greece 35 Spirit of Honey 53 Spirit of Roses 64 Spirit of Wine 20 Dr. Stephens Water 12 Steppony to make 90 Strawberry Wiâ—e 92 Spots out of Cloaths 79 Suckets to make 56 Suckets of green Walnuts 7 Suckets of Lettuce stalks 10 Sugar-Cakes to make 78 Sugar-Leach 61 Sugar of Roses 86 Sugar-plate to make 27 Surfeit-water 66 Sweet Cakes without Sugar 52 Sweet meat of Apples 115 Sweet bags for Linnen 52 Syllabub to make 89 Symbals to make 5 Syrup of Apples 82 Syrup of Citron-peels 32 Syrup of Cinamon 32 Syrup of Comfrey 108 Syrup of Cowslips 23 Syrup of Elder 65 Syrup of Clove gilly flowers 5 Syrup of Harts-Horn 33 Syrup of Hyssop 42 Syrup of Licorise 2â— Syrup of Limons 20 Syrup for the Lungs 53 Syrup of Maiden-hair 21 Syrup of Mints 106 Syrup of Poppies 19 Syrup of Purslain 107 Syrup of Quinces 31 Syrup of Roses 68 Syrup of Saffron 70 Syrup for short-wind 67 Syrup of Sugar-candy 67 Syrup against Scurvy 68 Syrup of Violets 6 Syrup of Wormwood 19 Syrup of Vinegar 82 Syder to make 90 T. Trifle to make 74 Treacle-water to make 31 V. Verjuice to make 60 â—sâ—â—ebah to make 26 W. Walnuts preserved 14 Walnut-water 31 Washing-Balls to make 59 Wasers to make 13 Waters against Consumptions 34 Water against Fits of Mother 18 Wormwood-wine 52 Wormwood water 55 White Damsons preserved green 80 White Leach of Cream 71 White Mead. 100 Whipt Syllabub 96 The Table to Physick Beautifying Waters and Secrets in Angling A. Ach of the Joynts 132 Ach or pain 129 Ad Capiendum Pisces 211 Ague in the Breast 156 Agues in Children 151 Ague to Cure 129 Another 132 Another 140 Another 140 Allom-water to make 162 B. Back to strengthen 130 Baits for Barbels 230 Baits for Bream 232 Baits for Carp or Tench 219 Baits for Chub and Pike 220 Baits for Eels 231 Bait for Fish all the Year 211 Baits for Gudgeons 229 Bait with Gentles 2â—7 Baits for Perch 225 Baits for Roch and Dace 212 Baits for Salmon 233 Baits for Trout 228 Beauty to procure 196 Beauty water for the Faâ—e 197 Beauty-water called Lac Virginis 178 Biting of a mad-Dog 137 Blasting to Cure 152 Bleeding at the Nose 1â—6 Bleeding of a Wound 156 Bloody-flux or Scowring 154 Black Plaister for all griefs 172 Bone or Quills dyed red for Fishing 207 Breath to make sweet 191 Breath to sweeten another 191 C. Cancer to cure 136 Cancer in a Womans Breast to cure 155 Caps to sight for Fishing 207 Cement for Floats to Fish 207 Childblains in Hands or feet to cure 194 Conception to procute 143 Consumption to cure 144 Cough dry to cure 135 Cordial Julip 147 Corns to cure 166 Cramp to cure 132 D. Deafness to cure 138 Deafness another 142 Delicate washing-ball 19â— Dentrifice to whiten the Teeth 189 Drink to heal wounds 169 Dropsie to cure 138 Dropsie another 146 E. Ears running to help 192 Ears pained to cure 158 Electuary of Life 162 Excellent Beauty-water 195 Excellent complexion to procure 196 Excellent Cordial 140 Excellent Salve 152 Excellent wash for Beauty 195 Eyes blood-shot 192 Eye-water 147 F. Face and Skin to cleanse 177 Face to Adorn 177 Face to beautifie 177 Face to look Youthful 177 Face to make fair 176 Face to make very fair 179 Face pitted by the Small-pox 183 Face to whiten 181 Falling off of Hair to prevent 176 Falling-Sickness or Convulsions 134 Falling-Sickness another 145 Fevers or Agues in Children 130 Fellon to kill 155 Fishing-Lines to make 205 Fishingâ—Lines to unloose in water 210 Fits of the Mother 148 Fistula or Ulcer 149 Fits of the Mother a Julip 153 Flowers to bring down 165 Flowers to stay 166 Flyes used in Angling to make 235 Flux red to cure 155 Flux white to cure 155 Freckles in the Face 180 Freckles and Morphew 188 G. Gascoign Powder to make 157 Gout to cure 128 Gout Lord Dennies Medicine 159 Green-Sickness to cure 138 Green-Sickness a powder 169 Griping of the Guts to cure 128 H. Hands to make white 192 Hands to whiten 198 Hands a sweet water 199 Hair to make grow 174 Hair to grow thick 174 Hair to make fair 173 Hair to take away 176 Head-ach to cure 130 Heat of the Liver 163 Heat and swelling in the Face 185 Heat or Worms in the hands 199 I. Jaundies black to Cure 131 Jaundies yellow to Cure 131 Imposthume to break 137 Inflamed Face to Cure 186 Itch or breaking out to cure 167 Itch another 136 K. C. Kâ—nts Powder to make 132 Kings-Evil to cure 137 L. Lax or Looseness 141 Lips chopt to cure 193 M. Marks of Small pox to prevent 193 Megrim or Imposthume in the Head 1â—7 Mis-carrying to prevent 134 Moist seabs after Small-pox 165 Morphew or Scurff of Pace or Skin 181 Mouth to cleanse 191 N. Nails cloven to cure 200 Nails that fall off 200 Nails to make grow 199 Nails rent from the Flesh. 200 Nostrils stinking to cure 198 O. Oyl of Fennel 171 Oyl of St. Iohns wort 170 Oyl of Roses 166 Oyntment green to make 148 Oyntment for pimples in the face 186 P. Paste for Fishing 2â—2 Piles to destroy 136 Piles after Child-Birth 167 Pimples in the Face to cure 186 Pimples in the Face another 184 Plague to cure 131 Plague-water 146 Pleurisie to cure 1â—4 Pock holes in the Face 194 Pomatum to clear the skin 187 Powder for Green-Sickness 169 R. Red Face to cure 185 Redness Hands and Face by Small pox 183 Redness to take away another 184 Rich Face-to help 186 Rheumatick Cough or Cold. 154 Rickets in Children 149 S. Scald Head 146 Sciatica or pains in the joynts 129 Scurvy to cure 127 Scurvy another 142 Secrets in Angling by J. D. 209 Shingles to cure 149 Skin to clear 187 Skin to smooth and take away Freckles 201 Skin to make white and clear 180 Skin to make smooth 180 Sore breast to cure 144 Spitting of Blood 156 Spleen to cure 168 Sprain in the Back 139 Dr. Stephens Water 161 Stinking breath to cure 190 Stitch in the Side 167 Stench under the Armâ— holes 201 Stone and Gravel 127 Sun-burn to take away 179 Swooning-fits 163 T. Termes to provoke 154 Teeth to make white and Sound 189 Teeth to keep white and kill worms 190 Teeth white as Jvory 119 Teeth in children to breed easily 150 Toothach to
enough to bear an Egg boil them very well together then set it a cooling and when it is almost cold put in some Ale-yeast then put it into a strong Vessel and when it hath done working put a bag of spices into the Vessel and some Lemon Peel and stop it up close and in a few days it will be fit to drink but the longer you keep it the better 64. To candy Oranges or Lemons after they are preserved Take them out of the Syrup and drain them well then boil some Sugar to a candy height and lay your Peels in the bottom of a â—ive and pour your hot Sugar over them and then dry them in a stove or warm oven 65. To preserve Oranges after the Portugal fashion Open your Oranges at the end and take out all the meat then boil them in several waters till a straw nay go through them then take their weight ann half in fine Sugar and to every pound of Sugar a pint of water boil it and scum it then put in your Oranges and boil them a little more then take them up and fill them with preserved Pippins and boil them again till you think they are enough but if you will have them jelly make a new Syrup with the water wherein some sliced Pippins have been boiled and some sine Sugar and that will be a stiff Jelly 66. To make good Vsquebath Take two Gallons of good Aquavitae four ounces of the best liquorice bruised four ounces of Anniseed bruiâ—ed put them into a Wooden Glass or Stone Vessel and cover them close and so let them stand a week then draw off the cleerest and Sweetest with Molosso's and keep it in another Vessel and put in some Dates and Raisens stoned keep it very close from the Air. 67. To make Italian Bisket Take serced Sugar and a little of the white of an Egg with some Ambergreece and Musk beat them all to a past in an Alablaster Morter and mould it in a little Anniseed finely dusted then make it up in Loaves and cut them about like Maunchet then bake them in an Oven as hot as for Maunchet and when they are risen somewhat high upon the Plates take them forth and remove them not of the Plates till they be cold for they will be very apt to break 68. To make French Bisket Take half a peek of flower with four Eggs half a pint of Ale-yeast one ounce and half of Anniseed a litle sweet cream and a little cold water make all into a Loaf and fashion it something long then cut it into thick slices like Tosts after it hath stood two days and rub them over with powdred Sugar and lay them in a warm Sun and so dry them and Sugar them as you dry them three or four times then put them into Boxes for use 69. To make Sugar Plate Take serced Sugar and make it up in past with Gum-dragon steeped in Rose-water and when you have brought it to a perfect past rowl it as thin as â—â—e you can and then print it in moulds of what fashion you please and so let them dry as they ly 70. To make Pomander Take half an ounce of Benjamin and as much Storax and as much Lapdanum with six grains of Musk and as much Civet and two grains of Amber-grease and one dram of sweet balsom beat all these together in a hot Morter then roul it up in beads as big or as little as you please and whilst they are hot make holes in them to serve for your use 71. 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 Cullender and let them cool therein then strain them through a peice of Canvas from their stones and skins and then set them over the fire again then put to them a good quantity of red Wine and so boil it often stirring it till it be thick and when it is almost boil dâ—enough put in a convenient proportion of Sugar and stir it very well together and then put it into your gally-pots 72. To bake Oranges Peel all the bark off and boil them in Rose-water and Sugar till they are â—â—nder then make your Pye and set them whole in it and put in the liquor they are boilâ—d in into the Pye and season it with Sugar Cinamon and Ginger 73. To preserve Peaches Take a pound of your fairest and best colour'd Peaches and with a wer linnen cloâ—tâ— wipe oâ—â— the white hoar of them thâ—n parboil them in half a pint of White-wine and a pint and a half of running water and being parboil'd peel off the white skin of them and then weigh them take to your pound of Peaches three quarters of a pound of refined Sugar and diâ—â—olve it in a quarter of a pint of White-wine and boyl it almost to the height of a Syrup then put in your Peaches and let them boil in the Syrup a quarter of an hour or more if need require then put them up keep them all the year 74. To preserve Goose-berries Take Goose-berries or Grape or Barberries and take somewhat more then their weight in Sugar beaten very fine and so lay one laying of fruits and another of Sugar till all are laid in your preserving pan then take six spoonfuls of fair water and boil your fruits therein as fast as you can until they be very clear then take them up and boil the Syrup by it self till it be thick when they are cold put them into gally-pots 75. To preserve Pippins white Pare your Pippins and cut them the cross way and weigh them add to a pound of Sugar a pint of water then put the Sugar to the water and let it boil a while and then put in your Pippins and let them boil till they be clear at the core then take them off and put them up 76. To preserve Grapes it settle a while then wet a pound of Sugar or Grapes with the juice stone the Grapes save the liquor in the stoning take off the stalks give them a boiling tâ—ke them off and put them up 77. To preserve Angellica Roots Wash the Roots and slice them very thin and lay them in water three or four 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 four pints of water and two pound of Sugar let it boil and scum it clean then put in the Roots which will be boâ—lâ—d before the Syrup then take them up and boil the Syrup after they will ask a whole days work very softly at St. Andrews time is the best time to do them in all the year 78. To make Syrup of Quinces Take of the juice of Quinces clarified three quarts boil it over a gentle fire tilâ— half of it be consumed scum it and
water and then strew them over with Sugar finely sierced as you do Flower upon Fish to fry and set them into a broad earthen Pan and lay them one by another then set them into a warm Stove or Oven until they be dry and turn them every day till they are quite dry and if you please you may Candy them therewithal cast Sugar upon them three or four times as you dry them 120. To make Quiddany of Quinces Take the Kernels out of seven or eight great Quinces and boyl the Quinces in a quart of Spring-water till it come to a pint then put into it a quarter of a Pint of Rose-water and one pound of fine Sugar and so let it boyl till it come to be of a deep colour then take a drop and drop it into the bottom of a Saucer and if it stand take it off then let it run through a Jelly-bag into a Bason then set it over a Chafing-dish of Coals to keep it warm then take a Spoon and fill your Boxes as full as you please when they be cold cover them and if you please to print it in moulds wetting your moulds with Rose-water and so let it run in and when it is cold turn it into Boxes 121. To make Sweet Cakes without either Spice or Sugar Take Parsneps and scrape or wash them clean slice them thin and dry them well beat them to powder mixing one third part thereof with two thirds of fine Wheat-Flower make up your Paste into Cakes and you will find them very sweet and delicate 122. To make Wormwood-VVine Take small Rochel or Comahe Wine put a few drops of the Extracted Oyl of Worm-wood therein brew it together out of one pot into another and you shall have a more neat and wholsom wine for your Body than that which is Sold for right Wormwood-Wine 123. To make Sweet Bags to lye among Linning Fill your Bags only with Lignum and Rhodium finely beaten and it will give an Excellent Scent to your Linnen 124. To make Spirit of Honey Put one part of Honey to five parts of Water when the water boyleth dissolve your Honey therein scum it and having boyled an hour or two put it into a wooden Vessel and when it is Blood-warm set it on fire with Yeast after the usual manner of Beer and Ale turn it and when it hath lain some time it will yield Spirit by Distillation as Wine Beer and Ale will do 125. To Preserve Artichoaks Cut off the stalks of your Artichoaks within two Inches of the Choak and make a strong Decoction of the rest of the stalks slicing them into thin small pieces and let the Artichoaks lye in this Decoction and when you use them you must put them first in warm water and then in cold and so take away the bitterness of them 126. To make Syrup for a Cough of the Lungs Take a Pottle of fair Running water in a new Pipkin and put into it half an Ounce of Sydrack half an Ounce of Maiden-hair and a good handful of Elecampane Roots sliced boyl all together untill half be boyled away even to a Syrup then put into it the whites of Eggs and let it boyl two or three walms and give the Patient a Spoonful Morning and Evening 127. To make Banbury Cakes Take four pound of Currants wash and pick them very clean and dry them in a Cloath then take three Eggs and put away one Yolk and beat them and strain them with Yeast putting thereto Cloves Mace Cinamon and Nutmegs then take a pint of Cream and as much Mornings Milk and let it warm then take Flower and put in good store of cold Butter and Sugar then put in your Eggs Yeast and Meal and work them all together an hour or more then save a piece of the Paste and break the rest in pieces and work in your Currants then make your Cake what quantity you please and cover it very thin with the Paste wherein were no Currants and so bake it according to the bigness 128. To make Ginger-bread Take a quart of Honey and set it on the coals and refine it then take Ginger Pepper and Licorise of each a penny-worth a quarter of a pound of Anniseeds and a penny-worth of Saunders beat all these and sierse them and put them into the Honey add a quarter of a pint of Claret Wine or Old Ale then take three penny Manchets finely grated and strew it amongst the rest and stir it till it come to a stiff Past make them into Cakes and dry them gently 129. To make VVormwood-VVater Take two Gallons of good Ale a pound of Anniseeds half a pound of Licorise and beat them very fine then take two good handfuls of the Crops of Wormwood and put them into Ale and let them stand all Night and let them stand in a Limbeck with a moderate Fire 130. To make Paste of Quinces First boyl your Quinces whole and when they are soft pare them and cut the Quince from the Core then take the finest Sugar you can get finely beaten or sierced and put in a little Rose-water and boyl it together till it be stiff enough to mould and when it is cold roul it and print A pound of Quinces will require a pound of Sugar or thereabout 131. To make thin Quince Cakes Take your Quince when it is boyled soft as before and dry it upon a Pewter Plate with a soft heat and stir it with a slice till it be hard then take sierced Sugar to the same weight and strew it upon the Quince as you beat it in a Wooden or Stone Mortar and so roul them thin and print them 132. To make fine Cakes Take a Pottle of fine Flower and a pound of Sugar a little Meale and good store of Water to mingle the Flower into a stiff Plate with a little Salt and so knead it and roul out the Cakes thin and bake them on Papers 133. To make Suckets Take Curds and the paring of Limons Oranges or Pome-Citrons or indeed any half-ripe green Fruit and boyl them till they be tender in sweet wort then take three pound of Sugar the whites of four Eggs and a Gallon of water beat the water and Eggs together and then put in your Sugar and set it on the Fire and let it have a gentle fire and let it boyl six or seven walms then strain it through a Cloath and set it on again till it fall from the Spoon and then put it into the Rindes or Fruits 134. To make Leach Lombard Take half a pound of blanched Almonds two Ounces of Cinamon beaten and sierced half a pound of Sugar beat your Almonds and strew on your Cinamon and Sugar till it come to a Paste then roul it and print it as afore-said 135. To make a rare Damask Water Take a quart of Malmsey Lees or Malmsey one handful of Marjoram as much Basil four handfuls of Lavender one handful of Bay-leaves four handfuls of