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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96816	A supplement to The queen-like closet, or, A little of everything presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen / by Hannah Woolley ...	Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. Queen-like closet.	1674 (1674)	Wing W3287; ESTC R221176	74,618	219

Loaf Sugar and so apply it For the Stone and Choler Half an ounce of Cassia in the Cane taken from the point of a knife and presently after it half an ounce of Manna dissolved in Posset-drink and two hours after that drink Lemmon Posset-drink This you must do three days together To make Thistolow Water Take of Bolearmoniack four ounces Camphire four ounces white Coperus one ounce slice the Camphire thin and beat the Coperus fine then boil them two together in an Earthen-Pan never used they will melt of themselves without any thing to them when they are melted stir them together with a little stick till they are hard then beat them in a Mortar to a powder and then beat your Bolearmoniack and mix with them very well and keep it tied up in a bladder it will keep seven years when you use of it take a quart of Spring-water and make it boiling hot then put in one good spoonful of the powder and stir it about and when it is cold put it into a Glass and cover it When you dress any Wound or Thistolow with it you must warm it very hot and bath the place well with it then double some soft Rags and wet them in it having before a little Hony in the heating of it so lay on your wetted Rags and bind them on thus do twice a day till it be well This heals very fast if the Wound be fit to be healed but if there be any inflammation in it it is not for it If you use it for the Eyes you must warm it and drop it in I did Cure a Gentlewoman of a Thistolow in the Eye with it which she had by the Small-Pox And several sore Legs I have Cured with it It is very good for the Itch and for Gald-Horse backs only you must double your quantity of powder and always put in Hony when you heat it for that doth cleanse and help to heal For Rheum in the Eyes Dragons-blood Bole-armoniack and Mastick beaten and searst of each a like quantity mix them with the white of an Egg well beaten then spread it on a piece of Leather and lay it on the Forehead from one Temple to another and let it lie till you be Cured which with Gods blessing will be in three days To stench Bleeding at the Nose or in Wounds Take of Frankinsence one dram Aloes half a dram beat them into fine powder then beat the white of an Egg and mix with it let it be of the thickness of Hony dip the wool of a Hare in it and apply it to the Wound and bind it on if to the Nose spread it upon a linnen Cloth and lay it to it For Kibed Heels Take the Wool of a Cony and the white of an Egg beaten together and spread it upon a linnen Cloth and lay it on but if they are broken then take a live-Mouse and flea it and lay the skin on while it is warm For the Rickets in Children Take of the inner Bark of Ivy the inner Bark of Ash Harts-tongue leaves branches of Tamerisk boil them in sour Gallons of middle-Wort and put in so many of Hops as you think will keep it when it is cold enough work it up with Yeast as you do other drink have one Vessel under another and let the Child drink no other drink for a quarter of a year I have cured many with this drink and a Plaister of Paracelsus upon Sheeps leather to the small of the back An excellent Remedy for the Stone Take White-wine and quench a black Flint in it five several times then sweeten it with Sirrup of Marsh-Mallows and take it Morning and Evening for three days An excellent Cordial Electuary Take of Conserve of Sage-flowers Rosemary-flowers Marigold-flowers and of red-Roses of each one ounce mix them together with one ounce of Sirrup of Clove-gilly flowers and six sheets of leaf-Gold keep it in a Gally-pot and take every night when you go to bed as much as a little Walnut It is very good for any weak Body For the Bloudy-Flux or other Loosness Take two or three Races of Ginger and slice them thin and lay some of them ever a Chaffing-dish of Coals then sit over the heat and smoak of it and take heed you catch no Cold Do this Morning and Evening for three or four days For the Worms in Children Take of the tops of unset-Leeks with the lower part also of them one handful as much of the tops of Wormwood chop them small then set them on the fire with a little fresh Butter and a little Whitewine Vinegar and boil them till the Herbs be soft and that it be reasonable thick then put it between two linnen Clothes sewed like a Bag and lay it warm all over the belly of the Child at Night and bind it on with a Cloth The next Morning take it off and put a warm Cloth instead thereof Thus do three or four Nights together and it will cause them to void the Worms It doth also draw Wind and infection out of the Body To make a black Salve very good for Corns or for any Sore old or new Take a pint of sallad Oyl and half a pound of Red-lead and put them into a skillet that will hold three pints or near for fear of boyling over stir it all the while and let it boil softly till you perceive it to look black and that it leave boiling and doth smoak then take it from the fire and let it stand till it be quite cold then warm the bottom of the Skillet and turn it out An excellent Water for a Canker in the Mouth or for any Sore Take of Rosemary Sage Plantain and Scurvy-grass of each one handful one little branch of Herb of Grace and a little Sweet-bryer boil these in a quart of Water and a quart of White-wine and put therein a bright shining Sea-coal as big as an Egg one that was never burned let them boil softly over a slow-fire close covered till half be consumed then strain it out and put in some Roach-allom make it sharp with it then make it very sweet with Hony and set over the fire again till it be boyling hot then when it is almost cold put it into a Glass-bottle and keep it for use When you use it wash your Mouth with it very hot three or four times in a day and then take a little warm Hony in your Mouth to ease the smart Bath-Wounds with it very hot and well then dip linnen Clothes in warm Hony and lay on Dress it twice a day A very sine Poultis to lay on any Sore to take the inflammation out of it or to lay to a sore Breast to break or to dissolve it if it will not break It will also heal it if broken Take a quart of Milk and boil it with two slight handfuls of Oatmeal and one good handful of white-Lilly leaves I mean the green leaves of the white Lillies

all these in a Mortar to a Paste with a little Sack and one grain of Amber-grease then mould it up with searced Sugar make it into little Cakes according to your fancy and lay them upon Wafer sheets upon a Tin-plate and bake them after Bread is drawn Another sort of Bisket Take half a pound of Naples-Bisket mix them with a little Sack when you have sliced them thin and let them lye in soak in it then take half a pound of sweet Almonds blanched in cold Water and beaten to a Paste with a little fair Water to keep them from oyling then beat that Paste with the Naples Bisket and the Yolks of three Eggs and the Whites of one when you have mixed them then put in three quarters of a pound of searced Sugar a little juyce of Lemmon and one grain of Ambergreace of what Spice you like you may put in a little beaten and searced When these are well incorporated take them out of the Mortar and mould it up with searced Sugar upon a smooth Board and make it into what form you please bake them upon Waser-sheets on tin Plates after-Brown-bread is drawn do not take them from the Plates till they are cold enough To make Sirrop of Violets Pick your Violets very clean and beat them well in a Mortar then strain them and to one pint of the juyce take one quarter of a pint of Spring-water put it into the Mortar with the stamped Violets which you have strained stamp them together a while and strain the Water well from them and mix them with your other juyce then put it into a long Gally-pot and to each pint of Juyce put in one pound of double Resined Sugar let it stand close covered for the space of twelve hours then put in a little quantity of Juyce of Lemmon that will make it look purely transparent then set your Gally-pot into a Kettle of seething-seething-water covered till you find it to be thick enough then set it by till it is cold and then put it up Sirrop of Roses a good way Fill a great Stone-pot with Damask-Rose leaves as hard as you can thrust it then fill it up with Damask-Rose water and cover it with Stone or Glass and set it into a Kettle of boiling Water till you find that the Rose-water be very well coloured which may be about four hours then strain it out hard and put the Liquor into a Gally-pot and to every pint of it put two pounds of Sugar then cover the Pot and set it into a Kettle of seething Water and let it stand till it be a thick Sirrup when it is cold put it up and keep it for your use it will worke very kindly and very effectually The best way to preserve Fruits Wet the Sugar for them with the juyce of some of the same Fruit instead of Water and that will give a full and lively taste and they will keep the better The worst of your Fruit will serve for that Be pleased to observe my former Books for the ordering of all Fruits in the Preserving only do not put in Rose-water so generally as is set down because it is not so much used as formerly unless in Cordial things or some other particular things therefore where it is liked use it or else not for we have new Modes for Eating and Drinking as well as for Apparel One cannot so strictly set down any thing but that in the making of Sauce dressing of Meat with Seasoning Preserving several things and the like there must be a judgment in those who order them to leave out or to add or else they will please but a few pallets for some do hate the taste of what others do extreamly love To make very fine Jelly for a weak stomach Take Calves-Feet or Sheeps-Trotters cleanly dressed and split them in half put them into a Pipkin with as much Whitewine as will cover them put in a little Salt make it boil and scum it well then put in a blade or two of whole Mace with a sprig or two of Time and a little Lemmon-pill put in a few Dates sliced very thin cover it close and let it boil leisurely till the Feet be very tender then take them up and eat them if you please and take the Liquor and strain it and to a quart of it put in the juyce of one Lemmon and as much fine Sugar as will well sweeten it and set it over the fire till the Sugar be throughly melted then keep it in a Gally-pot and give the Party of it three or four times in a day as much as they please to take if you like it you may put in a little Ambergreace and Rose-water the one is pleasing and good for a weak stomach the other for the Brain Amber-greace is good for the Head if inwardly taken but it is not good to smell to because it will raise fumes to the head Yet observe this I once did ask a Physician concerning Musk and Ambergreace Why the smell of either of them did offend so much He Answered me thus The reason saith he why either of them are so offenfive is because they smell but a little and do only disturb but if they go into a Shop where store is and smell to divers pounds of it they will find it rather a purge downward than a raiser of Fumes to the Head To Candy White Sugar excellent good for any Cough or Cold. Take two pounds of the best powdered Sugar and put it in a Dish to dry very well in a warm Oven then beat it fine and searce it mix with this quantity one ounce of the best prepared Amber mingle them very well together and put them into a Preserving-Pan with one pint of Fair-water melt it over a gentle fire and when it boils put in the White of an Egg to clarifie it then seum it very well and when you perceive it to be as clear as Chrystal then let it stand in the Pan until it be cold covered very close then take fair Running-water about two quarts and one ounce of the clearest Roch-Allom beaten to powder mix them together and let them stand twenty four hours When you have so done take an Earthen-Vessel or Pot and some few sticks of the whitest sappy-Fire splintered from un-wrought Deal and place your sticks as you do in a Bee-Hive cross every way set this Pot over a few Embers empty then mix your Sugar and your Water in your Preserving-Pan setting them upon the fire and so soon as you perceive the Sugar to sink then pour out the Water having a Cullender● pour your Sugar into the said Pot very gently through the Cullender and it will Candy presently in square forms and that which falleth to the bottom will be as good as the rest though perhaps not altogether so clear of colour as soon as you have poured in all your Sugar which will rope like Hony then stop your Pot very close and let the