him how to prepare the ordinary Strong-water Rich Cordials and waters for other uses as beautifying c. Anniseed-water to make it c. Take a Pound of good Anniseeds steep them by Infusion in 3 Gallons of Spiâ—its of Low-Wines or Proof-Spirits but â—f your Spirits are high Proof you may â—dd a little Water in the Distillation and then draw off the quantity the Spirits werâ— And this Rule may properly be used fâ—â— distilling all common Waters with Seed were it not that the quantity is diversifieâ— according as they are in Strength for 〈◊〉 Cardamums you must put two Pounds 〈◊〉 the like quantity of Spirits And as to thâ— Herbs Angelica Mint Wormwood anâ— Balm they are properly to be gather'd iâ— their Prime and dried in the Shade thaâ— the Sun with their Moisture draw not oâ— their Virtue too powerfully and the proportion is varied according as you woulâ— have the Water more or less in strengtâ— of the Herb and in this Case you muâ—â— consider the strength of each Herb anâ— accordingly proportion them for 〈◊〉 handful of Wormwood or Cardus wiâ—â— go farther than three or four of Balâ— Mint c. Hearts-Ease c. to make and order c. TAke what quantity you please of Aquâ—â— Vitae or Artificial Brandy and to every Gallon put a Pound of Seeds of Heart's Ease and the like quantity of the Blossomâ— well dried in the Sun tye them up in 〈◊〉 Bag put them into the Still and draw 〈◊〉 long as you find any pleasant Taste in thâ— Spirit then sweeten it with the Syrup mad◠〈◊〉 Heart's-Ease and White Sugar put it 〈◊〉 in a Cask adding to it 2 or 3 spoonfulls â—f new Yest and the White of an Egg or â—wo beaten up with Flower whereby it â—ill have its Fermentation and be refined fit â—â—r Sale being a very pleasant Water Now observe In the Distillation of this â—â—ere will be apt to come over it an Oil or â—hite thick Spirit thus to be fined As it â—omes take a fine Holland Cloth and rub 〈◊〉 very well on one side with Black Lead â—nd bind the side so rub'd inward towards â—â—e End of the Worm and so the Thickness â—ill be kept back And thus other Waters â—f the like nature may be ordered and preâ—ared for Sale or private Use c. A rich Cinnamon-Water to make it THE Brandy-Spirit is always preferable if you are to make any Rich and Corâ—ial Waters especially that made of Malt â—r any Brewers Materials impregnated with â—n Azure Salt of a Vinous Nature and â—â—en the Spirit will give a Fragrancy in its â—aste For instance Take of unwasted Cinnaâ—on 5 Pounds Brandy-Spirit 5 Gallons Suâ—ar or Honey a Pound and an half let them â—â—fuse 20 days and then distil off the Spirit â—hich dulcifie or sweeten with its own Syrup and so it proves the best and truest Spirit of Cinnamon that can be made and proper for Physical Use The best and proper Way for Colouring Sweetning and Perfuming ordinary Waters usuallâ— exposed to Sale in Distillers Shops c. TO do this properly take two Quart of the cold distill'd Water of the Herb and of the dried Herb two Pounds Braziâ— half a Pound more or less as the quantity to be colour'd requires to which add oâ— Sugar 6 Pounds stir them very well thaâ— they may be well mix'd then gently decocâ— them in an Earthen Pot with a close Coveâ— 2 or 3 hours sometimes stirring them and immediately shut the Cover and when they are thus prepared clarifie them with White of Eggs well beaten and when it is sufficiently cool'd strain it through a Fustian Bag called a Canopy and to every Barreâ— of Water add 5 or 6 parts of this Syrup with a Spoonful of Yest to make it work and clear it self and in about 20 days iâ— may be well expos'd to Sale in good Condition and Order A Syrup to make a Red Water excelling that of London TAke of the best Rose-Water 3 Quarts Red Saunders well pounded a Pound Rose-Leaves Treacle Honey or rather Sugar 10 Pounds decoct these as before diâ—ected then being cool clarifie them with â—he Whites of Eggs and add the whole quantity to a Barrel of Aqua-vitae so in a small Bag put the Whites of 3 Eggs and a pretty good Spoonful of Barm beat them well together and infuse of Musk a Scruple Amber-grease 10 Grains and suffer the Bag with these Ingredients in it to hang in the Liquor fasten'd to the Bung with a String 14 days and then draw it off for Sale and it will prove an excellent Water Simples proper for Colouring Waters THE Use of these are not barely to colour it but to add to the Virtue of â—he Water viz. Cochineel Poppy-Leaves Turnsole the Roots of Alkanet Rose-Leaves Saunders Brasil Logwood Mulberries Rasberries Blackberries the Juice of Sloes when they are baked the Juice of Black-Cherries Dew-berries and Saffron being most of them very wholsom and cordial So that they being in their proper Seasons to be â—ad at easie Rates you must take the Advantage of making the Waters at the Times proper unless you husband them so as to keep â—he Juice and Syrup of the Fruits to serve on â—ll Occasions To make Right Usquebaugh according to thâ— Receipt of that which was made for thâ— King's Use when he was in Ireland TAke 10 Gallons of a good Brandy-Spirit made from Strong Beer and somâ— new Malt Anniseeds one Pound Cloves 〈◊〉 Ounces Nutmegs Ginger and Carrawayâ— seeds each 4 Ounces distil them into Proof-Spirit according to Art as already directeâ— for Proof-Spirits This done add to the liquid part Spanish Liquorish Raisins of thâ— Sun stoned of each 2 Pounds well bruised Dates stoned and the white Skin taken off 4 Ounces Cinnamon the like quantity keep them 4 days in a close Vessel weâ— stop'd and at the end of 3 days add 〈◊〉 Grains of Musk and Amber-grease dissolv'd and dulcified with 5 Pounds of Nevis-Sugar stir them well at times ten days anâ— strain the liquid part through a Flannel fixeâ— on a Sieve or any other convenient place fine it down with Whites of Eggs anâ— Flower Some there are that only draw 〈◊〉 off the Lees into other Casks that keep 〈◊〉 when fine And thus as you would have 〈◊〉 richer or weaker you may take better oâ— worse Spirits or more or less of the Ingredients though the way of making and ordering is the same Aqua Corroborans or the Heart-strengthening Cordial-Water to make it TAke Betony Bugloss Cowslips Balm Sage in the prime of their Sap of â—ach 〈◊〉 handful Low Wines two Gallons â—istil it into Proof-Spirits and then put to 〈◊〉 Nutmegs Gallenga Cubebs Cloves Mace Cardamums and Flowers of Melilot of each 〈◊〉 Ounces the Juice of Celendine 3 Pints â—nd the weight of all these in proof-Proof-Spirits Currant-Wine a Gallon or for want of it White-wine let them ferment and digest â—4 hours with moderate stirring then distil â—hem in Balneo till the Herbs grow dry
Its Virtues This approved Cordial fortifies the Heart â—gainst Infections strengthens the Stomach â—nd creates a good Digestion as also the â—rincipal Faculties being good in all cold Diseases stomach-Stomach-Water to make it TAke of Gascoigne-Wine or for want of it of Midling Spirits of Wine a Galâ—on Gallinga Nutmegs Ginger Cloves â—panish Grains Anniseeds Carraway and â—ennel-Seeds each an Ounce Red-Rose-â—eaves Mint Sage Pellitory Cammomile Thyme Lavender and Avens each a handâ—ull bruise the Spices in a Mortar separate and grosly shred the Herbs put them well mixed into Spirit of Wine and let them stand 3 days in the Cold keeping the Vessel close stop'd or cover'd then distil dulcifie and colour it with Syrup of â—â—â—berries or for want of it that of Mulberries and it will prove a Sovereign Pectoral Cordial Plague-Water to make it TAke the Roots of Rue and Sage the Leaves of Angelica of each 3 handfuls White Ginger Long Pepper and Nutmeg each an Ounce and a half Spirit of Elder a Gallon the Husks of green Walnuts or Walnut-Leaves 2 Pounds Malaga-Wine 2 Quarts Venice-Treacle and Mithridate each 4 Ounces digest them grosly bruised 10 days and then distil them so long as any pleasant Water will come and to that which comes over add a Pint of Hungarian Water and as much Syrup of Vinegar with about 4 Ounces of Loaf-Sugar and let it ferment with the help of the White of an Egg and a little Flower tied up in a Bag 5 or 6 days and so it will grow clear and fit for Use Its Virtues It preserves against Infections and Pestilential Airs Measles Small-Pox and all Pestiferous or Contagious Diseases About an Ounce at a time is a sufficient Dose to take Morning Noon and Night It helps Digestion and wonderfully fortifies a cold Stomach Aqua Multifaria to make it THis is a Water stiled to be of many Virtues To make it Take Bettony Balm Sage Bugloss Cowslips gather'd in their prime of each a handful Bay-Leaves and Motherwort of each a handful and a half Flowers of Lavender Rosemary Lilies of the Valley and Rosa solis each a handful Saffron two Ounces the Juice of Celendine two Pounds Wood of Alloes an Ounce and a half Turmerick 4 Ounces Spirit of Wine 6 Quarts Let these digest well 6 days and distil them in Balneo Sal artificially Its Virtues It is an Excellent Water for the Head in all the Pains and Afflictions incident to it It eases the Pains in the Breast Heart Liver and other Vital Parts strengthning Nature and fortifying the Faculties and contributes greatly to Health and Long Life But you must take it moderately in small Doses as an Ounce at a time And if any of these Cordials prove too hot for your Palate or Constitution you may allay them with cooling Simple Waters as Balm Bugloss Sabeons Comfrey and the like Aqua Triplex or a Threefold Water to make it TO make this take four Pounds of Venice Turpentine Mastick and Frankinsense of each two Ounces Aloes Epatica Date-stones Laudanum Castor the Roots of Bettony and Elicampaign or each two Ounces Cloves Cardamums Ginger Nutmegs Gallingale Zedoare Pepper Laurel-berries Spicknard Smallage-seeds Mugwort-seeds Anniseeds flowers of Brasil Elder-flowers Red and White Roses Lignum Aloes Cubebs Calamus-Aromaticus Jumper-berries Germander Mace Formentil Agrimoney Fumitorie Centaury Pimpernel Dent de Leon Eudine-seeds Sorrel yellow Saunders Fetherfew Aloes Kepatick of each two Ounces Rubarb 3 Ounces Raisins Dried Figgs Dates Stoned and sweet Almonds of each 4 Ounces Honey 6 Pound Sugar 10 Pound Spirit of Elder well rectified as much as is sufficient to cover all these ingredients about 4 Fingers then add Musk and Ambergrease of each two Drams Saffron two Ounces and a half put all these into a Retort cover the mouth with a Cork very sure and then Lute it over after that tye it fast with a bladder and let them Macerate 40 days in Horse dung then remove it and distil it in a strong Balneo and at the first will come a white Spirit then a saffron coloured and the last will be red with some Oil floating on it Let each be received a-part And when this Operation is over in Balneo you may distil it on a violent fire in Sand to see what more may be gotten for it is so precious that none of it ought to be lost Its Virtues The first Drawing off is admirable to bathe Pains Aches or Numbed Joynts proper for new Wounds sore weak Eys Plague Sores for the Pearl and Web in the Eye the Stone and Strangury The second Drawing or Water is a Remedy for the Corruption of the Blood Leprosie for the Weakness of Members for the Ague The third Water Strengthens the Brain and takes away cold Diseases that afflict it as Rheums Cattarrs and Expells offensive Vapours and is proper for the Palsie and Gout with other Consonant Diseases The powerful United Spirit of Scurvy-grass to make it DIstil from what quantity you please of Scurvy-grass-Wine a high Spirit which pour on fresh Scurvy-grass and distil it again repeating the Operation till it becomes very strong of a Grass Green and a fragrant scent so that when it is fired it will burn clean away without leaving any moisture behind it then by distillation make the Oyl of Scurvy-grass and by Calcination its fixed Salt and so according to the Sagirical Art reunite these and then you have the powers and whole Virtue of the Herb looking of a curious green Its Virtues This is an excellent Remedy for the Scurvy it gives Circulation to the Blood by disolving and dissipating congealed Humours it destroys not only the Salin but also the Acid and Crude Humours from whence the Scurvy hath its Original whether contracted by eating gross raw or crude Fruit raw Herbs salt Fish or Flesh For the Scurvy Jaundis Ptisick or shortness of Breath these powers may be used at any time the oftner the better the Dose is from 10 to 30 in a Glass of Beer or any other convenient Liquor and after the spending 3 or 4 Bottles you may take the golden Spirit usually Sold about half a Bottle of it once a week keeping your self warm and taking comfortable Diet after it and so the relicks of the Disease will be carried off the Blood purified and such Crudities as bred Worms destroyed The powerful United Spirit of Elder to make it TAke Elder-Wine made as I have directed in the 3d Chapter as much as you think convenient adding thereto Elder-flowers let them ferment in it and take it at the height of Fermentation when it has the greatest Fragrancy lest it lose much of its Vivor Strength and Spirit put it into a Still and distil it as long as any goodness will come but observe those Wines made for distillation ought to be that of the Juyce pressed out only and no Water added adding its proper ferment and some Sugar and Honey to help it on add fresh Flowers in their prime and reiterate the
that is very strong pour in half a Pint of Spirit of Wine â—dd half an Ounce of grosly bruis'd Cinnamon half an Ounce of Cloves a Gross 〈◊〉 Ginger and a few Coriander-seeds well bruâ—sed 4 Grains of Black Amber or Amberâ— grease done the like in a Mortar theâ— corking down the Bottle very fast expose 〈◊〉 in Sand a Month to the Sun and it wiâ— prove a curious Perfum'd Cordial By thâ— Rule you may make greater Quantities Buâ— never let the Bottle be full lest it break with the strength of the Spirit Orange-Flower-Water to make it TAke 2 Pounds of Orange-Flowers infusâ— them in 3 Pints of White-wine and theâ— distil them and they will yield a curious Spirit But if you design this only for a Perfume or Wash they may be infused in faiâ— Water and drawn off in a cold Still Milleflure or a Thousand-Flower-Water to make it TO make this Take a strong Glass Bottle and put into it a Pint of Angel-water beat 12 Grains of Musk in a Stone-Mortar and put it into the Bottle then put in what wholsom Flowers you please that are of a curious Scent more of the weaker than the stronger which may temperate and allay them with the Water and when they have been infused 24 hours add a Pint of Spirit of Wine and pour off the Water and it will be both an excellent Cordial and a curious â—cented beautifying Wash Angel-Water to make it PUT a Quart of Orange-Flower-Water in a well glaz'd Earthen Pot add 2 Ounces of Storax a quarter of a Pound of Benjamine half an Ounce of Cinnamon a quarâ—er of an Ounce of Cloves and 3 bits of Caâ—amus set the Earthen Vessel over a gentle Fire or Embers till it simmer to the Conâ—umption of a fourth part then add a Bladder of Musk and so let it cool pour it by â—nclination from the Settlings and keep it â—n a Glass-Bottle close stop'd Essence of Amber to make it GET a strong Glass-Bottle and into that put a Pint of Rectified Spirit of Wine beat in a Stone-Mortar a Gross or the eighth part of an Ounce of Black Amber or rather Amber-grease put this into the Spirit of Wine with half a Gross of the Bladder of Musk very small so stop the Bottle close set it for 14 days on Sand exposed to the warm Sun shaking it twice or thrice a day but never fill the Bottle full for fear of breaking and when you have thus done â—et it stand quiet without shaking another Fortnight and it will be a curious perfumed Spirit hungarian-Hungarian-Water to make it PUT into a large Bottle a Quart or somâ—what more of Spirit of Wine a handful of Rosemary-Flowers some Tops oâ— Thyme Marjorum and Sage keep it closâ— stop'd and set it a Month in the Sun diâ—solve the quantity of a Filbert of Orcanet iâ— some Spirit and put into it and let it stanâ— another Month and it will prove a curiouâ— scented Spirit To reduce Spirits for making of Cordials THE Reduction of Spirits is no more thaâ— to bring them to a middle Temperaturâ— by uniting the Aqueous Parts with the moâ—â— Spiritual and fermenting to an Union Tâ— do this Take a Quart of Water and a Pound oâ— Loaf-Sugar boil them for half an hour very well together or till you find them weâ— incorporated then let the Liquor cool till 〈◊〉 is proper to put Barm to it and when it 〈◊〉 luke-warm put in Spices as your Fancy leadâ— you viz. Cinnamon Jamaica-Pepper Orrice-Roots Cloves grolly bruis'd and stic'd and being pretty cool add your Barin anâ— let it work up sufficiently then you maâ— use it for Bottling of Ale Mead Cyder anâ— Wines putting about two spoonfuls to every Bottle a little Orrice-Root and a feâ— Grains of Crystal of Tartar and a bit of â—oaf-Sugar and corking them close set â—â—em in a cool place and they will drink exâ—eeding brisk and have a curious Flavour To make curious Cordial Take of this â—iquor and Aqua Corroborans half a Pint of â—â—e one and a Pint of the other 4 Ounces 〈◊〉 balm-Balm-Syrup and mix them by well shaâ—ing in a Glass-Bottle An excellent cordial-Cordial-Water TAke Balm and plantane-Plantane-water of each a Pint Cinnamon half a Pound digest â—â—em 3 days and distil off the Water and â—dd of this to any strong Cordial Spirit equal â—arts and half the weight of Syrup of Clove-â—illeflowers or Violets then a little Cochiâ—eel and it will be a curious strengthening â—ordial The Virtues of these Cordials The First resists Pestilential Airs strengthâ—â—s the Heart allays the Heat or Ferment of â—â—e Blood helps in the Green-Sickness â—undice and the like The Second is good and taken successâ—â—lly in all cool Diseases as Agues Dropâ—cal Humours Colds Rhumatisms cold â—ches or Pains afflicting the Nerves cold â—iminess of the Stomach or Bowels Numbâ—ess Cramp and the like CHAP. V. A Treatise of High Etherial Spirits of forâ—â— to fire Gun-Powder and of making severâ—â— kinds of Varnishes by their Means and Help To make a high Spirit proper for China Japan and Lac-Varnish TAke of Bay-Salt 3 or 4 Pounds decripitate it very well and give it 〈◊〉 great Degree of Fire but prevenâ— its melting by well stirring it with an Iroâ— Rod till it is reduc'd to a curious fine Powder and before it is quite cold put it intâ— a Still pour gently on it 2 Gallons of Aquâ— Vitae Brandy-Spirit or any other Spirit anâ— gently distil it in Balneo till all is come over and by this Means the Phlegm will remain iâ— the bottom and your Spirit will at one Distillation be more sine than at 2 or 3 wherâ— there is no Salt To know the Proof and Goodness of iâ— put some Gun-powder in a Spoon or anâ— thing made of Metal pour on it some of thâ— Spirit and fire it and when the Spirit burn out if the Powder goes up in a Blast theâ— is it a sufficient Spirit And to try the greater strength of it hold the Spoon or Silveâ— Taster in cold Water whilst the Spirit 〈◊〉 burning but let no Water come into it The Use of this Spirit to prepare Varnish as Gold-Lac TAke of Seed-Lac 8 Ounces of the finest Gum-Sandriack in Powder 4 Ounces mix these very well and put them into a large Glass Bottle and put to them 4 Pounds of the Spirit observe that one third of the Glass be fill'd and with Hay twisted about it place it in Balneo Marioe and suffer it to stand till as much of the Gums are dissolv'd as will be which may be in about 8 or 10 hours with often shaking sometimes over the Balneo then take Guttagamba an Ounce Sanguis Draconis half an Ounce dissolve these in it and strain out the Varnish keeping it close stop'd for Use Some instead of Guttagamba use Turmerick others Saffron to raise the Golden Colour Gum-Anima makes a White Varnish and Gum-Spelt a Black one To make China Varnish TAke Rectified Spirits of Wine a Pint put it into a clean Bottle
Pulp and mixed with the Sugar Rose-water or Orange-flower-water Also Marmalade of the Peels of Limons and Citrons To preserve Medlars or Services TAke of the fairest of them when they begin to be ripe scald them in hot Water so that the Skin may come off and for Medlars you may skin them at the head the others may be let alone add to each Pound a Pound of Sugar make it into a Syrup with some of that Liquor and so put them with it into a close Pot for Use To preserve Apricots GAther this Fruit well button'd the Stone being so tender that you may run a Pin through it with ease and let them dry a little from their Moisture then put them into warm Water to break them and let them stand close covered till the tender Skin will easily come off with scraping then put them into another Preserving-pan of hot Water and let them stand till they become very green then clarifie an equal weight of Sugar with the White of an Egg and some Water boil it up to a Syrup and put the Apricots into it If you would do this when they are ripe you must stone them and then you need not boil them but boil up the Syrup with the Juice of some of them and Sugar and put them into it boiling hot Thus you may preserve Peaches Plumbs Grapes Barberries c. To make Cakes of Apricots TAke large Apricots moderately ripe scald them well in Spring-water skin and stone them and take out the Pulp and add half its weight in Sugar boil it up over a gentle Fire and being just warm spread it in Cakes Thus you may do by Rasberries Strawberries Currans or such suitable Fruit as is best pleasing to your Palate To dry Apricots or Peaches WHen you have stoned them take their weight in double-refined Sugar and make a Syrup with so much Water as will make them wet boil this to the heighth that a Drop will slip off from a clean Plate when drop'd on it and then it is enough pare your Fruit and put them into the Syrup when heated then tie them up one by one in Tiffanies and put them in again setting the Syrup over a quick Fire let it boil as fast as may be keeping it well scum'd and when they look clear they are enough prepared then take them out and lay them on a Wyre-Grate or Sieve to drain and dry then take them out of the Tiffanies and dry them in the Sun or in a Stove and keep them for Use Thus you may dry Nectarines Malacottoons Pippins large Plumbs or the like To Conserve Citron-Flowers TAke more than the weight of these Flowers in Sugar dissolve the Sugar in rose-Rose-water over a gentle Fire boil it almost to the Consistence of a Syrup then put in the Flowers boil it up to an heighth and bruise them into a Conserve Thus Orange-flowers may be conserved To Preserve Damosins TAke the largest Damosins when the Sun has evaporated their Moisture from them and they be pretty ripe put a Pound of fine Sugar and an Ounce of rose-Rose-water to every Pounâ— of them then put them into a large Preserving-pan not heaped upon one another but one by one and set it over a moderate Charcoal-Fire turn them not till the Syrup is so melted that it will cover them or bear them up then cast in more Sugar not suffering the Liquor to seeth when you turn them lest they burst on both sides and being enough take the Skins off gently cool them and put them in a Glass with the Syrup and add 3 or 4 Cloves and a few Breaks of Cinnamon Thus may you preserve any Plumbs that are proper But such as are white and will be in a manner transparent must have no Spice put to them To Candy Clove-Gilly flowers and other Flowers PIck your Flowers from the Husks and snip off the white Bottoms weigh their weight in refined Sugar put rose-Rose-water to it and set it over a Charcoal-fire let it heat by degrees and stir it till it be heighten'd to a candy-Candy-syrup keep them in a dry place and use them as you find Occasion And thus you map candy other Flowers as Cowslips Primroses Violets and the like To make Mulberry-Honey GAther Mulberries before they come to be very ripe do it in a dry day when the Sun or clear Air has taken off the Moisture strain out the Juice and put to a Quart of it a Pound of Virgin-Honey well incorporate them over a gentle Fire to the thickness of Honey and keep it in glazed Gally-pots as a curious cooling Cordial a little of it mixed with a Glass of Wine To make Musk-Sugar or perfume Sweet-meats TAke 5 or 6 Grains of the best scented Musk and put it into a fine Lawn Rag lay it at the bottom of a Sugar-pot and sift fine Sugar lightly in upon it stop it close from the Air and set it in a warm place and the Sugar will quickly suck up the Scent of the Musk. And thus you may do by Sugar-Plumbs Sugar-Almonds Macaroons Fruit-Cakes or the like But be very careful to keep it close 5 or 6 days for if the Air come freely in before the Musk has spent it self on the Confectionary Ware the Spirit will evaporate and it will little avail you To Candy Nutmegs TO do this Take a Pound of Clarified Sugar moisten it with a quarter of a Pint of Rose-water in which a little Gum-Arabick has been dissolv'd boil them up almost to a Candy-heighth soak your Nutmegs well in warm Water put them into an Earthen Vessel and pour the boiling Sugar on them stop them up close from the Air and set them in a warm place for 20 days and at the end thereof they will be a curious Rock-Candy Thus you may do by Ginger Mace and other Spices and dry Things To Candy Orange-Chips and Peels THose properly called Chips are the Parings of the Orange fine and thin the Peel is the whole half when the Pulp or Meat is taken out These must be boiled in several Waters till they much abate of the strength of their Taste and become tender and having dried them put as much fine Sugar to them as will cover them boil them up to a Candy-heighth and when that is done take them out and put them in an Earthen Vessel 4 or 5 days and let them stand warm then put them over the Fire again and there let them continue till they be well hot then lay them on a Wyre Frame to drain then put them into your Stove or on the top of an Oven to harden and at 10 days end they will be fit for Use Limon and Citron-peel are thus Candied as also Eringo-roots Fennel-stalks and any hard Stalk fit for Candying To make Orange-Marmalade TAke the fairest coloured Oranges with the smoothest Rhines scrape off just the out side and clear them within as much as you can of the Pulp and spungy inside boil them in water often shifting
ENGLAND 's Happiness IMPROVED OR AN Infallible Way to get Riches Encrease Plenty and promote Pleasure CONTAINING The Art of making Wine of English Grapes and other Fruit equal to that of France and Spain c. with their Physical Virtues To make Artificial Wine and Order all sorts of Wine to keep well and recover what is faded c. The whole Art and Mistery of Distilling Brandy Strong-waters Cordial waters c. To make all Sorts of Plain and Purging Ales Cyder Mead Matheglin Rum Rack and many other useful Liquors To Gather Order and Keep Fruit in all Seasons The Art and Mistery of Pickling Flowers Fruits Herbs Buds Roots Fish Flesh c. To Recover tainted Flesh and make sundry sorts of Vinegars The whole Art and Mistery of a Confectioner The Compleat Market-man or Woman to know all sorts of Provisions as Poulterer's Ware Fish Flesh whether Young or Old New or Stale c. and all other matters relating to Marketing Particular Rules for good and frugal House-keeping and to destroy all sorts of Vermin with many other things very profitable and never before made publick The Second Edition LONDON Printed for Roger Clavill and sold by D. Midwinter and T. Leigh at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-yard 1699. THE PREFACE TO THE READER Reader IN this Book though small you will find so ample a Recompence of your Money layed out in buying and your Trouble in Reading it that I am constrained to believe you will conclude them both well bestowed I here present you with what is delightful and profitable many of the things layed down are altogether new Experiments and the rest known but to a few Here you may behold the Product and Manufacture of your Native Country vying with those of other Nations if not in many particulars exceeding them You have here exact Methods plain and at Cheap Rates to make Natural and Artificial Wines more agreeable to English Bodies than others and they may well contend with those of France and Spain for Preheminence I have also given their proper Virtues and how in the best manner to Order and Preserve them and all other Wines The whole Art and Mistery is herein set down of Making Brandy Spirits Low-wins and all Strong-waters from the Weakest to the Richest Cordials Directions to draw Colour and order them with many rare Receipts practised but by a very few also their proper Virtues are treated of likewis many rare Physical Cordial-waters highly in Esteem with Essences and other Curious things the approved way To make Ales plain and purging with other useful and pleasant Liquors many in number as Perry Cyder Matheglin Mead Mum c. with their Virtues The Art of Pickling in all its Kinds with other Attendants The Mistery of Confectioning in Preserving Conserving Candying making Gellies and Syrups c. Of Fruits Flowers and the like with all accomplished Sweetmeats fit to furnish out the rarest Banquet The Art and Mistery of the Fruiterers in gathering and keeping Fruits in all Seasons with Instructions to such as go to Market to buy Poulterer's Ware Fish Butcher's meat Fruit and many other necessary things How to know the Goodness or Badness of them and avoid being cheated or Imposed on To these I have joined Instructions for a decent and frugal House-keeping under which Head are included so many things that for Brevity sake I am constrained to omit Particulars and draw to a Conclusion of my Preface lest I should too long detain you from what is more material for herein you have what never any one Volume contained and over and above a great many rare Experiments and things never before made publick so that taking it all together it is a Rich Store-House furnished with such Curious Wares that cannot but prove advantagious to all and Exceedingly so to those who by Industry will put in practice what is set down for their good Improvement in Knowledge Vale. THE CONTENTS Of CHAP. I. THe Improvement of English Vines and making Wine of Grapes equal to the Growth of France and the due Ordering it To make Wines of several other sorts of English Fruits viz. Wine of Gooberries Currans Rasberries Mulberries Elderberries Black-berries Straw-berries Dew-berries Apples Pears Cherries Peaches Apricots Quinces Plums Damasceens English Figgs Roses Cowslips Scurvy-Grass Mint Morella Baum c. with their particular Medicinal Virtues The Contents of CHAP. II. SMall Wines meliorated To make Artificial Claret Artificial Malligo Canary Ribella Tent Rapidavia c. To restore Prick'd Wines a Wines decayed by too much Vent Musty Wines tang'd by the Cask To hinder Wine from Turning To take away the ill Scent of Wines To Remedy a bitter or sower Scent Green Wine to soften To keep Wine from sowring To sweeten Wine To make Artificial Malmsey To make Wine settle well To make Wormwood-wine To make Rough Claret To recover the Colour of White or Rhenish Wines Lowring Wine to prevent its decay To make Wines well scented and give them a curious Flavor To mend Wines that Rope To mend White or Rhenish Wines Another way to mend and colour White-Wines c. To Meliorate Viscious VVines Some further Considerations on these Matters in Particular and General Ice for cooling Wines The Contents of CHAP. III. TO Distill Aqua Vitae and Low-Wines c. The Dutch way to distill these Spirits To make a good Sort of Brandy To make Brandy little inferiour to French Brandy c. Another cheaper way to make Brandy Of Malt Spirits and what may be Drawn off Of Honey Molassus Sugar c. proper for Spirits Rasins and other things used in Distillation to make good Brandy or proof Spirits Of Low Dead Wines and their Dregs c. To make anniseed-Anniseed-water Hearts-Ease cinnamon-Cinnamon-water and others for usual Sale as sold by Distillers The proper way for Colouring and Perfuming ordinary strong-Strong-VVaters A Syrup to make Red-Water excelling that of London Simples proper for colouring Waters Right Usquebaugh according to the Receipt of that made for the King when he was in Ireland To make Aqua Corroberance or the Heart strengthening-water From approved Receipts to make the follow Waters viz. Stomach-water Plague-water Aqua Multiferia Aqua Triplex the powerful united Spirit of Scurvy-Grass the like of Elder the like of Rosemary Flixire Salutis Elixire Proprietatis Marigold Flower-water Dr. Stevens's Golden Cordial Orange-water Surfeit-water Treacle Water with their particular Virtues The Contents of CHAP. IV. TO make Perfum'd Waters c. viz. Rosasolis Essence of Hypocrass Orange-flower-Water Milleflower-Water Angel-water Hungarian-water To reduce Spirits for making Cordials An Excellent Cordial-VVater and their Virtues c. The Contents of CHAP. V. TO make high proof Spirits for China Japan and Varnish Lac and to know their proof and goodness To use this Spirit to prepare Varnish as Gold Lac c. To make China Varnish To make Black Ground for Japan-work To make Red Varnish To make Varnish for Silver To make another China Varnish To
Red Rasberries when they are meanly ripe â—â—r if they grow over ripe they will lose â—uch of their pleasant scent and clearing â—â—e Husks and Stalks from them soak them 〈◊〉 the like quantity of fair Water that has â—een boiled and sweetened with fine Loaf â—ugar a pound and an half to a Gallon â—hen they are well soaked about 12 hours â—â—ke them out put them up into a fine â—â—inen pressing Bag press out the Juyce into â—â—e Water then boil them up together and â—â—cum them well twice or thrice over a genâ—â—e fire take off the Vessel and let the â—iquor Cool and when the scum arises â—ake off all that you can and pour off the Liquor by inclination into a well seasoned Cask or Earthen Vessel then boil an ounce of Mace very well in a point of Whitewine â—ill the Third part of the Wine be consumed strain it and add it to the Liquor let settle two days and when it has well settle and Fermented draw it off into Cask 〈◊〉 Bottles and keep it in cool places The French way to make this Wine Steep two Gallons of Rasberries in a galloâ— of Sack 24 hours then strain them anâ— put to the Liquor three quarters of a pounâ— of Rasins of the Sun well stoned and so lâ—â— them continue four or five days somâ— times stiring them well then pour it oâ— by Inclination that the clearest may bâ— taken away and only the dross and Settling remain in the bottom and bottle that uâ— you pour off and if you find it not sweeâ— enough for your pallate you may adâ—â— some Sugar about half a pound to a galloâ— will be sufficient keep these in a cooâ— place Tâ—eir Virtues These Wines either way are a great Cordial they cleanse the Blood prevent pestilential Air comfort the Heart ease paiâ— in the Stomach dispel gross Vapours from the Brain cause a free breathing by removing Obstructions from the Lungs and are successfully taken in Appoplexies Wine of Mulberries to make it TAke Mulberries when they are just changed from their redness to a shining black gather them in a dry day when the Sun has taken off the dew spread them thinly on a fine cloath on some floor or table for 24 hours boil up a gallon of water to each gallon of Juice you press out of these scum the Water well and add a little Cinnamon grosly bruised put to every gallon 6 Ounces of white Sugar-candy finely beaten scum and strain the Water when it is taken off and settled then put to it the Juice of Mulberries and to every gallon the mixture of a pint of White or Rhenish Wine Let them stand in a Cask to purge and settle 5 or 6 days then draw off the Wine and keep it cool It s Virtue This is a very rich Cordial it gives vigour to consumptive Bodies allays the heat of the Blood prevents Qualms and Peukins in Women makes the Body soluble helps Digestion and eases Distempers in the Bowels Morello Wine to make it TAke two gallons of White-wine and 20 Pound of Morello Cherries take away the stalks and so bruise them that the stones may be broken press the Juice into the Wine put Mace Cinnamon and Nutmeg each an Ounce in a Bag grosly bruised hang it in the Wine when you have put it up in a Cask and it will be a rich Drink Vinum Sambuceum or Wine of Elder-berries how to make it TAke Elder-berries when pretty ripe plucked from the green stalks what quantity you please and press them that the Juice may freely run from them which may be done in a Cyder-press or between two weighty Planks or for want of this opportunity you may mash them and then it will run easily this Juice put up in a well seasoned Cask and to every Barrel put 3 gallons of water strong of Honey boiled in it and add some Ale-yest to make it ferment and work out the grossness of its body then to clarify it add Flower whites of Eggs and a little fixed Nitre and when it has well fermented and grows fine draw it from the settlings and keep it till Spring then to every Barrel add five pound of its own Flower and as much Loaf-sugar and then let it stand 7 days at the end whereof it will grow very rich and have a curious flavour Its Virtues It is an excellent Febrifuge cleanses the Blood of Acidity Venom and Putrefaction good in Measles Small-Pox Swine-Pox and Pestilential Diseases it contributes to rest and takes away the Heat that afflicts the Brain easing Pains in the Head Wines of Black-berry Straw-berries or Dewberries how to make them TAke of these Berries in their proper Seasons moderately ripe what quantity you please press them as other Berries boil up Water and Honey or Water and fine Sugar as your pallate best Relishes to a considerable Sweetness and when it is well scumed put the juyce in and let it Simper to encorporate it well with the Water and when it has done so take it off let it cool and scum it again then put it up in a Barrel or rather a close glazed Earthen Vessel to ferment and settle put then to every Gallon half a pint of Mallaga and draw it off as clear as may be bottle it up and keep it cool for use Their Virtues These Liquors are agreeably good in Fevors afflictions of the Lungs prevent the Infection of pestilential Aires get a good Appetite and much helps digestion excellent in Surfeits and cause good Blood Wine of Apples and Pears to make them AS for Apples make them first into good Cyder by beating and pressing and other orderings as I shall direct when I come to treat of those sort of Liquors after I have ended this of Wines and to good Cyder when you have procured it put the herb Scurlea the Quintisence of Wine and a little fixed Nitre and to a Barrel of this Cyder a pound of the Syrup of Honey let it work and ferment at Spurge holes in the Cask Ten days or till you find it clear and well setled then draw it off and it will not be much uncomparable to Rhenish-Wine in Clearness Colour and Tast To make Wine of Pears procure the Tartest Perry but by no means that which is Tart by Sowering or given that way but such as is naturally so put into a Barrel about 5 Ounces of the juyce of the Herb Clary and the Quintisence of Wine and to every Barrel a pound or Pint of the Syrup of Black-berries and after fermentation and refining it will be of a curious Wine-tast like Sherry and not well distinguishable but by such as have very good Pallates or whose Trade it is to deal with it Their Virtues These Wines have the nature of Cyder and Perry though in a higher degree by the addition and alteration being Cooling Restorative easing pains in the Liver or Spleen Cleansing the Bowels and creating a good Appetite Wine of Cherries to make it TAke Cherries
and Sugar-Candy to it then fine it with Whites of Eggs and a little Ising-glass and so draw it off and keep it for use Its Virtues This is chiefly appropriated to Derects of the Lungs helping shortness of Breath removing Colds or Inflamations of the Lungs it also comforts the Stomach and easâ— pains of the Bowells Wine of Roses to make it TO do this fit a Glass Bason or Body 〈◊〉 for want of it a well glazed Eartheâ— Vessel and put into it three gallons of Rose water drawn with a cold Still put into 〈◊〉 a convenient quantity of Rose Leaves coveâ— it close and put it for an hour in a kettâ—â— or Cauldron of Water heating over thâ— fire to take out the whole strength and Tincture of the Roses and when cold press thâ— Rose-Leaves hard into the Liquor and steeâ— fresh ones in repeating it till the Liquoâ— has got a full strength of the Roses and then to every gallon of Liquor add three Pound of Loaf-Sugar stir it well that it may melt and disperse in every part then puâ— it up into a Cask or other Convenienâ— Vessel to ferment and to make it do so the better add a little fixed Nitre and flower and two or three Whites of Eggs and let it stand cool about 30 days and it will be ripe and have a curious flavour having the whole strength and scent of the Roses in it and you may add to Meliorate it some Wine and Spices as your Tast or Inclination leads you And by this way of Infusion wine of Carâ—ations Clove-gilly-flowers Violets Primâ—oses or any Flower having a curious â—cent may be made to which to prevent â—epetition and go on with as much brevity â—s conveniently may be I refer you The Virtues Wines thus made are not only pleasant â—n Tast but rich and medicinal being excellent for strengthning the Heart refreshâ—ng the Spirits and gently cooling the Boâ—y making it Lenitive and so purges the â—irst digestion of Flegm sometimes Cholâ—ar abates the heat of the Fevor quenches Thirst mittigates the Inflammation of the â—ntrails and may on sundry occasions serve for a good Counter-poison Cowslip Wine to make it PUt 5 pound of Loaf-sugar to 4 Gallons of fair water simper them over a fire half an hour to well dissolve the Sugar and when it is taken off and cold put in half a peck of Cowslip-flowers clean pickt and gently bruised then put two spoonfuls of new Ale-yest and a pound of Syrup of Limons beaten with it with a Limon-peel or two and so in a well seasoned Cask or Vessel let them stand close stopped for threâ— days that they may ferment well then pâ—â— in some Juice of Cowslips and give it 〈◊〉 convenient space to work and when it hâ—â— stood a month draw it off into Bottles puâ—ting a little lump of Loaf-Sugar into eacâ— and so you may well keep it the space of 〈◊〉 Year and thus you may make Wine oâ— such other like Flowers that are of pleasaâ—â— Tast and scent as Oxlips Gesmine Peach blooms Comfry Scabeons Fetherfew Fumitary and a number more as your Fancy and Gust leads you for I have shewed yoâ— different ways to let you know that yoâ— need not exactly keep to one certain Rule but please your Pallate by such additions aâ— you think convenient though by straying too far you may happen to mar thâ— whole design therefore in all things keep as near as you can to the Rules I have given Its Virtues Cowslip-Wine moderately drunk much helps the Palsey Cramp Convulsion and all other Diseases of the Nerves and Sinners also eases pains of the Joints and Gout and contributes mainly to the curing of Ruptures Scurvy-Grass Wine to make it SCurvy-Grass or Spoon-wort is a very Soveraign medicinable Herb appropriâ—ted chiefly to the health of English Bodies 〈◊〉 many Medicins chearfull the Wine made â—f it containing all its Virtues with addition â—ust needs be very acceptable to make it â—en Take the best large Scurvy-Grass Tops â—nd Leaves in May June or July bruise â—hem well in a Stone Mortar then put it in a well-glazed earthen Vessel and sprinkle it over with some pouder of Christal of Tartar â—hen smeer it over with Virgin-honey and â—eing covered close let it stand 24 hours â—hen set water over a gentle fire putting to every Gallon three Pints of Honey and when the scum rises take it off and let it cool then put your stamped Scurvy-Grass into a Barrel and pour the Liquor to it setting the Vessel conveniently endways with a Tap at the bottom and when it has been infused 24 hours draw off the Liquor and strongly press the juyce and moisture out of the Herb into the Barrel or Vessel and so put the Liquor up again then put a little new Ale-yest to it and suffer it to ferment three days covering the place of thâ— Bung or Vent with a piece of Bread spreaâ— over with Mustard-seed downward in a coâ— place and so let it continue till it is finâ— and drinks brisk then is your time to draâ— off the finest part leaving only the dregâ— behind add more Herbs and so fermenâ— with White of Eggs Flower and fixeâ— Nitre Verjuce or the Juice of green Grapeâ— if they be to be had to which add 6 Pounâ— of the Syrup of Mustard all mixed and weâ— beaten together to refine it down and iâ— will drink brisk but is not very toothsomâ— Being here incerted among Artificial Wineâ— rather for the Health of Persons than foâ— the delightfulness of Gust Its Virtues It helps Digestion warms cold Stomachs carries off Phlegm purefies the Blood purges out salt watery Humours cleanseâ— the Bowells from cold slimeyness eases painâ— in the Limbs Head Heart and Stomach as also those pricking pains that are occasioned by Scorbutick Humours c. Of Mint Balm and other Herbs c. TO come more briefly to a conclusion of this Chapter know that the Wine of Mint Balm and other Fragrant Herbs are best made after this manner viz. First distil the Herb in the cold still then add Honey to it and work as in Scurvy-Grass and then refine it and work it down by a due proportion of its own Syrup and so the Wine will become very fragrant and continue the whole virtue of the Herb Wormwood-wine Wine of Rue Cardus and such strong physical Herbs may be made by Infusion only in small White-Wines Cyder Perry or the like adding a little Sweets to palliate them that they may be more agreeable to the Tast That of Black Currants may be made as of other Currants and are very proper to be kept in all Families Their Virtues They indifferently all of them resist Pestiâ—ential Airs are good in Agues and cold Diseases prevent Mother-fits and Vapours and ease Pains in the Joints and Sinues cleansing the Blood and are great hindeâ—ers of Appoplexies Epilepsies and the like â—nd the Wines have not only the Virtues of â—he Herbs but an addition to heat strengâ—hen and revive
decaying Nature CHAP. II. The ingenious Art and Mistery of the Vintners in making Artificial Wines as Mallaga Claret Rhenish c. recovering faded Wines and such as have lost their Colours Racking Sweetening and many other things that appertain to their Trade and have hitherto been kept as Secrets to the Publick c. Of Small Wines meliorated IT is the opinion of many that weak Wine may be raised and improved on the Rich Lees of Wine that is drawn off and indeed we know it is common to draw off such small Wines and put them on such Lees whereby the Vintner's gains arise we also see that Wine is fed with proper Food as sweet Flesh salt of Tartar or more principally the sweet and Volatil Spirit of Tartar and yet higher with the Quintisence of Wine by Essential Salts prepared Oyls Herbs and things of an Aromatical nature why then may not small Wine be greatly bettered by the Animal or Quintisence extracted from other Wines for the Animal of Wine only and nothing else can increase the strength of Wine If the Quintisence be drawn out of one small Wine and added to another it will make that rich though the other is altogether Impoverished and better one be lost which may however serve for Vinegar than both remain useless which cannot be so well demonstrated in Words as practice wherefore I shall hasten to what is more plain to be understood To make Artificial Claret TAke the Juyce or Water of Clary distill it in a cold Still one part Red streak Syder half a part Malago Rasins beaten in a Mortar six Pounds the fat Mother of Claret one Pound and these being covered in a close Vessel let them ferment 15 days then draw off the Liquor into another Vessel and to every Gallon add half a pint of the Juyce of Mulberries or Blackberries or Goosberries and a pint of the Spirit of Clary to the whole then take three Spoonfuls of Flower and the White of two New-layed Eggs a Dram of Ising-glass beat these together and add to the Liquor two Pounds of the Syrup of Clary and it will Refine down and be very rich not distingushable from right Claret unless by those very well Skilled in Wines and of this there is great quantities sold now French Wines are dear and scarce to be come by Artificial Malago to make it Canary c. TAke a Cask that has been well seasoned with right old Malligo new trim it and hoop it strong leaving it open at one end to which open end a close cover must be fitted to take off and put on at pleasure and keep it in all Seasons in a warm place sill it with Spring or Conduit-water and to every gallon of Water add 6 Pound of the best Mallago Rasins grossly bruised and sprinkle on every Twenty Gallons a handful of Calx Wine then place the cover close and keep it warm with Cloaths fastened about it and so let it continue four or five days to work and ferment after that open it and see if the Rasins are floating on the top of the Water and if you find they are press them down again and so do every four or five days letting them stand three weeks or a month then Tap the Vessel 3 or 4. Inches above the bottom and try if the Liquor tastes likewise and if it do's not let it stand longer till it has got the true flavour then draw it off into another Cask that has had Mallago in it and to every 20 Gallons put a pint of the best Aqua-vitae a quart of Alligant and 2 new-layed Eggs beaten together and let it stand in a Vaulted Cellar or some such like place till it be fit to be drunk if it want sweetness put in a little fine Loaf-Sugar and it will abundantly answer your Expectation and this dashed with a little good White-wine or curious brisk Pepin-Cyder may well pass for Canary And thus not only Artificial Mallago may be made but other Artificial Wines for it cannot but be supposed an ingenious Person may by these Examples invent and prepare other sorts of Wines different from these in Tast for having once got the Knowledge of the different Herbs that bear a Signiture with the different Sulphers of the true Wine whether stiptick acid mild Lucious fat or Balsamick so must the Imitation of the different sorts of Wines be whether Ribella Tent Rapadavia Canary or any others as for White-wine or Rhenish you may make them of Sweeter or Tarter Cyders as is directions given for making Artificial Claret bating the colouring though you must be at the Labour and charge to fine them more and keep up in them a good Body To restore Prick'd Wines TO do this take the Wine down to the Lees in an other Cask where the Lees of good Wine are fresh then take a pint of strong Aqua-vitae scrape half a pound of yellow Bees-wax into it and by heating the Spirit melt the wax over a gentle fire then dip in it a cloath and set it on fire with a brimstone Match put it flaming in at the Bung and stop the Cask close To restore Wines decayed by too much Vent or Sowring STir and ferment it well with a flat-ended stick till you have removed it in all parts and made it ferment but touch not the Lees then pour in a pint of Aqua-vitae and stop it up close and at the end of ten day it will be tollerably restored Wine that is decayed by too much vent may be recovered by putting burning hot Crusts of Bread into it For Musty-wine or Tang'd of the Cask TO remedy this rack it off upon Lees of rich Wine of the same sort then put into a Bag four Ounces of the Pouder of Lenerel Berries and two Ounces of the Filings of Steel let it hang by a string to the middle of the Wine and so by degrees lower it as you draw it off To hinder Wine from Turning Put a pound of melted Lead that has been melted into fair water into your Cask pretty warm and stop it close To take away the ill Scent of Wine BAke a long Rowler of Dough when it is stuck well with Cloves let it thorrowly bake and hang it in your Cask and it will remove the ill Scent from the Wine by gathering it to its self To remedy a bitter or sour Scent TAke half a peck of Barley and boil it in two quarts of Water till one half of the water be wasted strain it let it well settle and pour it into the Wine Cask stiring it well without touching the Lees. Green Wine how to soften it PUt in a little Vinegar wherein Litharge has been well steeped and boil some Honey to draw out the Wax and strain it through a cloath and put a quart of it into a Terce and this much mends it in Summer especially and some when they perceive the Wine turning put in a stone of unslacked Lime and it much mends it
To keep Wine from souring BOil a gallon of Wine with some beaten Oyster-shells and Crabs-claws Calcined strain out the Liquid part and when it is cool put it into the Wine of the same sort and it will give it a pleasant lively Tast To sweeten Wine FIll it upon the Lees put a handful of the flowers of Clary and infuse in it and add a pound of Mustard-seed dry-ground which in a bag must be sunk to the bottom of the Cask Arteficial Malmsey TAke English Galingale Cloves each a Dram beat them to pouder and infuse them a day and a night in a pint of Aqua-vitae in a wooden Vessel kept close covered then put it into good Claret and it will make 12 or 14 gallons of good Malmsey in five or six days the Drugs may be hung in a bag in the Cask To make Wine settle well TAke a pint of Wheat and boil it till it burst in a quart of Water and become very soft then squeeze it through a new â—innen Cloath and put a pint of the liquid â—art into a Hogshead of unsettled White-wine and it will fine it To make Wormwood-Wine TAke a good brisk Rhenish Wine or White-wine and hang a pound of Roman-wormwood in a bag into it clean â—tripped from the grosser Stalks and well â—ryed and in 10 or 12 days Infusion it will give it a Tast and a curious Colour beyond what it had before This may be done as it â—s drawn by droping 3 or 4 drops of Chimichal Spirit or Oyl of Wormwood into a quart of Wine To make Rough Claret PUt a quart of Claret to two quarts of Slows bake them in a gentle Oven till â—hey have stewed out a great part of their â—oisture then pour off what is Liquid and â—queeze out the rest and half a pint of this will rough 10 Gallons To Recover the lost Colour of White-wine or Rhenish-wine TO do this Effectually Rack the Winâ— from the Lees and if the Colour oâ— the Wine be faint and tawney put in Conâ—â—ack-Lees and pour the Wine upon them rowling and jumbling them together a considerable time in the Cask and in 10 oâ— 12 days rack off the Wine and it will bâ— of a proper Colour and drink brisk anâ— fine Wine that is lowering to prevent its decay TAke Roach-Allom poudered an Ounce draw out four gallons of the Wine and strow the pouder in it beat it well foâ— the space of half an hour then fill up thâ— Cask and set it on broach being carefuâ— to let it take vent so that by this means iâ— three or four days you will find it a curiouâ— brisk Wine Of Racking Wine THis is done with such Instruments as are usefull and appropiated to the manner of doing it and cannot be so well described by words as by seeing it doneâ— however this observe in doing it Let it bâ— â—en the wind sits full North and the Weaâ—r is Temperate and Clear that the Air â—y the better agree with the constitution 〈◊〉 the Wine and make it take more kindly â—s moreover most proper to be done in the â—crease of the Moon when she is under the â—rth and not in full height c. To make Wines scent well and give them a curious flavour TAke pouder of Sulphur two Ounces half an Ounce of Calamus incorporate â—em well together and put them into a â—nt and a half of borrage-Borrage-water let them â—eep in it a considerable time and then â—awing off the water melt the Sulphur and â—alamus in an Iron pan and dip in it as â—any Rags as will soak it up which put inâ—â— the Cask then rack your Wine and put 〈◊〉 a pint of Rose-water and stoping the â—logshead rowl it up and down half an hour â—fter which let it continue still two days and â—y so ordering any Gascoin or red Wine â—t will have a pleasant scent and gust To mend Wines that Rope WHen you have set your Cask a-broach place a course linen Cloath before â—he Bore then put in the linen and rock it in a dry Cask add then 5 or 6 Ounces the Pouder of Allom then rowl and juâ—â—ble them sufficiently together and then 〈◊〉 on settling it will be fined down and prâ— a very fluid pleasant wine both in Tast 〈◊〉 Scent To mend White or Rhenish Wines IF these VVines have an unpleasant Tâ— your best way is speedily to draw eitâ— of them half off and to either of the halâ— put two gallons of new Milk a handfulâ— Bay Salt and as much Rice mix and bâ— them well together for half an hour wâ— a Staff or Paddeler then fill up the Caâ— and when you have well rowled it turnâ— over in the Lees and 2 or 3 days after yâ— may broach it and it will drink very fine aâ— brisk Another way to mend the Colour of Whitâ— Wines c. TAke a Gallon or more of morniâ— Milk put it into the Cask and 〈◊〉 it well with Rowling then when you pâ—â—ceive it is well settled put in 3 or 4. Ouâ—â—ces of Ising-glass and about a quarter oâ— pound of Loaf-sugar fine scraped and thâ— fill up the Hogshead or other Cask aâ— rowl it 4 or 5 times over and this wâ— bring it to a colour and fineness To meliorate or better Viscious Wine Et your Wine in this case be what it will 〈◊〉 your business is to take a pint of Clariâ— honey a pint of Water wherein Rasins of 〈◊〉 Sun have been well steeped 3 quarters of â—int of good white Wine or Claret accordâ—â— as the Colour of your wine is let them â—per and boil a little over a gentle fire to 〈◊〉 consumption of a third part taking off 〈◊〉 Scum as fast as it rises put it very hot â—o the viciated Wine and let it stand the â—ing-hole being open then in a linen Bag 〈◊〉 a little bruized Mace Nutmeg and â—oves and hang the Bag in the wine by â—tring for 3 or 4 days and so either new 〈◊〉 old Wine will not only be fined but â—uch bettered for by this means they â—â—e restored from their foulness and decay â—â—d yeild a good Scent and Tast you may 〈◊〉 perfect this work the more when you â—â—e out the Spice hang in a small Bag of â—ite Mustard-seed a little bruised and the â—ork is done â—o make Ice in Summer and cooling Wine c. TO make Ice take a stone Bottle that will hold about three quarts of water â—t into it two Ounces of resined Salt-petre If an Ounce of Florence Orrise and fill with water boiling hot stop it close and immediately let it down into a Well le◠〈◊〉 remain there 3 or 4 hours and when 〈◊〉 break the bottle you will find it full of 〈◊〉 Ice or for want of this opportunity dâ—â—solve a pound of Nitre in a bucket of water and it will cool your Bottles exceediâ—â—ly Some farther Considerations on these Mattâ—â—â—â— in Particular and General c. TAke Salt of Tartar and pour distiâ—â—â— Vinegar thereon until
and add to it of Gum-Lac 5 Ounces shake them well and let them stand 24 hours in a moderate Heat such as the Sun may give in the Summer Season then strain it through a Canvas Bag and being well settl'd by the Fire keep it in Bottles close stop'd for Use To make the Black Ground for Japan-Work THE Ground is of the above-named Varnish mix it in a Gally-pot with some of the following Blacks covering the Work 3 or 4 times and wash it over with clear Varnish ten times let it be done in a Stove and polish it at the end of 8 days with Trippilo To make the best Black Take an Earthen Lamp and put into it a large Cotton then fill it with Linseed-Oil and receive the Smoak in a new Earthen Dish and with a Feather from time to time as it comes on brush it off and keep it for Use To make a Red Varnish MIX Vermilion with the Grounds of the Varnish with which cover the Work well 3 times then strain in Carnation-Red through a fine Linen Cloth into the clear part of the Varnish with which varnish the Vermilion till the Colour is pleasing to your Eyes then with the clear Varnish alone go over with it 10 times then let it dry 7 or 8 days and polish it with Trippilo as the other To make the Ingredients for Raising the Work mix a sixth part of Wenting and one part of Bole-Armoniack in fine Powder make them the thickness of Cream in Gum-water and lay them on To make the Gum-water is no more than to dissolve an Ounce of Gum-Arabick in a Pint of fair Water To make a Varnish for Silver TO do this take a Pint of the Spirit of Wine put to it 4 Ounces of Gum-Sandriack and one Ounce of Mastick shake them well and let them stand 24 Hours in a moderate Heat To make another China-Varnish TAke of Seed-Lac 10 Ounces Gum-Sandriack an Ounce and a half put these into a Can of Rectified Spirits of Wine shake them considerably together and let them remain 48 hours in a moderate Heat then strain it through a Canvas Bag and let it settle in a moderate Heat 4 or 5 hours then drain off what is clear and keep it apart To make White Varnish TO do this Take 3 Ounces of pick'd Sandriack and 2 Ounces of Mastick and put them to a Pint of Spirit of Wine and let them dissolve well in a moderate Heat and pour off the thinner part To make a Raw Varnish for Musical Instruments TAke 3 or 4 Ounces of the deepest colour'd Amber and put it into a well Leaded Pot and melt it on a Charcoal-fire stirring it with an Iron Spatula and when it is melted it will be of a dark Colour like Clarified Rosin then pour it on a Marble Stone To purifie the Oil Take of the best Linseed Oil so much as will suffice put it into a new well leaded Pot let it boil well and scum it often and when it is enough which you may know by putting in a Goose-Quill and it will not burn strain it and keep it for Use Then take of this Oil one Pound of Amber above-mention'd 6 Ounces beaten very small let them heat on a gentle Fire keeping them continually stirring till it be dissolv'd if it be too thick add more Oil and if too thin more Amber and when it is of a proper Thickness strain it through a Cloth and close stop it up for your Use To Black Wood. TAke a Quart of Brandy the like quantity of Spring-water and two Ounces of Nut-Galls the like of Salt M. boil them half an hour in an Earthen Pot close cover'd then take a Spunge dip it in and with this Water cover the Work once in 4 or 5 hours at least 30 times every time before it is quite dry lay on the following Dye Take of strong Vinegar 2 Pounds the Filings of Iron one Pound and an half of Rusty Iron a little more than a Pound Salt of Verdigrease an Ounce and an half Nut-Galls a Pound and an half a Penyworth of Ox sublim'd a piece of the Busk of Bois-Dean and a Limon cut into 4 quarters let these steep 15 days in an Earthen or Iron Pot close stop'd and when it is dry polish it with Trippilo To Guild this TO do this the Proportions are Of Bole one Pound of Sanguis or Red Stone one Pound of Black-Lead an Ounce of Tallow an Ounce and an half steep the Bole in Water and then pound the Red Chalk and Black Lead and afterwards grind them fine with the Tallow grind the Bole by little and little then mingle them together and cover them with Water To a spoonful of this put 2 or 3 spoonfuls of Water and the quantity of a Walnot of strong Sope Leay on 7 or 8 Couches CHAP. VI. To make divers sorts of wholsom and pleasant English Liquors not yet treated of some for usual Drinks others Purging c. with the Virtues of the latter Dr. Buttler's Ale the best Receipt To truly prepare it TAke of Sarsaparilla 2 Ounces Senna and Polipody of the Oak of each 4 Ounces Anniseeds and Caraway-seeds of each half an Ounce Liquorice 2 Ounces Agrimony and Maiden-hair of each a small handful Scurvy-grass 10 handfuls Grosly beat and bruise these in a Mortar of Stone or Wood put them into a new Canvas Bag and hang them in 9 or 10 Gallons of Ale when it has well worked and is 3 days old and the 4th or 5th day it will clear up so that it may be drank with pleasure a Pint at a time Its Virtues It chiefly Purges by gentle Breathing-sweats and Urine being Excellent to Expel scorbutick Humours and Dropsy It removes Gravel smimey Matter or other Obstructions in the Writers or neck of the Bladder thins and sweetens the Blood is good against all pricking pains or Head-aches To make Hypocrass a new way TAke 5 Ounces of Aqua-vitae 2 Ounces of Pepper 2 of Ginger and 2 of Cloves Grains of Paradise 2 Ounces Ambergrease 3 Grains Musk 2 Grains let all be Infused 24 hours in a glass bottle on warm embers and when you would use it to make Hypocrass mix a Pound of fine Sugar and a Quart of Wine or Cyder and when the Sugar is well dissolved add to it 3 or 4 drops of this Liquor and your Expectation will be fully answered This is an Excellent cooling refreshing Liquor and Exceeding wholsome as well as pleasant at all Seasons To make Limonade SCrape what quantity you think fit of Limon-peel into Water and Sugar to which add some Drops of Essence of Sulphure with some slices of Limon and Sugar viz. half a pound of Sugar to every Pint of Water and let them well Infuse This is an Excellent cooling Liquor in the Summer-season admirable in Fevers and in all hot Diseases as well as pleasant on any occasion The way to make a good sort of Mum TAke a Hogshead of Water boil it to the Consumption
of a third part and put in 3 Bushels of ground Horse-beans and a Bushel of Wheat brew it according to Art draw off and press out the Liquor and put in so much more as may make in its consumption or boiling to a third part the Hogshead full but when it is turned fill it not too full at first that it may the better work which when it begins to do put to it some of the inward Rhind of a Fir-Tree 3 Pounds of Birth the Leaves and tops of a F r-tree each one Pound Cardus Benidictus dryed 3 good handfuls Burnet Bettony Rosmary Marjorum Avens Peneroyal Elder-flowers wild Thime of each one handful and a half Cardamum-seeds bruised three Ounces Bay-berries an Ounce put the seeds into the Vessel when it hath wrought a while with the Herbs and when they are added suffer the Liquor to work over the Hogshead as little as may be fill it at last and before it is stoped put into it 10 new-layed Eggs with their shells whole stop it close and let it stand 3 Quarters of a Year or more to Ripen A little Horse-Radish Watercresses and wild pursley are added by some and indeed the Horse-Radish makes it drink very brisk but gives it a Tang. To make Punch Royal. TAke one Pound and a half of Loaf Sugar and dissolve it in 2 quarts of Water and 〈◊〉 there be any dross in the Sugar strain the â—iquor through a Cloath then add a Pint of Rhenish Wine 6 Ounces of Limon Juice or the Juice of 4 large Limons 7 or 8 drops of the true Spirit of Salt and a Dram of Alâ—ermes or 2 Grains of Musk 3 of Ambergrease a Quart of strong Brandy and a whole Nutmeg grated with half an Ounce of Cinnamon and a quarter of an Ounce of Ginger finely sâ—raped or beaten Stir these â—ill they are very well mixed and then head â—t with a good Toast or Sea Bisket you may â—ikewise when it is thus prepared in what â—uantity you please proportionable to these â—irections bottle it up and it will keep long â—nd drink exceeding brisk The best way to make Cyder and order it TAke Redstreaks Peppins Pearmains Reenetings Golden Peppins or such Apples â—s pleasant Fruit as your Orchard or the Country will afford when they are indifferâ—nt ripe so that upon the Tree shaking they will fall with tolerable ease bruise or â—rind your Apples very small and when â—hey are come to a mash put them into a Hair bag and squeeze them by degrees not over hastily by turning an Iron Crow the Screw put up the Liquor well straine through a fine Hair Sieve into a Cask wâ— seasoned and aired with a Lighted Râ—dipped in Brimstone then mash the pressinâ— with a little warm Water and add a fouâ—â— part of it when pressed out to the Cydeâ— and to make it work kindly heat a litâ—â— Honey 3 whites of Eggs and a little flowâ—â— together put them into a fine Rag aâ—â— hang them by a string to the middle of tâ—â— Cyder Cask then put in pretty warm aboâ—â— a Pint of new Ale yest let it work and wâ—â— purge it self from dross 5 or 6 days thâ—â— draw it off from the Lees into smaller Casâ— or into Bottles as your occasion serves aâ— if the latter leave an Inch vacant frâ—â— the Cork lest the Bottles fly or break aâ—â— if any such danger appears which yâ—â— may perceive by the singing of the 〈◊〉 through the porous parts of the Cork thâ—â— it will be requisite to open them to let 〈◊〉 the fermented Air that threatens to bâ—â— them In Winter cover the Casks or Bâ—â—tles warm for fear of Freezing or Chillinâ— but in Summer place them as cool as yâ—â— can lest the heat make it ferment so tâ—â— it taint become mousty grow thick 〈◊〉 ropey and that it may the better feed aâ—â— â—â—ep its body put little lumps of Loaf-suâ—â—r into it â—ummer Cyder for present spending to make it TAke Codlins or other juicy Summer Apples not too sweet or if they be â—â—ay them with those that are sowrer not â—â—thering them too ripe but when they beâ—n to turn and lay them to sweat in Hay 〈◊〉 Straw for 2 or 3 days then quarter them â—â—d take out the Coars and Kernels then â—â—uise and press them as the former boil â—â—me sliced Codlins and sliced Quinces in â—â—â—ir Water with a few tops of Rosemary and â—â—ades of Mace and mash this Water with â—â—e pressings of the Apples press it out as beâ—â—re and mix a fourth part with the Cyder â—â—t it up and add 2 Quarts of white or Reâ—ish Wine to every 12 Gallons purge it as â—â—e forme draw it off when settled and â—eep it cool for present spending for it will â—or keep longer than September To procure very Rich Cyder without distilling TAke a Hogshead or lesser Cask of Cyder when the frost is very violent in the Vinter expose it abroad so that it may freeze 〈◊〉 the outward parts and then the main â—â—rength and heart of it will retire to the â—â—iddle which will in an Hogshead be aâ—out 12 or 14 Gallons when the weaker part is over-powered by the cold and thâ— drawn off and Bottled will prove as Coâ—dial as Sack This way is frequently used in New-Enâ—land and other places where Cyder is pleâ—ty and at a cheap rate and that which 〈◊〉 frozen may be by heat of Fire or the Sâ—â— in Summer Season reduced to a tolerabâ—â— good Vinegar proper particularly for Picâ—ling of Fruits Flowers Herbs Roots c. Perry to make it TAke Red Catherins Orange-Pears anâ— some Winter Pears mixed togetheâ— none over-ripe cut them in Quarters aâ—â— take out the Coars then put them to soaâ— in warm Water sweetened with a little fiâ—â— Sugar 12 hours then take them out aâ—â— press them when bruized as the Appleâ— boil the water they were soaked in to thâ— Consumption of a third part and put it 〈◊〉 the pressings add of this squeezed out to thâ— proper Juice of the Pears work it as thâ— Cyder and put in a few lumps of Loaf Sâ—gar for it to feed on and being well fineâ— and drawn off it will drink brisk and eâ—ceeding pleasant If it grows thick or 〈◊〉 over-sweet put to it a Quart of Rhenisâ— wine whereing two Ounces of Cristal 〈◊〉 Tartar has been dissolved and the Perry wâ—â— â—gain ferment and fine it self coming to be â—f a curious brisk Taste and sparkling To make Matheglin the best way TAke clear spring-Spring-water seeth it over a gentle Fire scuming it till no more â—cum arises then add the Tops of Rosemary â—wet Marjoram Balm Sage and Sursafrax of each an handful to 4 Gallons of Water â—nd so proportionable to a greater or lesser quantity let them boil 3 or 4 hours and when it has so done set it to cool a night â—hen pour it off gently from the Setlings and strain it then add of the best Honey as much as will very well sweeten it take the whites of 20
Mass becomes like Dough then add the Nutmeg Cinnamon and Bonile and the longer you work it the finer it will be Observe carefully its Oiliness and be heedful that it burn not therefore observe never to suffer the Plate to be too hot moving the Mass from the Iron Plate often with a thin Iron Slice and last of all put in your Musk and Amber-grease and when it is well wrought make it up into Cakes or Rolls and keep it in dry places for Use A curious Drink made of Services TAke Services when they turn brown but before they grow soft lay them in Bunches on new Hay 3 or 4 days to sweat and mellow then take them from the Stalks after that let them lie 24 hours in fair Water then take them out and bruise them with your hands put them then into Small Beer 2 Quarts of them to a Gallon and let them infuse there 24 hours add a Pint of Sherry to each Gallon and give them a gentle Breathing over a moderate Fire then pout out and press forth the Liquor let it work and purge as Cyder and in all other things use it in the same manner Cock-Ale to make it the best way TAke a Cock of half a Year old kill him and truss him well and put into a Cask about 12 Gallons of Ale add 4 Pounds of Raisins of the Sun well pick'd ston'd washed and dried Dates sliced half a Pound Nutmegs and Mace 2 Ounces infuse the Dates and Spices in a Quart of Canary 24 hours then boil the Cock in a manner to a Jelly till a Gallon of Water is reduced to 2 Quarts then press the Body of him extreamly well and put the Liquor into the Cask where the Ale is with the Spices and Fruit adding a few Blades of Mace then put to it half a Pint of new Ale-yest and let it worlâ— well for a day and in 2 days you may broach it for Use or in hot Weather the second day And if it prove too strong you may add more plain Ale to palliate it This is excellent for Consumptive Persons who are wasting in any part of the Body and contributes much to the invigorating of Nature Covent-Garden-Purl or Purl Purging TAke of slic'd Beet-root an Ounce Coriander-seeds and Sena each 2 Ounces Horse-Raddish 2 or 3 little Slices the Flowers of Rosemary and Sage each an handful Roman-Wormwood a Pound and an half bruise these grosly together and put then into a Canvas Bag which put to a Kilder kin of Ale hanging it almost to the bottom and in 2 or 3 days it will be fit to drink This moderately purges by a gentle breathing Sweat and Urine and is very cleansing for the Body carrying off gross Humours It was first made as we hear of in Covent-Garden from wence it took its Name East-India Rack as it is made here TAke a Gallon of Brandy a Quart of tart Cyder not sowr Lime-Juice half a Pint a Quart of Water Beaten Cinnamon Nutmeg and Ginger of each a quarter of an Ounce White Sugar-Candy finely beaten 2 Pounds mix these well together and put a Toast dip'd in Honey into it Rum to make it THis is made in the Sugar-Islands c. in this manner They steep the Grindings and Refuse of the Sugar-Canes in fair Water 2 or 3 days then drawing off the Water they boil it and keep scuming of it till no more will arise then they put it up in a Cask to ferment and work 9 or 10 days in which time it gains a strong Body then they draw it off from the Settlings into other Casks and put to it Jamaica-Pepper and a few Sweet Herbs hung in a Bag in the Cask which gives it a curious Flavour In England it may be made after the same manner with the Washings of Sugar-Hogsheads or Chests and Sugar-Bakers or Sugar-Refiners Refuse or such Foot or Dross-Sugar as is fit for no other Use but that and Distilling adding Sweet Herbs and Spices as Ginger Cloves Cinnamon Mace and Nutmegs and you may have a pleasant Liquor at a cheap rate You may put into it Balm Mint and Hysop according to the quantity you make and being bottl'd it will prove a curious refreshing Drink both in Summer and Winter You may add a little Molassus to make it a stronger Body To make Variety of dâ—fferent Ales and other Liquors IF you are desirous to have Variety of different Ales c. on a sudden it may be easily done in the following manner Make a Syrup of the Root Spice or Herb you intend or of many to keep by you on Occasion and having a good clear strong body'd Ale bottle it up within 3 Inches of the Cork put in 2 spoonfuls of the Syrup and 2 or 3 Drops of the Essence or Chymical Spirit of the Herb Root Flower Spice c. either Scurvy-grass Mint Balm Cyprus Nutmeg Cinnamon Orange Limon Citron Clove or the like shake it a little and let them incorporate and when you pour it out the Ale will have the true Relish and Scent of what you put in whether of what I have named or of Goosberries Rasberries Currants Cherries Strawberries Mulberries or the like though with some Variation of its proper natural Colour And so at all Times with one good Tub of Ale in your House and the other Materials you may make 40 several Changes to pleasure your self and make your Friends wonder how you came by such Variety of Liquors A curious moderate Purging Ale to make it TO make this so much esteem'd Ale of new Invention Take a Peck of the Leaves and Flowers of Scurvy-grass Water-Cresses half a Peck Brook-Lime a quarter of a Peck English Rubarb 6 Ounces Horse-Raddish 4 Ounces Carraway and Anniseeds of each an Ounce Sena and Fennel each an Ounce Polipody of the Oak 4 Ounces Figs and Raisins stoned of each 8 Ounces put these into 12 Gallons of new Ale having first grosly bruised them and put them into a fine Canvas Bag let them stand 3 days then draw it off and bottle it up for Use or keep it in an Earthen Stean or Jar close cover'd It Virtues This wonderfully helps in the Scurvy restores a lost Appetite provokes Urine carries away the slimy Matter out of the Bowels purifies the Blood cleanses the Reins of Gravel and Sand and is good in Fits of the Stone A Pint-Glass is a sufficient Dose to be drunk fasting For note if you make these Physical Ales or Wines your common Drink they will do you by far more prejudice than good but if taken in due proportion in sutable Seasons they will be a far better Friend to you than the Doctors with all their Pills Bolasses Powders and other Potions and not put you to the 20th part of the Charge and they may serve to quench Thirst and administer cool Moisture to the Body as well as any formal Morning's Draught which Custom has made necessary to most Men so that there again the Expence will
a Pickle with Salt and Water and boil it up to a strength till it will bear an Egg Scum it well and put a good handful or two of Barberries into it and let them boil till they burst or may be reduced to pulp then strain the Liquor and put it to your cold Barberries pretty warm and cover them with Hysop This way Pickle green Grapes Plumbs Goosberries Apples Quinces Cornels and unripe Currants To Pickle Mushroms CLean them in warm Water from the Dust they have contracted then boil them a little a walm or two that they become tender put them into strong White-wine-Vinegar with some bits of Cinnamon Mace Nutmeg whole Pepper and Bay-Berries keep them as close as may be from the Air. To Pickle Artichoaks PArboil Artichoaks that have full bottoms and take off the Leaves and cheak with the strings drain them and dry them with a Cloath make a Pickle with fair Water and Salt well boiled and scumed so that it will bear an Egg then place the Artichoak bottoms in an Earthen Vessel between Laying of Laurel or Bay-Leaves with a few of their own Leaves about them pour in the Pickle hot and pour melted butter on the top which spreding will when cool keep out the Air and prevent their musting tie over the Vessel with a Leather or Paper and set them in a cool place and when you would use them soak them in fresh warm Water which taking out the Saltness will render them at any time fit to be used in Pies or to boil and serve up at the Table as a rare dish when others are not to be had To Pickle Broom Buds TAke strong Vinegar and Water an equal quantity put a Seasoning of Salt into it then boil and Scum it well so put in the Buds clean picked from the Stalks let them boil a little tender and so put them to cool add a little Jamaica Pepper and cover them them close for your use Thus you may pickle Turnips by cutting them in Square bits about the length of your little Finger but then you must boil them somewhat longer than the Buds but not soft To pickle Purslain and Asparagus TAke the tender parts of these sprinkle them with Salt and Cloves grosly beaten together and lay them regular in a glazed Earthen Vessel boil Vinegar and Salt and put it to them very hot and then stop them up close thus you may pickle the hard inward Hart of Cabages or Cabage-Lettice to serve for Salating among other Herbs at any Season of the Year as also the white Stalks of Endine and Succory To pickle green Pease or Beans TAke Water and Vinegar boil them well viz. the Liquor and just scald the Pease or Beans and put them up in a close Earthen Vessel and when you have a mind to boil them steep them a night iâ— fresh Water and when they are boiled they will eat almost as if they were new gathered which has been proved to the admiration of many who have wondered where such delicates could be had in the dead of Winter To Pickle Samphire MAke a strong Pickle of Water and Salt well boiled and well scald the Samphire but not to any considerable softness pack it close in a Cask and head it up Thus you may pickle Ashkeys or Bramble-buds Plantain-Roots and the like To Pickle Clove-Gille-flowers Cowslips Violets Prim-Roses and such other pleasant Flowers IN fuse them in fair Water over a gentle fire and then press out the Liquid part into the Water which with some Sugar you may boil up to a Syrup as shall be hereafter shown Put the pressed Leaves of the Flowers in strong White-wine Vinegar and to each Gallon add a Pound of fine Sugar keep them as close as may be by tying Leather over the Gallipots to keep out the Air and they will be Excellent Sawces on all occasions To Pickle Oysters TAke what quantity you will of pretty large Oysters Liquor and all wash them clean from the Grit and put to every 3 Pints of fair Water half a Pint of White-wine-Vinegar half an Ounce of grosly bruised Pepper an handful of Salt and a quarter of an Ounce of Mace boil these over a gentle Fire till a fourth part be consum'd taking off the Scum just scald the Oisters and put their own Liquor into the Pickle and then put them up into little Barrels or Pots and stop them very close and they will keep in cool places the Year round To pickle Salmon WHen you have cut your Fish into fit pieces cleanse it from the Blood by wiping and pressing it in a dry Cloth then lay it in a Kettle of Water that is boiling on a Tin Fish-Plate so that it may be taken up without breaking and being boil'd pretty well make a Pickle thus Take 3 Quarts of Rape-Vinegar and 2 Quarts of Water boil it up with a little Fennel and Salt till it will taste strong scum it and cool it then lay the Fish in a convenient Vessel and pour the Pickle to it pretty warm Thus you may do Sturgeon bating the Fennel and putting in a little more Salt Also any other boil'd Fish proper to pickle souce c. for keeping To salt Neats-Tongues CLeanse the Roots well from the Moisture and wash them well in warm Water to open the porous Parts that the Salt may the better penetrate dry them well again and make a Pickle of Spanish Salt and Water or Bay-Salt well boil'd in it let them lie cover'd in this a Week then take them out and rub them over with Salt-Peter Salt very well which will penetrate and colour them reâ— pressing them down hard with a Board and a Weight that being put into the Kiln to dry they may keep their due proportion They are usually dried with Saw-dust burnt which together with the Salt gives them their dusky red Colour which appears on the out-side of them before they are boil'd To make English Hams like those of Westphalia in Shape and Taste TAke the Legs of young well-grown Porkers and cut with them part of the Flesh of the Hind-Line on either side more than is commonly usual then lay them in Cloths to press out the remaining Blood and Moisture as much as may be laying Planks on them and on them great Weights which will bring them into Form Some have Boxes purposely shap'd for them with Screws or Weights to press down the Lid. When they are thus order'd salt them well with Bay-Salt finely beaten and lay them in Troughs or a Wicker Pannier one uâ—on another close pressed down and cover'd with Sweet Herbs as Hysopo Winter-Savoury Thyme Peny-royal c. which will infuse into them a pleasant Flavour let them continue thus a Fortnight then rub off the common Salt and rub them well over with Petre-Salt and let them lie 3 or 4 days till it soaks in it being of a wonderful penetrating Nature then take them out and hang them in a very close Smoak-Loft and make
reâ—â—ned or are to do it your self chuse that which 〈◊〉 the best and most weighty quantity for quantity with others and try it in Liquors or any othâ—â— thing weight for weight which sweetens mosâ— and so you will not be deceived in the Quantities 〈◊〉 shall have Occasion to set down in this Treatise foâ— the several Uses I shall attribute it to To make Macaroons TO do this well take of Sweet Almonds onâ— Pound blanch them in warm Water anâ— shake them in a Sieve that the Husks may looseâ— and come off then beat them sine in a Stone-Moâ—tar give them a sprinkling of Rose-water and adâ—â— to them a Pound of sine Sugar well fierced mâ—â— these well with beating and sprinkle a very littâ— fine Flower to make them incorporate the betteâ— add the Whites of two or three Eggs and whâ—â— they are so thin that they will drop out of a Spooâ— like Fritters place Wafers on an Iron-Wire Graâ—â— made for that purpose and drop them regularly 〈◊〉 then put them into an Oven moderately heated anâ— they will spread and rise when you see them juâ—â— begin to change Colour take them out and pâ—â— them up in Papered Boxes very dry for Use To make Genoua-Bisket TAke four Ounces of Sugar and put to it a Pound of Flower sprinkle among them a convenient sprinkling of Coriander and Anniseeds beat in the Yolks of four or five Eggs add as much warm Water as will make it into a Paste make it up Bisket-fashion and bake it in a moderately heated Oven but not brown then cut it into five or six pieces or slices which bake again till they be somewhat brown and they will keep good a long time To make Naples-Bisket TO do this well mix an equal quantity of fine Flower and Sugar and all things else as in the former put the Batter in Tin Coffins and glaze the Tops with a Feather dip'd in Rose-water and Sugar To make the Queen's Bisket TAke a Pound of fine Sugar put to it three quarters of a Pound of fine Flower the Whites of twelve Eggs and the Yolks of nine bruise and sift Coriander and Carraway-seeds an Ounce beat and and mix them very well together till they come to a soft Paste then add a little Leaven and being well mixed put it into Tin Coffins about two Inches over and 4 in length and bake them moderately To make Pastes of Fruit. TAke what quantity of any pleasant Fruit you will take out the Stones or Kernels pare them and boil them in fair Water to a Pulp strain the Pulp through a coarse Linen Cloth and to ten Pounds of â—t put six Pounds of Sugar then boil them up together and when they are well incorporated drop them on Tin Plates and spread them a little sprinkling them under and over with a little dry Sugar then turn them and let them dry after that â—eep them in very warm places as over an Oven or in a Stove often turning and sprinkling them with Sugar till they are very dry then put them into dry Boxes well paper'd and keep them for Use You may thus make Preserves of Bugloss Borrage Roses and other Flowers and Herbs into Paste To make Jelly of Quinces BOil up Quinces in thin slices till a third part of the Liquor they are boiled in be consumed then strain out the liquid part with some of the Pulp and to each four Pounds add a Pound of Sugar and being cool it will become a curious Jelly To make Geneva-Paste PAre ripe Quinces and scrape them small do the like by Sweet-Apples an equal quantity put Rose-water to them and strain them well through a Sieve then dry it in proper Cakes on a wooden Slice over the Fire then add as much Sugar as there is Paste and boil it to a convenient thickness To make Marchpanes look like Rashers of Bacon TAke Marchpane-paste work it with Red Saunders till it is coloured it then roll a broad Leaf of red and a broad Leaf of white Paste till there be three of the White and four of the Red one on another in a mingled sort every Red between when this is done cut it over-thwart and it will look like Rashers of Bacon and not discernable otherwise without handling or tasting To make Marmalade of Grapes TAke your Grapes Red or White when they arâ— pretty ripe gather them in a dry day and dry them afterwards in the Sun and being clean pickeâ— from the Stalks boil them in fair Water take thâ—â— Scum clean off as it rises till the Water is consumeâ— to a third part then let it simmer over a gentle Fire and when you find it is thicken'd strain it throug a Sieve and boiling it once more add a small matter of Sugar and put it up in Boxes for Use strewing it over with Sugar and keeping it very dry To make Marmalade of Red Currans TAke Red Currans when ripe pick them clean and squeeze the Juice well out add a small matter of the Juice of Rasberries and boil them up over a gentle Fire putting in three or four handfuls of whole Currans and when they begin to break put in a third proportion of Sugar and boil it to a Candy heighth then sprinkle it with Rose-water and when you perceive it the thickness of Marmalade being well scum'd strain it through a coarse Cloth into a glazed Earthen Pot and keep it dry This is excellent cooling in Fevers and other hot Diseases To make Marmalade of Damosins TAke about two Quarts of ripe Damosins the largest you can get put them in the Sun to dry or evaporate a little of their superfluous Moisture peel off the Skins of three Pints of them put them into an Earthen Vessel and those not skin'd undermost then stop the Vessel very close and put it into a Kettle of boiling Water but so that no Water can come at the Fruit and when by this Means they are grown through the Steam and Heat very tender take them out and skin and stone those that were not so ordered before then make them into Pulp and boil them with their weight in Sugar over a gentle Fire with a little Rose-water till they become a Marmalade And thus you may make Marmalade of Gooseberries Cherries Plumbs Apricots Nectarines or any other delicious Fruit. To make White Marmalade of Quinces TAke Quinces sliced thin to the weight of six Pounds when pared and coared and boil them to a Pulp in fair Water to the Pulp put 2 Pounds of Clarified Sugar moisten'd with Rose-water boil them gently together till the Liquor be swelled out of the Quinces and the Sugar well dissolved which you may try by laying a little on a Plate to cool then put it up for your Use Thus you may make Red Marmalade Marmalade of Pippins Pomwaters or other Apples and of Orange-peels scraped and boiled in 2 or 3 Waters to take out the strongness of their Taste before they come to be boiled up to a
Fire bast it with it hot and in a few turnings the force of the Fire will cause it to penetrate and when you perceive it has well done so by a dry salt Scurf that will arise then you may baste it with your ordinary Basting and roast it to a Readiness To Powder a Goose in Roasting THis may be done the former way but however there is a better viz. Take an handful of Sage or Parsley bruise it very small then mould it with Butter and a good quantity of Salt with a little grated Bread to bind it roll it up put it into the Belly of the Goose and tye the Neck and Vent close to the Spit and as the Fire heats through it by degrees the Butter and Gravy will carry the Salt into all parts of the Flesh so that it will be as well season'd as if it had been powder'd a Week or more To make any Fowl very tender ABout an hour before you design to kill them pour down the Throat of each a spoonful of Vinegar and let them run about the Room or Yard and when they are kill'd hang them up in their Feathers by the Heels in a smoaky Chimney then pull and dress them and they will be very tender If present Occasion require them when you have pull'd and drawn them heat a good Pebble-stone wrap it up in a fine Rag and so put it into the Belly of the Fowl closing the Vent to keep in the Steem and in half an hour they will be much tenderer than otherwise they would be Of Jellies and how to make them JEllies are very strengthening and nourishing as carrying the whole strength of the thing they are made of in them and many of them may be made with little Cost Their proper Meats to be made on are these viz. 1. Three pair of Calves Feet 2. A well-flesh'd Capon not very fat and a Knuckle of Veal 3. A pair of Calves Feet half a Pound of Izon-glass and a well-flesh'd Capon 4. A Knuckle of Veal and an old Cock 5. A Pullet and a quarter of a Pound of Hart's-horn 6. A Capon only 7. A Cock or Capon with Izon-glass 8. Jelly of Hogs Feet 9. Sheeps Feet Lambs Feet or Calves Feet Now to make these into proper Jellies I shall give you one Example for all as to what relates to Flesh-Jellies viz. Take Calves Feet well scalded pare the bottoms and take out the long Shank-bones lay them to soâ—â— in Water 4 or 5 hours boil about a dozen of them iâ— 2 Gallons of Spring-water perpetually as they boâ—â— up taking off the Scum till about the fourth part 〈◊〉 the Water be consum'd then strain it through a Jâ—â—ly-bag or a thick Linen Cloth and let it cool thâ— take the clearer part from the Setlings pare off tâ—â— top and melt it then put it into an Earthen Vessâ—â— adding White-wine Ginger Mace Cinnamon aâ—â— the Whites of Eggs little or more proportionalâ— to the Jelly you make then add some Juice of â—â—â—mons and Sugar to season it boil it leisurely and strain it again then eat it alone or serve it up with Meats or any other things that require Jellies of this kind And so by boiling the other Meats to mash according to these Rules you may make curious strengthening Jellies of them To make Jellies of several sorts of Fruits THE Fruits proper for these are 1. Currants 2. Quinces 3. Apples 4. Pears 5. Plumbs 6. Rasberries Strawberries and the like And to make these I shall for Brevity sake give you one general Example viz. Jelly of Apples To do this pare the softer sort of pleasant tasted Apples and slice them very thin taking out the Coars and Seeds boil a Pound of them in a Quart of Water till a fourth part be consum'd then strain it well and to every Pint and half put 3 quarters of a Pound of Sugar with a little Mace or Cinnamon and boil it up to a thickness adding a quarter of a Pound of Izon-glass strain it again and put it up for Use This and all other Jellies of Fruits are cooling and wholsom taken successfully in hot Diseases and very refreshing at all times And by this Rule you may make Jelly of any Fruit. You may mix if you please Wine Cream or Milk with them if your Palate is desirous of it and scent them with Rose Orange Citron or any pleasant scented Waters To make Jelly-Broth TAke any of the Meats mention'd for Meat-Jellies put a Quart of White-wine to two Quarts of Water and a Pound and an half of Sugar 6 Eggs two Nutmegs thinly sliced two Races of Ginger a quarter of an Ounce of Mace and a little Cinnamon grosly bruised boil it up as the Calves-feet Jelly strain it and scent it with a little Amber-grease or Musk season it with Limon or Orange-Juice and it will be excellent To make Oyster-Jelly THis may be properly called a Jelly of divers sorts of Fish and may serve in general for Fish-Jelly To make it Take 10 pretty large Flounders two small Pikes or Plaice and 4 Ounces of Izon-glass very well cleansed boil them in a large Earthen Pipkin with 2 Quarts of spring-Spring-water and as much White-wine adding Slices of Ginger and Blades of Mace and so boil them up to a Jelly strain it through a Jelly-bag into a pretty deep Dish and when cold pare off the Top and Bottom and put it into a Pipkin with 3 or 4 spoonfuls of the Juice of Limons season it with fine Sugar beaten with the Whites of Eggs then stew a Quart of large Oisters in a Pint of White-wine and their own Liquor add some Spices as Mace Ginger and Cinnamon with Pome-granate-kernels put these when well jelly'd to the former heat them and run them through a Bag and keep it as an excellent Jelly 3 or 4 spoonfuls being sufficient Nourishment for a day on urgent Occasion And all the Jellies are excellent Nourishments for sick Persons or weak Stomachs that cannot well digest Meats Sundry kinds of Sawces and Garnish FOR Chickens roasted take the Gravy and the Juice of Oranges and a little Cinnamon or Pepper very finely beaten or sifted lay some Slices of Manchet curiously carv'd round the Dish lay the Chickens in the Sauce and garnish with Limons thinly sliced Parsley and Barberries For a Duck or Mallard Take the Gravy of the Fowl and Oister-liquor boil in it a whole Onion a few Slices of Nutmeg and an Anchovy and if they be lean farce and lard them Garnish with Green and Red Cabbage or Beets For Green-Geese Stamp Sorrel White-bread and some Slices of Pippins or such hard Apples put a little Vinegar and Sugar to them then press out the liquid part and serve it up in Sawcers Garnish with Parsley Marigold-flowers and some Slices of Oranges or Limons Or for Sawce take the Juice of Sorrel scalded Goosberries and Sugar serv'd on Sippets with Sugar and Butter For an Hare roasted After you have par-boil'd truss'd and larded
Quarts of New Milk stirring it and add Sugar to sweeten it as you please and a little Saffron strain'd into a quarter of a Pint of White-wine viz. the Wine wherein it has been soak'd and with this beat up a dozen Yolks of Eggs and bake it To make excellent Black-Puddings TAke Oat-meal a little ground grate to every Quart of it an half-peny stale White Loaf soak these in Milk a night then in the Hog's Blood warm 12 hours then mince your Fat or Lard small mingle and stir them to a proper thickness then mince Peny-royal Winter-Savoury and such other proper sweet Herbs as the Season will afford and stir them together season them with a sprinkling of Salt and fill the Guts with them tying them at what convenient Lengths you please and when you have boild them hang them up in a dry Loft near the Chimney to keep them from Moistness or Mouldying White-Puddings the best way to make them GRate fine Manchet sprinkle a little Flower on it and beat a small quantity of Mace and Nutmeg steep these in as much Milk as they will thicken like Pap then to every Quart of this put a quarter of a Pound of Currans and two Ounces of Sugar mix them well together and put them into sine thin Guts well clean'd and rinsed in warm Water tye them up as the former and keep them in dry Boxes when boil'd To make English Sausages TAke the Lean of a Fillet of young Pork chop and bruise it small then to every Pound put a quarter of a Pound of Fat well skin'd season it with Pepper Salt and a little Nutmeg add some small matter of Peny-royal well shreaded and beaten mix them all well together put the Mass into Guts season'd with Water and Salt and when fill'd and tied hang them up in a Chimney or Smoak-Loft to dry CHAP. XIV Rare Experiments in making Pomatums Essences Perfumes Sweet-Bags Powders Whitening Teeth making Hair grow beautifying Brass or Silver Taking out Spots and Stains Renewing faded Paintings or Hangings Killing Vermin A good Pomatum for Beautifying TAke the Fat of a Bacon-Hog unsalted stick it full of Oats roast it by a slow Fire that it may drip away put to the Dripping some Oil of Sweet-Almonds and 2 or 3 drops of the Chymical Oil of Cinnamon mix them well together and put them up for Use To make Essence of Cinnamon TAke Oil of Nutmegs and set it in the Summer-Sun till it has lost much of its Scent then put in half an Ounce of the Oil of Cinnamon and when they are well incorporated the whole Scent of the Cinnamon will remain in the Mass To make a Perfume to burn THis is proper for taking bad Scents out of Rooms and purge gross Air. To make them Take of Benjamin 4 Ounces Storax 2 Cloves 12 Laudanum and Calamus Aromaticus each a Dram and a little dried Citron peel bruise them together mixed with rose-Rose-water incorporate them into a Mass and make them into Cassolets or little Pastils which being lighted at a Fire or Candle they will diffuse a curious Scent into all parts of the Rooms which will destroy Spiders and other venomous Things To make Pastils to perfume Cakes Take of â—ignum-Aloes a Dram Storax half an Ounce Benjamin 2 Ounces Coals of Sallow or Willow-wood as you please reduce them to a sine Powder add to them 20 Grains of Civet and as much fine Sugar as is convenient then put them into an Earthen Vessel with as much rose-Rose-water as will cover them boil them a little till the Pastils be digested ever stirring them with a Stick in boiling to prevent their being burnt to and when they are enough make them into the form of Pastils and use them as you see Occasion To make Grounds for Hair-Powder THose Grounds are proper enough to be either Rice-Grounds or Starch-Grounds finely pulverized and sifted through Sieves of different bignesses and growing lesser to a vast fineness dried in a warm place and fitted to receive the several Scents To scent Powders IF you would do it with Flowers place a Laying of Powder and a Laying of Flowers whether Roses Jessamin Violet Orange or the like till a close Box is full then shut it and let them infuse and the Powder will attract the whole Scent of the Flower to it And if it be not strong enough you must shift the Flowers till it is As for Civet or Musk-powder infuse Cotton-wool in those Scents till it has exceeding well taken it then lay a Laying of Wool and a Laying of Powder and shut it close in a Box and it will scent the Powder And by these Directions any other Scents may be infused To make and perfume Wash-Balls TAke a Pound of Cake-Soap moisten it with Rose or Orange-water beat it till it is in the nature of Pap put half an Ounce of Orris to it and as much Calamus in Powder so make it up into Balls and dry them in the Air or Sun To perfume them Take what quantity of Musk you please and dissolve it in any sweet-scented Water bruise your Wash-balls with it in a Mortar and make them up a-new and they will scent throughouâ— of it And so you may do of other Scents as Amber-grease Orange Jessamin c. To make Sweet-Bags for Clothes TAke a Pound and an half of Florence-Orris Rose-wood 6 Ounces Calamus Aromaticus half a Pound Benjamin 5 Ounces Yellow Saunders 4 Ounces Cloves half an Ounce Cinnamon an Ounce bruise these grosly together put them into a fine thin Bag and lay them among your Clothes for a curious Scent It will also keep away Moths Worms c. Violet-Powder for Cassinets and Sweets to put among Linen TAke of Florence-Orris a Pound Rose-wood a Pound and an half Yellow Saunders and Storax each an Ounce Benjamin 2 Ounces Cyprus Galingale and Galamus Aromaticus each an Ounce and an half Coriander-feeds Nutmegs Cinnamon and Cloves each a quarter of an Ounce Citron-peel and Orange-flowers dried each 2 Drams bruise these in a Mortar and sift them through a fine Sieve then put them in Bags or sprinkle them among the Clothes and they will keep all offensive Infects from them and give them a curious Scent To whiten Teeth Wash your Mouth well with Plantain-water then rub your Teeth very well with fine Powder of Pumice-stone and if sound they will be very white To make Hair grow TAke the tender tops of Hemp just appearing above Ground steep them 24 hours in Water and mix the Water with Fern-ashes then wash the place with the Water warm'd and it will produce Hair very speedily if the place be natural to it and it be not lost by extream Old Age. To take Spots of Oil or Grease out of Sattin Silks Stuffs or Woollen BUrn the Bones of Sheeps Trotters reduce them to a fine Powder lay it on fine Paper on both sides of the Spots and place upon the upper part a Spoon in which is a lighted Coal
that may heat pretty well through and the Heat will cause the Powder to suck out the Grease then rub it over with a piece of fine White Bread to cleanse it If it does it not sufficiently at once repeat it twice or thrice and it will not fail your Expectation To take out Pitch Rosin Bees-Wax or Tar. PUT a little Oil of Turpentine on the place and dab it on often with a Feather as it dries away and it will so consume the unctious part of them that by gently rubbing it will crumble away like Dirt. To take Iron-Moulds from Linen HAving well wash'd your Linen put boiling Water into a Peuter-Pot and put the Linen to it then take it out and anoint the place with Juice of Sorrel and let it dry then wash it out in a good Lather with Castle or Cake-Soap To take out Spots of Ink or Stains of Fruit. PUT the Juice of Limon and Onion on the Spot or Stain and let it dry then wash it out with a good Lather of Cake-Soap Or you may first steep the Linen in Chamber-Ley or wash the Stain with Soap dissolv'd in Vinegar To take Spots of Oil or Grease out of White or Red Silk without altering the Colour WET the Spot with Spirit of Wine then dawb it over with the White of a New-laid Egg and dry it in the Sun then wash it with clean Water and press it well To make Brass Utensils look of a Golden Colour TAke a Pint of strong Ley mix with it an Ounce of burnt Roche-Allom boil them well together then rub the Utensil with it and when it is dry rub it over with Tripoli and it will not only take away all Spots and Stains but make it look like Gold To cleanse Silver and give it a curious Lustre BOil it well in Ley then take it out and smeer it over with Whiting and let it dry then with a warm dry Woollen Cloth rub it over with Powder of burnt Allom. To set a Gloss on faded Paintings TAke of Tartar and Gloss-wort each an Ounce boil them in a Pint of Water till half be consum'd then strain it and having with a Spunge and warm Water cleansed the Painting from Dust do it over with the strain'd Liquor and it will set a curious fresh Gloss upon it and make it look as if new To refresh faded Hangings SCower them well with a strain'd Water wherein Cake-Soap and Fulling-Earth have been soak'd rinse them afterwards in fair Water wherein Allom has been dissolv'd then if it be Tapestry run them over with the Juice of Quinces and Limons And where the Colours of Tapestry are faded by Age you may revive them by artificially painting them To whiten Linen Cloth WET it well and lay it on the Grass in a Sun-shiny day cast Water on it wherein Allom has been dissolv'd and a little Chalk use it thus 5 or 6 days then wash and Buck it well and it will become far whiter and thicker than it was before To destroy Mice Rats Weasles c. TAke Arsnick and rude Mercury mix them with Cheese Bread or fat Bacon and as many as taste of it will die Or Boil Wild Cucumbers with the like quantity of Coliquintida till the Water is almost consum'd then make a Paste with it and Oat-flower and lay in Bits about their Haunts and it will destroy such as eat of it To prevent Weasles sucking Eggs. PLace Rue about the Nests of your Hens Ducks or Geese and they will not come near the Eggs. To destroy Bugs MIX Oil of Turpentine with Soap-Lees anoint the Bed-posts and Crevises of the Walls with at shut the Room up close and burn Brimstone and Storax and they will die away To destroy Fleas and Lice FOR the former sprinkle the Room with Water wherein the Roots of Wild Cucumbers and Wormwood have been boil'd and lay between the Mat and the Bed the Herb Arse-smart or Hound's-tongue which grows in most Ditches in Summer For the latter Take Hog's Lard Quick-silver and the Juice of Sage beat them into an Ointment and anoint your Head and Body with it and the Scent will kill them either in your Hair Linen Bed or Woollen Clothes To destroy Flies BRuise the Herb Helebore and steep it in New Milk mix'd with Orpiment and sprinkle the Rooms or places where Flies swarm and they will either presently avoid it or die To destroy Moths THese usually infest Clothes and Hangings and therefore prove very mischievous If among Clothes To destroy them make a Pow-of Sarsafrax-wood the Flowers of Lavender and the dried Leaves of Rue lay these in small Sprinklings amongst your Woollen Silks or Linen and scent your Drawers or Trunks well with them and no Moths will live in the Scent of them But if they eat your Hangings or other things which you cannot order with this Powder then burn Storax and Sulphure in the Room the Doors and Windows being close shut and the Scent will utterly destroy them and the Scent remaining in the Hangings will keep others from coming to them for 6 Months or as long as the Scent remains in them and then to prevent future Danger you may renew it To destroy Ticks THis sort of Vermin is very offensive especially in old Houses where the Timber is decay'd or rotten and they are great Destroyers of Timber-Buildings by rotting and wasting the Timber in eating it To destroy these observe their Haunts and wash or sprinkle the places with Urine wherein Tobacco◠and Rue have been boil'd and it will kill those that are already and prevent the breeding of others To destroy Spiders AFter you have destroy'd their Webs sprinkle the Rooms with Water wherein Plantain has been boil'd and smoak them with Benjamin and Frankinsence and none of them will ever after appear there especially till the Scent of these things are utterly extinguish'd To destroy Worms THose in Walks or Gardens may be destroy'd by strewing of Lime foul Salt or Pot-Ashes and lay 〈◊〉 Laying of Gravel on it But such as are in Bedsteads or Timber in Houses are destroy'd by washing the places with strong Vinegar and scenting them with Storax and Brimstone The latter will do in a Library to prevent their eating and spoiling Books To drive away Snakes Adders Efts Emmets c. BUrn Wall-wort Rue and Bay-leaves scatter the Ashes and some fresh Leaves in their Haunts and they will either immediately depart or die in their Holes or places of resort Thus Reader have I given you many rare Experiments and in every thing fulfilled my Promise a so that it cannot but be worthy of Acceptance and will no doubt redound to your Profit and Pleasure Wherefore recommending it to you I leave you to put it in practise FINIS