take one Pound and half of sugar to every Pound of Walnuts and to every pound of Sugar one Pint of Rosewater make a Syrup of it and scum it then put in your Walnuts and boil them very leasurely till they are enough then put in a little Musk or Ambergreece with a little Rosewater and boil them a little more and put them up it is a very good Cordial and will keep seven years or more CXXX To dry old Pippins Pare them and bore a hole through them with a little Knife or Piercer and cut some of them in halves take out the Cores of them as you cut them then put them into a syrup of sugar water as much as will cover them in a broad preserving Pan let them boil so fast as may be taking them sometimes from the fire scuming them clean when you perceive your Apples clear and Syrup thick then take them up and set them into a warm Oven from the Syrup all night the next morning turn them and put them in again so do till they are dry if you please to glister some of them put them into your Candy-Pot but one night and lay them to dry the next day and they will look like Christal CXXXI To preserve Bullace as green as Grass Take them fresh gathered and prick them in several places scald them as you do your green Peaches then take their weight in fine sugar and make a Syrup with a little water then put in your Bullace and boil them till they be very clear and the Syrup very thick CXXXII To preserve Medlars Take them at their full growth pare them as thin as you can prick them with your Knife and parboil them reasonable tender then dry them with a Cloth and put to them as much clarified sugar as will cover them let them boil leisurely turning them often till they have well taken the sugar then put them into an earthen Pot and let them stand till the next day then warm them again half an hour then take them up and lay them to drain then put into that Syrup half a Pint of water wherein Pippins have been boiled in slices and a quarter of a Pound of fresh sugar boil it and when it will jelly put it to the Medlars in Gallipots or Glasses CXXXIII To make Conserve of Violets Take a Pound clean cut from the whites stamp them well in a Mortar and put to them two or three Ounces of white Sugar-Candy then take it out and lay it upon a sleeked Paper then take their weight in fine sugar and boil it to a Candy height with a little water then put in your Violets and a little Iuice of Limon and then let them have but one walm or two over the fire stirring it well then take it off and when it is between hot and cold put it up and keep it CXXXIV To cast all kinds of shapes what you please and to colour them Take half a pound of refined Sugar boil it to a Candy height with as much Rose-water as will melt it then take moulds made of Alablaster and lay them in water one hour before you put in the hot Sugar then when you have put in your Sugar turn the mould about in your hand till it be cool then take it out of the mould and colour it according to the nature of the Fruit you would have it resemble CXXXV To dry Pears without Sugar Pare them leave the stalks and pipps on them then bake them in an earthen pot with a little Claret Wine covered then drain them from the Syrup and dry them upon Sieves in a warm Oven turning them morning and evening every time you turn them hold them by the stalk and dip them in the Liquor wherein they were baked and flat them every time a little If you do them carefully they will look very red and clear and eat moist when they are dry put them up CXXXVI To make Rasberrie Wine Take Rasberries and bruise them with the back of a spoon and strain them and fill a bottle with the juyce stop it but not very close let it stand four or five daies then pour it from the Grounds into a Bason and put as much White-wine or Rhenish as your juyce will well colour then sweeten it with Loaf Sugar then bottle it and keep it and when you drink it you may perfume some of it with one of the Lozenges spoken of before CXXXVII To preserve Oranges in jelly Take the thickest rind Oranges chipped very thin lay them in water three or four daies shifting them twice every day then boil them in several waters till you may run a straw through them then let them lie in a Pan of water all night then dry them gently in a Cloth then take to every Pound of Oranges one Pound and half of sugar and a Pint of water make thereof a syrup then put in your Oranges and boil them a little then set them by till the next day and boil them again a little and so do for four or five days together then boil them till they are very clear then drain them in a sieve then take to every Pound of Oranges one quarter of a Pint of water wherein sliced Pippins have been boiled into your syrup and to every quarter of a Pint of that water add a quarter of a Pound of fresh sugar boil it till it will jelly then put your Oranges into a Pot or a Glass and put the Ielly over them you may if you please take all the Meat out of some of your Oranges at one end and fill it with preserved Pippin and if you put in a little Iuice of Orange and Limon into your Syrup when it is almost boiled it will be very fine tasted CXXXVII To make Christal Ielly Take a Knuckle of Veal and two Calves Feet lay them in water all night then boil them in Spring water till you perceive it to be a thick Ielly then take them out and let your Ielly stand till it be cold then take the clearest and put it into a Skillet and sweeten it with Rosewater and fine Sugar and a little whole Spice and boil them together a little and so eat it when it is cold CXXXVIII To make China-Broth Take three Ounces of China sliced thin and three Plnts of fair water half an ounce of Harts-horn let it steep together twelve hours then put in a Red Cock cut in pieces and bruised one Ounce of Raisins of the Sun stoned one ounce of Cnrrans one ounce of Dates stoned one Parsly root one Fennel-root the Pith being taken out a little Borage and Bugloss and a little Pimpernel two Ounces of Pearl Barly boil all these together till you think they be well boiled then strain it out CXXXIX To make Court perfumes Take three Ounces of Benjamin lay it all night in damask Rose buds clean cut from the white beat them very fine in a stone Mortar till it come to
then put in your Roots and boil them till you see they will Candy but you must first boil them with their weight in Sugar and some Water or else they will not be sweet enough when they are enough lay them into a Box and keep them dry thus you may do green Peascods when they are very young if you put them into boiling water and let them boil close covered till they are green and then boiled in a Syrup and then the Candy they will look very finely and are good to set forth Banquets but hath no pleasant taste CLIII To make Syrup of Violets Take Violets clipped clean from the Whites to every Ounce of Violets take two Ounces of Water so steep them upon Embers till the Water be as blew as a Violet and the Violets turned white then put in more Violets into the same Water and again the third time then take to every Quart of Water four Pounds of fine sugar and boil it to a Syrup and keep it for your use thus you may also make Syrup of Roses CLIV. To make Syrup for any Cough Take four Ounces of Licoras scraped and bruised Maidenhair one Ounce Aniseeds half an Ounce steep them in Spring water half a day then boil it half away the first quantity of water which you steep them in must be four Pints and when it is half boiled away then add to it one Pound of fine Sugar and boil it to a Syrup and take two spoonfuls at a time every night when you go to rest CLV A pretty Sweet-meat with Roses and Almonds Take half a Pound of Blanched Almonds beaten very fine with a little Rosewater two Ounces of the Leaves of Damask Roses beaten fine then take half a pound of Sugar and a little more wet it with water and boil it to a Candy height then put in your Almonds and Roses and a grain of Musk or Ambergreece and let them boil a little while together and then put it into Glasses and it will be a fine sort of Marmalade CLVI The best sort of Hartshorn Ielly to serve in a Banquet Take six Ounces of Hartshorn put it into two Quarts of Water and let it infuse upon Embers all night then boil it up quick and when you find by the Spoon you stir it with that it will stick to your mouth if you do touch it and that you find the Water to be much wasted strain it out and put in a little more than half a Pound of fine Sugar a little Rosewater a Blade of Mace and a Stick of Cinamon the Iuice of as many Limons as will give it a good taste with two Grains of Ambergreece set it over a slow fire and do not let it boil but when you find it to be very thick in your mouth then put it softly into Glasses and set it into a Stove and that will make it to jelly the better CLVII To make Orange or Limon Chips Take the parings of either of these cut thin and boil them in several waters till they be tender then let them lie in cold water a while then take their weight in Sugar or more and with as much water as will wet it boil it and scum it then drain your Chips from the cold water and put them into a Gally-pot and pour this Syrup boiling hot upon them so let them stand till the next day then heat the Syrup again and pour over them so do till you see they are very clear every day do so till the Syrup be very thick and then lay them out in a Stove to dry CLVIII To make Cakes of Almonds in thin slices Take four Ounces of Iordan Almonds blanch them in cold water and slice them thin the long way then mix them with little thin Pieces of Candied Orange and Citron Pill then take some fine Sugar boiled to a Candy height with some water put in your Almonds and let them boil till you perceive they will Candy then with a spoon take them out and lay them in little Lumps upon a Pie-plate or sleeked Paper and before they be quite cold strew Caroway Comfits on them and so keep them very dry CLIX. To make Chips of any Fruit. Take any preserved Fruit drain it from the syrup and cut it thin then boil Sugar to a Candy height and then put your Chips therein and shake them up and down till you see they will Candy and then lay them out or take raw Chips of Fruit boiled first in Syrup and then a Candy boiled and put over them hot and so every day till they begin to sparkle as they lie then take them out and dry them CLX To preserve sweet Limons Take the fairest and chip them thin and put them into cold water as you chip them then boil them in several waters till a straw may run through them then to every pound of Limon take a pound and half of fine Sugar and a Pint of water boil it together and scum it then let your Limons scald in it a little and set them by till the next day and every other day heat the syrup only put to them so do 9 times then at last boil them in the Syrup till they be clear then take them out put them into Pots and boil the Syrup a little more and put to them if you will have them in Ielly make your Syrup with Pippin water CLXI To make a Custard for a Consumption Take four Quarts of Red Cows Milk four Ounces of Conserve of Red Roses prepared Pearl prepared Coral and white Amber of each one Dram two Ounces of white Sugar Candy one grain of Ambergreece put these into an earthen pot with some leaf gold and the yolks and whites of twelve Eggs a little Mace and Cinamon and as much fine Sugar as will sweeten it well Paste the Pot over and bake it with brown Bread and eat of it every day so long as it will last CLXII To make Chaculato Take half a pint of Claret Wine boil it a little then scrape some Chaculato very fine and put into it and the Yolks of two Eggs stir them well together over a slow Fire till it be thick and sweeten it with Sugar according to your taste CLXIII To dry any sort of Plumbs Take to every pound of Plumbs three quarters of a pound of Sugar boil it to a Candy height with a little water then put in your Plumbs ready stoned and let them boil very gently over a slow fire if they be white ones they may boil a little faster then set them by till the next day then boil them well and take them often from the fire for fear of breaking let them lie in their Syrup for four or five daies then lay them out upon Sieves to dry in a warm Oven or Stove turning them upon clean Sieves twice every day and fill up all the broken places and put the skins over them when they are dry wash off the clamminess of
Milk put them both in an Hipocras bag and when it runs clear bottle it up and when it is a Month old it will sparkle in the Glass as you drink it CLXXXV To make Almond Bread Take a pound of Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater then take a pound of Sugar beaten fine and a little grated Bread finely searced put them into a Platter with your Almonds and stir them well together set them over a Chasing dish of Coals and boil them till they are as stiff as Paste stirring them continually then mould them well and put them in what shape you please print them and set them into some warm place to dry CLXXXVI To make good Almond-Milk Take Iordan Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater then strain them often with fair water wherein hath been boiled Violet Leaves and sliced Dates when your Almonds are strained take the Dates and put to it some Mace Sugar and a little Salt warm it a little and so drink it CLXXXVII To make white Leach Take sweet Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater then strained with fair water wherein hath been boiled Aniseeds and Ginger put to it as much Cream wherein pure Isinglass hath been boiled as will make it stiff and as much Sugar as you please let it be scalding hot then run it through a strainer and when it is cold slice it out it is very good for a weak body CLXXXVIII To make Red Leach or-Yellow Red by putting Tornsel into it or Cochineal Yellow by putting Saffron in it CLXXXIX Cinamon or Ginger-Leach Take your Spices beaten and searced and mix them with your searced Sugar mould them up with Gum Arabick infused in Rose-water and so print them and dry them CXC To make Leach of Dates Take your Dates stoned and peeled very clean within beat them fine with Sugar Ginger and Cinamon and a little Rosewater till it will work like Paste then print them and keep them dry CXCI. To make fine Cakes Take a Quart of Flower a Pound of sugar a Pound of Butter with three or four Yolks of Eggs a little Rosewater and a spoonful of Yeast then roul them out thin while the Paste is hot prick them and set them into the Oven not too hot CXCII To make Cornish Cakes Take Claret Wine the Yolks of Eggs and Mace beaten fine and some Sugar and Salt mingle all these with Flower and a little Yeast knead it as stiff as you can then put in Butter and knead it stiff again and then shape them and bake them CXCIII A Cordial Syrup Take one Pound of Iuice of Burrage half so much of the Iuice of Balm boil them together and when the grosseness of the Iuice ariseth then put in the Whites of two Eggs beaten with Rosewater and when you see them begin to grow hard put in a little Vinegar let them boil together and scum it clean and run it through a Ielly-Bag then set it over the fire again and add to it one Pound of fine Sugar and a little Saffron and so boil it till you think it be enough CXCIV For a Consumption Take of Harts-tongue and Maidenhair of each one handful Hysop and Balm of each half a handful Licoras sliced one Ounce Piony Root one Ounce boil these together in two Pints and half of Spring water until it be half consumed then strain the Liquor from the Herbs then take four Ounces of Currans washed clean dried and beaten in a Mortar boil them in the Liquor a little while then strain it and put to the Liquor half a Pound of Sugar and so boil it to a Syrup and take often of it CXCV. For a Consumption Take a Pint of good Wine-Vinegar and half a Pint of colts-foot-Colts-foot-water half a Pound of Figs well bruised then strain it and boil it with a Pound of Sugar to a thick Syrup CXCVI. A very good Perfume Six spoonfuls of Rosewater Musk Ambergreece and Civet of each two Grains a little Sugar beaten fine mould them up together with Gum-Dragon steeped in Rose-water make them in little Cakes and dry them CXCVII A Cordial to cause Sleep Two spoonfuls of Poppy water two spoonfuls of Red Rosewater one spoonful of Clove-Gilly flower Syrop and a little Diascordium mingle them together and take them at the time of rest CXCVIII. To perfume Gloves Take four Grains of Musk and grind it with Rosewater aud also eight Grains of Civet then take two spoonfuls of Gum dragon steeped all night in Rosewater beat these to a thin Ielly putting in half a spoonful of Oil of Cloves Cinamon and Iessamine mixed together then take a Spunge and dip it therein and rub the Gloves all over thin lay them in a dry clean place eight and forty hours then rub them with yourh ands till they become limber CXCIX A very good Perfume to burn Take a ounces of the Powder of Iuniper Wood 1 Ounce of Benjamin one Ounce of Storax 6 drops of oil of Limons as much oil of Cloves 10 grains of Musk 6 of Civer mold them up with a little Gum Dragon steeped in Rosewater make them in little Cakes and dry them between Rose Leaves your Iuniper wood must be well dried beaten and searced CC. To preserve Cherries in Ielly Take fair ripe Cherries and stone them then take a little more than their weight in fine Sugar then take the juyce of some other Cherries and put a spoonful of it in the bottom of the Posnet then put some of your Sugar beaten fine into the Posnet with it and then a little more juyce then put in your Cherries then put in Sugar and then juyce and then Cherries again thus do till you have put in all then let them boil apace till the Sugar be melted shaking them sometimes then take them from the fire and let them stand close covered one hour then boil them up quick till the Syrup will jelly CCI. To dry Apricocks or Pippins to look as clear as Amber Take Apricocks and take out the stones and take Pippins and cut them in halves and core them let your Apricocks be pared also lay these Fruits in an earthen dish and strew them over with fine Sugar set them into a warm Oven and as the Liquor comes from them put it away when all the Liquor is come away turn them and strew them thick with Sugar on every side set them into the Oven again and when the Sugar is melted lay them on a dry dish and set them in again and every day turn them till they be quite dry Thus you may dry any sort of Plumbs or Pears as well as the other and they will look very clear CCII. To dry Pears or Pippins without Sugar Take of the fairest and lay them in sweetwort two or three daies then lay them in a broad preserving Pan of earth and bake them but let the Oven be but gently hot then lay them upon lattice Sieves and set them into a warm Oven and turn them twice a
each steep these in Spirit of Wine Malmsie or Aquavitae every one in their Season till all may be had then put also to them of Balm Motherwort Spike-flowers Bay leaves the leaves of Orange trees with the Flowers if they may be had of each one ounce put them into the aforesaid distilled Wine all together and distil it as before having first been steeped six weeks when you have distilled it put into it Citron Pill dried Piony seeds hull'd of each five Drams of Cinamon half'an ounce of Nutmegs Cardamom seeds Cubebs and yellow Sanders of each half an ounce of lignum Aloes one dram make all these into Powder and put them into the distilled Wine abovesaid and put to them of Cubebs anew a good half pound of Dates the stones taken out and cut them in small pieces put all these in and close your Vessel well with a double Bladder let them digest six weeks then strain it hard with a Press and filtrate the Liquor then put into it of prepared Pearl Smaragdus Musk and Saffron of each half a Scruple and of Ambergreece one Scruple red Roses dried well Red and Yellow Saunders of each one ounce hang these in a Sarsenet Bag in the water being well sewed that nothing go out The Virtues of this Water This water is of exceeding virtue in all Swoundings and Weaknesses of the heart and decaying of Spirits in all Apoplexies and Palsies also in all pains of the Ioints coming of Cold for all Bruises outwardly bathed and dipped Clothes laid to it strengtheneth and comforteth all animal natural and vital Spirits and cheareth the external Senses strengtheneth the Memory restoreth lost Speech and lost Appetite all weakness of the Stomach being both taken inwardly and bathed outwardly it taketh away the Giddiness of the Head helpeth lost Hearing it maketh a pleasant Breath helpeth all cold disposition of the Liver and a beginning Dropsie it helpeth all cold Diseases of the Mother indeed none can express sufficiently it is to be taken morning and evening about half a Spoonful with Crums of Bread and Sugar XXXII For a Cough of the Lungs or any Cough coming of Cold approved by many Take a good handful of French Barley boil it in several waters till you see the water be clear then take a quart of the last water and boil in it sliced Licoras Aniseeds bruised of each as much as you can take up with your four Fingers and your Thumb Violet Leaves Strawberry Leaves five fingered Grass Maidenhair of each half a handful a few Raisins in the Sun stoned boil these together till it come to a Pint then strain it and take twelve or fourteen Iordan Almonds blanched and beaten and when your water is almost cold put in your Almonds and stir it together and strain it then sweeten it with white Sugar Candy drink this at four times in the morning fasting and at four of the Clock in the Afternoon a little warmed do this nine or ten days together if you please you may take a third draught when you go to Bed if you be bound in your body put in a little Syrrop of Violets the best way to take it is to suck it through a straw for that conveys it to the Lungs the better XXXIII To make the best Bisket-Cakes Take four new laid Eggs leave out two of the Whites beat them very well then put in two spoonfuls of Rose-water and beat them very well together then put in a pound of double refin'd Sugar beaten and searced and beat them together one hour then put to them one pound of fine Flower and still beat them together a good while then put them upon Plates rubbed over with Butter and set them into the Oven as fast as you can and have care you do not bake them too much XXXIV Perfumed Roses Take Damask Rose Buds and cut off the Whites then take Rose-water or Orange-Flower water wherein hath been steeped Benjamin Storax Lignnm Rhodium Civet or Musk dip some Cloves therein and stick into every Bud one you must stick them in where you cut away the Whites dry them between white Papers they will then fall asunder this Perfume will last seven years Or do thus Take your Rose Leaves cut from the Whites and sprinkle them with the aforesaid water and put a little powder of Cloves among them XXXV To make Tincture of Caroways Take one quart of the Spirits of French Wine put into it one pound of Carroway Comfits which are purled and the Pills of two Citron Limons let it stand in a warm place to infuse in a Glass close stopped for a Moneth stirring it every day once Then strain it from the seeds and adde to it as much Rosewater as will make it of a pleasant taste then hang in your Bottle a little Ambergreece and put in some Leaf-Gold this is a very fine Cordial XXXVI To get away the Signs of the Small Pox. Quench some Lime in white Rosewater then shake it very well and use it at your pleasure when you at any time have washed with it anoint your face with Pomatum made with Spermaceti and oyl of sweet Almonds XXXVII To make Clouted Cream Take Milk that was milked in the morning and scald it at noon it must have a reasonable fire under it but not too rash and when it is scalding hot that you see little Pimples begin to rise take away the greatest part of the Fire then let it stand and harden a little while then take it off and let it stand until the next day covered then take it off with a Skimmer XXXVIII To make a Devonshire-White-pot Take two quarts of new Milk a peny white Loaf sliced very thin then make the Milk scalding hot then put to it the Bread and break it and strain it through a Cullender then put in four Eggs a little Spice Sugar Raisins and Currans and a little Salt and so bake it but not too much for then it will whey XXXIX To make the Portugal Eggs. Take a very large Dish-with a broad brim lay in it some Naples Bisket in the Form of a Star then put so much Sack into the Dish as you do think the Biskets will drink up then stick them full with thin little pieces of preserved Orange and green Citron Pill and strew 〈…〉 store of French Comfits over them of divers colours then butter some Eggs and lay them here and there upon the Biskets then fill up the hollow places in the Dish with several coloured Iellies and round about the Brim thereof lay Lawrel Leaves guilded with Leaf-Gold lay them slanting and between the Leaves several coloured Iellies XL. To Candy Flowers the best way Take Roses Violets Cowslips or Gilly-flowers and pick them from the white bottoms then have boiled to a Candy height Sugar and put in so many Flowers as the Sugar will receive and continually stir them with the back of a Spoon and when you see the Sugar harden on the sides
alone in their Liquor for half an hour very fast then poure away the Liquor from them and put to them half a Pint and little more of the juice of Currans then boil a pound of double refin'd sugar to a Candy height and put your Cherries and Iuice of Currans in that and boil them again very fast till you find it to jelly very well LII To preserve Rasberries Take the weight of your Rasberries in fine sugar and take some Rasberries and bruise them a little then take the clearest of the bruised Rasberries I mean the Iuice and the weight of it in sugar and your other sugar named before and boil it and scum it then put in your whole Rasberries and boil them up once then let them stand over the fire without boiling till you see it will Ielly and that it look clear then take up your Rasberries one by one and put them into Glasses then boil your Syrrop and put it over them LIII To make Syrrop of Ale good for weak People to take inwardly or to heal old Sores applied thereto Take two Gallons of Ale Wort the strongest you can get so soon as it is run from the Grounds set it on the fire in a Pipkin and let it boil gently and that you do perceive it to be as though it were full of Rags run it through a strainer and set it on the fire again and let it boil until it be thick and scum it clean and when it is much wasted put it into a lesser Pan to boil or else it will burn when it is thick enough take it off and when it is cold put it into Gallipots take as much as a Walnut fasting and as much when you go to bed LIV. To make whipt Sillibub Take half a Pint of Rhenish Wine or white Wine put it to a Pint of Cream with the whites of three Eggs season it with Sugar and beat it as you do Snow-Cream with Birchen Rods and take off the Froth as it ariseth aud put it into your Pot so do till it be beaten to a Froth let it stand two or three hours till it do settle and then it will eat finely LV. To make Raisin Wine or Stepony Take four Gallons of Spring-water four pounds of Raisins of the Sun stoned the juice of four good Limons and the Rind of two cut thin boil the Raisins and Pill in the Water for half an hour or more then put in the Iuice of Limon and a little Spice Sugar and Rosewater and let it stand but a little more over the fire then put it into an earthen pot and beat it together till it be cold then bottle it up it will keep but a few days Memorandum Two pounds of Sugar to one pound of Cowslips is enough for Conserve LVI To boil Samphire Take water and Salt so strong as will bear an Egg boil it and when it boils put in your Samphire unwashed and let it scald a little then take it off and cover it so close that no Air can get in and set the Pot upon a cold Wisp of Hay and so let it stand all night and it will be very green then put it up for your use LVII To make Cabbage Cream Take twenty five Quarts of new Milk set it on the Fire till it be ready to boil stir it all the while that it creams not then poure it into twenty several Platters so fast as you can when it is cold take off the Cream with a Skimmer and lay it on a Pie Plate in the fashion of a Cabbage crumpled one upon another do thus three times and between every Layer you must mingle Rose-water and Sugar mingled thick and laid on with a Feather some use to take a little Cream and boil it with Ginger then take it from the fire and season it with Rosewater and sugar and the Iuice of Iordan Almonds blanched and beaten then stir it till it be cold that it cream not then take Toasts of Manchet cut thin not too hard nor brown lay them in the bottom of the Dish and poure the Cream upon them and lay the Cabbage over LVIII To make a Trifle Take sweet Cream season it with Rose-water and Sugar and a little whole Mace let it boil a while then take it off and let it cool and when it is lukewarm put it into such little Dishes or Bowls as you mean to serve it in then put in a little Runnet and stir it together when you serve it in strew on some French Comfits LIX To make thick Cream Take sweet Cream a little Flower finely searced large Mace a stick of Cinamon sugar and Rosewater let all these boil together till it be thick then put into it thick Cream the yolks of Eggs beaten then let it seeth but a little while for fear of turning then poure it out and when it is cold serve it in LX. To pickle Purslan to keep all the Year Take the Leaves from the stalks then take the Pot you mean to keep them in and strew salt over the bottom then lay in a good row of the Leaves and strew on more salt then lay in a row of the stalks and put in more salt then a row of the Leaves so keep it close covered LXI To stretch Sheeps Guts After they are clean scowred lay them in water nine days shifting them once a day and they will be very easie to fill and when they are filled they will come to their wonted bigness LXII To make Cream of Pastes and Iellies Put Eggs into the Cream as you do for a Fool and slice your sweet-meats very thin and boil with them then sweeten it and put it into a Dish LXXIII To make a rare Medicine for the Chine-Cough Make a Syrrop of hysop-Hysop-water and white sugar Candy then take the Powder of Gum Dragon and as much of White sugar Candy mixed together and eat of it several times of the day or take the above-named Syrrop either of them will do the Cure LXIV For a Consumption Take of Syrrop of Violets Syrrop of Horehound Syrrop of Maidenhair and Conserve of Fox Lungs of each one ounce mix them well together and take it often upon a Liquoras stick in the day time and at night LXV To make very rare Ale When your Ale is tunned into a Vessel that will hold eight or nine Gallons and that hath done working ready to be stopped up then take a Pound and half of Raisins of the Sun stoned and cut in pieces and two great Oranges Meat and Rind and sliced thin with the Rind of one Limon and a few Cloves one Ounce of Coriander seeds bruised put all these in a Bag and hang them in the Vessel and stop it up close when it hath stood four days bottle it up Fill the Bottles but a little above the Neck and put into every one a Lump of fine sugar and stop them close and let it be three Weeks or a Moneth before you drink
it LXVI To make Ale to drink within a Week Tun it into a Vessel which will hold eight Gallons and when it hath done working ready to bottle put in some Ginger sliced and an Orange stuck with Cloves and cut here and there with a Knife and a pound and half of Sugar and with a stick stir it well together and it will work afresh when it hath done working stop it close and let it stand till it be clear then bottle it up and put a Lump of Sugar into every Bottle and then stop it close and knock down the Corks and turn the Bottles the Bottoms upwards and it will be fit to drink in a Weeks time LXVII For the Griping of the Guts Take a peniworth of Brandy and a peniworth of Mithridate mixed together and drink it three nights together when you go to rest or take a little Oil of Aniseeds in a Glass of Sack three times LXVIII To make a Sack Posset Take twelve Eggs beaten very well and put to them a Pint of Sack stir them well that they curd not then put to them three Pints of Cream half a pound of fine Sugar stirring them well together when they are hot over the fire put them into a Bason and set the Bason over a boiling pot of water until the Posset be like a Custard then take it off and when it is cool enough to eat serve it in with beaten Spice strewed over it very thick LXIX To make Pennado Take Oatmeal clean picked and well beaten steep it in water all night then strain it and boil it in a Pipkin with some Currans and a Blade or two of Mace and a little Salt when it is well boiled take it off and put in the Yolks of two or three new laid Eggs beaten with Rosewater then set it on a fost fire and stir it that it curd not then sweeten it with Sugar and put in a little Nutmeg LXX To make Cakes without Fruit. Take four pounds of fine Flower rub into it one pound of Butter very well then take warmed Cream and temper it with Ale yeast so mix them together and make them into a Paste put in a little Rosewater and several Spices well beated let it lie by the fire till the Oven heat and when you make it up knead into it half a pound of Caraway Comfits and three quarters of a pound of Bisket-Comfits make it up as fast as you can not too thick nor cut it too deep put it into a hoop well butter'd wash it over with the White of an Egge Rosewater and Sugar and strew it with some Comfits do not bake it too much LXXI A Sack Posset without Milk Take thirteen Eggs and beat them very well and while they are beating take a quart of Sack half a pound of fine Sugar and a Pint of Ale and let them boil a very little while then put these Eggs to them and stir them till they be hot then take it from the fire and keep it stirring a while then put it into a fit Bason and cover it close with a Dish then set'it over the fire again till it arise to a Curd then serve it in with some beaten spice LXXII A very fine Cordial One Ounce of Syrup of Gilly-flowers one dram of Confection of Alkermes one Ounce and half of burrage-Burrage-water the like of mint-Mint-water one Ounce of Dr. Mountford's water as much of Cinamon water mixed together LXXIII The best way to Preserve Goosberries green and whole Pick them clean and put them into water as warm as milk so let them stand close covered half an hour then put them into another warm water and let them stand as long and so the third time till you find them very green then take their weight in fine Sugar and make a Syrup then put them in and let them boil softly one hour then set them by till the next day then heat them again so do twice then take them from that Syrup and make a new Syrup and boil them therein till you find they be enough LXXIV To make the Orange Pudding Take the rind of a small one pared very thin and boiled in several waters and beaten very fine in a Mortar then put to it four Ounces of fine Sugar and four Ounces of fresh Butter and the Yolks of six Eggs and a little salt beat it together in the Mortar till the Oven heats and so butter a dish and bake it but not too much strew Sugar on it and serve it to the Table Bake it in Puff-Past LXXV To make French Bread Take half a Bushel of fine Flower ten Eggs one pound and half of fresh Butter then put in as much Yest as you do into Manchet temper it with new milk pretty hot and let it lie half an hour to rise then make it into Loaves or Rowls and wash it over with an Egg beaten with Milk let not your Oven be too hot LXXVI To make a made Dish Take four Ounces of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater strain them into some Cream then take Artichoke bottoms boiled tender and some boiled Marrow then boil a quart of Cream with some rose-Rosewater and Sugar to some thickness then take it off and lay your Artichokes into a Dish and lay the Marrow on them then mix your Almond Cream and the other together and poure it over them and set it on Coals till you serve it in LXXVII To make a Cake with Almonds Take one pound and half of fine Flower of Sugar twelve Ounces beaten very fine mingle them well together then take half a pound of Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater mingle all these with as much Sack as will work it into a Paste put in some Spice some Yest and some plumped Corans with some Butter and a little salt so make it into a Cake and bake it LXXVIII To make a Sillibub Take a Limon pared and sliced very thin then cover the bottom of your Sillibub Pot with it then strew it thick with fine Sugar then take Sack or white Wine and make a Curd with some Milk or Cream and lay it on the Limon with a Spoon then whip some Cream and Whites of Eggs together sweetned a little and cast the Froth thereof upon your Sillibub when you lay in your Curd you must lay Sugar between every Lay. LXXIX To make fine Water-Gruel Take the best Oatmeal beaten and steep it in water all night the next day strain it and boil it with a Blade of Mace and when it is enough put in some Raisins and Corans which have been infused in a Pot in a Pot of seething Water and a little Wine a little Salt a little sugar and so eat it LXXX To make Limon Cream Take a quart of Cream keep it stirring on the fire until it be blood warm then take the Meat of three Limons sweetned well with Sugar and a little Orange Flower water sweeten them so well that they may not turn
then make it into what form you please and keep them in a stove XCI To make Paste of any Plumbs Take your Plumbs and put them into a Pot cover them close and set them into a Pot of seething Water and so let them be till they be tender then poure forth their Liquor and strain the Pulp through a Canvas strainer then take to half a Pound of the Pulp of Plumbs half a Pound of the Pulp of Pippins beat them together and take their weight in fine sugar with as much Water as will wet it and boil it to a Candy height then put in your Pulp and boil them together till it will come from the bottom of the Posnet then dust your Plates with searced sugar and so keep them in a Stove to dry XCII To make Almond Ginger Bread Take a little Gum-Dragon and lay it in steep in Rosewater all night then take half a Pound of Iordan Almonds blanched and beaten with some of that Rosewater then take half a pound of fine sugar beaten and searced of Ginger and Cinamon finely searced so much as by your taste you may judge to be fit beat all these together into a Paste and dry it is a warm Oven or Stove XCIII To make Snow Cream Take a Pint of Cream and the Whites of three Eggs one spoonful or two of Rose-water whip it to a Froth with a Birchen Rod then cast it off the Rod into a Dish in the which you have first fastened half a Manchet with some Butter on the bottom and a long Rosemary sprig in the middle when you have cast all the Snow on the Dish then garnish it with several sorts of sweet-meats XCIV To preserve Oranges and Limons that they shall have a Rock Candy on them in the Syrup Take the fairest and cut them in halves or if you will do them whole then cut a little hole in the bottom so that you may take out all the meat lay them in water nine days shifting them twice every day then boil them in several Waters till a straw will run through them then take to every Pound of Orange or Limon one Pound of fine sugar and one quart of Water make your syrup and let your Oranges or Limons boil a while in it then let them stand five or six days in that syrup then to every Pound put one Pound more of sugar into your syrup and boil your Oranges till they be very clear then take your Oranges out and boil your Syrup almost to a Candy and put to them XCV To make Sugar Plate Take a little Gum Dragon laid in steep in Rosewater till it be like Starch then beat it in a Mortar with some searced sugar till it come to a perfect Paste then mould it with sugar and make it into what form you please and colour some of them lay them in a warm place and they will dry of themselves XCVI To make Artisicial Walnuts Take some of your Sugar Plate print it in a Mould fit for a Walnut Kernel yellow it over with a little Saffron then take searced Cinamon and Sugar as much of the one as the other work it in Paste with some Rosewater wherein Gum Dragon hath been steeped and print it in a Mould for a Walnut shell and when they are dry close them together over the shell with a little of the Gum water XCVII To make short Cakes Take a Pint of Ale Yeast and a Pound and half of fresh Butter melt your Butter and let it cool a little then take as much fine Flower as you think will serve mingle it with the Butter and Yeast and as much Rosewater and Sugar as you think fit and if you please some Caroway Comfits so bake it in little Cakes they will last good half a year XCVIII To preserve red Roses which is as good and effectual as any Conserve and made with less trouble Take Red Rose Buds clipped clean from their Whites one pound put them into a Skillet with four Quarts of Water Wine measure then let them boil very fast till three Quarts be boiled away then put in three Pounds of fine Sugar and let it boil till it begins to be thick then put in the Iuice of a Limon and boil it a little longer and when it is almost cold put it into Gally-Pots and strew them over with searced Sugar and so keep them so long a you please the longer the better XCVIII A fine cordial Infusion Take the Flesh of a Cock Chick cut in small pieces and put into a Glass with a wide Mouth put to it one Ounce of Harts-horn half an Ounce of Red Coral prepared with a little large Mace and a slice or two of Limon and two Ounces of White Sugar-Candy stop the Glass close with a Cork and set it into a Veslel of seething Water and stuff it round with Hay that it jog not when you find it to be enough give the sick Party two spoonfuls at a time XCIX For a Cough of the Lungs Take two Ounces of Oil of sweet Almonds newly drawn three spoonfuls of Colts-foot Water two spoonfuls of Red Rose-Water two Ounces of white Sugar-Candy finely beaten mingle all these together and beat it one hour with a spoon till it be very white then take it often upon a Licoras stick This is very good C. To Preserve Grapes Take your fairest white Grapes and pick them from the stalks then stone them carefully and save the juyce then take a pound of Grapes a pound of fine Sugar and a pint of water wherein sliced Pippins have been boiled strain that water and with your Sugar and that make a Syrup when it is well scummed put in your Grapes and boil them very fast and when you see they are as clear as glass and that the Syrup will jelly put them into Glasses CI. To make Collops of Bacon in Sweet-meats Take some Marchpane Paste and the weight thereof in fine Sugar beaten and searsed boil them on the fire and keep them stirring for fear they burn so do till you find it will come from the bottom of the Posnet then mould it with fine Sugar like a Paste and colour some of it with beaten Cinnamon and put in a little Ginger then roll it broad and thin and lay one upon another till you think it be of a fit thicknes and cut it in Collops and dry it in an Oven CII To make Violet Cakes Take them clipped clean from the whites and their weight in fine Sugar wet your Sugar in fair water and boil it to a Candy height then put in your Violets and stir them well together with a few drops of a Limon then pour them upon a wet Pye-Plate or on a slicked paper and cut them in what form you please do not let them boil for that will spoil the colour Thus you may do with any Herb or Flower or with any Orange or Limon Pill and if you like it put in a little Musk or
Ambergrease CIII To Preserve white Damsons Take to every pound one pound of fine Sugar and a quarter of a pint of fair water make your Syrup and scum it well then take it from the fire and when it is almost cold put in your Damsons and let them scald a little then take them off a while and then set them on again when you perceive them to be very clear put them into Pots or Glasses CIV To make very good Cake Take to a peck of Flower four pound of Currants well washed dryed and picked four pounds of Butter one pound of Sugar one ounce of Cinnamon one ounce of Nutmegs beat the Spice and lay it all night in rose-Rose-water the next day strain it out then take one pint and an half of good Ale-Yeast the Yolks of 4 Eggs a pint of Cream put a pound of the butter into the warmed Cream put the rest into the Flower in pieces then wet your Flower with your Cream and put in your Currants and a little Salt and four or five spoonfuls of Carraway-Comfits and your Spice mix them all and the Yeast well together and let it lie one hour to rise then make it up and Bake it in a Pan buttered It may stand two hours CV To make Paste Royal. Take Quince Marmalade almost cold and mould it up with searsed Sugar to a Paste then make it into what form you please and dry them in a Stove CVI. To make Paste of Pippins coloured with Barberries Take the Pulp of Codled Pippins and as much of the Iuice of Barberries as will colour it then take the weight of it in fine Sugar boil it to a Candy height with a little water then put in your Pulp beaten very well in a Mortar boil it till it come from the bottom of the Posner then dust your Plate with Sugar and drop them thereon and dry them in a Stove or warm Oven CVII To preserve Barberries Take one Pound of stoned Barberries and twice their weight in fine Sugar then strip two or three handfuls of Barberries from their stalks and put them into a Dish with as much Sugar as Barberries over a Chafingdish of Coals when you see they are well plumped strain them then wet your other Sugar with this and no Water boil it and scum it and then put in your stoned Barberries and boil them till they are very clear CVIII To make Ielly of Currans or of any other Fruit. Take your Fruit clean picked from the stalks and put them into a long Gally-pot and set it into a Kettle of Water close covered keep the Water boiling till you find the Fruit be well infused then poure out the clearest and take the weight of it in fine Sugar wet your Sugar with Water and boil it to a Candy height then put in your clear Liquor and keep it stirring over a slow fire till you see it will Ielly but do not let it boil the Pulp which is lest of the Liquor you may make Paste of if you please as you do the Pippin Paste before named CIX To make a Goosberry Fool. Take a Pint and half of Goosberries clean picked from the stalks put them into a Skillet with a Pint and half of fair Water scald them till they be very tender then bruise them well in the Water and boil them with a Pound and half of fine Sugar till it be of a good thickness then put to it the yolks of six Eggs and a Pint of Cream with a Nutmeg quartered stir these well together till you think they be enough over a slow fire and put it into a Dish and when it is cold eat it CX To make Perfumed Lozenges Take twelve Grains of Ambergreece and six Grains of Musk and beat it with some Sugar-plate spoken of before then'roule it out in thin Cakes and make them into what form you please you may make them round like a Sugar Plumb and put a Coriander seed in each of them and so they will be fine Comfits and you may make them into Lozenges to perfume Wine with CXI To Candy Eryngo Roots Take the Roots new gathered without Knots or Ioints wash them clean and boil them in several Waters till they are very tender then wash them well and dry them in a Cloth slit them and take out the Pith braid them in Braids as you would a Womans Hair or else twist them then take twice their weight in sine Sugar take half that Sugar and to every Pound of Sugar one quarter of a Pint of Rosewater and as much fair water make a syrup of it and put in your roots and boil them and when they are very clear wet the rest of the Sugar with Rosewater and boil it to a Candy height then put in the Roots and boil them and shake them and when they be enough take them off and shake them till they are cold and dry then lay them upon Dishes or Plates till they are throughly dry and then put them up thus you may do Orange or Limon or Citron Pill or Potato Roots CXII To preserve Goosberries Take your Goosberries and stone them then take a little more than their weight in fine Sugar then with as much Water as will melt the Sugar boil it and scum it then put in your Goosberries and boil them apace till they be clear then take up your Goosberries and put them into Glasses and boil the syrup a little more aud put over them CXIII To make Leach and to colour it Take one Ounce of Isinglass and lay it in Water four and twenty hours changing the Water three or four times then take a quart of new Milk boiled with a little sliced Ginger and a stick of Cinamon one spoonful of Rosewater and a quarter of a Pound of sugar when it hath boiled a while put in the Isinglass and boil it till it be thick keeping it always stirring then strain it and keep it stirring and when it is cold you may slice it out and serve it upon Plates you may colour it with Saffron and some with Turnsole and lay the White and that one upon another and cut it and it will look like Bacon it is good for weak people and Children which have the Rickets CXIV To take away the Signs of the Small Pox. Take some Spermaceti and twice so much Virgins Wax melt them together and spread it upon Kids Leather in the shape of a Mask then lay it upon the Face and keep it on night and day it is a very fine Remedy CXV For Morphew or Freckles and to clear the Skin Take the Bloud of any Fowl or Beast and wipe your Face all over with it every night when you go to bed for a fortnight together and the next day wash it all off with White Wine and white Sugar Candy and sometimes hold your face over the smoke of Brimstone for a while and shut your eyes if you add the Iuice of a Limon to the white Wine
THE QUEEN-LIKE CLOSET OR RICH CABINET Stored with all manner of RARE RECEIPTS FOR Preserving Candying Cookery Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the FEMALE SEX By HANNAH WOLLEY LONDON Printed for R. Lowndes at the White Lion in Duck-Lane near West-Smithfield 1670. Licensed Nov. 16 1669. Roger L' Estrange THE QUEENE-LIKE CLOSET RICH Or CABINET TO THE TRULY VERTUOUS AND My much Honoured Friend M rs GRACE BUZBY Daughter to the Late Sr. HENRY CARY Knight Banneret and WIFE to Mr. ROBERT BUZBY Gentleman and Woollen Draper of LONDON Madam YOur Kind and Good Acceptance of my Endeavours in Work for You and that Esteem You have for what else I can do make me bold to present this Book to You which by that time You have perused I doubt not but You will deem it worthy of the Title it bears and indeed it was never opened before If it may yield You any Delight or Benefit I shall be glad for as You have a true Love and Esteem for me so I have a very great Love and Honourable Esteem for You and shall always be Your most Observant Servant HANNAH WOLLEY To all Ladies Gentlewomen and to all other of the Female Sex who do delight in or be desirous of good Accomplishments Ladies and Gentlewomen I Presume those Books which have passed from me formerly have got me some little credit and esteem amongst you But there being so much time past since they were Printed that methinks I hear some of you say I wish Mrs. Wolley would put forth some New Experiments and to say the Truth I have been importun'd by divers of my Friends and Acquaintance to do so I shall not give an Apish Example every Day or Week to follow ridiculous and foolish Fancies nor would I be too like the Spaniard always to keep in one Dress I am not ashamed nor do I disown what I have already Printed but some of you being so perfect in your Practises and I very desirous still to serve you do now present you with this Queen-like Closet I do assure you it is worthy of the Title it bears for the very precious things pou will find in it Thus be seeching your kind Acceptance of this Book and of my earnest Desires to you I take my Leave but shall always be to all who have esteem for me Their Faithful and Humble Servant HANNAH WOLLEY LAdies I do here present you you That which sure will well content A Queen-like Closet rich and brave Such not many Ladies have Or Cabinet in which doth set Iems richer than in Karkanet They only Eies and Francies please These keep your Bodies in good ease They please the Taste also the Eye Would I might be a stander by Yet rather I would wish to eat Since bout them I my Brains do beat And 't is but Reason you may say If that I come within your way I sit here sad while you are merry Eating Dainties drinking Perry But I 'm content you should so feed So I may have to serve my need Hannah Wolley THE Ladies New Closet OR RATHER Rich Cabinet I. To make Aqua Mirabilis a very delicate way TAke three Pints of Sack three Pints of White Wine one quart of the Spirit of Wine one quart of the juice of Celandine leaves os Melilot-flowers Cardamom-seeds Cubebs Galingale Nutmegs Cloves Mace Ginger two Drams of each bruise them and mix them with the Wine and Spirits let it stand all night in the Still not an Alembeck but a common Still close stopped with Rye Paste the next morning make a slow fire in the Still and all the while it is stilling keep a wet Cloth about the neck of the Still and put so much white Sugar Candy as you think fit into the Glass where it drops II. The Plague-Water which was most esteemed of in the late great Visitatâ—â—â— Take three Pints of Muskadine boil therein one handful of Sage and one handful of Rue until a Pint be wasted then strain it out and set it over the Fire again Put thereto a Peniworth of Long Pepper half an Ounce of Ginger and a quarter of an Ounce of Nutmegs all beaten together boil them together a little while close covered then put to it one penniworth of Mithridate two penniworth of Venice Treacle one quarter of a Pint of hot Angelica Water Take one Spoonful at a time morning and evening alwaies warm if you be already diseased if not once a day is sufficient all the Plague time It is a most excellent Medicine and never faileth if taken before the heart be utterly mortified with the Disease it is also good for the Small Pox Measles or Surfets III. A very Soveraign Water Take one Gallon of good Claret Wine then take Ginger Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Grains Cloves Anniseeds Fennel-seeds Caraway-seeds of each one dram then take Sage Mints Red-Rose leaves Thyme Pellitory of the Wall Rosemary Wild Thyme Camomile Lavander of each one handful bruise the Spices small and beat the Herbs and put them into the Wine and so let stand twelve hours close covered stirring it divers times then still it in an Alembeck and keep the best Water by it self and so keep every Water by it self the first you may use for aged People the other for younger This most excellent Water w 〈…〉 â—rom Dr. Chambers which he kept secret till he had done many Cures therewith wâ—â—â—t wâ—â—â—forteth the Vital Spirits it helpeâ—â— the inward Diseases that come of Cold the shaking of the Palsie it helpeth the Conception of Women that are barren it killeth the Worms within the Body helpeth the Stone within the Bladder it cureth the Cold Cough and Tooth-ach and comforteth the Stomach it cureth the Dropsie and cleanseth the Reins it helpeth speedily the stinking Breath whosoever useth this Water it preserveth them in good health and maketh seem young very long for it comforteth Nature very much with this Water Dr. Chambers preserved his own life till extreme Age would suffer him neither to go nor to stand one whit and he continued five years after all Physitians judged he could not live and he confessed that when he was sick at any time he never used any other Remedy but this Water and wished his Friends when he lay on his Death-Bed to make use of it for the preservation of their Health IV. To make Spirit of Mints Take three Pints of the best white Wine three handfuls of right Spear-mint picked clean from the stalks let it steep in the wine one night covered in the morning put it into a Copper Alembeck and draw it with a pretty quick fire and when you have drawn it all take all your Water and add as much Wine as before and put to the Water and the same quantity of Mint as before let it steep two or three hours then put all into your Still and draw it with a soft fire put into your Receiver a quantity of Loaf-Sugar and you will find
it very excellent you may distil it in an ordinary Still if you please but then it will not be so strong nor effectual Thus you may do with any other Herbs whatsoever V. To make the Cordial Orange-Water Take one dozen and half of the highest coloured and thick rin'd Oranges slice them thin and put them into two Pints of Malago Sack and one Pint of the best Brandy of Cinamon Nutmegss Ginger Cloves and Mace of each one quarter of an Ounce bruised of Spear-mint and Balm one handful of each put them into an ordinary Still all night pasted up with Rye Paste the next day draw them with a slow fire and keep a wet Cloth upon the Neck of the Still put in some Loaf Sugar into the Glass where it droppeth VI. To make Spirit of Oranges or of Limons Take of the thickest rin'd Oranges or Limons and chip off the Rinds very thin put these Chips into a Glass-bottle and put in as many as the Glass will hold then put in as much Malago Sack as the Glass will hold besides stop the Bottle close that no Air get in and when you use it take about half a spoonful in a Glass of Sack it is very good for the Wind in the Stomach VII To make Limon Water Take twelve of the fairest Limons slice them and put them into two Pints of white Wine and put to them of Cinamon and Galingale of each one quarter of an Ounce of Red Rose Leaves Burrage and Bugloss Flowers of each one handful of yellow Sanders one Dram steep all these together 12 hours then distil them gently in a Glass Still put into the Glass where it droppeth three Ounces of Sugar and one Grain of Amber-Greece VIII A Water for fainting of the Heart Take of Bugloss water and Red Rose water of each one Pint of Red Cows milk half a Pint Annise-seed and Cinnamon of each half an Ounce bruised Maiden-hair two handfuls Harts-tongue one handful bruise them aâ—◠〈◊〉 all these together and distil them in a 〈◊〉 Still drink of it Morning and Evening with a little Sugar IX To make Rosemary Water Take a Quart of Sack or white Wine with as many Rosemary Flowers as will make it very thick two Nutmegs and two Races of Ginger sliced thin into it let it infuse all night 〈…〉 it in an ordinary Still as your othâ—â—â—â—ters X. To make a most precious Water Take two Quarts of Brandy of Balm of Wood-Betony of Pellitory of the Wall of sweet Marjoram of Cowslip-Flowers Rosemary-Flowers Sage-Flowers Marigold-Flowers of each of these one handful bruised together then take one Ounce of Gromwel seeds one ounce of sweet Fennel seeds one Ounce of Coriander seeds bruised also half an Ounce of Aniseeds and half an Ounce of Caraway-seeds half an Ounce of Iuniper Berries half an Ounce of Bay Berries one Ounce of green Licoras three Nutmegs one quarter of an Ounce of large Mace one quarter of an Ounce 〈…〉 Cinamon one quarter of an Ouâ—â—◠〈◊〉 Cloves half an Ounce of Ginger 〈…〉 these well together then add to them half a pound of Raisons in the Sun stoned let all these steep together in the Brandy nine days close stopped then strain it out and two Grains of Musk two of Amber-Greece one pound of refined Sugar stop the Glass that no Air get in and keep it in a warm place Doctor Butleâ—â—â—â—â—eacle Water Take the roots of Polipody of the Oak bruised Lignum Vita thin sliced the inward part thereof Saxifrage roots thin sliced of the shavings of Harts-horn of each half a pound of the outward part of yellow Citron not preserved one Ounce and half bruised mix these together Then take of fumitory-Fumitory-water Of each one Ounce Carduus water Camomile water Succory-water of Cedar wood one Ounce of Cinamon three drams of Cloves three drams bruise all your forenamed things Then take of Epithimum two ounces and a half of Cetrarch six ounces of Carduus and Balm of each two handfuls of Burrage Flowers Bugloss Flowers Gilly flowers of each four ounces of Angelica root Elecampane root beaten to a Pap of each four ounces of Andronichus Treacle and Mithridate of each four ounces mixe all these together and incorporate them well and grind them in a Stone-Mortar with part of the former Liquor and at last mix all together and let them stand warm 24 hours close stopped then put them all into a Glass Still and sprinkle on the top of Species Aromatica rosata and Diambre of the Species of Diarodon abbatis Diatrion Santalon of each six drams then cover the Still close and lute it well and distil the water with a soft fire and keep it close This will yield five Pints of the best water the rest will be smaller XII The Cordial Cherry Water Take nine pounds of red Cherries nine pints of Caret wine eight ounces of Cinamon three ounces of Nutmegs bruis your Spice stone your Cherries and steep them in the Wine then add to them half a handful of Rosemary half a handful of Balm one quarter of a handful of sweet Marjoram let them steep in an earthen Pot twenty four hours and as you put them into the Alembeck to distil them bruise them with your hands and make a soft fire under them and distil by degrees you may mix the waters at your pleasure when you have drawn them all when you have thus done sweeten it with Loaf Sugar then strain it into another Glass and stop it close that no Spirits go out you may if you please hang a Bag with Musk and Amber-greece in it when you use it mix it with Syrrop of Gilly-flowers or of Violets as you best like it it is an excellent Cordial for fainting fits or a Woman in travel or sor any one who is not well XIII A most excellent Water for the Stone or for the Wind-Collick Take two handfuls of Mead-Parsly otherwise called Saxifrage one handful of Mother-Thyme two handfuls of Perstons two handfuls of Philipendula and as much Pellitory of the Wall two ounces of sweet Fennel seeds the roots of ten Radishes sliced steep all these in a Gallon of Milk warm from the Cow then distil it in an ordinary Still and four hours after slice half an ounce of the wood called Saxifrage and put into the Bottle to the water keep it close stopped and take three spoonfuls at a time and fast both from eating and drinking one hour after you must make this water about Midsummer it is a very precious water and ought to be prized XIV The Cock water most delicate and precions for restoring out of deep Consumptions and for preventing them and for curing of-Agues proved by my self and many others Take a Red Cock pluck him alive then fiit him down the back and take out his Intrals cut him in quarters and bruise him in a Mortar with his Head Legs Heart Liver and Cizard put him into an ordinary Still with a Pottle of Sack and one quart of
Milk new from a red Cow one pound of blew Currants beaten one pound of Raisins in the Sun stoned and beaten four Ounces of Dates stoned and beaten two handfuls of Peniroyal two handfuls of Pimpernel or any other cooling Herb one handful of Mother-thyme one handful of Rosemary one handful of Burrage one quart of Red Rose water two ounces of Harts-horn two ounces of China root sliced two ounces of Ivory shaving four ounces of the flower of French Barley put all these into your Still and paste it up very well and still it with a soft fire put into the Glass where it droppeth one pound of white Sugar Candy beaten very small twelve peniworth of Leaf-Gold seven grains of Musk eleven grains of Amber-greece seven grains of Bezoar stone when it is all distilled mix all the waters together and every morning fasting and every evening when you go to bed take four or five Spoonfuls of it warm for about a Moneth together this hath cured many when the Doctors have given them over XV. Walnut water or the Water of Life Take green Walnuts in the beginning of Iune beat them in a Mortar and distil them in an ordinary Still keep that Water by it self then about Midsummer gather some more and distill them as you did before keep that also by it self then take a quart of each and mix-them together and distil them in a Glass Still and keep it for your use the Virtues are as followeth It will help all manner of Dropsies and Palsies drank with Wine fasting it is good for the eyes if you put one drop therein it helpeth Conception in Women if they drink thereof one spoonful at a time in a Glass of Wine once a day and it will make your skin fair if you wash therewith it is good for all infirmities of the Body and driveth out all Corruption and inward Bruises if it be drunk with Wine moderately it killeth Worms in the Body whosoever drinketh much of it shall live so long as Nature shall continue in him Finally if you have any Wine that is turned put in a little Viol or Glass full of it and keep it close stopped and within four days it will come to it self again XVI To make Wormwood Water Take four ounces of Aniseeds four ounces of Licoras scraped bruise them well with two ounces of Nutmegs add to them one good handful of Wormwood one root of Angelica steep them in three Gallons of Sack Lees and strong Ale together twelve hours then distil them in an Alembeck and keep it for your use XVII A very rare Cordial Water Take one Gallon of white Wine two ounces of Mithridate two ounces of Cinamon one handful of Balm a large handful of Cowslips two handfuls of Rosemary Flowers half an ounce of Mace half an ounce of Cloves half an ounce of Nutmegs all bruised steep these together four days in an earthen Pot and covered very close distil them in an ordinary Still well pasted and do it with a very slow fire save the first water by it self and the small by it self to give to Children when you have occasion to use it take a spoonful thereof sweetned with Loaf-Sugar this Water is good to drive out any Infection from the heart and to comfort the Spirits XVIII Another most excellent Cordial Take Celandine Sage Costmary Rue Wormwood Mugwort Scordium Pimpernel Scabious Egrimony Betony Balm Carduus Centory Peniroyal Elecampane roots Tormentil with the roots Horehound Rosa Solls Marigold Flowers Angelica Dragon Marjoram Thyme Camomile of each two good handfuls Licoras Zedoary of each one ounce slice the Roots shred the Herbs and steep them in four quarts of white Wine and let it stand close covered 7 days then distil it in an ordinary Still pasted-up when you use it sweeten it with fine Sugar and warm it XIX To make Rosa Solis Take a Pottle of Aqua Composita and put it into a Glass then a good handful of Rosa Solis clean picked but not washed put it to the Aqua Composita then take a pound of Dates stoned and beaten small half a peniworth of Long Pepper as much of Grains and of round Pepper bruise them small take also a pound of Loaf Sugar well beaten a quarter of a pound of Powder of Pearl and six leaves of Book Gold put all to the rest and stir them well together in the Glass then cover it very close and let it stand in the Sun fourteen days ever taking it in at night then strain it and put it into a close Bottle you must not put in the Pearl Gold nor Sugar till it hath been sunned and strained neither must you touch the Leaves of the Rosa Solis with your hands when you pick it keep it very close XX. The Heart Water Take five handfuls of Rosemary Flowers two drams of red Coral two drams of Powder of Pearl two drams of white Amber two drams of Cinamon two pound of the best Prunes stoned six Pints of Damask Rose water two Pints of Sack put all these into a Pipkin never used stop it up with Paste let them stand upon a soft fire a little while then distil it in an ordinary Still pasted up XXI The Plague Water Take Rosemary Red Balm Burrage Angelica Carduus Celandine Dragon Featherfew Wormwood Peniroyal Elecampane roots Mugwort Bural Tormentil Egrimony Sage Sorrel of each of these one handful weighed weight for weight put all these in an earthen Pot with four quarts of white Wine cover them close and let them stand eight or nine days in a cool Cellar then distil it in a Glass Still XXII The Treacle Water Take one pound of old Venice Treacle of the Roots of Elecampane Gentian Cyprus Tormentil of each one ounce of Carduus and Angelica half an ounce of Burrage Bugloss and of Rosemary Flow ers one ounce of each infuse these in three Pints of white Wine one Pint of Spring Water two Pints of Red Rose water then distil them in an ordinary Still pasted up This is excellent for Swounding-Fits or Convulsions and expelleth any venomous Disease it also cureth any sort of Agues XXIII The Snail water excellent for Consumptions Take a Peck of Snails with the Shells on their Backs have in a readiness a good fire of Charcoal well-kindled make a hole in the midst of the fire and cast your Snails into the fire renew your fire till the Snails are well rosted then rub them with a clean Cloth till you have rubbed off all the green which will come off Then bruise them in a Mortar shells and all then take Clary Celandine Burrage Scabious Bugloss five leav'd Grass and if you find your self hot put in some Wood-Sorrel of every one of these one handful with five tops of Angelica These Herbs being all bruised in a Mortar put them in a sweet earthen Pot with five quarts of white Wine and two quarts of Ale steep them all night then put them into an Alembeck let the herbs be
in the bottom of the Pot and the Snails upon the Herbs and upon the Snails put a Pint of Earth-worms slit and clean washed in white Wine and put upon them sour ounces of Anniseeds or Fennel-seeds well bruised and five great handfuls of Rosemary Flowers well picked two or three Races of Turmerick thin sliced Harts-horn and Ivory of each four ounces well steeped in a quart of white Wine till it be like a Ielly then draw it forth with care XXIV To make a rare sweet water Take sweet Marjoram Lavender Rosemary Muscovy Maudlin Balm Thyme Walnut Leaves Damask Roses Pinks of all a like quantity enough to fill your Still then take of the best Orrice Powder Damask Rose Powder and Storax of each two ounces strew one handful or two of your Powders upon the Herbs then distil them with a soft fire tie a little Musk in a piece of Lawn and hang it in the Glass wherein it drops and when it is all drawn out take your sweet Cakes and mix them with the Powders which are left and lay among your Clothes or with sweet Oyles and burn them for perfume A very good surfet water Take what quantity of Brandy you please steep a good quantity of the Flowers of Red Poppies therein which grows amongst the Wheat having the black bottoms cut off when they have been steeped long enough strain them-out and put in new and so do till the Brandy be very red with them and let it stand in the Sun all the while they infuse then put in Nutmegs Cloves Ginger and Cinamon with some fine Sugar so much as you think fit and keep it close stopped this is very good for Surfets Wind in the Stomach or any Ilness whatever XXVI An excellent water for the Stomach or against Infection Take Carduus Mint and Wormwood o each a like quantity shred them small and put them into new Milk distil them in an ordinary Still with a temperate fire when you take any of it sweeten it with Sugar or with any Syrup what pleases you best it is a very good water though the Ingredients are but mean XXVII The Melancholy water Take of the Flowers of Gilliflowers four handfuls Rosemary flowers three handfuls Damask Rose leaves Burrage and Bugloss fiowers of each one handful of Balm leaves six handfuls of Marigold flowers one handful of Pinks six handfuls of Cinamon grossly beaten half an ounce two Nutmegs beaten Anniseeds beaten one ounce three peniworth of Saffron put them all into a Pottle of Sack and let them stand two days stirring them sometimes well together then distil them in an ordinary Still and let it drop into a Glass wherein there is two grains of Musk and eight ounces of white Sugar Candy and some Leaf-Gold take of this Water three times in a week fasting two spoonfuls at a time and ofter if you find need distil with a soft fire this is good for Women in Child-bed if they are faint XXVIII To make the Elder water or Spirit of Sambucus Take some Rye Leaven and break it small into some warm Water let it be a sowr one for that is best ' about two Ounces or more then take a Bushel of Elder Berries beaten small and put them into an earthen Pot and mix them very well with the Leaven and let it stand one day near the Fire then put in a little Yeast and stir it well together to make it rise so let it stand ten days covered and sometimes stir it then distil it in an Alembeck keep the first Water by it self and so the second and the third will be good Vinegar if afterward you colour it with some of the Berries Distil it with a slow fire and do not fill the Still too full This Water is excellent for the Stomach XXIX To make the Balm water Green Take any Wine or Lees of Wine or good Strong Beer or Ale with the Grounds and stir them all together very well lest the Wine Lees be too thick and burn the bottom of the Pot put them into an Alembeck with good store of Balm unwashed therein still these till you leave no other tast but fair water and draw also some of that draw two Alembecks full more as you draw the first until you have so much as will fill your Alembeck then put this distilled water into your Alembeck again and some more Balm if you draw a Wine-Gallon put to it half a pound of Coriander seeds bruised two Ounces of Cloves one quarter of an Ounce of Nutmegs and one quarter of an Ounce of Mace bruised all of them then set a Receiver of a Gallon under it and fill it with fresh and green Balm unwashed and your Water will be as green as Grass put still more and more of the Herbs fresh and let it stand a week to make it the more green Take this Green water and put to it one quart of the best Damask Rosewater and before you mix your Balm-water Rose-water together you must dissolve two pounds of fine Sugar in the first distilled Water then take Ambergreece and Musk of each eight Grains being ground fine and put it into the Glass in a piece of Lawn put also a little Orange or Limon Pill to it and keep it cool and from the Air. XXX To make the very best Surfetwater Take one Gallon of the best French Spirits and a Pint of Damask-Rose-water half a Pint of Poppy water one pound of white Sugar Candy bruised then take one pound and half of Raisins in the Sun stoned half a pound of Dates stoned and sliced then take one Ounce of Mace one Ounce of Cloves one Ounce of Cinamon one Ounce of Aniseeds rubbed clean from the dust then take a quarter of an Ounce of Licoras clean scraped and sliced and all the Spices grossly beaten let all these steep in the Spirits four days then take a quarter of a peck of Red Poppy Leaves fresh gathered and the black part cut off and put them in and when it hath stood four or five days strain it and put it into your Glass then put in your Sugar-Candy finely beaten twelve peniworth of Ambergreece six peniworth of Musk keep it close and shake it now and then and when you use it you may put some kind of Syrup to it what you please XXXI To make the true Palsie-water as it was given by that once very famous Physitian Doctor Mathias Take Lavander Flowers stripped from the stalks and fill a Gallon Glass with them and poure on them good Spirit of Sack or perfect Aquavitae distilled from all Flegm let the quantity be five quarts then circulate them for six weeks very close with a Bladder that nothing may breath out let them stand in a warm place then distil them in an Alembeck with his Cooler then put into the said water of Sage Rosemary and Wood-Betony Flowers of each half a handful of Lilly of the Valley and Burrage Bugloss and Cowslip Flowers one handful of
of the Skillet and on the Spoon take them off the fire and keep them with stirring in the warm Skillet till you see them part and the Sugar as it were sifted upon them then put them upon a Paper while they are warm and rub them gently with your hands till all the Lumps be broken then put them into a Cullender and sift them as clean as may be then poure them upon a clean Cloth and shake them up and down till there be hardly any Sugar hanging about them then if you would have them look as though they were new gathered have some help and open them with your fingers before they be quite cold and if any Sugar hang about them you may wipe it off with a fine Cloth to candy Rosemary Flowers or Archangel you must pull out the string that stands up in the middle of the Blossom and take them which are not at all faded and they will look as though they were new gathered without opening XLI To pickle Cucumbers Take the least you can get and lay a layer of Cucumbers and then a Layer of beaten Spices Dill and Bay Leaves and so do till you have filled your Pot and let the Spices Dill and Bay Leaves cover them then fill up your Pot with the best Wine Vinegar and a little Salt and so keep them Sliced Turneps also very thin in some Vinegar Pepper and a little Salt do make a very good Sallad but they will keep but six Weeks XLII To make Sugar-Cakes Take a pound of fine Sugar beaten and searced with four Ounces of the finest Flower put to it one pound of Butter well washed with Rosewater and work them well together then take the Yolkes of four Eggs and beat them with four Spoonfuls of Rosewater in which hath been steeped two or three days before Nutmeg and Cinamon then put thereto so much Cream as will make it knead to a stiff Paste rowl it into thin Cakes and prick them and lay them on Plates and bake them you shall not need to butter your Plates for they will slip off of themselves when they are cold XLIII To make a very fine Cream Take a quart of Cream and put to it some Rosewater and Sugar some large Mace Cinamon and Cloves boil it together for a quarter of an hour then take the yolkes of eight Eggs beat them together with some of your Cream then put them into the Cream which is boiling keep it stirring lest it curdle take it from the fire and keep it stirring till it be a little cold then run it through a Strainer dish it up and let it stand one night the next day it will be as stiff as a Custard then stick it with blanched Almonds Citron Pill and Eringo roots and so serve it in XLIV To make Syrrop of Turneps for a Consumption Take half a peck of Turneps washed and pared clean cut them thin put to them one pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned one quarter of a pound of Figs cut small one Ounce of Aniseeds bruised half an Ounce of Licoras sliced one Ounce of Cloves bruised two handfuls of Burrage Flowers and so much water as will cover all and two fingers breadth above them then boil it on a great fire in an earthen Vessel covered until the roots be soft and tender then strain out the Liquor and to every Pint of it put a pound of fine Sugar the Whites of two Eggs beaten boil it to a Syrrop and use it often two or three Spoonfuls at a time XLV For a Consumption Take a Pint of Red Cows milk then take the yolk of a new laid Egg potched very rare then stir it into the Milk over a soft fire but do not let it boil sweeten it with a little Sugar Candy and drink it in the morning fasting and when you go to bed XLVI To make Bottle Ale for a Consumption Take a quart of Ale and a Pint of strong Aquavitae Mace and Cinamon of each one quarter of an Ounce two Spoonfuls of the powder of Elacampane root one quarter of a pound of Loaf Sugar one quarter of a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned four spoonfuls of Aniseeds beaten to Powder then put all together into a Bottle and stop it close Take three spoonfuls of this in a morning fasting and again one hour before Supper and shake the Bottle when you poure it out XLVII To make Cakes of Quinces Take the best you can get and pare them and slice them thin from the Core then put them into a Gallipot close stopped and tie it down with a Cloth and put it into a Kettle of boiling water so that it may stand steady about five hours and as your water boiles away in the Kettle fill it up with more warm water then poure your Quinces into a fine hair Sieve and let it drain all the Liquor into a Bason then take this Liquor and weigh it and to every pound take a pound of double refin'd Sugar boil this Sugar to a Candy height then put in your Liquor and set them over a slow fire and stir them continually till you see it will jelly but do not let it boil then put it into Glasses and set them in a Stove till you see them with a Candy on the top then turn them out with a wet Knife on the other side upon a white Paper sleeked over with a sleek stone and set them in the Stove again till the other side be dry and then keep them in a dry place XLVIII To make Marmalade of Apricocks Take Apricocks pare them and cut them in quarters and to every pound of Apricocks put a pound of fine Sugar then put your Apricocks into a Skillet with half of the sugar and let them boil very tender and gently and bruise them with the back of a Spoon tillt hey be like Pap then take the other part of the sugar and boil it to a Candy height then put your Apricocks into that Sugar and keep it stirring over the fire till all the Sugar be melted but do not let it boil then take it from the fire and stir it till it be almost cold then put it in Glasses and let it have the Air of the fire to dry it XLIX To make Limon Cakes Take half a pound of refin'd sugar put to it two spoonfuls of Rosewater as much Orange Flower-water and as much of fair water boil it to a Candy height then put in the Rind of a Limon grated and a little Iuice stir it well on the fire and drop it on Plates or sleeked Paper L. To make Wafers Take a quart of Flower heaped and put to it the yolks of four Eggs and two or three spoonfuls of Rosewater mingle this well together then make it like Batter with Cream and a little sugar and bake it on Irons very thin poured on LI. To make Marmalade of Cherries with Currans Take four pounds of Cherries when they are stoned and boil them
the Cream then stir them into the Cream on the fire with some yolks of Eggs and serve it in cold Limon Posset thickned with yolks of Eggs makes a fine Cawdle for a sick body LXXXI To make rare Cakes with Almonds Take two Pounds and a half of Blanched Almonds beaten fine with Rosewater mix them with a Pound and three quarters of fine Sugar and some Musk and Ambergreece six Whites of Eggs beaten to a Froth let them stand a little then set them on a Chasing-dish of Coals and dry them a little stirring them all the while then take half a Peck of Flower put into it a little salt three Pints of Ale-Yest have in readiness your Cream lukewarm strain your Yeast and put into it six spoonful of Sack put in spice into your Flower and make all these into a stiff Paste with the Cream work it well and lay it by the fire to rise one hour then work into your Paste two pounds and a quarter of fresh Butter pull your Paste in pieces three times then strew in a Pound of Caraway Comfits and make this Paste into five Cakes lay them upon buttered Plates or double Papers then strew Caraway Comfits on the top and double refined sugar one hour will bake them sufficiently LXXXII To make Shrewsbury Cakes Take four Pounds of Flower two Pounds of Butter one Pound and half of fine sugar four Eggs a little beaten Cinamon a little Rosewater make a hole in the Flower and put the Eggs into it when they are beaten then mix the Butter Sugar Cinamon and Rosewater together and then mix them with the Eggs and Flower then make them into thin round Cakes and put them into an Oven after the Houshold Bread is drawn this quantity will make three dozen of Cakes LXXXIII To make Gooseberry wine Bruise ripe Goosberries with an Apple-Beater but do not beat them too small then strain them through a hair strainer and put your Iuice into an earthen Pot keep it covered four or five days till it be clear then draw it out into another Vessel letting it run into a hair sieve stop it close and let it stand one fortnight then draw it out into quart Bottles putting one Pound of sugar into eight Bottles stop them up close and in a week or fortnights time you may drink them LXXXIV To make Damson wine Take four Gallons of Water and put to every Gallon of Water four Pounds of Malago Raisins and half a Peck of Damsons Put the Raisins and Damsons into a Vessel without a head cover the Vessel and let them steep six days stirring them twice every day then let them stand as long without stirring then draw the Wine out of the Vessel and colour it with the infused juice of Damsons sweetned with sugar till it be like Claret Wine then put it into a Wine-Vessel for a fortnight and then bottle it up LXXXV To pickle Cucumbers the very best way Take those you mean to pickle and lay them in water and salt three or four days then take a gooe many great Cucumbers and cut the outsides of them into Water for the insides will be too pappy boil them in that Water with Dill seeds and Fennel seeds and when it is cold put to it some salt and as much of Vinegar as will make it a strong Pickle then take them out of the Water and salt and poure this Liquor over them so let them stand close covered for a fortnight or three Weeks Then poure the Pickle from them and boil it and when it is cold add to it some more Vinegar and put it to them again so let them stand one Moneth longer and now and then when you see occasion boil it again and when it is cold put it to them and every time you boil it put some Vinegar thereto and lay the seeds and pieces of Cucumbers on the top and after the first fortnight when you boil it put in some whole Pepper and some whole Cloves and Mace and always put the Liquor cold over them LXXXVI To make the best Orange Marmalade Take the Rinds of the deepest coloured Oranges boil them in several Waters till they are very tender then mince them small and to one pound of Oranges take-a Pound of Pippins cut small one Pound of the finest Sugar and one Pint of Spring-water me 't your Sugar in the Water over the fire and scum it then put in your Pippins and boil them till they are very clear then put in the Orange Rind and boil them together til you find by cooling a little of it that it wil jelly very well then put in the Iuice of two Oranges and one Limon and boil it a little longer and then put it up in Gally-pots LXXXVII To preserve White Quinces Take the fairest you can get and coddle them very tender so that a straw may go through to the Core then core them with a scoop or small knife then pare them neatly and weigh them to every pound of Quinces take one Pound of double refined sugar and a Pint of the Water wherein thin slices of Pippins have been boiled for that is of a Iellying quality put your sugar to the Pippin water and make a syrup and scum it then put in your Quinces and boil them very quick and that will keep them whole and white take them from the fire sometimes and shake them gently keep them clean scummed when you perceive them to be very clear put them into Gally Pots or Glasses then warm the Ielly and put it to them LXXXVIII To make Conserve of red Roses Take their Buds and clip off the Whites then take three times their weight in sugar double refin'd beat the Roses well in a Mortar then put in the sugar by little little and when you find it well incorporated put it into Gally Pots and cover it with sugar and so it will keep seven years LXXXIX To make plain Bisket-Cakes Take a Pottle of Flower and put to it half a Pound of fine sugar half an Ounce of Caroway seeds half an Ounce of Anniseeds six spoonfuls of Yeast then boil a Pint of Water or little more put into it a quarter of a Pound of Butter or little more let it stand till it be cold then temper them together till it be as thick as Manchet then let it lie a while to rise so roule them out very thin and prick them and bake them in an Oven not too hot XC To make Green Paste of Pippins Take your Pippins while they be green and coddle them tender then peel them and put them into a fresh warm Water and cover them close till they are as green as you desire Then take the Pulp from the Core and beat it very fine in a Mortar then take the weight in sugar and wet it with Water and boil it to a Candy height then put in your Pulp and boil them together till it will come from the bottom of the Skillet
a Paste then take it out and mix it with a dram of Musk finely beaten as much Civet mould them up with a little searsed Sugar and dry them between Rose Leaves each of them then dry them very well and keep them to burn one at a time is sufficient CXL A Syrup for a Cold. Take Long-wort of the Oak Sage of Ierusalem Hysop Colts-foot Maiden-hair Scabious Horehound one handful of each four Ounces of Liquoras scraped two Ounces of Anniseeds bruised half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned put these together into a Pipkin with two quarts of Spring water let them stand all night to infuse close stopped when it is half boiled away strain it out and put to it to every pint of liquor a pound of Sugar and boil it to a Syrup CXLI To make white Marmalade of Quinces Quoddle them so tender that a straw may run thorow them then take grated Quinces and strain the juyce from them then slice your scalded Quinces thin and weigh them and take a little above their weight in fine Sugar wet your Sugar with the raw juyce boil it and scum it then put in your sliced Quinces and boil them up quick till they jelly then put them into Glasses CXLII The white juyce of Liquoras Take one pound of Liquoras clean scraped cut it thin and short and dry it in an Oven then beat it fine in a Mortar then put it into a stone Iugg and put thereto of the water of Colts-foot Scabious Hysop and Horehound as much as will stand four fingers deep above the Liquoras then set this Iugg close stopped into a Kettle of water and keep the water boiling let it be stuffed round with hay that it jog not let it stand so four hours and so do every other day for the space of ten daies then strain it into a dish set the dish over boiling water and let it vapour away till it be thick then add to it one pound of fine Sugar-Candy the best and whitest you can get beaten very well then put it into several dishes and dry it in the Sun or in a warm Oven beating it often with bone knives till it be stiff then take as much Gum Dragon steeped in Rose-water as will make it pliable to your hand then make it into little Rolls and add two grāins of Musk or Ambergrease and a few drops of Oyl of Anniseed and so make them into little Cakes and print them with a Seal and then dry them CXLIII To dry Plumbs naturally Take of any sort and prick them and put them into the bottom of a Sieve dusted with Flower to keep them from sticking let them stand in a warm Oven all night the next morning turn them upon a clean Sieve and so do every day till you see that they are very dry CXLIV To dry preserved Pears Wash them from their Syrup then take some fine Sugar and boil it to a Candy height with a little water then put in your Pears and shake them very well up and down then lay them upon the bottom of a Sieve and dry them in a warm Oven and so keep them CXLV To make little Cakes with Almonds Put into a little Rose-water two grains of Ambergrease then take a pound of blanched Almonds and beat them with this Rose-water then take a Pound of your finest Sugar beaten and searced and when your Almonds are well beaten mix some of the Sugar with them then make your Cakes and lay them on Wafer sheets and when they are half baked take the rest of the Sugar being boiled to a Candy height with a little Rosewater and so with a Feather wash them over with this and let them stand a while longer CXLVI To make very pretty Cakes that will keep a good while Take a Quart of fine Flower and the yolks of 4 Eggs a quarter of a pound of Sugar and a little Rosewater with some beaten Spice and as much Cream as will work it into a Paste work it very well and beat it then rowl it as thin as possible and cut them round with a Spur such as the Pastry Cooks do use then fill them with Currans first plumped a little in Rosewater and Sugar so put another sheet of Paste over them and close them prick them and bake them but let not your Oven be too hot you may colour some of them with Saffron if you please and some of them you may Ice over with Rosewater and Sugar and the White of an Egg beaten together CXLVII To make a Paste to wash your hands withal Take a Pound of bitter Almonds blanch them and beat them very fine in a Mortar with four Ounces of Figs when it is come to a Paste put it into a Gallipot and keep it for your use a little at a time will serve CXLVIII To keep Flowers all the Year Take any sort of pretty Flowers you can get and have in readiness some rose-Rosewater made very slippery by laying Gum Arabick therein Dip your Flowers very well and swing it out again and stick them in a sieve to dry in the Sun some other of them you may dust over with fine Flower and some with searced Sugar aster you have wetted them and so dry them either of them will be very fine but those with Sugar will not keep so well as the other they are good to set forth Banquets and to garnish Dishes and will look very fresh and have their right smell CXLIX Conserve of Barberries Take Barberies infuse them in a pot as other Fruits spoken of before then strain them and to every pound of liquor take two pounds of Sugar boil them together over the fire till it will come from the bottom of the Posnet and then put it into Gally-pots and keep it with fine Sugar strewed over it CL. To preserve Barberries without Fire Take your fairest bunches and lay a Lay of fine Sugar into the bottom of the pot and then a Lay of Barberies and then Sugar again till all be in and be sure to cover them deep with Sugar last of all and cover your pot with a bladder wet and tyed on that no Air get in and they will keep and be good and much better to garnish dishes with than pickled Barberries and are very pleasant to eat CLI To Candy Almonds to look as though they had their Shells on Take Iordan Almonds and blanch them then take fine Sugar wet it with water and boil it to a Candy height colour it with Cochineal and put in a Grain of Ambergreece when you see it at a Candy height put in your Almonds well dried from the Water and shake them over the fire till you see they are enough then lay them in a Stove or some other warm place CLII. To Candy Carrot Roots Take of the best and boil them tender then pare them and cut them in such pieces as you like then take fine Sugar boiled to a Candy height with a little Water
of Orange Pill into it finely shred the Iuice of one Orange and one Limon and let it boil a little longer and so put it into Glasses and set them into a Stove with the Pulp that is left you may make Paste if you please CLXXVI To Candy Angelica Take the tender green stalks and boil them in water till they be tender then peel them and put them into another warm water and cover them till they are very green over a slow fire then lay them on a clean Cloth to dry then take their weight in fine Sugar and boil it to a Candy height with some Rosewater then put in your stalks and boil them up quick and shake them often and when you judge they be enough lay them on a Pie-plate and open them with a little stick and so they will be hollow and some of them you may braid and twist some of them so keep them dry CLXXVII To make Seed-stuff of Rasberries Take Rasberries and bruise them and take their weight in fine Sugar and boil it to a Candy height with a little water then put in your bruised Rasberries and boil them till you see they will Ielly very well CLXXVIII To make Syrup of Gilly-flowers Take Clove-gilly flowers and cut them from the Whites then take their weight in sugar beaten fine then put a little sugar into your Gally-pot and then a Lay of Flowers and then sugar again till all be spent and let sugar be the last then put in a Clove or two according to your quantity and a little Malago Sack and so tie your Pot up close and set it into a Pot or Kettle of boiling water and let them stand till they are infused then poure out the Liquor and strain the rest but not too hard then take this Liquor and vapour it away over seething water till it be of a good thickness then take your strained Gilliflowers and put them into a Pot with some white Wine Vinegar and cover them over with fine sugar and so keep them they are a better Sallad than those you pickle up alone as you make this you may make syrup of any Herbs or Flowers CLXXIX To make most excellent Cake Take to a strik'd Peck of Flower six pounds of Currans half an Ounce of Mace half an Ounce of Cinamon a quarter of an Ounce of Cloves as much of Nutmeg half a pound of fine sugar and as much rose-Rose-water as you please beat your Spice and put that and your Fruits with a little Salt into your Flower then take Cream or new Milk as much as you think fit dissolve therein two Pounds of Fresh Butter then put it in a Bason with the sugar and a Pint of Sack knead it with a Wine-Pint of Ale-Yeast knead it till it rise under your hand let all things be ready and your Oven hot before you go to knead the Cake CLXXX To make Pomatum the best way Take the Caul of a Lamb new killed pick it clean from the Skin and lay it in Spring-water nine days shifting it every day twice then melt it then take yellow snails stamp them and put them into a Glass with Rosewater four days stop the Glass and shake it three or four times a day then take white Lilly roots stamp them and strain them put the Iuice of them into the Glass with the Snails then set a Skillet on the fire with fair water and let it boil then put your tried Lambs Caul into an earthen Bason and let it melt then take your Glass with Snails and roots and strain it through a thick cloth then put it into that tried stuff then take half an Ounce of white Sugar Candy unbeaten put it in and stir it over the fire till that be dissolved then take it from the fire and put in three Ounces of sweet Almonds then keep it boiling and stirring a little longer then take it off and let it stand till it be reasonably cool then beat it with a wooden Slice till it be very white then put in a little rose-Rose-water and beat it a little longer and then keep it in Gallipots you must put in a crust of Bread when you melt it in the Skillet and when the Sugar Candy goes in take it out CLXXXI To make the Bean-Bread Take a pound of the best Iordan AImonds blanch them in cold water and slice them very thin the long way of the Almond with a wet Knife then take a pound of double refined Sugar well beaten and mix with your Almonds then take the White of one Egg beaten with two Spoonfuls of Rosewater and as the Froth ariseth cast it all over your Almonds with a Spoon then mix them well together and lay them upon Wafer sheets upon flowered Plates and shape them as you please with your Knife and your fingers then strew Caroway Comfits and Orange and Citron Pill cut thin or some Coriander Comfits so set them into an Oven not too hot and when they have stood about half an hour raise them from their Plates and mend what you find amiss before they be too dry then set them into the Oven again and when they are quite dry break away the Wafers with your fingers and then clip them neatly with a pair of Scizzers and lay on some Leaf-Gold if you please CLXXXII To make an excellent Cake with Caroway Comfits Take five Pounds of Manchet Paste mingled very stiff and light without Salt cover it and let it be rising half an hour when your Oven is almost hot take two pounds and half of Butter very good and melt it and take five Eggs Yolks and Whites beaten and half a Pound of Sugar mingle them all together with your Paste and let it be as lithe as possible you can worke it and when your Oven is hot and swept strew into your Cake one Pound of Caroway Comfits then butter a baking-Pan and bake it in that let it stand one hour and quarter when you draw it lay a course Linnen Cloth and a Woollen one over it so let it lie till it be cold then put it into an Oven the next day for a little time and it will eat as though it were made of Almonds you must put in your Sugar aften your Butter CLXXXIII To make Diet Bread or Iumbolds Take a Quart of fine Flower half a Pound of fine Sugar Caroway seeds Coriander seeds and Aniseeds bruised of each one Ounce mingle all these together then take the Yolks of eight Eggs and the Whites of three beat them well with four spoonfuls of Rosewater and so knead these all together and no other Liquor when it is well wrought lay it for one hour in a linnen cloth before the Fire then rowl it out thin tie them in Knots and prick them with a Needle lay them upon Butter'd Plates and bake them in an Oven not too hot CLXXXIV To make Cider or Perry as clear as Rock water Take to two Quarts of Cider half a Pint of
day till they are dry CCIII The Spanish Candy Take any sort of Flowers well picked and beaten in a Mortar and put them into a Syrup so much as the Flowers will stain boil them and stir them till you see it will turn Sugar again then pour it upon a wet trencher and when it is cold cut it into Lozenges and that which remaineth in the bottom of the Posnet scrape it clean out and beat it and searse it then work it with some Gum Dragon steeped in Rosewater and a little Ambergreece so make it into what shape you please and dry it CCIV. To make Naples Bisket Take four Ounces of Pine Apple seeds two Ounces of sweet Almonds blanched the Whites of two Eggs one spoonful of Ale-Yeast one spoonful of Rice Flower one spoonful of sweet Cream beat all these together in a Mortar then adde to it Musk or Ambergreece drop it upon a Pie-Plate and make it in what shape you please and so bake it CCV To make Italian Bisket Take Sugar searced fine and beat in a Mortar with Gum Dragon steeped in Rose-water and also the White of an Egg till it come to a perfect Paste then mould it up with searced Sugar Powder of Aniseeds and a little Musk and make them in what shape you please and bake them on Pie-Plates but not too much CCVI. To make Hipocras Take to every Gallon of Sack or white Wine one Pound of Sugar one Ounce of Cinamon one Ounce of Ginger one quarter of an Ounce of Nutmegs a quarter of an Ounce of Coriander seed with a few Cloves and a little Long Pepper or a few Grains let all these steep together four and twenty hours stir it twice or thrice in that time then put to every Gallon one Pint of Milk and run it through a Ielly-Bag and then bottle it and let them be stopped very close set them in a cool place it will keep a Moneth CCVII. To make Tuff-Taffity Cream Take a quart of thick Cream the whites of eight Eggs beaten to a Froth with Rose-water then take of the Froth and put it into the Cream and boil it and always stir it then put in the Yolks of eight Eggs well beaten and stir them in off the Fire and then on the fire a little while then season it with Sugar and poure it out and when it is cold lay on it Ielly of Currans or Rasberries or what you please CCVIII Caroway Cake Take one Quart of Flower and one pound of Butter rub your Butter into your Flower very well then take two Yolks of Eggs and one White two spoonfuls of Cream half a Pint of Ale-Yeast mix them all together do not knead it but pull it in pieces then set it to the fire to rise and so let it lie almost one hour turning it often then pull it in pieces again and strew in half a pound of Caroway Comfits mingle them with the Paste then take it lightly with your hand and fashion it like an Oval and make it higher in the middle than the sides let your Oven be as hot as for a Tart be sure your Oven or Cake be ready both at once put it upon a double paper buttered and let it stand almost an hour when it goes into the Oven strew it thick with Caroway-Comfits and lay a paper over least it scorch CCIX. To Candy Barberies Stone the fairest Bunches you can get and as you stone them strew in a little Sugar then take so much water as you think will cover them and let them boil in it with a little Sugar a little while then put them into a deep thing that the Syrup may cover them then boil a little water and sugar to a Candy height then having your Barberies drained well from the Syrup put them into the hot Candy stir them gently till the Sugar be dissolved but do not let them boil in it then open every branch and lay them upon the brims of dishes shift them often on clean dishes and open them every time then set them into an Oven ox Stove to dry CCX To make a very fine Sillibub Take one Quart of Cream one Pint and an half of Wine or Sack the Iuice of two Limons with some of the Pill and a Branch of Rosemary sweeten it very well then put a little of this Liquor and a little of the Cream into a Bason beat them till it froth put that Froth into the Sillibub pot and so do till the Cream and Wine be done then cover it close and set it in a cool Cellar for twelve hours then eat it CCXI. Fine sweet Powder for the hair Take one pound of the best starch you can get put it into a Bason with half a Pint of Rosemary water as much Rosewater stir them well together with a Spoon then dry them well in the Sun then take the searced Powder of Damask Roses and four grains of Ambergreece mix it well with your Starch and sift it fine CCXII. To make Cakes of Pistachoes Take half a pound of Almonds blanched half a pound of Pistachoes blanched four Ounces of Pine-Apple seeds beat these together in a Mortar with a little rose-Rosewater till it come to perfect Paste then put in the weight of it in Sugar and beat it again then mould it with searced Sugar and lay it upon Wafer sheets and fashion them as you please then stick them with quartered Pistachoes that they may make it look like a Hedghog then with a Feather Ice them over with the White of an Egg Rosewater and Sugar then bake them carefully CCXIII. To make Cakes of Apricocks in Lumps Take Apricocks and pare them and cut them in halves then take their weight in Sugar put half this Sugar and the Apricocks into a Posnet let them boil apace till they look clear then boil the other part of the Sugar to a Candy height then put them together and stir them a while then put them into Glasses and set them into a Stove and when the one side is dry turn the other CCXIV. To make Rasberry Sugar Take the Iuice of Rasberries and wet your Sugar with it and dry it in a Stove in little Cakes this will keep all the year a little of it being put in a Glass of Wine will give it as good a taste as you can desire and as good a colour in this manner you may make Sugar of any Fruit Flower or Herb. CCXV To dry Apricocks Take your fairest Apricocks and stone them then weigh them and as you pare them throw them into cold water have in readiness their weight in fine sugar wet it with some of the water they lie in and boil it to a Candy height then put in your Apricocks and boil them till they are clear when they have lain three or four days in the Syrup lay them out upon Glasses to dry in a stove and turn them twice a day CCXVI To make rough Marmalade of Cherries Stone your Cherries and infuse
them in a long Gallipot in a Kettle of boiling water when they are all to pieces then take their weight in fine sugar boiled to a Candy height with a little water then put in your Apricocks and stir them over a slow fire but do not let it boil when it will Ielly put it into Glasses CCXVII To make smooth Marmalade of Cherries Infuse them as you do the other then strain them hard and boil the Iuice with a Candy as you do the other CCXVIII To make white Trencher-Plates which may be eaten Take two Eggs beaten very well Yolks and Whites two spoonfuls of Sack one spoonful of Rosewater and so much flower as will make it into a stiff Paste then roule it thin and then lay it upon the ontsides of Plates well buttered cut them fit to the Plates and bake them upon them then take them forth and when they are cold take a pound of double refin'd Sugar beaten and searced with a little Ambergreece the White of an Egg and Rosewater beat these well together and Ice your Plates all over with it and set them into the Oven again till they be dry CCXIX. To make the Froth Posset Take three Pints of Cream or new Milk set it on the fire then take sixteen Eggs and put the Whites into a Bason very deep and beat the Yolks by themselves make a Custard with them and the Cream which is on the fire then beat the Yolks to a Froth with a little Sack and a little Sugar when it is a thick Froth cast it into another Dish with a Spoon then take half a Pint of Sack and sweeten it with Sugar set it on a Chafing-dish of Coals in a large Bason when it is hot put in as much Froth as the Sack will receive stir it in very well then take your Custard and poure upon it stir it all one way when you put it in then if the Froth do not cover the top of the Posset put in more and stir it very well and cover it close with a warm Dish let it stand a while upon Coals but not too hot you may know when it is enough by putting your Spoon into the Bason for then it will be clear in the bottom Curd in the middle and Froth on the top CCXX To make Banbury Cake Make a Posset of Sack and Cream then take a Peck of fine Flower half an Ounce of Mace as much of Nutmeg as much of Cinamon beat them and searce them two pounds of Butter ten Eggs leaving out half their Whites one Pint and half of Ale-Yeast beat your Eggs very well and strain them then put your Yeast and some of the Posset to the Flower stir them together and put in your Butter cold in little pieces but your Posset must be scalding hot make it into a Paste and let it lie one hour in a warm Cloth to rise then put in ten pounds of Currans washed and dried very well a little Musk and Ambergreece dissolved in Rose-water put in a little Sugar among your Currans break your Paste into little pieces when you go to put in your Currans then lay a Lay of broken Paste and then a Lay of Currans till all be in then mingle your Paste and Currans well together and keep out a little of your Paste in a warm Cloth to cover the top and bottom of your Cake you must rowl the Cover very thin and also the Bottom and close them together over the Cake with a little Rosewater prick the top and bottom with a small Pin or Needle and when it is ready to go into the Oven cut it in the sides round about let it stand two hours then Ice it over with Rose-water or Orange Flower and Sugar and the White of an Egg and harden it in the Oven CCXXI To make Cambridge Almond Butter Take a Quart of Cream and sixteen Eggs well beaten mix them together and strain them into a Posnet set them on a soft fire and stir them continually when it is ready to boil put in half a quarter of a Pint of Sack and stir it till it run to a Curd then strain the Whey from it as much as may be then beat four Ounces of blanched Almonds with Rosewater then put the Curd and beaten Almonds and half a pound of fine Sugar into a Mortar and beat them well together then put it into Glasses and eat it with bread it will keep a Fortnight CCXXII To make a Sack Posset without Milk or Bread Take a Quart of Ale and half a Pint of Sack boil them with what spice you please then take three quarters of a pound of sugar and twenty Eggs Yolks and Whites well beaten and strained then take four Ounces of Almonds blanched and beaten with rose-Rose-water put them to the Eggs and put them to the other things in the Posnet upon the fire and keep them stirring and when it boileth up put it into a Bason and strew on beaten spice and sugar you must also sweeten it when the Eggs go in CCXXIII. To preserve Figs and dry them To every pound of your large ripe English Figs take a pound of Sugar and one Pint of Water boil your Sugar and Water and scum it then put in your Figs and boil them very well till they are tender clear boil them very fast when they have been in the Syrup a week boil some sugar to a Candy height and put in the Figs and when you perceive they are enough lay them out to dry CCXXIV. To pickle Mushromes Take them of one nights growth and peel them inside and outside boil them in Water and Salt one hour then lay them out to cool then make a Pickle of white Wine and white Wine Vinegar and boil in it whole Cloves Nutmegs Mace and Ginger sliced and some whole Pepper when it is cold put them into it and keep them for Sauces of several Meats and if you would dress them to eat presently put them in a Dish over a Chafingdish of Coals without any Liquor and the fire will draw out their natural Liquor which you must pour away then put in whole Spice Onions and Butter with a little Wine and so let them stew a while then serve it in CCXXV. To preserve whole Quinces to look red When they are pared and cored put them into cold water and for every Pound of Quince take one Pound of Sugar and a Pint of Water make a Syrup thereof then put in your Quinces and set them on a slow fire close covered till you see they are of a good Colour and very tender then take them out and boil your Syrup till it will Ielly CCXXVI To make very good Marma of Quinces to look red Weigh your Quinces and pare them cut them in quarters and core them and keep them in cold water then take their weight in sugar and a little water and boil it and scum it then put in your Quinces and set them on a slow
fire close covered till you see it of a good colour then uncover it and boil it up very quick till you find that it will jelly very well CCXXVII To make Musk Sugar Bruise six Grains of Musk and tie them in a piece of Tiffany lay it in the bottom of a Gallipot and then fill it with sugar and tie it up close when you have spent that sugar put in some more it will be well perfumed CCXXVIII An excellent way to make Syrup of Roses or of any other Flower Fill a Silver Bason three quarters full of Spring water then fill it up with Rose-Leaves or any other and cover it and set it upon a pot of seething water one hour then strain it and put in more and do in like manner and so do seven times then take to every Pint one Pound of Sugar and make a Syrup therewith CCXXIX To dry Rose Leaves Pick your Roses and dry them upon the Leads of a House in a Sun-shine day and turn them as you do Hay and when they are through dry keep them in broad mouth'd Glasses close stopped CCXXX To Candy Flowers Boil some Rosewater and Sugar together then put in your Flowers being very dry and boil them a little then strew in some fine Sugar over them and turn them and boil them a little more then take them from the fire and strew some more sugar over them then take them out and lay them to dry and open them and strew sugar over them they will dry in a few hours in a hot day CCXXXI The making of Sugar-Plate and casting of it into Moulds Take one Pound of double refin'd Sugar beaten and searced and three Ounces of pure white Starch beaten and searced then have some Gum-Dragon steeped in rose-Rose-water and put some of it with the Sugar and Starch and a little of Ambergreece into a Mortar and beat them till they come to a perfect Paste you must also put in a little white of an Egg with the Gum then mould it with searced Sugar then dust your Moulds with Sugar then roul out your Paste and lay it into the Mould pressing it down into every hollow part with your fingers and when it hath taken impression knock the Mould on the edge against a Table and it will come out or you may help it with the point of your knife if you find you have put in too much Gum then add more Sugar if too much Sugar then more Gum work it up as fast as you can when they come out of the Moulds trim them handsomely if you would make saucers dishes or bowls you must rowl it out thin and put your Paste into a saucer dish or bowl for a Mould and let them stand therein till they be very dry then guild them on the edges with the white of an Egg laid round about the edge with a pencil and press the Gold down with some Cotton and when it is dry brush off the superfluous loose Gold with the foot of an Hare and if you would have your Paste exceeding smooth as for Cards or the like then roul your Paste upon a slicked paper with a very smooth Rouling-pin if you would colour any of it you must take the searced powder of any Herbs or Flowers first dryed and put to it when you beat it in a Mortar with the Gum. CCXXXII To make Paste of Almonds Take four Ounces of Valentia Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater till it come to a perfect Paste then take stale white bread grate it and sift it and dry it by the fire then put that to your Almonds with the weight of all in fine Sugar beat them very well and put in some Spice beaten and searced then when it is a little cool roul it out dust your Moulds and print it and dry it in an Oven you may if you please put the juice of a Limon into it when it is beating you may make some of it into Iumbolos and tie them in knots and bake them upon Buttered Plates and when they are baked ice them over with Rosewater Sugar and the White of an Egg and set them into the Oven again for a while CCXXXIII To make French Bisket Take half a Peck of fine Flower two Ounces of Coriander seeds the Whites of four Eggs half a Pint of Ale Yeast and as much water as will make it up into a stiff Paste let your water be blood warm then bake it in a long Roll as big as your Thigh let it be in the Oven but one hour when it is two days old pare it and slice it thin overthwart then ice it over thin and set it into the Oven to dry CCXXXIV To make Ginger-bread Take three stale Manchets grated and sifed then put to them half an Ounce of Cinamon as much Ginger half an Ounce of Licoras and Aniseeds together beat all these and searce them and put them in with half a Pound of fine Sugar boil all these together with a quart of Claret stirring them continually till it come to a stiff Paste then when it is almost cold mould it on a Table with some searced Spice and Sugar then bake it in what shape you please CCXXXV Another sort of Ginger-bread Take half a Pound of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten half a Pound of fine Flower first dried in an Oven one Pound of fine sugar what sorts of Spices you please beaten and searced and also Seeds beat all these together with two Eggs both Yolks and Whites then mould it with flower and Sugar together and so bake it in what shape you please CCXXXVII To make Puff-Paste Take a quart of the finest Flower the Whites of three Eggs and the Yolks of two and a little cold water make it into a perfect Paste then roul it abroad thin then lay on little bits of Butter and fold it over again then drive it abroad again and lay on more Butter and then fold it over and so do ten times make it up for your use and put your Fruit or meat therein and bake it CCXXXVII Another way for Puff-Paste Take fine Flower half a Peck the Yolks of five Eggs and one White one Pound of Butter half a Pint of Cream and a little fair water break your Butter in little Bits and do not mould it too much but roul it abroad so soon as you can and let the Butter be seen in spots for that will make it hollow when it comes into the Oven then put in your Meat or Fruit and close it over and wash it over with the Yolk of an Egg and Cream beaten together just when you set it into the Oven let your Oven be quick but do not let it stand too long for that will spoil it CCXXXVIII To make short Paste without Butter Bake your Flower first then take a quart of it and the Yolks of three Eggs and a pint of Cream two Ounces of fine sugar and a little salt and so make it into
the Bag of Spice and when it hath stood a few days bottle it up if you would have it red you must put the Honey to strong Ale Wort instead of Water III. To make Coller'd Beef Take a good Flank of Beef and lay it in Pump water and salt or rather Saltpeter one day and one night then take Pepper Mace Nutmegs Ginger and Cloves with a little of the Herb called Tarragon beat your Spice shred your Tarragon and mingle these with some Sewet beaten small and strew upon your Beef and so rowl it up and tie it hard and bake it in a Pot with Claret Wine and Butter let the Pot be covered close something in the Pot to keep the Meat down in the Liquor that it may not scorch set it into the Oven with Houshold bread and when it is baked take it out and let it cool then hang it up one night in the Chimney before you eat it and so as long as you please Serve it in with Bay Leaves and eat it with Mustard and Sugar IV. To make Almond Puddings with French Rolls or Naples Biskets Take a quart of Cream boil it with whole Spice then take it from the Fire and put in three Naples Biskets or one Penny French Roll sliced thin and cover it up to scald when it is cold put in four Ounces of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater the Yolks of eight Eggs and a little Marrow with as much Sugar as you think fit and a little Salt you may boil it or bake it or put it into Skins if it be boiled or baked put Sugar on it when you serve it in V. To make Barly Cream Take two Ounces of French Barly and boil it in several Waters then take a quart of Cream and boil it with whole Spice put in your Barly and boil them together very well Then put in the yolks of six Eggs well beaten and as much Sugar as you think fit stir them well over the fire then poure it out and when it is cold serve it in thus you may make Rice Cream only do not boil that but a very little in Milk before you put it into the Cream VI. To make Cheescakes Take four Gallons of new Milk set it with a little Runnet and when it is come break it gently and whey it very well then take some Manchet first scalded well in new Milk let the Milk be thick with it and while it is hot put in a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and stir it in when it is cold mix that and your Curd together very well then put in one Pound and half of plumped Currans some beaten Spice a very little Salt Rosewater and the yolks of eight Eggs half a Pint of Cream and a little Sugar mix them well together then make some Paste with Flower Butter the yolk of an Egg and fair water and roule it out thin and so bake them in bake-pans and do not let them stand too long in the Oven VII Another way for Cheese-Cakes Take the Curd of four Gallons of new Milk and put thereto half a pound of Almonds blanched and beaten fine with Rose-water then put in one Pint of Raw Cream the yolks of ten Eggs some beaten Spice a little Salt one pound and half of plumped Currans a little Rosewater and some Sugar and so mix them very well and put them into your Crust and bake them VIII Another way for Cheese-Cakes Take the Curd of four Gallons of new Milk beat it well in a Mortar with half a pound of fresh Butter aud then season it as you do the other above-named IX Another way for Cheese-Cakes Take the same quantity of Curd and mix it with half a Pound of Rice boiled tender in Milk one quarter of a Pound of fresh Butter the yolks of eight Eggs one Pint of Cream beaten Spice two pounds of Currans first plumped Rosewater and Sugar and a little Salt and so bake them not too much X. To make a sresh Cheese Take some very tender Cheese-Curd stamp it very well in a Mortar with a little Rosewater wherein whole Spice hath been steeped then let it stand in a little Cullender about half an hour then turn it out into your Dish and serve it to the Table with Cream Wine and Sugar XI Another way for a fresh Cheese Take a quart of Cream and boil in it whole Spice then stir in the yolks of eight Eggs and four whites well beaten and when they are hot put in so much Sack as will give it a good taste then stir it over the Fire till it runneth on a Curd then beat it in a Mortar as the other and serve it to the Table with Cream and Sugar XII To make Oatmeal Pudding Take Oatmeal beaten fine put to it some Cream beaten Spice Rosewater and Sugar some Currans some Marrow or Beef Sewir shred fine and a little Salt then butter your pan and bake it XIII Puddings in Balls to stew or to fry Take part of a Leg of Veal parboil it and shred it fine with some Beef Sewet then take some Cream Currans Spice Rosewater Sugar and a little Salt a little grated Bread and one handful of Flower and with the yolks of Eggs make them in Balls and stew them between two Dishes with Wine and Butter or you may make some of them in the shape of Sausages and fry them in Butter so serve them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Table with Sugar strewed over them XIV To boil Pigeons Take your largest Pigeons and cut them in halves wash them and dry them then boil a little Water Salt with some whole Spice and a little Faggot of sweet Herbs then put in your Pigeons and boil them and when they are enough take some boiled Parsley shred small some sweet Butter Claret Wine and an Anchovy heat them together then put in the yolks of Eggs and make it thick over the Fire then put in your Pigeons into a Dish garnished with pickled Barberries and raw Parsley and so poure over them your Sawce and serve it to the Table XV. To make an Apple Tansie Take a Quart of Cream one Manchet grated the yolks of ten Eggs and four Whites a little Salt some Sugar and a little Spice then cut your Apples in round thin slices and lay them into your Frying-Pan in order your Butter being hot when your Apples are fried poure in your Batter and fry it on the one side then turn it on a Pie-Plate and slide it into the Pan again and fry it then put it on a Pie-Plate and squeez the Iuice of a Limon over it and strew on fine Sugar and serve it to the Table XVI To make a green Tansie to fry or boil over a Pot. Take a quart of cream the yolks of one dozen of Eggs half their Whites well beat mix them together and put in one Nutmeg grated then colour it well with the Iuice of Spinage and sweeten it with Sugar then
fry it with Butter as you do the other and serve it in the same manner but you must lay thin slices of Limon upon this If you will not fry it then Butter a Dish and poure it therein and set it upon a Pot of boiling water till it be enough this is the better and easier way Thus you may make Tansies of any other things as Cowslips Rasberries Violets Marigolds Gilliflowers or any such like and colour them with their Iuice you may use green Wheat instead of Spinage XVII To make an Amulet Take twelve Eggs beat them and strain them put to them three or four Spoonfulls of Cream then put in a little Salt and having your frying-pan ready with some Butter very hot poure it in and when you have fryed it a little turn over both the sides into the middle then turn it on the other side and when it is fryed serve it to the table with Verjuice Butter and Sugar XVIII To make a Chicken-Pie Make your Paste with cold Cream Flower Butter and the yolk of an Egg roule it very thin lay it in your Baking-pan then lay Butter in the Bottom Then lay in your Chickens cut in quarters with some whole Mace and Nut meg sliced with some Marrow hard Lettuce Eryngo Root and Citron Pill with a few Dates stoned and sliced Then lay good store of Butter Close up your Py and bake it Then Cut it oqen and put in some Wine Butter and Sugar with the Yolk of two or or three Eggs well beaten together over the fire till it be thick so serve it to the Table and garnish your Dish with some pretty Conceits made in Paste XIX To make a Collar of Brawn of a Brest of Pork Take a large Breast of Pork and bone it then roule it up and tie it hard with a Tape then boil it in water and Salt till it be very tender then make Souce drink for it with small Beer Water and Salt and keep it in it Serve it to the Table with a Rosemary Branch in the middle of it and eat it with Mustard XX. To souce Veal to eat like Sturgeon Take what part of Veal you like best and boil it with Water Salt and a bundle of sweet herbs and a little Limon Pill when it is boiled enough put into your Liquor so much Vinegar as will make it tast sharp and a Limon sliced and when it is cold put in your Veal and when it hath lain four or five days serve it to the Table with Fennel and eat it with some Vinegar you must tie it up as you do Brawn XXI To make a Pasty of a Breast of Veal Take half a peck of fine Flower and two pounds of Butter broken into little bits one Egg a little Salt and as much cold Cream or Milk as will make it into a Paste when you have framed your Pasty lay in your Breast of Veal boned and seasoned with a little Pepper and Salt but first you must lay in Butter When your Veal is laid in then put in some large Mace and a Limon sliced thin Rind and all then cover it well with Butter close it and bake it and when you serve it in cut it up while it is very hot put in some white wine sugar the yolks of Eggs and Butter being first heated over the Fire together this is very excellent meat XXII To make a Pigeon-Pie Make your Paste as for the Pasty roule it thin and lay it into your baking-pan then lay in Butter then mix Pepper and Salt and Butter together and fill the bellies of your Pigeons then lay them in and put in some large Mace and little thin slices of Bacon then cover them with Butter and close your Pie and bake it not too much XXIII To boil a Capon or a Hen with Oysters Take either of them and fill the Belly of it with Oysters and truss it then boil it in white Wine Water the Liquor of the Oysters a Blade or two of Mace a little Pepper whole and a little Salt when it is boiled enough take the Oysters out of the belly and put them into a Dish then take some Butter and some of the Liquor it was boiled in and two Anchoves with the yolks of Eggs well beaten heat these together over the fire and then put your Oysters into it then garnish your Dish with Limon sliced thin and some of the Oysters also some pickled Barberries and raw Parsley then lay your Capon or Hen in the middle of it and poure the sauce upon the Breast of it then lay on sliced Limon and serve it in XXIV To make an Olio First lay in your Dish a Fricasy made of a Calves head with Oisters and Anchovies in it then lay Marrow-bones round the Dish within them lay Pigeons boiled round the Dish and thin slices of Bacon lay in the middle upon your Fricasie a powdred Goose boiled then lay some sweet-breads of Veal fryed and balls of Sawsage-meat here and there with some Scotch Collops of Veal or of Mutton Garnish your Dish with Limon or Orange and some toasts for the Marrow so serve it in XXV To make Cracknels Take half a Pound of fine Flower and as much fine Sugar a few Coriander seeds bruised and some Butter rubbed into the Flower wet it with Eggs Rosewater and Cream make it into a Paste and rowl it in thin Cakes then prick them and bake them then wash them over with Egg and a little Rosewater then dry them again in the Oven to make them crisp XXVI To make good sauce for a boiled Leg of Mutton Take the best Prunes and stew them well with white Wine or Claret and some whole Spice then strain them into a Dish and set it over a Chafingdish of coles put to it a little grated Bread juice of Limon and a little salt then lay your Mutton in a Dish being well boiled with Water Salt poure your sauce to it Garnish your Dish with Limon Barberies Parsly and so serve it in XXVII To rost Pork without the Skin Take any joint of Small Pork not salted and lay it to the fire till the Skin may be taken off then take it from the fire and take off the Skin then stick it with Rosemary and Cloves and lay it to the fire again then salt it and rost it carefully then make Sauce for it with Claret Wine white bread sliced thin a little water and some beaten Cinamon boil these well together then put in some Salt a little Butter Vinegar or Iuice of Limon and a little sugar when your Pork is rosted enough then flower it and lay it into a Dish with the Sauce and serve it in XXVIII To roste a Pig like Lamb. Take a Pig cut it in quarters and truss it like quarters of Lamb then spit it and rost it till you may take off the Skin then take the Spit from the fire and take the skin clean off then draw it with
eat it LVII To make Barly Broth with Meat Take a Knuckle of Veal and the Crag-end of a Neck of Mutton and boil them in water and salt then put in some Barly and whole spice and boil them very well together then put in Raisons stoned and Currans and a few Dates stoned and sliced thin when it is almost enough put in some Cream and boil it a while then put in plumped Prunes and the yolks of Eggs Rosewater and Sugar and a little Sack so serve it in Garnish your Dish with some of the Raisins and Prunes and fine Sugar this is very good and nourishing for sick or weak people LVIII To make Furmity with Meat-Broth Boil a Leg of Beef in water and salt and put in a little whole Spice when it is boiled tender take it up and put into the broth some Wheat ready boiled such as they sell in the Market and when that hath boiled a while put in some milk and let that boil a while then thicken it with a little Flower or the yolks of Eggs then sweeten it with sugar and eat it LIX To make Furmity with Almonds Take three Quarts of Cream and boil it with whole Spice then put in some pearled barley first boiled in several waters and when they have boiled together a while then put in so many blanched Almonds beaten fine with Rosewater as you think may be enough about four Ounces of barly to this quantity of Cream will be enough and four Ounces of Almonds boil them well together and sweeten it with sugar and so serve it in or eat it by the way you may put in Saffron if you please LX. To make a hasty Pudding Take one quart of Cream and boil it then put in two Manchets grated and one pound almost of Currans plumped a little Salt Nutmeg and Sugar and a liitle Rose-water and so let them boil together stirring them continually over the Fire till you see the butter arise from the Cream and then poure it into a Dish and serve it in with fine Sugar strewed on the brims of the Dish LXI Another way to make a hasty Pudding Take good new milk and boil it then put in Flower plumped Currans beaten spice Salt and Sugar and stir it continually till you find it be enough then serve it in with butter and sugar and a little Wine if you please LXII To make Spanish Pap. Boil a quart of Cream with a little whole Spice when it is well boiled take out the Spice and thicken it with Rice Flower and when it is well boiled put in the yolks of Eggs and Sugar and Rosewater with a very little Salt so serve it to the Table either hot or cold with fine Sugar strewed on the brims of the Dish LXIII To make Gravie Broth. Take a good fleshy piece of Beef not fat and lay it down to the fire and when it begins to rost slash it with a Knife to let the Gravie run out and continually bast it with what drops from it and Claret Wine mixed together and continually cut it and bast it till all the Gravie be out then take this Gravie and set it over a Chafingdish of Coals with some whole Spice Limon Pill and a little Salt when you think it is enough lay some Sippets into another Dish and poure it in and serve it to the Table Garnish your Dish with Limon and Orange it you please you may leave out the Sippets and put in some poach'd Eggs done carefully LXIV To make French Pottage Take an equal quantity of Chervil hard Lettice and Sorrel or any other Herb as you like best in all as much as a Peek will hold pressed down pick them well and wash them and drain them from the water then put them into a Pot with half a Pound of fresh Butter and set them over the fire and as the Butter melts stir them down in it till they are all within the butter then put some water in and a Crust of bread with some whole Cloves and a little Salt and when it is well boiled take out the Crust of bread and put in the yolks of four Eggs well beaten and stir them together over the fire then lay some thin slices of white bread into a deep dish and poure it in LXV To make Cabbage Pottage Take a Leg of Beef and a Neck of Mutton and boil them well in water and salt then put in good store of Cabbage cut small and some whole Spice and when it is boiled enough serve it in LXVI To make a Sallad of cold meat Take the brawn of a cold Capon or a a piece of cold Veal and mince it very small with some Limon pill then put in some Oil Vinegar Capers Caviare and some Anchovies and mix them very well then lay it in a Dish in the form of a Star and serve it in Garnish your Dish with Anchovies Limon and Capers LXVII To dry a Goose. Take a fair fat Goose and powder it about a Moneth or thereabouts then hang it up in a Chimney as you do Bacon and when it is throughly dry boil it well and serve it to the Table with some Mustard and Sugar Garnish your Dish with Bay leaves Hogs Cheeks are very good dried thus LXVIII To dress Sheeps Tongues with Oisters Take your Sheeps Tongues about six of them and boil them in water and salt till they be tender then peel them and slice them thin then put them into a Dish with a quart of great Oisters a little Clarret wine and some whole Spice let them stew together a while then put in some Butter and the yolks of three Eggs well beaten shake them well together then lay some Sippets into a Dish and put your Tongues upon them Garnish your Dish with Oisters Barberries and raw Parsley and serve it in LXIX To make a Neats-tongue Pie Let two small Neats tongues or one great one be tenderly boiled then peel them and slice them very thin season them with Pepper and Salt and Nutmeg then having your Paste ready laid into your baking-pan lay some Butter in the bottom then lay in your Tongues and one pound of Raisins of the Sun with a very little Sugar then lay in more butter so close it and bake it then cut it up and put in the yolks of three Eggs a little Clarret Wine and Butter stir it well together and lay on the Cover and serve it you may add a little Sugar if you please LXX A Capon with white Broth. Take a large Capon and draw him and truss him and boil him in water and a little salt with some whole Spice When you think it is almost enough put in one pound of Currans well washed and picked four Ounces of Dates stoned and sliced thin and when they have boiled enough put in half a pound of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten fine with rofe-Rofe-water strain them in with some of the Liquor then put in some Sack and Sugar then
them fast with a scure so spit them and roste them baste them with Butter and serve them in with Vinegar Butter and Sugar CXXIII To make an Olive Pie. Having your Paste in readiness with Butter in the bottom lay in some of the forenamed Olives but not fastned with a Scure then put in Currans hard Eggs and sweet Butter with some herbs shred fine be sure you cover it well with Butter and put in a little white Wine and Sugar and close it and bake it eat it hot or cold but hot is better CXXIV To make a Ball to take stains out of Linnen which many times happens by Cooking or Preserving Take four Ounces of hard white Sope beat it in a Mortar with two small Limons sliced and as much Roch Allom as a Hazle Nut when they are beaten well together make it up in little Balls rub the stain therewith and then wash it in warm water till you see it be quite out CXXV To make a fine Pomander Take two Ounces of Labdanum of Benjamin and Storax one Ounce Musk six gr as much of Civet as much of Ambergreece of Calamus Aromaticus and Lignum Aloes of each the weight of a Groat beat all these in a hot Mortar and with a hot Pestel till it come to a perfect Paste then take a little Gum Dragon steeped in Rosewater and rub your hand withal and make it up with speed and dry them but first make them into what shapes you please and print them CXXVI A very fine washing-Ball Take three Ounces of Orrice half an Ounce of Cypress wood 2 Ounces of Calamus Aromaticus 1 ounce of Damask-Rose leaves 2 ounces of Lavender-flowers a quarter of an Ounce of Cloves beat all these and searce them fine then take two pounds and an half of Castile Sope dissolved in rose-rose-water and beat all these forenamed things with the Sope in a Mortar and when they are well incorporated make it into Balls and keep them in a Box with Cotton as long as you please CXXVII To make French Broth called Kinck Take a Leg os Beef and set it over the fire with a good quantity of fair water when it boils scum it what meat soever you have to dress that day either of Fowl or small meat put it all into this Liquor parboil it then take out those small meats and put in some French Barley and some whole Spice one Clove or two of Garlick a handful of Leeks some salt when it is boiled enough pour it from the Barley and put in a little Saffron so serve it in and garnish your Dish with sliced Oranges or Limons and put a little of the juice therei CXXVIII To make Broth of a Lambs Head Boil it with as much water as will cover it with whole Spice and a little Salt and a bundle of sweet herbs then put in strained Oatmeal and Cream and some Currans when you take it up put in Sack and Sugar then lay the head in a Dish and put the Broth to it and serve it in CXXIX To season a Chicken-Pie Having your Paste rolled thin and laid into your baking pan lay in some Butter then lay in your Chickens quartered and seasoned with Pepper Nutmeg and a little Salt then put in Raisins Cutrrans and Dates then lay Butter on the top close it and bake it then cut it up and put in Clouted Cream Sack and Sugar CXXX To make an Herb-Pie Take Spinage hard Letuce and a few sweet herbs pick them wash them and shred them and put them into your Pie with Butter and Nutmeg and Sugar and a little Salt so close it and bake it then draw it and open it and put in Clouted Cream Sack and Sugar and stir it well together and serve it in CXXXI To roste Lobsters Take two fair Lobsters alive wash them clean and stop the holes as you do to boil then fasten them to a Spit the insides together make a good fire and strew Salt on them and that will kill them quickly bast them with Water and salt till they be very red then have ready some Oisters stewed and cut small put them into a Dish with melted Butter beaten thick with a little water then take a few Spoonfuls of the Liquor of the stewed Oisters and dissolve in it two Anchovies then put it to the melted Butter then take up your Lobsters and crack the shells that they may be easie to open CXXXII To make a Pumpion-Pie Take a Pumpion pare it and cut it in thin slices dip it in beaten Eggs and Herbs shred small and fry it till it be enough then lay it into a Pie with Butter Raisins Currans Sugar and Sack and in the bottom some sharp Apples when it is baked butter it and serve it in CXXXIII To make an Artichoke Pudding Boil a quart of Cream with whole Spice then put in half a pound of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten with Rosewater when they have boiled well take it from the fire and take out the Spice when it is almost cold put in the yolks of ten Eggs some Marrow and some bottoms of Artichokes then sweeten it with sugar and put in a little salt then butter a Dish and bake it in it serve it to the Table stuck full of blanched Almonds and fine Sugar strewed over it CXXXIV To pickle Sprats like Anchovies Take a Peck of the biggest Sprats without their heads and salt them a little over night then take a Pot or Barrel and lay in it a Lay of bay salt atd then a lay of Sprats and a few bay leaves then salt again thus do till you have filled the Vessel put in a little Limon Pill also among your Bay Leaves then cover the Vessel and pitch it that no Air get in set it in a cool Cellar and once in a week turn it upside down in three Moneths you may eat of them CXXXV To keep Artichokes all the Year Gather your Artichokes with long stalks and then cut off the stalks close to them then boil some water with good Pears and Apples sliced thin and the Pith of the great stalks and a Quince or two quartered to give it a relish when these have boiled a while put in your Artichokes and boil all together till they be tender then take them up and set them to cool then boil your Liquor well strain it when your Artichokes be cold put them into your Barrel and when the Liquor is cold pour it over them so cover it close that no Air get in CXXXVI To make a Pasty of a Ioll of Ling. Make your Crust with fine Flower Butter cold Cream and two yolks of Eggs Roul it thin and lay it in your Bake-pan then take part of a Ioll of Ling well boiled and pull it all in Bits then lay some Butter into your Pasty and then the Ling then some grated Nutmeg sliced Ginger Cloves and Mace Oisters Muscles Cockles and Shrimps the yolks of raw Eggs a