424. _To make Paste of Gennaye the true way._

Take quinces and boyle them in their skin then strain all the pulpe

from y^e coare strain it through a piece of cushen canvis take as much

sugar as y^e pulpe do weigh put to it twice as much water as will melt

it that is half a pint to every pound of Sugar boyle it to a candie

hight dry the pulpe upon a chaffendish of coles then put the Sirrop and

the pulpe hot together boyle it with stiring until it will lye upon

a pye plate even as you laye it and run no broader, then faishion it

some like leaves and some like letters so put your pye plate in a warme

stove or oven set it upon 2 billets of wood from the hearth of the oven

all one night, on the morning turn it & so set it in the like heat

again and every day turn it till it be dry.

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