THE
QUEENE-LIKE CLOSET
Or
RICH CABINET
[Illustration]
Printed for Rich: Lownes
White Lion in Duck Layne neare West Smithfield
The Queen-like Closet
OR
RICH CABINET:
Stored with all manner of
RARE RECEIPTS
For
_Preserving, Candying and Cookery_.
Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the
FEMALE SEX.
BY HANNAH WOLLEY.
The Second EDITION.
LONDON
Printed for _Richard Lowndes_ at the _White Lion_ in _Duck-Lane_, near
_West-Smithfield_, 1672.
TO THE
TRULY VERTUOUS
AND
My much Honoured Friend
Mrs. _GRACE BUZBY_,
Daughter to the Late
_Sr. HENRY CARY_,
Knight Banneret;
And WIFE to
Mr. _ROBERT BUZBY_,
Gentleman, and Wollen 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 Bookes 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 could 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 you will find in it._
_Thus beseeching 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 (yet)
That which sure will well content
A Queen-like Closet rich and brave
(Such) not many Ladies have:
Or Cabinet, in which doth set
Jems richer than in Karkanet;
(They) only Eies and Fancies 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 'tis 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 deed._
_Hannah Wolley._
These things following are sold by _Richard Lowndes_ Book-seller, at the
_White-Lion_ in _Duck-Lane_ near _West-Smithfield_.
A Cordial Powder, which doth infallibly Cure the _Rickets_ in Children,
and causeth an easie production of Teeth.
Dr. _Lionel Lockyer_'s Universal Pill, curing any Disease curable by
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in purifying the whole Body throughout, and then subduing all Diseases,
whether internal or external, as hath been experimented by persons of
all sorts and sexes, both young and old, with admirable success.
Mr. _Matthew_ his Diaphoretick and Diuretick Pill, purging by Sweat and
Urine: This Pill being composed of Simples of a very powerful operation,
purged from their churlish and malignant quality by an excellent Balsam
of long preparation, is by it made so amicable to Nature, that it hath
upon ample experience been found effectual for curing all common
Diseases.
Mr. _Edmund Buckworth's_ famous Lozenges, for the Cure of Consumptions,
Catarrhs, Asthma's, Phtisick, and all other Diseases incident to the
Lungs, Colds new and old, Hoarsness, Shortness of Breath, and Stuffings
of the Stomach; also a sovereign Antidote against the Plague, and all
other contagious Diseases.
The famous Spirit of Salt of the World, well known for a sovereign
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THE
Queen-like CLOSET,
OR
Rich Cabinet.
1. _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, of
Melilot-flowers, Cardamum-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.
2. _The Plague-Water which was most esteemed of in the late great
Visitation._
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 Penniworth 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 always warm, if you be
already diseased; if not, once a day is sufficient all the Plague time.
It is 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.
3. _A very Soveraign Water._
Take one Gallon of good Claret Wine, then take Ginger, Galingale,
Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Grains, Cloves, Anniseeds, Fennel-seeds,
Caraway-seeds, of each one dram; then take Sage, Mint, 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 was from Dr. _Chambers_, which he kept secret
till he had done many Cures therewith; it comforteth the Vital Spirits;
it helpeth 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 stand one whit, and he continued
five years after all Physicians 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 upon his
Deth-Bed to make use of it for the preservation of their Health.
4. _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.
5. _To make the Cordial Orange-Water._
Take one dozen and a 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, Nutmegs, 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 dropeth.
6. _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.
7. _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.
8. _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, Anni-seed and Cinamon of each half an Ounce bruised,
Maiden hair two handfuls, Harts-tongue one handful, bruise them, and mix
all these together, and distil them in an ordinary Still, drink of it
Morning and Evening with a little Sugar.
9. _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, then distil it in an ordinary Still as
your other waters.
10. _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 Gromwell 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 Juniper
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
of Cinamon, one quarter of an Ounce of Cloves, half an Ounce of Ginger,
bruise all 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.
11. _Doctor_ Butler's _Treacle Water._
Take the roots of Polipody of the Oak bruised, _Lignum Vitæ_ 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
{Fumitory water}
{Carduus-water } Of each one
of {Camomile-water} Ounce.
{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 Cerratch six ounces, of
Carduus and Balm, of each two handfuls, of Burrage Flowers, Bugloss
Flowers, Gillyflowers, 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; mix 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 distill the water with
a soft fire, and keep it close.
This will yield five Pints of the best water, the rest will be smaller.
12. _The Cordial Cherry Water._
Take nine pounds of red Cherries, nine pints of Claret Wine, eight
ounces of Cinamon, three ounces of Nutmegs; bruise 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 Syrrup 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 for any
one who is not well.
13. _A most excellent Water for the Stone, or for the Wind-Cholick._
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.
14. _The Cock water, most delicate and precious 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 slit 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 Gizard; 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 Month together, this hath cured many when the Doctors have given
them over.
15. _Walnut water, or the Water of Life._
Take green Walnuts in the beginning of _June_, 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 distil 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.
16. _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 distill them in an Alembeck,
and keep it for your use.
17. _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.
18. _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
Solis, 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 2 days, then distil it in an ordinary Still
pasted up; when you use it, sweeten it with fine Sugar, and warm it.
19. _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 or 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.
20. _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.
21. _The Plague Water._
Take Rosemary, Red Balm, Burrage, Angelica, Carduus, Celandine, Dragon,
Featherfew, Wormwood, Penyroyal, 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.
22. _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 Flowers 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.
23. _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 four 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 Jelly, then draw
it forth with care.
24. _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.
25. _A very good Surfet water._
Take what quantity of Brandy you please, steep a good quantity of the
Flowers of Red Poppies therein, which grow 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 Illness whatever.
26. _An excellent Water for the Stomach, or against Infection._
Take Carduus, Mint and Wormwood, of 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 Syrrup, what pleases you best; it is a very good water, though
the Ingredients are but mean.
27. _The Melancholy Water._
Take of the Flowers of Gilliflowers, four handfuls, Rosemary flowers
three handfuls, Damask Rose leaves, Burrage and Bugloss flowers of each
one handful, of Balm leaves six handfuls, of Marigold flowers one
handful, of Pinks six handfuls, of Cinamon grosly 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 a week fasting, two spoonfuls at a time, and
ofter if you find need; distil with soft fire; this is good for Women in
Child-bed if they are faint.
28. _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 sowre 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 Yest, 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.
29. _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 and 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.
30. _To make the very best Surfet-water._
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 grosly 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
Syrrup to it, what you please.
31. _To make the true Palsie-water, as it was given by that once very
famous Physician Doctor_ Matthias.
Take Lavender Flowers stripped from the stalks, and fill a Gallon-Glass
with them, and pour on them good Spirit of Sack, or perfect _Aqua vitæ_
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
each; steep these in Spirit of Wine, Malmsie, or _Aqua vitæ_, 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, Cardamum seeds, Cubebs, and yellow Saunders,
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 Joints coming of Cold, for all Bruises outwardly
bathed and dipped Clothes laid to; it strengtheneth and comforteth all
animal, natural and viral 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.
32. _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 Jordan 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 Syrrup of Violets,
the best way to take it, is to suck it through a straw, for that conveys
it to the Lungs the better.
33. _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.
34. _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_,
_Lignum 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.
35. _To make Tincture of Caraways._
Take one quart of the Spirits of French Wine, put into it one pound of
Caraway 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
Month, stirring it every day once.
Then strain it from the seeds, and add 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.
36. _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.
37. _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.
38. _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.
39. _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 Jellies, and round about the Brim
thereof lay Lawrel Leaves guilded with Leaf-Gold; lay them flaunting,
and between the Leaves several coloured Jellies.
40. _To Candy Flowers the best way._
Takes 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 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
pour 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.
41. _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.
42. _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
Rose-water, and work them well together, then take the Yolks 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.
43. _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 yolks 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.
44. _To make Syrup 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 Anniseeds 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,
untill 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.
45. _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.
46. _To make Bottle Ale for a Consumption._
Take a quart of Ale, and a Pint of strong _Aqua vitæ_, Mace and Cinamon,
of each one quarter of an Ounce, two Spoonfuls of the powder Elecampane
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 pour it out.
47. _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
steddy about five hours, and as your water boils away in the Kettle,
fill it up with more warm water, then pour 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.
48. _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, till they 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.
49. _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 Juice, stir it well on the fire, and drop it on Plates or sleeked
Paper.
50. _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.
51. _To make Marmalade of Cherries with Currans._
Take four pounds of Cherries when they are stoned, and boil them alone
in their Liquor for half an hour very fast, then pour 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 Juice of Currans in that, and boil them again
very fast till you find it to jelly very well.
52. _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 Juice 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 Jelly, 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.
53. _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.
54. _To make whipt Sillibub._
Take half a Pint of Rhenish Wine or white Wine, put it into 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, and 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.
55. _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 juice 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.
56. _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.
57. _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 pour 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 Rosewater 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 Juice of Jordan 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
pour the Cream upon them, and lay the Cabbage over.
58. _To make a Trifle._
Take sweet Cream, season it with Rosewater 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.
59. _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 pour it out, and
when it is cold serve it in.
60. _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.
61. _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.
62. _To make Cream of Pastes and Jellies._
Put Eggs into the Cream as you do for Fool, and slice your Sweet-meats
very thin and boil with them, then sweeten it, and put it into a Dish.
63. _To make a rare Medicine for the Chine-Cough._
Make a Syrrop of 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.
64. _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.
65. _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 month before you drink it.
66. _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.
67. _For the Griping in 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.
68. _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 white 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.
69. _To make Pennado._