Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take one pound of brown Sugar Candy, one Ounce of Juice of Lycorisse,
dissolve y^e lycorisse in 3 spoonfulls of Hysop water, put to these a
drachm of Orrice a drachm of Enul-campane, halfe a drachm of Gum dragon
being all made into fine powder, muske a graine then take a drachm of
oyle of Anniseeds, worke it well together with your hand and make it up
into pectorals of what bigness you please, lay them on a dish to dry
before y^e fire or in an oven after drawn bread, and keep them dry.
3. _The Plague Water._
Take Rue, Agrimony, Celandine, Sage, Wormewood, Balme, Feaverfue,
Mugwort, Tormentil, Marygold flowers, Cowslip flowers, Pansie flowers
leaves and all, Carduus, Angelicoe, Dragons, Pimpernel, Rosemary,
Scordium, Purple wort, Burnet, Enul campane roots, of each of these
halfe a pound shred small, then take Anniseeds, Carraway, Coriander,
Cardamome, of each of these two ounces bruis’d, bruise alsoe your Enul
campane roots, then steep all these in an earthen pott in two quarts
of white wine and a gallon of y^e best Canary, mixing them well in
y^e liquor, so let it stand till y^e next day, then distill it in an
ordinary still close stop’d, still it as soon as you can keeping it
close stop’d whilst it steeps and whilst you still it, stirring it when
you put it into y^e still, soe keep it for your use.
Y^e Lady Downs adds wood Sorril a good quantity roots of Indian Sneake
weed 2 pound burdock roots 1 lb.
4. _A very excellent Receipt against Convulsions which cur’d one had 9
Fitts a Day._
Take Race oynions and black pepper of each a little quantity stamp’d
pretty small and lay it to y^e soals of y^e feet keep it on 7 houres,
whilst y^e party is in y^e fitt force them not to take any thing
inwardly but anoynt y^e wrists on y^e inside, y^e palmes of y^e hands,
y^e Temples and y^e nostrills (if it be a childe) with Methridate (if
not) with oyle or spirit of Amber, between y^e fitts let it drinke
black cherrey water sweetned with syrrop of Cloves & syrrop of Pyonies
for a weeks time after y^e fitts first and last let them ware a
necklace of single pyonie roots alwayes about theire neck, avoid giving
syrrop of Violets if you fear fitts, but syrrop of Roses and Succory is
good to be given together when costive this may be given to children
of any age.
5. _To make Ebulum Drinke._
Put one peck of Elder berries to the quantity of halfe a hogshead of
Ale 2 penny worth of Ginger sliced 2 nutmegs and a penny worth of
Cloves & mace bruise all your Spices boyle all together with the berrys
till they breake, then strain them through a Straining Sive and when
tis coole as your usuall wort put barm to it as to beer, there must
some hops be boyl’d in it. And when fitt to bottle, bottle it with a
lumpe of loave Sugar it will drink much y^e more Lively. it is good for
y^e Spleen or Dropsy.
6. _To make Vinegar._
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