The Mysteryes of Nature and Art: Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and InventionBate, John
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The Mysteryes of Nature and Art: Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention
Bate, John
Art -- Early works to 1800; Fireworks -- Early works to 1800; Science -- Early works to 1800; Waterworks -- Early works to 1800
Take a gallon of the smallest _Aqua vitæ_ you can make, put it into a
close vessell of stone; put thereto a quart of Canary Sacke, two pounds
of Raisons of the Sunne stoned, but not washed, two ounces of Dates
stoned, and the white skinnes of them pulled out, two ounces of Cinamon
grossely bruised, foure good Nutmegs bruised, foure good Liquorish
sticks sliced, and bruised, tye up all your Spices in a fine linnen
cloth, and put them into your _Aqua vitæ_, and tye up your pot very
close, and let this infuse a weeke, stirring it three times a day, then
let it runne through a jelly bagge close covered; keepe it in glasse
bottles.
_To make Almond Butter._
Take two pound of Almonds, and blanch them, and let them lye all night
in cold water: then grinde them in a mortar very small, and put in a
blade of Mace or two; then straine it through a strong cloth as neare
as you can, that the milke be not too thin, and let it seethe a prettie
while: then put in a little Rose-water, and a little salt when you take
it off the fire, and stirre it still: then take a bigge cloth very
cleane, and let two hold it; then you must take the milke and cast it
round about the sides of the cloth that the whay may come from it; then
with a saucer put it downe from the sides: then knit the cloth, and
hang it up untill it have left dropping; then take it forth, and season
it with fine Sugar and Rose-water.
_To make Ielly for one that is in a Consumption, or
troubled with a loosenesse._
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