The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie.
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- The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie.
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- Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573.
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- London :: Printed by Richard Jones, at the Rose and Crowne neere Holborne bridge,
- 1591.
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- Canning and preserving -- Early works to 1800.
- Cookery -- Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.
- Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
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"The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09117.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- The Printer to all vvo∣men, that couet the practise of good Huswiferie, aswel wiues as maides.
- To the Worshipfull, Maister Richard Wistow, Gentleman, one of the assistants of the Companie of the Barbors and Surgions: Iohn Partridge, wisheth increase of knowledge by his worthy trauell.
- The Authour to his Booke, concerning his friend, whose importunate suit procured him to publish the same.
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The Closet or trea∣surie of hidden Secrets.
- To make March-paine. Chap. 1.
- To gilde a Marchpane, or any other kinde of Tart. Chap. 2.
- To bake Quinces Chap. 3.
- To keepe Quinces vnpared all the yeere long. Chap. 4.
- To make Vinigre of Roses. Chap. 5.
- Fine Sauce for a roasted Rabbet: vsed to king Henrie the eight. Chap. 6.
- ¶ To make Paste of Sugar, whereof may bee made all maner of fruites and other fine thinges with their forme: as platters, dishes, glasses, cups, and such like thinges▪ wherewith you may furnish a table: and when you haue done, you may eat them vp. A pleasant thing for them that sit at the Table. Chap. 7.
- To make fine blanch powder for roasted Quinces. Chap. 8
- To conserue Quinces in sirop condict. alway ready to be serued, in whole or in quarters. Chap. 9.
- Plums condict in sirop. Chap. 10.
- To make fine Rice pottage Chap. 11.
- To make Marmalad of Quinces. Chap. 12,
- To make Marmalad of Damsins, or Prunes. Chap 13.
- To make Succade of peeles of Oranges and Limmons. Chap. 14.
- To make greene Ginger. Chap. 15.
- To make Manus Christi. Chap. 16.
- To make Aqua Composita. Chap. 17.
- To make Aqua Vitae. Chap. 18.
- To make Ipocras. Chap. 19.
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How to make diuers necessarie Oiles of great vertue. Chap. 20.
- Oleum Hiperici.
- Oile of Rue.
- Oile of Dill.
- Oile of Elder flowers, in the same maner.
- Oile of the leaues and flowers of Camomill, as of Rue and Dill.
- Oile of sweet Mints, as aforesaid.
- Oile of Wormwood.
- Of Oile of Roses, and of Rose buds.
- Of the oile of Violet Flowers.
- Of the Oile of water-Lillie flowers.
- To make Oile of Earth wormes.
- Oleum benedictum.
- To make Conserue of Roses, or other flowers. Chap. 21.
- To make Conserue of Violets. Chap. 22.
- The vertue of the Conserue of Buglosse. Chap. 23.
- The vertue of Conserue of Borage. Chap. 24.
- The vertue of Conserue of Rosemarie. Chap. 25.
- To keep Cheries condict, or Goos-beries. Chap. 26.
- The vertue of the Conserue of Succarie. Chap. 27.
- The vertue of Conserue Of Eldern flowers. Chap. 28.
- The vertue of the Conserue of Sorrell. Chap. 29.
- The vertue of the Conserue of Maiden-haire Chap. 30.
- To make Conserue of Elicampana Roots. Chap. 31.
- To make Conserue of Acornes, or Gladen, with the vertue of the same. Chap. 32.
- To make Conserue of Strawberies, with vertue of the same. Chap. 33.
- To make conserue of Cheries and Barbaries. Chap. 34.
- To make al kind of Sirops. Chap. 35
- A Violet Powder for woollen cloathes and Furres. Chap. 36.
- A sweet powder for Naperie, and all Linnen cloathes. Chap. 37.
- To make a Pomeamber. Chap. 38.
- To make a fine Fumigation to cast on the coles. Chap. 39.
- To make the same in Oselets. Chap. 40.
- A moyst Fume vpon a Fuming dish. Chap. 41.
- A Fumigation for presse and cloathes that no Moth shal breed therein. Chap. 42.
- A Perstime for a Chamber. Chap. 43.
- A Perfume of Damaske. Chap. 44.
- An odorifferous sweet Balle against the plague Chap. 45.
- An Odorifferous white Powder. Chap. 46.
- A sine red Powder. Chap. 47.
- A sweet Blacke Powder. Chap. 48.
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A Powder wherewith to make sweete w
ter. Chap. 49. - Conclusions & rules to be vsed in distilling, and the ordering of each hearb of flower before they be distilled. Chap. 50.
- To make the water of the same colour of the Flowers that you distil. Chap. 50.
- A compound Water to perfume gloues or other thinges. Chap. 51.
- To make Damask water. Chap. 52.
- Another maner of making of Damask water. Chap. 53.
- Powder of Holland against Collick, and the gnawing of the belly. Chap. 54.
- Powder to make the belly solluble, causing a gentle laske; meete for Noble Personages. Chap. 55.
- A receit to restore strength in them that are brought lowe with long sicknesse. Chap. 56.
- To make Loosings. Chap. 57.
- To perfume gloues. Chap. 58.
- A Perfume for Chestes and Cupbords, and also for Gloues. Chap. 59.
- To collour Gloues. Chap. 60.
- To make muske Sope. Chap. 61.
- To make red sealing Waxe. Chap. 62.
- To keepe Damasins in sirop. Chap. 63.
- A Water for the face, vsed of Gentle∣women. Chap. 52.
- A Water for heate in the face, and breaking out with Pimples. Chap. 65.
- To know whether a Woman shall euer conceiue or no. Chap. 66.
- To make a barren woman beare children. Chap. 67.
- To make women haua a quicke and speedie deliuerance of their children, and with∣out paine, or at the least very litle. Chap. 68.
- To stop the running of the Raines fiue se∣uerall waies. Chap. 69.
- To strengthen the seed. Chap. 70.
- For the gnawing in a Womans Stomacke. Chap. 71.
- For the ague in a womans breast. Chap. 72.
- For breastes that be sore with milke. Chap. 73.
- For a sore breast. Chap. 74.
- To keepe a womans breast from brea∣king. Chap. 75.
- For the vnnaturall heate of the Liuer. Chap. 76.
- For the Canker in the mouth. Chap. 77.
- To make the face faire, and the breath sweete. Chap. 78.
- To make haire as yellow as gold. Chap. 79.
- To driue away all venemous beastes from your house. Chap. 10.
- Against al poison eaten or drunken. Cap. 81.
- To driue away Lice. Chap. 82.
- ¶ Howe to make a soueraigne Water, that Maister Doctor Steuens Phisitian, a man of great knowledge and cunning, did pra∣ctise, and vsed of long experience. And therewith did very manie cures, and kept it alwaies secrete, till of late, a litle before his death, Doctor Parker, late Archbishop of Canterburie, did get it in writing of him. Chap. 83.
- To make a water that taketh off al staining, dieng and spots from the handes of Arti∣ficers, that get them by working, and ma∣keth them verie white and faire: It is also good for them that be Sun-burned. Chap. 84.
- To heale all manner of inflamation, and euil disposition of the aire, leaperie faces, great swollen legs, or inflamed hands. Chap. 85.
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A singular Ointment, which healeth all bur∣ning with fire, not leauing any
katre where it hath bene. Chap. 86. - To draw an arrow head, or other yron out of a wound. Chap. 87.
- For him that hath a bunch on his head, or that hath his head swollen with a fall. Chap. 88.
- To know what time in the yeare hearbs and flowers should be gathered in their ful strength. Chap. 89.
- Here followeth the sundrie vertues of Roses, for diuers medicines. Chap. 90.
- The sundrie vertues of Lillies. Chap. 91.
- Of the sundrie vertues of Milfoyle Chap. 92.
- Of the sundrie vertues of Rosemary. Chap. 93.
- ¶ How to make a speciall soueraigne water, which is of three collours, and it is called the Mother of all waters: which is verie excellent to cure the Canker, the Pockes, or Leaprosie, or any other kinde of super∣fluous humours, or any sore, olde or new, and it is thus made. Chap. 94.
- A perfect way to cure the loathsome disease of the French Pockes, paines in the ioints, lamenesse of limmes, palenesse of collour, lothsome scabbes, or any other filthy dis∣ease proceeding of superfluous or euil hu∣mours, as also to asswage ouer grosse and foggie fat bellies, and that without danger Chap. 95.
- The maner to make another kinde of Diet drinke of stronger operation, for the same diseases, which by the practise only of one man, hath done very great good, aswell in the Citie of London, as in diuers partes of the Realme. Chap. 96.
- The maner to choose the best Guaicum or Lignum vitae. Chap. 97.
- ¶ A most certaine and approoued remedie against all manner of pestilence or plague be it it neuer so vehe∣ment. Chap. 98.
- To make a sirop of Vinegre, good for many things. Chap. 99.
- To comfort the heart, and take away Melancholy. Chap. 100.
- A sirop to cleanse the breast and the lunges, the cough and Pleurisie. Chap. 101.
- For spitting either of lightes or lungs. Chap. 102.
- For wormes in yoong children. Chap. 103.
- For the swelling of the Cods Chap. 104.
- For him that cannot holde his water. Chap. 105.
- For the Head-ach. Chap. 106.
- For griefe of the stomacke. Chap. 107.
- For the itch. Chap. 108.
- A Gargill for a sore throat. Chap. 109.
- A water for scabbes Vlcers and pushes. Chap. 110.
- To make a water to take out all spots out of cloath of gold, & veluet. Chap. 111.
- To take spottes of grease and oyle out of all sortes of cloath, white or other. Chap. 112.
- To take all maner of spots out of silke. Chap. 113.
- To take spottes out of cloath. Chap. 114.
- A soueraigne remedie for the cough. Chap. 115.
- To keepe Poultrie from destroying with Weisels. Chap. 116.
- A briefe Treatise of Vrines, aswell of mens vrines as of womens: to iudge by the co∣lours, which betoken health, which sicke∣nes, and which death. Chap. 117.
- Hereafter follow all the Vrines that beto∣ken death, aswell the Vrine of the man as of the Woman. Chap. 118.
- The Table of the secrets in this booke.