The true preserver and restorer of health being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children : selected from and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe : together with Excellent directions for cookery ... : with the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat and for distilling th[e] choicest cordial waters with-out wood coals, candle or oyl : published for the publick good / by G. Hartman.

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The true preserver and restorer of health being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children : selected from and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe : together with Excellent directions for cookery ... : with the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat and for distilling th[e] choicest cordial waters with-out wood coals, candle or oyl : published for the publick good / by G. Hartman.

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Hartman, G. (George)

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London :: Printed by T.B. for the author,

1682.

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Contents

• title page
• TO THE Truly Noble and Generous LADY THE LADY ANNA, Countess of Sunderland, &c.
• TO THE READER.
• The INDEX.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • K.
  • L.
  • M.
  • P.
  • Q.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • W.
• An INDEX of the Second Part.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • M.
  • P.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
  • W.
• instructions for use of engine
  • Of the Ʋsefulness and Conveniency of this ENGINE
  • An Explication of the Parts of this ENGINE.
  • Directions how to use this ENGINE for Distil∣ling in Balneo Mariae, which is the best way for Distilling the choicest Waters.
• illustration
• medical remedies
  • CHAP. I. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies in all affects of the Breast and Lungs, as Con∣sumption, Phthisic, Asthma, shortness of Breath, streightness of Breast, Coughs, spitting of Bloud. &c.
    • A very excellent Pectoral Syrup against a Consump∣tion, ordered by a Phisitian for a great Lady.
    • The Description of an Excellent Pectoral Decoction against Consumption, Colds, Coughs, Asthma's, &c.
    • Decoction for the Lungs.
    • Another most Excellent Pectoral Decoction or Drink.
    • Doctor Hornick his Excellent Pectoral Water against a Consumption.
    • Another Pectoral Water distilled.
    • Dr. Scroderus his Asthmatick Water against Phthi∣sick, shortness of Breath, It comforts a weak and cold Stomach, and expells Wind, and helps fainting Fits.
    • Dr. Salmon his Pectoral Wine.
    • A most Excellent Pectoral Syrup against Asthma, Consumption, of a famous Physician.
    • Another Excellent Syrup for those that spit Bloud, experienced by Squire Boil.
    • Another Remedy for spitting of Bloud.
    • A Broth with Chinaroot for a Consumption used by a great Lady.
    • Another Broth for a Consumption.
    • Another restoring Broth against a Consumption.
    • Another restoring Broth for sick, and convalescent Persons, by Sir K. Digby.
    • Another restorative Broth for weak and con∣suming Bodies.
    • A Cordial Broth against a consuming heat in the Body.
    • An other Excellent Broth for Cansumptive Persons.
    • An Excellent Snail-Broth for a Consumption.
    • A comfortable restorative Broth for the Stomach.
    • An Excellent purging Broth to preserve Health.
    • A Capon-Drink against a Consumption.
    • Another Capon-drink for the Consumption.
    • For the Consumption of the Liver.
    • Arare Medicine for a Consumption, though much decayed therewith.
    • Another.
    • An Excellent Electuary very good for a violent Cough caused by a sharp thin tickling Rheum.
    • Another very Excellent Electuary for a violent Cough and Obstructions of the Lungs, much Ap∣proved.
    • A very good Posset for a Cold or Cough, be it ne∣ver so violent, which hath cured many Persons both young and old.
    • Another Electuary for the Cough and Rheum fal∣ling upon the Lungs.
    • The Lady Garret's Excellent Remedy for a Cold or Cough; Approved.
    • Dr. Harvey his Excellent Snail-water against Con∣sumptions and Hectick Feavers.
    • The Syrup of Turnips is very good for a Cough or Consumption. Make it thus.
    • Another Remedy against a Cold or Cough.
    • Another Remedy for a Cough or Cold from an Eminent Lady.
    • An Excellent Electuary for a Cough or Consumption.
    • Another Experimented Remedy for Asthma, Short∣ness of Breath, Straitness of Breast and Op∣pression of the Stomach, &c.
    • Another Excellent Remedy against Consumpion, Experimented by Dr. Bates.
    • For a Cough of the Lungs, or any stuffing or ob∣struction in the inward Parts; which hath often been approved, and found effectual by many.
    • An Excellent Receipt for an old Cough, though ne∣ver so great, used by my L. Hatton.
    • Dr. Hakins his Excellent Remedy for a Cold or Cough, as also to strengthen the Lungs, if there be any Defect in them.
    • An Approved Remedy in all Assects of the Breast and Lungs, as Colds, Coughs, Asthma, Phthi∣sick, Hasing, or Wheezing, and Ratling in the Pipes.
    • A Remedy for the Lungs when they are stopt with Flegm, &c.
    • Also take the following Decoction.
    • An Excellent Mead for the same.
    • Against the Rising of the Lungs, an Excellent Remedy.
    • To make Excellent Lozenges against a Cold, Cough of the Lungs, and Consumption.
    • Lozenges to hold under the Tongue against Cough Defluxions and Rheumes.
    • To make white Lozenges for the Breast and Lungs, Cold, Cough, and Rheum in the Head.
    • To make Penide Sugar.
  • CHAP. II. Of Exquisite Remedies against the SCURVEY.
    • The Compound Horse-Radish Water against the Scurvey.
    • The Vertues of the aforesaid Water.
    • To prepare an Excellent Antiscorbutick Wine of Dr. Mynsycht, in Scroderus Dispensatory.
    • The manner of depurating Juyces is thus:
    • The Countess of Arundel's Scurvigrass-Ale.
  • CHAP. III. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies against the DROPSIE.
    • A very Good and Approved Remedy against the Dropsie, wherewith a Great Lady was cured.
    • Another very good Diet-Drink against the Dropsie.
    • Another Approved Remedy against the Dropsie.
    • Another Excellent Remedy against the Dropsie, which Dr. William gave to Sir K. Digby.
    • Another Experimented Remedy against the Dropsie, wherewith a man was cured who had been in the Hospital, but without Benefit, or Hope of Cure.
    • A Famous Cure of a desperate Dropsie by a Diet of Garlick, performed by Dr. Farrar, upon an Eminent Lord.
    • Another Drink.
    • To strengthen the Liver, use the following Ele∣ctuary.
    • Besides this, to strengthen the Stomach, use this following Stomacher.
    • A very good Plaister to be applied to the Belly for the Dropsie.
  • CHAP. IV. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies against the Stone and Gravel.
    • Dr. Mynsycht his Stone-breaking Wine.
    • A most Precious Spirit to break and bring away Stone and Gravel.
    • Another Stone-breaking Spirit.
    • Dr. Bacon's Remedy against the Stone and Gravel, which he gave to Sir Kenelm Digby.
    • The L. of Denbigh his Remedy against the Stone, unto which he attributes his Cure of the Stone, as he told Sir K. Digby.
    • An Experienced Remedy for the Stone and Gravel, and Stoppage of Ʋrine.
    • Another for the same.
    • Sir K. Digby's Remedy for the Gravel and Stran∣gury, and Stoppage of Ʋrine, which I prepared many times for him, and by which he found great Relief.
    • Another very precious Remedy against the Stone, Gravel, Stoppage and Strangury of Ʋrin, of Dr. Horstius.
    • Another Remedy against the Stone and Gravel.
    • Dr. Horstius his great and approved Water to break, dissolve and bring away the Stone and Gravel.
    • A Remedy to provoke Ʋrine, much approved.
    • Another for the same.
    • Sir Kenelme Digby's Excellent Remedy against the Stone, which the Lady Digby, Sir Kenelme's Mother usually took, and found the greatest Be∣nefit by it.
    • The Lord Ruthen's Receipt to prevent the growth of the Stone and Gravel.
    • Another very good Remedy against the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys.
    • Another very good Remedy for the same, much approved.
    • Another for the Stone and Gravel, and for Stran∣gury and Stoppage of Ʋrine, much approved.
    • Diet for prevention of the Stone and Gravel, or to be observed by such as are troubled with it.
  • CHAP. V. Select Remedies against all sorts of COLLICKS.
    • Dr. Turner's Remedy for the Cholick and Stone.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another for the Collick, Stone, Strangury and Dropsie.
    • A present Remedy for all kind of Collick whatsoever.
    • For the Wind-Collick and Stone-Collick.
    • Another for the Wind-Collick and Stone.
    • For the Collick and griping of the Guts.
    • Another for the same, from the Lady Drury.
    • Another for the Collick, Pain in the Stomack, or Worms.
    • For the Collick or Ʋlcer in the Kidneys.
    • For the Wind-Collick.
  • CHAP. VI. Of Remedies against all sorts of AGUES and FEAVERS.
    • A Remedy against an Ague.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another Remedy for an Ague.
    • Sir Kenelm Digby's Remedy for the Ague, which hath cured many.
    • A Plaister for the Ague.
    • Another Plaister.
    • Another.
    • The Countess of Kents Powder, according to Sir Kenelme Digby's Method, and as it was pre∣pared by his Order in his Laboratory, and as I prepare it now.
    • The Vertues.
    • A Cordial Julep to be taken with this Powder in the hot Fit of an Ague and Fever.
    • The Cordial Julep.
    • Another Julep to cool in Fevers.
    • A refreshing and cooling Drink in a Burning Feaver.
    • An Excellent Julep of Lemons for a Calenture, to Burning Fever.
    • Dr. Farrar his approved Remedy for a Purple Fever.
    • Mr. Busson, a famous Chirurgeon in France, his Approved Remedy for a Burning Fever, wherewith he cured many, and one in Sir Kenelm's presence.
    • A Drink good in a Burning or Intermitting Fever, or in the hot Fit of an Ague.
  • CHAP. VII. Select Remedies against the PLAGUE.
    • The King of Poland's Preservative against the Plague.
    • Another great Preservative against the Plague.
    • The Great Antidote and Preservative which Sir Kenelm Digby bid me get prepared for his Fa∣mily, when that Great Plague began in London in the year 1665, was thus:
    • An Excellent Perfume to burn and perfume the House in time of Infection.
    • Another Perfume.
    • My Lady Allens Plague-Water.
    • The London-Plague-Water.
    • Dr. Burges, his sovereign Antidote against the Plague.
    • Another very sovereign Antidote.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh's Experiment to draw forth a rising or Plague-sore.
    • A sovereign Remedy against the Plague.
    • An approved Remedy to cure the biting of a mad Dog, whether Man or Beast.
    • A most excellent Remedy against the biting of mad Dogs, Vipers, Serpents, or Snakes, experien∣ced by a famous Chirurgion
    • Against Venom or Poyson
    • For biting of a mad Dog.
    • For biting of a Serpent, or any venomous Creature.
  • CHAP. VIII. Select Remedies against the FALLING-SICKNESS.
    • A very Efficacious Remedy against the Falling-Sickness, wherewith Sir Kenelm Digby cured a Minister's Son at Frankfort in Germany, in the Year 1659, to which I was an Eye-Witness.
    • Another for the same.
    • Dr. Mynsight his Excellent Remedy against the Falling-Sickness.
  • CHAP. VIII. Of Choice Remedies against all Diseases of the EYES, and to strengthen the Sight.
    • An Excellent Water against Dimness of Sight.
    • Dr. Scroderus his Excellent Water for the Eyes.
    • Another for the same.
    • A Green Eye-Water, much Approved.
    • A Water against Heat, Redness, and sharp Rheum of the Eyes.
    • Another Water for the Eyes.
    • An Oyntment good for the Eyes
    • Dr. Salmon's Excellent Eye-Water.
    • A precious Water for the Eyes, that hath restored the sight after some years lost in a short time.
    • Another Eye-water excellent for Pin or Web.
    • Another precious Water for the Eyes.
    • Another Excellent Water, for sore, red, or blood-shot-Eyes.
    • For a Pearl in the Eye.
    • An Approved Water for the Eyes; especially for the thick Cream growing over the sight of the Eyes.
    • For sore, red, and blood-shot-Eyes.
    • A Drink for dimness of sight caused by swimming in the Brows.
    • Another Drink, which cures all Pains, Inflamati∣ons, Soreness and Defluctions in the Eyes. Much approved of by Sir Kenelm Digby.
    • Another Remedy for the Eyes.
    • To restore a decay'd sight, and refresh and strength∣en the Memory.
    • An Excellent Remedy to strengthen the Optick Nerves, help a weak sight, and kill a Pin or Web.
    • Another Excellent Water for the Eyes to strengthen the sight.
    • To stay a great flux of Rheum in the Eyes, oft proved.
    • To draw back Rheum from the Eyes.
    • Another approved one for a Pin or Web.
    • Another to dry Rheum, to strengthen and clense the sight.
    • For redness, soreness, itching, heat, and inflama∣tions of the Eyes.
    • Another for the same, and to strengthen the Sight.
    • Another for the same.
    • For a Pearl in the Eye.
    • Another for the same.
    • For a prick with a Bush, stripe or blow in the ball of the Eye.
    • Another for a stroke or blow in the Eye.
    • Another for a stroke in the Eye.
    • A precious Water for the Eyes.
  • CHAP. IX. Mr. Lochers, an able Apothicarry of Lon∣don, his excellene Oyl for Deafness; ap∣proved by himself, and given to Sir K. Digby.
    • Another Remedy much approved for the same.
    • Another Excellent Remedy for the same.
    • Another Remedy for Deafness.
    • Another Remedy against Deafness that cometh of Cold.
    • Dr. Clodius his Remedy against Deafness.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another for the same.
  • CHAP. X. Select Remedies against the MEGRIM and HEAD-ACH
    • A Sovereign Remedy for all Head-Ach, much approved.
    • An Approved Remedy for Phrensie and Madness.
    • Another Approved Remedy for Phrensie and Mad∣ness.
    • For the Head-Ach.
    • Another for the Head-ach or Megrim.
    • Another for the same.
    • An Epitheme for the Forehead to take away the Head-ach.
    • Another for the Head-ach.
    • For noise in the Head, or troubling in the Ears.
    • An approved Medicine for a scald head.
    • Another for a scald head.
    • Another for the same.
    • For the Head-ach.
    • Another for the Head-ach, and to draw humours out of the head and face.
    • For a Cold and stuffing in the Head, to draw Rheum from the Head, and comfort the Brain.
    • Dr. Scroderus, his Cephallick Wine for the Head and Brain, &c.
    • A most Excellent Powder for pain in the Head and Stomach.
    • The Lady Lusons Receit to make one sleep in Frensie and madness.
  • CHAP. XI. Mrs. Rutherges Cordial Electuary against MELANCHOLY.
    • Against Melancholly
    • Another against Melancholly.
    • A Drink very good for the Head and Eye-sight.
    • To purge the Head.
    • Against Hypocondriack Melancholy.
    • For the Head, and to strengthen the Memory.
    • Another Excellent Electuary against Melancholy, by Mr. Cranish.
    • A Cordial and Stomatick Electuary, by Sir B. B.
    • An Electuary for a Cold or Cough.
    • An Electuary for Shortness of Breath and Phthi∣sicks.
    • Another Pectoral Electuary for stopping in the Breast and Pipes.
    • Dr. Franck his Electuary for a Cough or Cold.
    • An Electuary to comfort the Brain and Stomack, and sweeten the Breath.
    • Another Electuary to comfort the Spleen and Sto∣mach.
    • An Electuary to comfort the Stomach, and prevent engendring gross Humors in the Brain.
    • A most Excellent Electuary to strengthen the Sto∣mack and Liver; which is also very good against the Scurvey.
    • A Cordial Drink for weakness of the Stomack, and want of Digestion.
    • A very Excellent Plaister for the Stomack, that hath done notable Cures.
    • Another Cordial Drink for a weak Stomack and want of Digestion, devised by Dr. Mynsight.
    • Another, by Dr. Mily.
    • My Lord Chesterfield's excellent digestive Powder to comfort the Stomack after Meat, or other∣wise.
    • Dr. Riverius his infallible Remedy to stay a Vomit.
    • To chear the Heart, and comfort the vital Spirits, and prevent Melancholy.
    • Another Cordial to chear and comfort the Heart, prevent Melancholy, and make the Body lightsom.
  • CHAP. XII. Select Remedies for all Diseases of the MOUTH.
    • For a Canker in the Mouth.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another Approved Medicine for a Canker in the Mouth.
    • An Excellent Gargle for Inflammations of the Mouth, Jaws, and Throat, desperate Squin∣sies, and other Diseases of the Mouth.
    • Another for the same.
    • Dr. Scroderus his Water against the Distem∣pers and Inflammations of the Throat and Pa∣lat.
    • An Excellent Water to cure the Squinsie, sore Throats, Cankers in the Mouth, Heat and In∣flammations, Bleeding of the Gums, and to fa∣sten and whiten the Teeth.
    • An Anodine Gargle for the Tooth-ach.
    • Another Excellent Gargle against the Squinsie, sore Throat, Tumors, and Pain of the Mouth and Jaws.
    • An Approved Remedy for the Tooth-Ach.
    • An Excellent Water for the Scurvey in the Mouth, and to fasten loose Teeth, to preserve and streng∣then the Teeth, and Gums, &c. often approved.
    • Another for the same.
    • Make it thus:
    • Another Remedy for the Tooth-Ach
    • Dr. Mynsight his Excellent Remedy for the Tooth-Ach.
    • To Cure the Tooth-Ach, by the Lady Jennings.
    • Another against the Tooth-Ach, and Rheum in the Teeth and Jaws.
    • An Opiate for the Tooth-Ach.
    • A most Excellent Opiate to cleanse and whiten the Teeth, which is much used by, all the Nobles in France.
    • An infallible and much experienced Remedy to cure the Tooth-Ach, and to fetch out the Worms that are in the Gums and hollow Teeth.
  • CHAP. XIII. Select CORDIAL WATERS Distilled.
    • The Lady Hewits great Cordial Water for all cold Diseases, to comfort the Stomach, the Spirits, the Head the Heart, to stay the Rheum, the Hiccock, the bloudy Flux, against the Plague, the Mea∣zles, the small Pox, the Palsie, the Dropsie, and the Consumption of the Lungs. Copied from a Receipt in my Ladies Daughters hand; which she gave to the Countess of Monmouth.
    • Another very precious Cordial Water of very great vertue, called the Golden Palsie-Water; Copied from my Lord of Portland's Copy that he had from my Lady Lovelace; composed by Dr. Ma∣thews
    • The Vertues.
    • Another great Cordial Water of great vertue.
    • A rare Cordial Water against Frights; excellent for Women with Child to prevent miscarrying, Dr. Scroderus.
    • The Alexitery Milk-water
    • My Lady Newports Excellent cooling Stomachal, Alexitery Milk-water.
    • Dr. Scroderus, his Excellent Cordial Water fall Women; which is esteemed as a Panacea among or the Noble Ladies of the Palatinate.
    • Dr. Scroderus his second Cordial Water of great Vertues.
    • Dr. Horstius, his most excellent Cordial Water for the Head, and for the Womb.
    • Aother great Cordial Water of very great vertues, which causeth fruitfulness, and procures Concep∣tion.
    • A rare Water against Hectich-Fever.
    • The Lady Elizabeth Gilfords Cordial Water.
    • The Lady Bagnals Cordial Water; much Ap∣proved.
    • Dr. Stephens's great Cordial Water for Women.
    • Dr. Mountford's Cordial Water.
    • Dr. Augustine's Excellent Rosemary-Water.
    • An Excellent Approved Water against all Infecti∣ons, all cold Diseases of the Head and Stomack, for the Dropsie, Palsie, preserving Health, expell∣ing all Tumors; Devised by the King's Physician.
    • Dr. Butler's Admirable Cordial Treacle-Water.
    • Dr. Bnessius, a Physitian at Paris, his Cordial Water of green Walnuts, as he makes it every year; He gave the Receipt to Sir Kenelm Dig∣by.
    • A rare Cordial Water called the Royal Aqua Vitae.
    • A Cordial Water, or Spirit of Cinamon.
    • Sir Kenelm Digby says, that Lignum Cassia maketh a much finer Spirit than Cinamon; he made it thus, as I make it now.
    • A Cordal Water of Clove Gilly flowers.
    • A Lemon-Water.
    • An Excellent Orange-water, or Spirit.
    • A Cordial Water very good for Women; from a great Lady.
    • The Grand Duke of Florence, his Excellent Caele∣stial, or Imperial Water of great vertues, which he gave to the Duke of Vandome, who gave it to Sir Kenelm Digby.
    • An Excellent Cordial Water for Surfeits, and for an Ague.
    • Sir Kenelm Digbys Cordial Poppy-Water, for Sur∣feits, as he had it prepared every year for his Fa∣mily; is thus,
    • The Lady Dacreses Cordial of black Cherries, wherewith she was cured of a great dizziness gid∣diness and swimming in her Head; and many others have found the like effects of it. Sir K.D.
    • My Lady Poltney told Sir Kenelm Digby that she had known black Cherrie-Wine do great effects in that case: Make it thus;
    • The true and genuine Receipt of that famous Spirit, called the Queen of Hungaries Water; so called by reason of the wonderful effects which a Queen of Hungary received by it at the age of sea∣venty two years.
    • A most precious Cordial Elixir of Dr. Mynsight.
    • Cordials to be taken after Phisick to comfort and settle the Stomach, and to cause Rest and Sleep.
    • Another Excellent Cordial to cause Rest and Sleep in a Fever, or when one is oppressed with pain, as also in a Surfeit, or after Phisick.
    • Dr. Farrar, his great strengthening and restoring Cordial Electuary and Drink.
  • CHAP. XII. Select Cordial JULEPS.
    • An opening, purging and cooling Julep for Chol∣ler and burnt Humors.
    • A cooling, opening, Cordial Julep, good in Feve∣rish Distempers.
    • Another Cooling Julep.
    • A Cordial Julep against Melancholy, Vapors and Palpitation of the Heart.
    • Dr. Mynsight, his excellent Cordial and cooling Julep.
    • A most excellent Cordial, cooling Tincture of Roses
    • A Cordial Water to prevent and cure the Apoplexy.
    • The best way to distil a most Odoriferous and Spiri∣tuous Rose-water, far beyond any that can be drawn by ordinary means, and as much to be commended for its pleasant and penetrating Odour, as for its Vertues.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh's great Cordial according to the Counsel and Advice of Sir Ken. Digby and Sir Alexander Fraiser, first Physitian to his Ma∣jesty.
      • The first Ingredients of Animals.
      • The Second.
      • The Third.
      • The Fourth.
      • The Fifth.
      • The sixth.
      • Vegetives, and first Roots.
      • Secondly, Plants.
      • Thirdly, Flowers.
      • Fourthly, Fruits and Berries.
      • Fifthly, Barks and Rinds.
      • Sixthly, Woods.
      • Seaventhly, Minerals.
    • A Cordial to procure Sleep and Rest.
  • CHAP. XIII. Select Phisical ALES and DIET-DRINKS.
    • The Earl of Linsey's Scurvy-grass-Ale, whereby he was cured of the Scurvy and Dropsie.
    • Sir Kenelm Digby's Scurvy-grass-Ale, which he made frequent use of.
    • Cock-Ale.
    • Another Cock-Ale.
    • An Ale or Drink to cure a Consumption. Ap∣proved.
    • An Excellent purging Ale, or Diet Drink to be used in the Spring and Fall, to open Obstructions of the Liver, Spleen, and Meseracal Veins, cleanse the Blood, purge Choler, Flegm, and Me∣lancholy, cure Itch and Scab.
    • Mochoacan Ale to purge the Dropsie.
    • A Purging Ale by Dr. Butler, Physitian to King James
    • The Dock-Ale to clear the Blood, and open the Ob∣structions of the Liver.
    • An Excellent purging Ale prescribed by D. Wright, with the Minium Plaister, for any Ach or swel∣ling.
    • The Minium Plaister to be used with this Ale if occasion be.
    • A purging Ale for the green Sickness.
    • A purging Ale or Beer, very good against Melan∣choly, Flegm, Choler, and all terrestrial Hu∣mors, to purifie the Blood, and quit the Scur∣vy, &c.
    • Another, to be used in the Spring for Scab and Itch.
    • A purging Ale for the Spleen and Liver.
    • An Excellent purging Ale or Diet-Drink for Spring or Fall.
    • Sir Kenelm Digby's Wound-Drink for any Fistu∣la, Corroding Ʋlcer, or old Sore, or the King's Evil, wherewith he did a great Cure at Frack∣fort in Germany where I was with him, as you may see at the end of this Receipt.
    • Another Diet-Drink for the Kings Evil, Fistulaes, sore Breasts, Legs, or any other Sores, or Ʋl∣cers.
    • Mr. Barnet's Excellent Diet-Drink, wherewith he cured three of his Children of the Kings-Evil; he had it from an able Physician.
    • Another approved Drink for the Kings-Evil, though broken out in divers places.
    • Another Infallible outward Remedy for the Kings-Evil.
    • An Experimented Wound-Drink, or Potion, which Cured a Gentlewoman of an Ʋlcer in the Reins in six weeks space, as Sir K. Digby relates.
    • A very good Diet-Drinks for the perfect Cure of the Dropsie and Scurvey.
    • An Excellent Drink to cool and temper a hot Liver.
    • An Excellent Diet-Drink for the Gout, Dropsie, Scurvey, or any humid Disease.
    • A Drink for a burning Scab or a salt Humour.
    • An Oyntment to be used with this Drink.
    • A Singular Remedy very much approved, for a scorching and itching Humor, that waters and itches; which cured a Gentlewomans Arm which did abound with very ill disposed waterish Hu∣mors.
    • An Ointment which she used with the Drink.
    • A most Excellent Drink for prevention of the Stone and Gravel, whether in the Reins or Bladder, and for many other Diseases; much Experienced by a famous Physitian in France, who using it three times a year, viz. just before Easter, in the heat of Summer, and at Michaelmass, preserved himself by it to the Age of 122 years in perfect health.
    • A Diet-Drink against Melancholy.
    • Another for the same.
    • My Lord Brunkard's Diet-Drink for the Scurvey and Dropsie.
    • A Rare and Excellent Drink of great Virtues for the Cure of several Distempers, learnt of a Gen∣tleman, who at his Death confessed he had done many wonderful Cures with it.
  • CHAP. XIV. Select Syrups.
    • A very good Syrup against cold Diseases of the Head, Brain and Sinews, as the Palsie, Apo∣plexy, Falling Sickness, Cramp, and Water di∣stilling out of the Head lying in Bed.
    • A very good Syrup against the Scurvey, and to sweeten and attemper the Blood.
    • An Excellent Syrup to clear and open the Breast and Lungs; often Approved.
    • A Comfortable Syrup against Melancholy.
    • Another Syrup of Pippins against Melancholy; by Dr. Fryer.
    • Syrup of Clove-Gill flowers.
    • To make the best and richest Syrup of Clove-Gilli-flowers.
    • An Excellent Syrup of Aqua Vitae for a Cold or Cough, or Shortness of Breath.
    • Syrup of Corn Poppy-flowers.
    • To make Syrup of Aniseeds, by Dr. Quirceton.
    • A most Excellent Syrup to restore such as have been lingering in a long and wasting Consumption.
  • CHAP. XV. Select EMULSIONS or AL∣MOND-MILK.
    • To Make Emulsions or Almond-Milk.
    • An Emulsion for heat in the Reins and Kidneys.
    • A Emulsion good in a Fever.
    • A very good Emulsion for a sharpness and gnawing in the Stomack.
  • CHAP. XVI. Select Remedies for the GOUT and SCIATICA.
    • A Rare Ointment to asswage the Swelling and raging pain of the Gout.
    • An Excellent Poultice, or Plaister to asswage the raging pain and swelling of the Gout.
    • A certain and infallible Remedy to prevent and cure the Fits of the Gout.
    • A Bath for the Gout, used by Sir William Paddy.
    • Dr. Holsatius of Cullen, his Bath for easing the Gout.
    • Another Plaister for the Sciatica, or any kind of Gout.
    • A most sovereign Ointment for the Gout.
    • A good Purge for the Sciatica, or any kind of Gout.
    • Ʋse also the following Plaister.
    • Another for the Sciatica by Dr. Frank.
    • Another Remedy for the Sciatica and Rheumatism.
    • Another Bath for the Gout; by Dr. Ruland.
    • A Drink for the Gout. Dr. Scroderus
    • Another Drink for the Gout.
    • An Approved Remedy for the Sciatica in the Hip, or any kind of Gout
    • When you use the aforesaid Plaister, use the follow∣ing Infusion.
    • Ʋse also the following Drink to give every day two or three Stools.
    • For a Prick that doth foster, rankle and burn, a present Remedy.
  • CHAP. XVII. Select Remedies for Bruises and Swel∣lings.
    • A Pultice to open an Impostume, and to ripen a Bile.
    • Another for the same; much Approved.
    • Mr. Stockdeal's Approved Remedy for a Bruise and Swelling.
    • Another infallible and often Approved Remedy for a Bruise and Swelling, to discuss the Humors and Tumor.
  • CHAP. XVIII. Select Remedies against the PLURISIE.
    • An Infallible Remedy for a Plurisie, Experienced by Mr. Trear, a Famous Chirurgeon, and also by Dr. Tresfel.
    • Another Approved Remedy for the same.
    • Another very Excellent Remedy for the same.
    • Another Remedy for the Plurisie, in case Bleeding cannot be admitted.
    • A Purge for the Plurisie.
    • For the Cramp.
    • Another.
    • Another for the same.
    • For the Falling of the Ʋvula, which some call the Palat of the Mouth.
  • CHAP. XIX. Select Remedies for the PILES and HEMORHOIDS.
    • Excellent Remedies for the Piles
    • Another infallible and often approved Remedy a∣gainst the Piles
    • An approved Remedy against the Hemorhoids.
    • Dr. Bates his Remedy for the Piles, wherewith he cured himself when he had them in the greatest ex∣tremity that could be; he gave this Receipt to Sir Kenelm Digby.
    • A Remedy for the Hemorhoids.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another.
    • Another Remedy for the Hemorhoids.
    • Another for the same.
  • CHAP. XX. Select Remedies for all sorts of FLUXES and LOOSNESs.
    • A certain and often approved Remedy for all sorts of Fluxes or Loosness, old Hepatical, and bloody Fluxes.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another for the same.
    • An excellent Clister to cure any Flux or Loosness.
    • Dr. Butler's Remedy for a Flux.
    • A Remedy to cure the Bloody-Flux, and heal the Ʋlcers in the Guts caused thereby.
    • To cure a Bloody-Flux, bloody Ʋrine, or spitting of Blood.
  • CHAP. XXI. Select Remedies for the JAUNDIES.
    • Dr. Farrar, his excellent and often approved Reme∣dy for the Jaundies, of any kind black or yellow.
    • Another approved Remedy for the yellow Jaundies.
    • Another approved Remedy for the same.
    • Another approved Remedy for the yellow Jaundies.
    • Another, Remedy for the yellow Jaundies, that when some have been entring into the black, have been cured by it.
  • CHAP. XXII. Select Remedies against Ruptures.
    • To make an Excellent Ptisan for a Rupture; the Ʋse whereof cured a great Lady of a great Rup∣ture in a Fortnights time, and likewise many others.
    • An infallible and often approved Remedy for a Wind-Rupture.
    • Another Plaister for the same.
    • Another Remedy for a Rupture.
  • CHAP. XXIII. Select Remedies for Tetters and Ring∣worms.
    • An Ointment to Cure a Tetter or Ring-worm.
    • Another Approved Remedy for a Tetter or Ring∣worm.
    • Another Remedy for Tetters and Ring-worms, Itch, and Scabs, &c.
    • To take away Warts and Corns.
    • To take away Warts from any part of the Body.
    • Another.
    • Another for the same.
    • For Corns in the Feet.
    • Another for the same
    • Another.
  • CHAP. XXIV. Select BALSOMS and OYNTMENTS.
    • The true and genuine Description of Lucatello's Balsome, according to Sir Kenelm Digby's Re∣ceipt, as he caused it to be prepared for his own Ʋse.
    • The Vertues of the said Balsom.
    • An Excellent green Balsom or Oyl for green wounds, Bruises, Strains, or Wrenches; called the Coun∣tess of Chesterfield's green Balsom Oyl.
    • The Use of the same for a Bruise or Wrench.
    • The Lady Barington's Rare Balsom for the Palsie, Apoplexies, and weak Sinews, or old Strains, &c.
    • For the Dead Palsie.
    • An Ointment for the Palsie.
    • An Ointment for the dead Palsie.
    • The true Balsom, or the Oil of St. John's Wort.
    • Dr. Scroderus his Balsom against the Plague.
    • A most Excellent Balsom to dry up all running and moist Sores, Issues, moist Scabs, old and running Ʋlcers, and is a most miraculous thing to cure scald Heads.
    • Dr. Hartmannus his approved Balsom, which cu∣reth any green Wound or Cut in twenty four hours.
    • To make a green Ointment suddenly for any Scald∣ing or Burning.
    • An Ointment to break and open all Impostumes, Biles, and Plague Sores.
    • An Approved Ointment for the Itch, by Dr. Scro∣derus.
    • An approved Oyntment for cold or hot swelling Hu∣mors: It is a singular Remedy.
    • A most Sovereign Green Oyntment which cureth all Strains, Bruises, and Swellings, Aches, Kibes, Cuts, Cramps, Scaldings, and Burnings, and all outward Griefs. It eases the Sciatica, and all Swellings in the Face and Throat, yea though they look red, and have an Ague in them.
    • A most Excellent Oyntment much approved, for Tetters and Ring-worms, Itch and Scabs, Itch∣ing and Waterish Humors, and all other Mala∣dies and Infirmities of the Skin.
  • CHAP. XXV. Select PLAISTERS and CERE-CLOTHES.
    • A most Excellent Plaister call'd the Emperor's Plaister.
    • An admirable Plaister devised and prepared for the Ʋse of the late Arch-Duke Leopoldus in Flan∣ders.
    • The Lady Howlands Excellent Cere-cloth, by her much approved, for any Bruise, Ach, or little Gout, to stanch the Blood and heal any Wound,
    • An Admirable Cere-cloth for a sore Breast, Im∣postum, Fellon, Green and Old Wounds.
    • A most Excellent Cere-cloth for Ruptures and Burstenness.
    • The Description of that Famous Plaister called Manus Dei, The plaister of God's Hand, which is so famous in France, and hath been much used for a long time, so that many Ladies of Quality take the pains to make it, and distri∣bute it to the Poor (as Monsieur Charras re∣lates in his Royal Dispensatory) whom he ad∣vises to observe well the Directions here given for its Preparation.
    • A Water which hath done such wonderful Cures in all manner of Wounds, Swellings, Ʋlcers, Can∣kers, Tetters and Ringworms, Itch and Scabs, Fistulaes, &c.
    • To dry up sharp Humors with ones own Water, and to Cure Kibes and Chilblains.
  • CHAP. XXVI. Select PILLS.
    • Pills of Elixir Proprietatis, as we prepared them by Sir Kenelm Digby's Order in his Elabora∣tory.
    • Sir Kenelm Digby's Excellent purging Pills for the Head, Stomach and Joynts, which he took usually himself.
    • Dr. Floyd's Stomach-Pill, which he usually took himself.
    • Dr. Dyes his Excellent Pill, wherewith he cured himself of a Malignant Tetter as he relates in the following.
    • Pills for the Sciatica or any kind of Gout.
    • Pills excellent for the Head and Stomack.
    • Excellent Pectoral Pills for the Breast and Lungs.
  • CHAP. XXVII. Select PURGES.
    • A Purging Whey, by Dr. Jackson.
    • Another Purging Whey.
    • Another purging Infusion of Whey.
    • Monsieur Boucaud his Purging Infusion, which purges universally all Humors, and is very good to Purge and Prepare the Body before one enters in∣to a Diet-Drink, or at any other time.
    • A Purging Powder good against the Sciatica or Hip-Gout,
    • Dr. Quercetan's Purging Decoction for Ladies.
    • Another Purging Decoction, called the Bitter Decoction.
    • A very good Purge for the Itch.
    • An Ʋniversal Purging Potion.
    • Another Ʋniversal Purge.
    • Another Ʋniversal Purge.
    • A good Pectoral Purge for Consumptive People, &c.
    • I will recommend here to the Publick a most Excel¦lent Purging Powder, which Sir Kenelm Digby made much Ʋse of in his Family.
  • CHAP. XXVIII. Select VOMITIVES.
    • A Gentle Vomit.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another, which I have known used by Sir Kenelm Digby.
  • CHAP. XXIX. Select GLISTERS.
    • A Glister for the Colick and Griping of the Guts.
    • Dr. Scroderus his Emollient Glister.
    • A very good Common Glister.
  • CHAP. XXX. Select Remedies relating to WOMEN-KIND.
    • Concerning the Retention or Stoppage of the Month∣ly Purgations.
    • A Bath to provoke the Terms.
    • A Physical Course for provoking the Terms
    • An Excellent Medicinal Wine to provoke the Terms, by Dr. Mynsicht.
    • Another Approved Remedy for the same.
    • An Experimented Remedy for the immoderate Flux of the Terms.
    • A Physical Course to prouoke the Terms, prescribed by a Learned Physician to a Lady of great Qua∣lity.
    • An approved Remedy to stop the Abundance of the Terms.
    • A good Remedy for the Whites, much Approved.
    • Another for the same.
    • The following Electuary is also very good, the Bo∣dy being Purged first.
    • Another Approved Remedy for the Whites, and so the Heat in the Back and Kidneys.
    • An Approved Remedy for the Fits of the Mother, and for the Vapors
    • A Remedy for a Bloody Ʋrine, whether in Man or Woman; also for a Bloody Flux, or Spitting of Blood.
    • Another for the same.
    • A Remedy for one that cannot retain Ʋrin.
    • Another for one that cannot keep his Water.
  • CHAP. XXXI. Select Remedies to procure CONCEP∣TION.
    • An excellent Remedy to procure Conception.
    • Another experienced by the Countess of Arundel.
    • Another approved Remedy to procure Conception.
    • Dr. Scroderus, his Cordial Drink to cleanse and strengthen the Womb and procure Conception.
    • Dr. Mynsight, his Bath against Barrenness much approved.
    • Dr. Farrar, his great Venereal to procure Conception.
  • CHAP. XXXII. Rules and Signs of CONCEPTION.
    • Certain Signs, whereby Women may know when they have Conceived.
  • CHAP. XXXIII. Other Rules and Signs of Conception.
    • Rules to know whether a Woman beareth a Male or a Female.
  • CHAP. XXXIV. Select Remedies to prevent Miscarriage. Containing Approved Remedies to prevent Miscarriage in Women; as also certain Expe∣riments relating to Women, especially Child∣bearing, Practised by that skilful Midwife Mrs. Partridge, alias Covet.
    • Directions how to govern a Woman in her first Con∣ception, that she may know how to foster it, and hold it fast till the time of Maturity; and then how with ease and good speed to bring it into the World, and after the great Work of Labour, to reduce her self to her wonted Health.
    • Signs of Miscarriage.
    • Another Remedy to prevent Miscarriage.
    • Dr. Goff's Remedy to prevent Miscarriage.
    • In France, whensoever they fear that a Woman is in danger to miscarry, they presently give her the following Remedy to prevent it.
    • Of the Causes of Miscarriage.
  • CHAP. XXXV. Of Womens Longings, and of Marking their Children.
  • CHAP. XXXVI. Select Remedys to cause a good Delivery.
    • A most Soverain and often approved Remedy to be used before Labour to cause a good Delivery, with ease, security, and very little pain &c.
    • A Drink before Labour to cause a good Delivery.
    • A safe Remedy to facilitate the Birth in Labour.
    • Another to Cause a speedy Labour.
    • The Labour Powder to facilitate the Birth.
    • An Infallible and much approved remedy to bring away the After Burthen, or any fowlness or a dead Child, and to cure the After throws and Gripings, after a woman is delivered,
    • An Excellent Powder to asswage the pains af∣ter Delivery.
  • CHAP. XXXVII. Select Remedies for Women Lying in.
    • An Excellent Cerecloath to be laid upon the Breasts after Chilabearing.
    • Another Remedy presently made to dry up the milk in Womens breasts.
    • To encrease womens milk.
    • Another to increase milk.
    • A Remedy for a sore breast that comes of curl'd milk in Childbed, and to dry up the milk.
    • For an Ague in a Womans Breast.
    • An Admirable Poultice that hath cured many Wo∣men of hard and sore Breasts.
    • For aches, and soreness in womens breasts, or in any part of the body an approved Remedy.
  • CHAP. XXXVIII. Select Remedies for the Back.
    • For weakness in the Back.
    • Another.
    • Another for weakness in the Back.
    • Another to strengthen the Back, and to restore marrow in it.
    • Another often approved Remedy for a sprain in the Back, and to strengthen it.
    • For a Crick in the Back, an outward Remedy.
    • For heat in the Back and Reins.
    • For pain in the Back.
    • Sr. Kenelm Digby's Excellent astringent Plaister for the Back.
    • For an Ach in the Back.
    • An Approved Remedy for a Sprain in the Back.
  • CHAP. XXXIX. Select Remedies Relating to CHILDREN.
    • A Rare Balsom for Children breeding teeth, to make them come without pain.
    • Another Balsom for the same.
    • An approved Remedy for the Rickets.
    • A Bath for the Rickets, Liver grown or opilation of the Liver in a Child.
    • Another Approved Remedy for the Rickets.
    • An Oyntment for the Rickets.
    • Another for the same.
    • An Excellent Remedy for Convulsion-Fits and Fal∣ling-Sickness.
    • Another often approved Remedy for the same
    • For the Small Pox and Measles.
    • To drive the Venomous Vapors from the Heart and Head in the small Pox and Measles, Malignant Feavers, and Epidemical Distempers, with great success.
    • To prevent the Marks of the Small Pox.
    • Dr. Charras his Oyntment which he highly recom∣mends to prevent the Scars and Marks of the Small Pox.
    • A Remedy for a Child that cannot hold its Water, whether Male or Female.
    • A Remedy for breaking out of young Childrens Heads.
    • Dr. Riverius his infallible Remedy for Worms in Children.
  • CHAP. XL. The Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy.
    • The true Preparation of the Powder of Sympathy, as it was prepared every year in Sir Kenelm Digby's Elaboratory, and as I prepare it now.
  • CHAP. XLI. Containing the choicest and rarest Cosme∣ticks to beautifie smoothen, soften, and whiten the Face and Skin, and to pre∣serve the Beauty and Complexion of La∣dies; devised by several Learned Physi∣cians, and used by Queens, Princesses, and other great Ladies in France, Italy, Germany and England.
    • A rare Cosmetick Water of Dr. Scroderus,
    • Another more precious Cosmetick, or beautifying Water; by Sir Kenelm Digby.
    • Another Cosmetick water
    • Another Cosmetick-Water.
    • A Cosmetick water used by the Queen.
    • To wash and prepare night gloves to keep the hands white, smooth and soft.
    • The Preparation or Magistery of Bistmuth or Tinglass.
    • A rare Cosmetick of Ox-gall.
    • Dr. Scroderus's Cosmetick of Oxgalls which he highly commends in his Chymical Dispensatory is thus.
    • Dr. Scroderus his Virginal-milk, which is a rare Cosmetick, taking away Freckles and Mor∣phew in the Face.
    • A Paste for the hands.
    • An Incomparable Balsom for the Hands.
    • Another Perfume.
    • Another richer Perfume; being pleasant and whol∣som, to perfume Tobacco taken in a Pipe.
  • CHAP. XLII. Select PERFUMES.
    • An Excellent Odoriferous Perfume for Chambers and Rooms of Entertainment, much used in France.
    • A Famous Odoriferous sweet Water call'd the Angel's Water.
    • The Countess of Dorset her sweet Water.
    • The Essence of Musk and Ambergrease drawn with Spirit of Wine.
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• recipes for food and drink
  • part - foods
    • Of the several sorts of Meats, which may with great conveniency be dressed in this ENGINE, both the English and the French way, with Ex∣cellent Direction how to do them.
    • recipe
    • To stew a Rump of Beef Mrs. Herbert's way.
    • To make Red-Deer that will keep a quarter of a year, and is Excellent Meat.
    • A most Excellent and Savoury Estuvee of Veal the French way.
    • To make an Hotchpot.
    • Another Hotchpot.
    • To Stew Beef the French way.
    • The best way to make Beef alamode, which is ex∣ceeding good meat.
    • To Stew a Hare the French way, which they call Lievre en Civette, which is Excellent Savoury meat.
    • To Bake Pigeons, Teals, or Wild-Ducks, that will keep a quarter of a Year, and are Excellent Meat.
    • Excellent Pyes of Red-Deer, made by Sr. Kenelm Digby's French Cook at Franckfort.
    • A Savoury and nourishing boiled Capon from Count Trino at Milan.
    • To bake Mutton after Venison fashion.
    • My Lady Glin useth her Venison Pasties thus:
    • To bake Venison in Pots to keep all the Year.
    • Te Souce a Turkey like Sturgeon or Brawn my Lady Cornwallis her way.
    • To pickle Capons; my Lady of Portland's French Cook.
    • My Lady Newport's bak'd Venison.
    • My Lady of Monmouth Boyleth a Capon with White-Broath thus:
    • Minced-Pyes.
    • To Roast fine Meat.
    • Savoury Collops of Veal.
    • To make Excellent Hare-pyes.
    • To Stew a Breast of Veal.
    • To Stew Beef.
    • A Sallet of cold Capon.
    • Marrow-Puddings.
    • To make Excellent Black Puddings.
    • To make a Shoulder of Mutton like Venison.
    • To make Spinage-broath
    • Monsieur de Bourdeaux used to take in a Morning, a Broth thus made.
    • Another.
    • Monsieur Vidales good Portage de sante is thus made.
    • A good Pottage for Dinner is thus made.
    • Another.
    • For plain Savoury English Pottage.
    • A good Savoury Strong Broth as it was made for the Queen on mornings.
    • The Queens ordinary Bouillon de fante in a morning, was thus:
    • An Excellent and wholsom Water-grewell is thus made.
    • To make ordinary plain wholsome Posset, when you Sup not, Do thus:
    • Grewel of Oatmeal and Rice.
    • To make a pleasant and wholsom Flummery Cawdle.
    • A Nourishing Almond-Cawdle for weak Persons.
    • Another strengthening Cawdle.
    • An Emulsion or Almond-Milk, to strengthen, cool, and to induce Sleep.
    • Very good Oatmeal Pap, by Dr. Colladon.
    • Wheaten Flummery.
    • Pap of Oatmeal-Panado.
    • Another.
    • To stew Wardens or Pears.
    • To stew Apples.
    • A Sack-Posset as Sir Kenelm's House-keeper made it for him.
    • Sillibubs, by the Lady Middlesex.
    • A Receipt for a Tansie.
    • To make a Cake my Lady Cambden's Way.
    • To make a good Cake as Sir Kenelm's House keep∣er made it for him.
    • The Ice for this Cake.
    • My Lady Harvey's way to make a Caroway Cake.
    • Mrs Stockdels Excellent small Cakes, which are much esteemed at Court; the King himself hath eat of them.
    • To make Excellent Small Cakes.
    • Mrs Ragly's Cheese-Cakes.
    • My Lady Diana Peters her Scotch Collops.
    • A Fricasie of Veal.
    • A Tansie.
    • My Lady Middlesex's Excellent Slip-Coat Cheese.
    • To make Slip Coat Cheese, as Sir Kenelm's House-Keeper made them for him.
    • To make Mustard my Lady Holmeby's Way.
    • To make Bolonia Puddings as they make them at Milan in Italy, which are better than those of Bolonia.
    • To make Harts-horn Jelly.
    • My Lady Paget's Harts-horn Jelly.
    • The Way to dress Poor John, to make it very tender and good Meat.
    • To Stew or Dress an Eel with Ragust the French way.
    • To Stew a Carp in Short Broth.
    • Salmon in Short Broth.
    • Monsieur St. Ebremonds way of Stewing Oysters.
    • My Lord of St. Albans's way to Boyl Beef most tender and short.
  • OF PRESERVING, CONSERVING and CANDYING, &c.
    • Apples in Gelly my Lady Pagets way; set down by Sir Kenelm Digby.
    • Sir Kenelms Observation.
    • My Lady Barclays's Sweet-meat of Apples.
    • Mrs. Marbury the Queens Preserving-Woman, makes her Apples in Gelly thus:
    • Dr. Bacon his Syrup of Apples.
    • To make Excellent Marmelade of Pippins.
    • Gelly of Quinces as it was made by Sr. Kenelms Direction, and the Receipt set down by himself.
    • Preserved Quinces made by Sr. Kenelm's Di∣rections and set down by himself.
    • Mrs. Marbury the Queens Preserving-Woman, Her fine white Gelly of Quinces▪
    • White Marmelade of Quinces the Queens way.
    • The Lady Baths's way of making White Marme∣lade of Quinces.
    • Paste of Quinces with very little Sugar, as they were done for Sr. Kenelm Digby.
    • To make Excellent Marmalade of red Currans, by Mrs. Marbury,
    • Excellent Jelly of red Currans.
    • To make Jelly of Currans with the Fruit whole in it.
    • To make Marmalade of Cherries.
    • To make a fine Marmalade of Currans with Juice of Raspes and Currans, as Madam Mancy made it for the Queen.
    • To make Conserve of red Roses Dr. Glisson's way.
    • Dr. Bacon's Way of making Conserve of Roses.
    • To preserve green Walnuts as they are done in France and Germany.
    • To keep Goosberries green and fresh, so that you may make a green Goosberry-Tart at Christmas.
    • To Preserve Grapes green upon a Vine all the Winter.
    • My Lady Wendibanks Curious Red Marmelade of Quinces.
    • Another by the same Lady.
    • To make a very Beautifull and clear Paste of Apri∣cocks, which tastes most quick of the fruit; from the same Lady.
    • To make a Pleasant and Beautiful Sweet-meat of Rasps and Currans.
  • A COLLECTION OF CHOICE RECEIPTS For Making of METHEGLIN, SIDER, CHERRY-WINE, &c.
    • My Lady Hews's Receipt to make White Mead.
    • Sr. Edward Baintons's Receipt to make white Me∣theglin, which my Lord of Portland (who gave it to Sr. Kenelm Digby) said was the best he ever drank.
    • My Lady Grovers Receipt to make white Mead which is very Excellent.
    • Dr Floyds Receipt to make Methaglin which is highly Commended.
    • My Lady Salisburies Receipt to make Meath.
    • My Lord Gorge his Mead.
    • The Lady Vernon's White Metheglin.
    • My Lady Gargrave's Metheglin.
    • My Lord Herbert's Receipt to make Metheglin.
    • My Lady Pooley's Receipt to make Metheglin.
    • My Lady Roberts her Receipt to make white Me∣theglin.
    • My Lady Mary Astons Receipt to make Metheglin.
    • The Countess of Cork's Receipt to make white Mead.
    • Another from the same Lady.
    • My Lady Fortescu's Receipt to make Metheglin.
    • My Lady Gerrard's Mead.
    • To make Metheglin my Lady Willoughby's way.
    • To make Meath or Mead the Lady Say's way.
    • Mrs. Conquests Receipt to make Metheglin.
    • To make Sr. William Pastons's Meade.
    • White Mead as it was made for Kenelm Digby, by his Direction.
    • My Lady Dormers Receipt to make Metheglin.
    • My Lady Morrices Receipt for Mead.
    • Her Sister makes Hers thus.
    • My Lady Shanons Receipt to make the best white-mead.
    • My Lady Lusson's Receipt to make Mead.
    • My Lady Bridges her white Metheglin.
    • Sir John Arundel's Receipt to make white Mead.
    • My Lord Hollis Way to make Hydromel.
    • Morello Wine.
    • Currans Wine to cool the Liver, and cleanse the Blood.
    • Mrs. Evelin's Way of making Cherry-Wine.
    • Mrs. Marbury's Receipt to make Syder.
    • Sr. Paul Neals Way of making Syder.
    • Mr. Web's way of Making Bragot.