The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par.
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- The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par.
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- Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573.
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- Imprinted at London :: By Richarde Iones,
- 1573.
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- Canning and preserving -- Early works to 1800.
- Cookery, English -- Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.
- Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
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"The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68556.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
Contents
- frontispiece
- title page
- ¶Iohn Partridge to his Booke.
- To the worship¦FVLL, MAYSTER RICHARDE Mistow, Gentleman: one of the Assistants of the Company of the Barbours & Surgions: Iohn Partridge wisheth increase of Knowledge by his worthy trauayle. (??)
- ¶Thomas Curteyse Gentleman, in prayse of the Auctor.
- ¶Thomas Blanck Gentleman, in the behalfe of the Auctor.
- ¶The Chapters and contentes of of this Booke.
- ❀ The Auctor to his Booke concerning his friende, whose importunate sute procured him to publish the same.
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❀ The Closet, or
Creasurie of cōmodious Con∣ceites
and hidden Secrets.
- ¶To bake a Capon with yolkes of Egges. Cap. i.
- ¶To bake a Fesant, or Capon in stéede of a Fesant. Ca. ii.
- * To bake Chickins. Chapter. iij.
- ¶To bake Woodcoks. Chapter. iiij.
- ¶To make Pescods of Marow. Chapter. v.
- ¶A Sawce for a rosted Rabbet: to King Henry the eight. Cap. vj.
- ¶To bake an Oxe toung. Chapter. vij.
- ¶To make Vineger of Roses. Chapter. viij.
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¶To make a Mar
hpane. Cap. ix. - To gylde a Marchpane or any other kinde of Tarte. Cap. x.
- ¶To bake Quinces. Cap. xi.
- * To kepe Quinces vnpared all the yeare long. Cap xii.
- ¶To make fine Blaunch pouder for rosted Quinces. Chapter. xiij.
- ¶To conserue Quinces in Syrope condict, alway ready to be serued whole: or in quarters. Cap. xiiij.
- ¶Plummes condict in Syrrope Chapter. xv.
- ¶To kéepe Cheries condict, or Goose beries. Cap. xvi.
- To make Conserue of Roses, or other Flowers. Cap. xvij.
- To make conserue of Violets. Chapter. xviii.
- ¶The vertue of the conserue of Buglosse. chapter. xix.
- ¶The vertue of the conserue of Borage. Chapter. xx.
- ¶The vertue of the conserue of Rosmary. Chapter. xxj.
- ¶The vertue of the conserue of Succary. Cap. xxij.
- ¶The vertue of the conserue of Elder flowres. Cap. xxiij.
- ¶The vertue of the conserue of Sorell. Chapter. xxiiij.
- The vertue of the conserue of Mayden heaire. cap. xxv.
- To make conserue of Elecampana Rootes. cap. xxvi.
- To make conserue of Acorns, or Gladon. With the vertue of the same. chapter. xxvii.
- ¶To make Marmalade of Quinces. Cap. .xxviii.
- ¶To make Marmalade of Damsins or Prunes. Cap. xxix.
- To make conserue of Strawberies, With the vertue of the same. chapter. xxx.
- * To make conserue of Cheries and Barberies. Cap. xxxi.
- * To make Succade of Peels of Oranges and Lemons. Chapter. xxxii.
- ¶To make gréene Gynger. chapter. xxxiii.
- To make all kinde of Syrops. chapter. xxxiiii.
- ¶To make MANVS CHRISTI. Chapter. xxxv.
- ¶To make Losings. Cap. xxxvi.
- ¶Powder of Hollond against Colick, and gnawing of the belly. cap. xxxvii.
- Powder to make the belly soluble, causing a gentle laske: méete for noble personages. Chapter. xxxviii.
- A receipt to restore strength, in them that arr brought low with long sicknesse. chapter. xxxix.
- ¶To make Ipocras. Cap. xl.
- ¶A violet pouder for wullen clothes and Furres. cap. xli.
- * A swéete powder for Napery and all Lynnen Clothes. chapter. xlii.
- * To make a Pomeamber. cap. xliij.
- * To make a fine Fumigation to cast on the Coles. cap. xliiij.
- To make the same in Oseletts. chapter .xlv.
- ¶A moyste fume vpon a fuming dish. chapter. xlvi.
- ¶A Fumigation for a Presse, and clothes that no Moth shall bréed therin. chapter. xlvii.
- * A Powder wherwith to make sweete waters. cap. xlviii.
- * An other manner of makyng of Damaske water. cap. xlix.
- ¶To perfume Gloues. cap. l.
- ¶A perfume for Chestes and Cubbords: And also for Gloues. cap. lj.
- * To collour Gloues. Cap. lii.
- ¶To make Muske Sope. cap. liii
- ¶To make red sealyng wax. cap. liiii.
- ¶To make swéete Damaske pouder fowre maner of wayes. cap. lv.
- ¶To keepe Barberyes. cap. lvi.
- ¶To make fine Rise Porredge. cap. lvii.
- For the Ague in a womans brest. cap. lviii.
- ¶For the vnnaturall heat of the Liuer. Chapter. lix.
- For the Cankar in the mouth. cap. lx.
- * To know what time in the yeare Herbes and Flowres, should be gathered in their full strength. cap. lxi.
- ¶Here foloweth, the sundrie Vertues of Rases, for dyuers Medicines. Ca. lxii.
- * The sundry vertue of Lyllies. cap. lxiii.
- ¶Of the sundrye vertues of Milfoyle. Chapter. lxiiii.
- ¶Of the sundry vertues of Rosemary. Chapter. lxv.
- ¶A briefe Treatise of Vrines aswell of mennes vrines, as of Womens, to iudge by the colors, which betoken helth, which betoken sickenesse, & which also betoken death. chapter. lxvi.
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¶How to make a soueraigne Water, that
M. Doctor St
uyns Phisicion, a man of great knowledge and cunnyng, did pra∣ctise: and vsed of long experience. And therwith did very many Cures, and kept it alwayes secret, tyll of late a little be∣fore his death, a speciall friend of his, dyd get it in writyng of him. Cap. lxvij.
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