Recipe book collection: Wellcome Collection

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[rongrise] 1838

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OSTFRIESICHES rares Meidicin Buch [Late 17th cent.]

Sotheby 27/4/11

1. Erklärung des Apotheker gewiests und [eklüser] deßelben [zuisen] . [Beiln] in diesem [....] [ekluse] Recept eine

Bervirst kom KserlaBen

14. Irst Hirkrfrunk fay BoBnerh e

Die perbottene Jeig in Demen

Das Koftlitsste Smmelmaber orsa Rimpleft

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The feavour water

Take 4 gallons of strong Ale & i peck of Poppeys pick'd soe putt them into a Limbeck well pasted, then still off 5 pints with a gentle fire, & what runs after keep for other uses, then take 4 gallons more of stong Ale, & 4 ounces of cardish seeds well bruised, soe draw of 5 pints as before, then take 6 ounces of Snake roobes, 4 ounces of Marigold Flowers newly gather'd, & 20 greene walnuts sliced, & put them into the two strong waters together, then putt them into a wide mouth steeping pott or glasse & putt the 4 mentioned ingredients into it & lett it stand a forthnight well stopped & a day before you still it, putt half an ounce of London trecle, then still it in a cold still well pasted, an old body may take 3 spoonfulls of this water before the fitt comes for 3 or 4 fitts together you may ^give a child of 2 or 3 years old 2 spoonfulls of the weak water & i for a child of a yeares old or lesse;

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To Make the Red Pouder to be given to sweat & good for any distempers

Take Angelico, Bittanie, Cardish, Draggons Sage, Rewe, Rosemary, Tormentile with the roots, wormwood of each one handfull, putt them into a well glazed pott, with 3 pints of Whitewine, cover it & stir it well once a day, 9 days together, then take a pound of the best Bolearmoneck powderd & searched putt it into a puter dish & strain the wine from the hearbe into a the powder till it is thicke like white pott then set it in a sunny window till it be stiff then strain in more of the wine till it is like whitepott again & when that is stiff doo so again till the pouder have drunk up the wine, att the last straining of the wine put in with it Confectio Alcarines, Venus Treacle, Methredate, & Diaseo =rdium of each half an ounce, of Bezor one grain & of the fine powder of the black topps of Malecrabbes claws one Ounce, mix all these together when it is dry as before & as stiff as past

make it into roles a paiste the common dose is as much as will ly one a shilling in a spoonfull of Sack & drink 4 spoonfuls after it.

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My Lady Greshames Almond pudding

Take a pound of Beaf suet shred small & sif sifted puff to this quantity of suet & pound of Jordan Almonds blanched & finely beaten in a morter wth some rosewatE for fear they oyle then take 1 pound of whitebread finely grated & sifted mix all these togethE then put to it 3 pints of Creame, & half an ounce of nutmeg sliced half an ounce of mace a few cloves a little cinnamon & a race of gingE strain out the spice & put to yoE creame apound and a half or 3 quarters of fine sugar dissolve yoE Sugar & a litle salt, boile a litle Amber grese in it wth yoE at first, wn tis almost cold then take ye yolkes of 12 eggs & 4 of the whites, them make a hole in ye middle of yoE Almonds bread and suet, then strain in ye creame blood warme besure to wipe yoE gubts(?) very well on both sides & wn you have filled yoE gubts(?) besure to tye yoE ends very well &