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Folioi number is 196v,Scribe's number is 422
This is a continuation of a recipe from the previous page.
of a pound more of Cinnamon beaten as before,
infare it 24 hours, & distil it again at twice
as before, if it bee distiled with Care there wil
bee 3 quarts of Good water.
Sweet Water
Mrs Hornison;
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Take 3 peckes of Damask Roses picked; of p[intes]
one peck; Cloue Gilliflowers halfe a [...] peck; Sweet
Baszil, & Sweet Marjoram, of each a handful;
lauender too handfulls; Wallnut leaues, Coastmary,
Southernwood, Leaman thime, of each 1 handful;
Balm 2 handfulls; Bay leaues & tops of rosemary
of each halfe a handfull; of Leaman peel &
Orange peel a quarter of a pound; of Cloues
3 ounces; Cinamon 3 ounces; Benjamin 2 Ounces;
Storax 1 Ounce; pick your herbs and flowers;
& put them into an earthen pot, bruis your
Spices and Grains & put them in, thenThere is a mark of ink through the "then" put to
them all too quarts of Whit Wine and halfe
a pint of Wine Vineger; tie them down Close
for ten days, & Stir the pot well twice a day,
then Still it off as you doo roses, and put it
all together, with 20 Graine of Amber Greec
and 20 Graine of Musk, and 10 Graine of Ciner,
tied up in 20 Severall forcells; Seal up y r
Bottle & open it not till too years or More;
the longer you keep it the better, for it feeds
it Selfe up the Sweets
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Folio number 197r, Scribe's page number 423
My Ladey Allens Water.
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Mrs Hornisson.
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Take, of Sage, Sallandin, rosemarey, Vew,
Wormwood, Rosasolis, Mugwort, Pimfernell,
dragons Seabius, Egirmoney, Balm, Scordium,
Cardus Beniditie, Bettoney, Centerey, Marigold
flowers and leaues; of each of these a Good
handfull; of Burrage, Buglos, Burnet, Angelica,
flewellen and Wood Sorrell, of each Likewise a
Good handfull, then take the roots of tormentil
Elecompane, Teduary, Genhan, of each of
these roots halfe an ounce; Wash all your
herbs, & Shake them in a Cloth till they bee
dry, then Shred all your herbs, & Scrape
& Slice your roots, Mix all together with
these flowers and Seeds folowing, Marigold
flowers, Cowslip flowers, parsey flowers, buglos,
and burrage flowers, Clarey flowers, Cloue Gille
flowers, & red rose buds of each halfe a
pound or as Maney as you Can get if not
the Whol Quaubeley, Coraway Seeds, Sweet
fennell Seeds, Coriauder, & Cordimuine, of each
halfe an Ounce; bruise your Seeds and put
all these things into an Earthen pott with
2 Gallons of the best Leak, Couer it Cloase
& let it Steep 2 days, & 2 nights; Stir them
with your hand once a day uerey well from
the bottum, then draw it off in an Ordinarey
Still with a soft fier, Steep the Stronger and
Smater apart as you please.
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