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Receipt book of Sarah Longe [manuscript].
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Receipt book of Sarah Longe [manuscript].
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Item 2 of 3: Main text, rebound separately by conservator.
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Longe, Sarah, fl. 1610.
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Longe, Sarah, fl. 1610.
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page 58 (folio 32 verso) || page 59 (folio 33 recto)
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Transcription:
58
To make the spleene salve .
Take millilet and camomile, of each three handfulls
Parsly and plantin of each one handfull, Deere suet
one pound, Vitgins wax twelve ounces, and rosen
three pound, put these Ingredients into an earthen
pot well leaded and ouer a soft fire melt the wax
rosen and suet, then put in the hearbes being first shred
& mixed vp with a pint of white wine, & soe stir them
well together, then sett the pot in a coole seller, 7 dayes
then sett it over the fire again, & boyle it halfe an hour
then streine it through a linin Cloath into dishes puting
a litle fair water into every bottome & when tis cold make it vp
in rolls, & keepe it close in paper, when tis vsd it must be
spread vpon thin leather, cut spleene fashion, pricked full
of holes & applied to the sides.
A most exellent drinke against the Plague.
Take 3 pints of the best muskadine & boyle in it one handfull of
Rue, one handfull of Sage over a Charcoale fire till one pint
be consumed, then streine the hearbs hard out, then sett it over the
fire again & put therin long pepper one ounce, ginger halfe an
ounce, nutmegge halfe an ounce, all beaten to powder, lett all
these boyle together, a little after take it of the fire, & put therin
an ounce of the best mithridate, an ounce of the best Treackle, a
quarter of a pint of the best Angelica water, keepe this above
all, if thou be infected with the plague tak morning &
evening one spoonfull luke warme, but if not, only thrice
a weeke one spoonfull at a tyme, it have bine observed this
never ifayled, if taken in tyme, it is good against the sweating
sickness, small pox, measells, surfeits if taken vpon the first
invasion, & soe layd downe to sweat, with poset drink made
with marrigold flowers.
folio 33 recto
59
33
To make the white oyntment
Take 2 pound of hoggs suet pilld & laid in water 3 dayes
running the water twice aday, then beat it in a cloath, & put it
in a bason, then slice in 2 Lemons halfe dozen pipins slic't
two penniworth mace, 6 cloves, quarter pint of rose water
then sett it over a pot of boyling water, till all be infused
then streine it, & when tis cold, beat it for 2 days together
& put it vp.
A water for a Burning
Take a handfull of the barke of an Elm root, scrape it & wash
it, & beat it, then lay it in a pint of runing water 24 howers
then strein it & dip a peice of lawne, & spread over the
burning.
A mouth water
Take a pint of runing water 3 spoonfulls of honey, handfull
of red Bramble leaves, litle woodbine, halfe dozen sage leaves
quarter pound Corrants, peniworth safron, as much allom as
an nutmegge, boyle it halfe away, & strein it.
To Stopp a Loosness .
Take the whites of 3 new laid eggs, then scrape Chalke & mixe
it, till it be a stiff past, make it into a Cake, & bake it
one the hearth, & lay it very hote to the Nobbe.
To make the spleene salve .
Take millilet and camomile, of each three handfulls
Parsly and plantin of each one handfull, Deere suet
one pound, Vitgins wax twelve ounces, and rosen
three pound, put these Ingredients into an earthen
pot well leaded and ouer a soft fire melt the wax
rosen and suet, then put in the hearbes being first shred
& mixed vp with a pint of white wine, & soe stir them
well together, then sett the pot in a coole seller, 7 dayes
then sett it over the fire again, & boyle it halfe an hour
then streine it through a linin Cloath into dishes puting
a litle fair water into every bottome & when tis cold make it vp
in rolls, & keepe it close in paper, when tis vsd it must be
spread vpon thin leather, cut spleene fashion, pricked full
of holes & applied to the sides.
A most exellent drinke against the Plague.
Take 3 pints of the best muskadine & boyle in it one handfull of
Rue, one handfull of Sage over a Charcoale fire till one pint
be consumed, then streine the hearbs hard out, then sett it over the
fire again & put therin long pepper one ounce, ginger halfe an
ounce, nutmegge halfe an ounce, all beaten to powder, lett all
these boyle together, a little after take it of the fire, & put therin
an ounce of the best mithridate, an ounce of the best Treackle, a
quarter of a pint of the best Angelica water, keepe this above
all, if thou be infected with the plague tak morning &
evening one spoonfull luke warme, but if not, only thrice
a weeke one spoonfull at a tyme, it have bine observed this
never ifayled, if taken in tyme, it is good against the sweating
sickness, small pox, measells, surfeits if taken vpon the first
invasion, & soe layd downe to sweat, with poset drink made
with marrigold flowers.
folio 33 recto
59
33
To make the white oyntment
Take 2 pound of hoggs suet pilld & laid in water 3 dayes
running the water twice aday, then beat it in a cloath, & put it
in a bason, then slice in 2 Lemons halfe dozen pipins slic't
two penniworth mace, 6 cloves, quarter pint of rose water
then sett it over a pot of boyling water, till all be infused
then streine it, & when tis cold, beat it for 2 days together
& put it vp.
A water for a Burning
Take a handfull of the barke of an Elm root, scrape it & wash
it, & beat it, then lay it in a pint of runing water 24 howers
then strein it & dip a peice of lawne, & spread over the
burning.
A mouth water
Take a pint of runing water 3 spoonfulls of honey, handfull
of red Bramble leaves, litle woodbine, halfe dozen sage leaves
quarter pound Corrants, peniworth safron, as much allom as
an nutmegge, boyle it halfe away, & strein it.
To Stopp a Loosness .
Take the whites of 3 new laid eggs, then scrape Chalke & mixe
it, till it be a stiff past, make it into a Cake, & bake it
one the hearth, & lay it very hote to the Nobbe.
transcribed_information
58
To make the spleene salve .
Take millilet and camomile, of each three handfulls
Parsly and plantin of each one handfull, Deere suet
one pound, Vitgins wax twelve ounces, and rosen
three pound, put these Ingredients into an earthen
pot well leaded and ouer a soft fire melt the wax
rosen and suet, then put in the hearbes being first shred
& mixed vp with a pint of white wine, & soe stir them
well together, then sett the pot in a coole seller, 7 dayes
then sett it over the fire again, & boyle it halfe an hour
then streine it through a linin Cloath into dishes puting
a litle fair water into every bottome & when tis cold make it vp
in rolls, & keepe it close in paper, when tis vsd it must be
spread vpon thin leather, cut spleene fashion, pricked full
of holes & applied to the sides.
A most exellent drinke against the Plague.
Take 3 pints of the best muskadine & boyle in it one handfull of
Rue, one handfull of Sage over a Charcoale fire till one pint
be consumed, then streine the hearbs hard out, then sett it over the
fire again & put therin long pepper one ounce, ginger halfe an
ounce, nutmegge halfe an ounce, all beaten to powder, lett all
these boyle together, a little after take it of the fire, & put therin
an ounce of the best mithridate, an ounce of the best Treackle, a
quarter of a pint of the best Angelica water, keepe this above
all, if thou be infected with the plague tak morning &
evening one spoonfull luke warme, but if not, only thrice
a weeke one spoonfull at a tyme, it have bine observed this
never ifayled, if taken in tyme, it is good against the sweating
sickness, small pox, measells, surfeits if taken vpon the first
invasion, & soe layd downe to sweat, with poset drink made
with marrigold flowers.
folio 33 recto
59
33
To make the white oyntment
Take 2 pound of hoggs suet pilld & laid in water 3 dayes
running the water twice aday, then beat it in a cloath, & put it
in a bason, then slice in 2 Lemons halfe dozen pipins slic't
two penniworth mace, 6 cloves, quarter pint of rose water
then sett it over a pot of boyling water, till all be infused
then streine it, & when tis cold, beat it for 2 days together
& put it vp.
A water for a Burning
Take a handfull of the barke of an Elm root, scrape it & wash
it, & beat it, then lay it in a pint of runing water 24 howers
then strein it & dip a peice of lawne, & spread over the
burning.
A mouth water
Take a pint of runing water 3 spoonfulls of honey, handfull
of red Bramble leaves, litle woodbine, halfe dozen sage leaves
quarter pound Corrants, peniworth safron, as much allom as
an nutmegge, boyle it halfe away, & strein it.
To Stopp a Loosness .
Take the whites of 3 new laid eggs, then scrape Chalke & mixe
it, till it be a stiff past, make it into a Cake, & bake it
one the hearth, & lay it very hote to the Nobbe.
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