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How to make Sirrups.

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You must take your Flowers or Hearbes and picke them cleane &
steepe them in running Water ouer warme Embers but not too hott in anySome flourish under "any" here, but may not be intentional
Case, and strayne out the Flowers or the Hearbes and putt in fresh eve:
ry 24 houres this doe till your Syrrup be strong enough, 3 or 4 tymes
or more, then, straine it out and to every pinte of liquour putt a pound
of Sugar, so boyle it up leisurely.

{29} To preserve Oranges

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Take a dosen of the fayrest Oranges and the best couloured, & if you
can gett them with smooth Skinns they are the better, and with a gra=This mark appears here as two dashes, but it often looks more like a colon, or two dots. I believe it signals to the reader that the word continues on the next line
ter grate of the outward pill, if you will haue them whole then with a
Coveing Iron take out some of the meat, or if You will haue them cuttThere is a smudge here over the word "cutt"
in halfes you must leaue some of the meate in them, then lay them in
steepe inThere is some kind of flourish over "in" here, note sure if it is intentional Conduit water 2 dayes & 2 nights, they must be shifted mor=Again, there are dashes here to signify that the word continues on the next line
ning and Evening, then take them out of the water and rubb them
with white Salt, then with a cleane Cloth rubb them very drie, then
boile them in 2 severall waters, then when you thinke they are verry
tender take them out of the water, then with a knife take out all the
blacks, then weigh them & take to a pound of Oranges a pound & halfe
of Sugar, when this is done putt your Sugar into a Skillett, & to every
pound of Sugar putt a quart of water, then take the whites of 2 Eggs,
beaten well and putt into the Skillett on the fire, & let it boyle as fast
as it can, when you perceiue your Syrrope to rise up, putt in 2 or 3
Spoonfulls of faire water, then take it of the Fire, lay your Oranges in
a preseruing panne, when you have scummed your Syrrup very cleane
powre it through a cleane Napkin on your Oranges in a preseruing
panne, leave out Some of your Syrrup & as it boyleth away, putt it into
Your Oranges, then sett your Chaffendish on a very quicke Fire & lett
them