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For an Ague - Mrs Davison

half an ounce of Bark, half an ounce of Steel, half an ounce
of Couserue of Roman Wormwood made into an
Electuary with Syrup of Violetts

The quantity of a Nutmeg to be taken 3 times
a day the first thing in the morning fasting
an hour after it , and at 4 o' Clock in the afternoon,
and again going to bed.

To dry Two Hams of Bacon. S:Brydges

Take as much water as will cover them put into it
2 pound of the brownest sugar you can get, a quarter of
a pound of salt petre a quarter of a pound of petre salt and
a quart of a pound of bay salt and as much wet salt as
will make it [Cear?] an egg Stir it well together
and when it is all melted put in your hams Let
them lye 3 weeks in the pickle turning them
every other day Then take them out and dry
well in a cloth and hang them up in the Chimney
to drye.

To make a Cake -- Sister Brydges

Take a pound of fine flour well dry'd by the fire A pound of
loaf sugar beaten and sifted, a pound of fresh butter. beat
it with your hand till it is so soft as it can be. take
10 eggs but half the whites, put the sugar first into
your butter, then the eggs, last of all the flour with
a little mace and Nutmeg with an ounce of Carraway
seeds Then put it into your pan and bake it