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An Ordinary Cake Mrs Davison

Take a quarter of a peck of flour rub into it a pound
of butter, a little mace some cloves, and grate some
Nutmeg and half a pound of sugar, and a little salt
mix them all very well, with the butter and flour
Then take 2 pounds of Currents wash'd and rub'd with
a cloth and mix in it Then take a pint of Ale
yeast first letting it stand till it rises to an head
then skim it of and mix so much luke warm
milk as you think will make the Cake heave
then strain it thro' an hair seive into the Cake
but dont stir it toggether till it has stood a little
time to rise when you think it has risen
enough work it very well together and butter
your pan you bake it in

A Diet Drink Dr Cotesworth

Take 4 ounces of Sassaperella, slice it 2 ounces of China
root, slice it thin one ounces and an half of liquorish
half an ounces of shavings of Hartshorn, boil them
in a gallon of Spring water, till it comes to two quarts
cover it close, then take it off the fire put to it
half an ounce of sweet fennell seed a little bruis'd and
a little Antimony, in a bag. Let it stand close
covered, till it is cold and then strain it off drink
a pint at least every day when you do not take
the purge for a month

The Purge to the Diet Drink