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then set litle borde at the syde of you^r frutes
to kepe the Allablaster from runnyng abroad
& then temper you^r Allablaster with water
something thicke & cast it upon you^r frutes
& it will be hard presently then take it
fourth of the sand & cast that syde whi^ch is in
the sand so lyke wise & when it is hard
you maie prynt anything into it what you plese

A Receipte to preserve Cherries

Take you^r Suger & beat it small in a morter
then take you^r preserving pan or posnet & cover
the bottom of it with Suger then Stone Che=
ries & laie them on a rowe upon you^r Suger
then put a litle rosewater to you^r Cheries to
moysten the Suger & then cover you^r Cheries
over with Suger agayne & so laie one row me
of Cheries upon another & as you laie them
cover then over with Suger, then set them to
boile & let them boile verie fast till the Sirop
doth draw betwixt you^r fingers lyke a small
threed, then set them to coole & keepe them for
you^r use

Another Receipte to preserve Cheries

Take & picke you^r fairest Cheries fro^m you^r smallest
Cheries to preserve, then take your smallest
Cheries & strayne a pint of Joice out of them &
dissolve a G of Suger in the said Joyce &
when you^r Suger is well dissolved put a
G & half of your fairest Cheries into it & let
them boile to a manus Christi height then set
them to coole & so kepe them for you^r use

Another Receipte to preserve Cheries