Wellcome Collection: Bulkeley, Elizabeth (MS.169)

[lesmelie] close coned till they be tender & that they looke verie pared, then set them to coole & so keepe them This is a verie perficte & good waye to keep you^r Quince in a sirop all the yeare.

A Receipte to make ^whyte marmalad of Quinces

Take you^r Quince & boile them verie tende^r in faire water then streyne them throughe a Syve then take a li & half of Quince & drye it verie well in a platter over a Chaffnigdishe of coles then clarifie a li of Siuger & boile it to a Candie height & put the Quince into it & set it well together then put it into boxes for the marmalad you must not boile you^r Quince & Suger together for that will tourne the colour of you^r marmalad & then it will not be whyte

A Receipte to make red marmalad of Quince

Take you^r Quince & pare them & set the moate from the Core, then Clarifie a li of Suger & put a li of Quince into it & let it boile close coned till it begin to be thicke then keepe it stirringe till it come clene from the bottome of you^r pan, then put it into boxes This is the best waye to make red marmalad of Quince for it will looke perfecte red & clene & be full of [kuoste]

A Receipte to make marmalad of Quince both Whyte & Red

Take & boile your Quince verie tender in faire water then streyne them through a syve, then take a li & half of Quince

verie leasurerlie keeping them downe in the Sirrop wi^th the backe of a Silver Spoone & as the Stonnes of the damsons doth rise upon the top of your Sirop take it as clene of from you^r Sirop as you can wi^th your Spoone & let you^r damsons boile till they be verie tender, then set them to coole & the nexte day poure the Sirop from you^r damsons & boile it againe to a manus Christie height & then put it to your damsons againe & so keepe them for you^r use

A Receipte to make paste of Goosberies

Take a pynt of gooseberies & boile them in a ^uqte of faire water till they be tende^r then streyne the licour from them throughe a Cloth & streyne you^r Gooseberies throughe a syve then clarifie a li of Suger & boile it to a Casting heighte & put a li of goostberries into it & keepe it stirring over the fyre till it come clene from the bottome of you^r pan then laie it upon plates & dry it

A Receipte to make paste of pipins

Take your pipins & cut them in half & boile them verie tender then streyne the water from them throughe a Cloth then Clarifie a li of Suger & boile it to a Casting heighte & put you^r li of pipins into it & keepe it stirringe over the fyre

till it come clene from the bottom of you^r pan then laie them upon plates & drye it & so keepe it for you^r use

The tempature of St Johns woorte

St Johns woort as Gallne teacheth is hott & drie beinge of substance thinne

The vertues

St Johns woorte, wi^th his flouers & seede boyled and trunken provoketh urine and is right good agaynst the stone in the bladder, and stoppeth the Laske The leaves stamped are good to be laide burninge, scaldinge and all wounde, and alsoe for rotten & filthie ulcers The leaves, flowers & seede stamped, and putt into a glasse wi^th oyle olive, and sett in the hott sunne for certayne weeks together, and then strayned from those herbes and the like quantities of newe putt in and sunn in like manner doth make an oyle of the colloure of blood whi^ch is a moste preciouse remedy for deepe wounds, and those that are thorowe the bodie, for [sonones] that are pricked, or any wounde made wi^th a venomd weapon,: I am accustomed to make a compounde oile hereof, the making of whi^ch yee shall receave at my hande, because I know in this worlde the is not a better, noe not naturall balme it selfe; for I dare undertake to cure any such wound as absolutely in each respecte, if not sooner and better as any man whatsoever shall or may wi^th naturall balme Take white wine twoe pints, oyle olive foure pound, oyle of turpentine 2 pounds, the leaves, flowers &seed of St Johns woort, of each 2 greate handfulls gently brused, putt them all together into a greate dobble glass and sett it in the sunne eight or tenn dayes, then boyle them in the same glasse per Balneum Mariae, that is a kettle of water, wi^th some strawe in the bottome, wherin the glasse muste stande to boyle, whi^ch done strayne the Liquor from the herbes, and doe as you did before puttinge in the Like quantities of herbes, flowers, & seed but not any more wine. & soe have you a greate secret for the purpouses aforesaide diostorides saith that the seed drinke for the space of 40 days together cureth Sciattica and all aches that happen in the hippes The same author sayth, that beinge drunke wi^th wine it taketh away tertian & quartan agues