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Folio number 199v, Scribe's page number 430.

To Make little Seed Cakes.
There is a scratching of ink under "Cakes."

Mrs Montagne.
The attribution appears in the top left margin and there is a scratching of ink under "Montagne."
One quart of fine flower, halfe a pound of butter,
halfe a pound of Coroway Comfits, aboue halfe a
pint of Yest, as Much Milk as will wett it.
Mix your butter and flower well first, then put
in the Yest, then the Milke, then lay it befor
the fier in a pees of Woulen to rise and when you
Make them up put in the Comfits.
There is a scratching of ink under "Comfits" indicating the end of the recipe.

To Make a Winter Cream Cheese
There is a line of ink under "Cheese."

Mrs Hopkins.
The attribution appears in the middle left margin and there is a scratching of ink at the end of "Hopkins."
Take four Gallons of New Milk and one Gallon of
Cream, Scold Yyour Cream with too Quarts of Water
amongst it, then put it to the new Milk, put to
it a quart or three pint of rhenet, when the
Chees is Come lay it into the fatt in a Cloth, press
it a little with your hand as you lay it in, but
break the Curd as little as you Can, you Must
Lay a Smale weight upon it at first, then
adding more weight til it Comes to the press, let
it Stand an hour, [...] the weight, heming it
3: or 4: times in a Cloth halfe wett, when it
Comes out of the press it must bee left [hemed]
betwixt too fatts, Salting it as you doo Other Cheeses, you
Must take Great Care of breaking it in your heming.
There is a scratching of ink after "heming" that indicates the end of the recipe. There is a note that continues after this recipe describing the process to make rhenet.
To Make your rhenet take a gallon of water, & one
handfull of Nettles, & 3 good handfull of Salt, boyl
all these together for an hour, then let it Stand, and
Settle, put it in a pott, & put a bagg to it, let the
bagg ly in it 8: or 9: dayes, it Must bee a Stale bagg
after the bagg is taken out let the rhenet Stand a
week to Settle, & then bottle it up, your rhenet Must
bee made at Michelmas, & May is the best month
to Make the Cheese.There is a scratching of ink at the end of the line.

Folio number is 200r, scribe's page number is 431

A pectorall drinke for a Could.
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Dr Needham.
This attribution appears in the top left margin and there is a scratching of ink under "Needham."
Take 5 pints of Spring water put into it, 6: ounces
of reasone of the Sin Stoned, 3 ounces of figgs, 2 ounces
of Dates, Sliced, a handfull of Maiden hair, a handfull
of Colts foot, halfe a handfull of [Unsett Jsup], a ounce
of Liquorish Serapt, & Stict, a few Anniseeds & Coraway
Seeds, 12 Seberhans, 12 [Jidebes], boil all this to 3
pints, Strain it, & put to it 2 ounces of brown Liquor
Candey, CLear it with too whits of Eggs.
There is a line of ink under "Eggs."

The drying dyet drinke.
There is a line of ink after "drinke."

Dr Lower.
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Take of Sarsaparilla Cutt Smale 6: ounces, flinty
China 2: ounces, Guaicum halfe an ounce, infuse
these in 5 quark of Spring water 6: hours, then
boyl halfe away with Gentle fier. add at the
latter end of the boyling Lyconsih 2 drams, halfe
a dram of Coriander Seeds, Let it Settle & pour
it off while tis hott.
if you find it too hott, add 2 ounces of rasins washt
but whol.
There is a lind of ink after "whol" indicating the end of the recipe.

For a hot rhume in the eyes.
There is a line of ink after "eyes."

L. fichuil.
This attribution appears in the bottom left margin of the page.
Distill roten Apples in a Could Still and wash
the Eyes with the water often times in the day.

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HillaryNunn

This page was originally transcribed by Cassandra Isenberg as part of an EMROC transcription project in 2013 at The University of Akron.

EK

For the recipe for "the drying dyet drinke"cf. the back of the note sewn in a previous page, as the instructions on the back of the note mention this drink.