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To Preserve Quinces
White

Take such of your Quinces thayt are
well colered not of the greatest sort
but lett them be of a reasonable bigness
wha weight them before you ether
core ar pare them To every pound of
Quinces a pound of refined suger
& in the coring of them let your
knife goe quite through so that thay
may have a hole at both ends
but core them with a small knife
then scald them tell they be
tender bu take care thay be not
broken then refine your suger
your are not to preserve