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To dress a Calfes head

Washe ye Calfes head well, all the blood out, lay itt flatt
in a pan with the tongue and brains in, a good piece of
Bacon under each side cutt itt crosse as for broyling
and washe itt over with butter, and Strow Salt an Shred
Sage on itt, and then dredge itt with flower, put a
pinte of water and a little whole pepper and a bunch
of sweet harbs in the pan, and an onyon have ready a pint
or more of oysters stewed in their own liquor a blade
of mace and a little pepper and a littly white wine
and when the head is baked Take Some of the liquor itt
was baked with (without the fate, and break the brains
Small in, and put itt to the oysters and shake itt together
with a quarter of a pound of butter and power itt into
the dishe cutt the bacon in pieces, and lay upon your head
with Some lemon

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To pickle cowcombers in Slices

Take 30 large cowcombers, slice them and fiue onyons
sliced, put them into a pan togeather, and strow tow
handfulls of salt on them, let them stand a day and
night in the liquour, then drain them uery well
then put them into the pott then keep them in, then
take viniger put in cloues mace and whit peper boyle
them togeather and put them to your cowcombers boyling
hott, couer them uery close and let them stand tow days
then pour out the liquor and boyle it ouer again then
put it on them as hott as before, and when cold tye them
down uery close

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Elder Berry Water
take a Bushel of ripe Elder Burrys picked from
the stalkes bruse them and put to them as much
fair water as will cover them and quart of ale yeast
and a pound of powder Suger, Stire itt all togather and
cover them close and lett them worke nine days
stiring them once a day, then still them in a limbeck
you may draw off a Gallon of warter.
take first in the morning three spoonfulls for three weeks
weeks togather or longer if three be a occasion
this is excellent for the Collicke taken when the pain
comes, and for the dropsy

Sir Ed. Greaves ?
temp. K. Ch. 1st
1st med. Bart.

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Dr Graves Receipt for Convulsion fitts

take of Pianie roots & dead mens scull of each a drame and
a halfe, of the hoofe of Ales and white Amber of each halfe a
dram, of East Bezor 6 grains, lett these be made into a powder
and devided into 10 papers, taking one morning and night
in a spoonfull of the Julipe.
the Julipe langishes warter 3 ounes, of p...n pionie warter and
sirupe of pionie of each an once