Transcribathon: EMROC 2021

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. There is a line of ink under "Could."

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. This attribution appears in the middle left margin of the page and there is a line of ink after "Lower." 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.

201 A Gargle for a Cancer in the mouth. by Mr Dixson surgion Take french barley well wash'd one ounce, boile it in a quart of water till the barly is soft. Strain in the Liquor & boile in it the Leaves of fl...ellen fluellin, perriwincle, bramble tops Hunnisuckles, of Each one handfull. Ivory, & heartshorn Calcind' or burnt white, of each half an ounce. These being sufficiently boild' upon a soft fire strain them from the Liquor, & to euery pint, or pound. put hunny of ..... crosses. & sirup of Mulberies. of each one ounce. spirit of sulpher. a few drops. if you can get any of the flowers of blew botles, to boile in the decoction they will add more strength to it. the patient is to gargle with this often. Especially Morning, & Euening.

Virtues of the Lady hewytts Cordiall water

Where a Cordiall is requesit none Can exteede this, singularly good for women in travell to uphold ther spirits and further there Labour for vomiting and a Laske and griping of the gutts nothing can be better: it [dos] all infestion from the hart speedily Causeth rest procures sweat in feavors when nothing else will doe it: for surfits nothing Can be better excelently good for - palsyes Lethergeys or any swounding fitts brings out the small poxe When given over by Doctors the quantity to be taken is three spoons fulls for a grone person and so in proportion for younger persons nothing ought to be taken in two hours before nor in two hours after the takeing of it

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The lady Hewits Cordiall water

{Cousin Coke} Take of Red sage betteny spermint unsett hysope settwell balme pinyrial sanacles salendine watercresses Laventer Angelica germander Calamint tamaris coltsfoot Aringoes valerien sapsafrax pimpernell vervin parsley rosemary savory scabies Egrimony mothere of time wild margerome Romanwormwood Cardus Benedictus pellitory of the wall feild daysey with the leaves roots & flowers dryed togethere of each of these severall herbs take the quantity of a great handfull after they are picked clean

Take of Rue yaron comfrey plantine camomile maiden hair sweet margerome of each of them a handfull before they are picked of red rose leaves couslope flowers rosemaries flower currage flower buglace flower maregold flowers of each of these halfe a peck of aniseeds sweet fennell seeds parsley seeds caraway seeds of each halfe an ounce: of spicknard of Elecompany roots dryed mellett flower calamus Aromaticus Cardimum Lignum Aloes Rubarbe slided thin gallingale veronica of each of them halfe an ounce of Juniper bery 2 drames of Aromatica rosa solis 4 drams of china roots one ounce of sasafras sliced thin one ounce of virginia snakeweed 2 ounces - wash all the forenamed herbs and dry them in a cloth shakeing them till they be dry then cut them & put them equaly into for great earthen pots & in the midst of the herbs put in the flowers & drugs ading allso these spices nutmeg Ginger sinamon white pepper cloves & mace of each halfe an ounce the seeds spices & drugs being first bruised then put there such a quantity of the best shery sak as will cover & steep very well & let them stand 24 hours or more very close start then put it in a cimbeck & draw of the pots one after the othere draw from each pot 3 pints of the best the rest will be smaller to every quart of strongest put in these cordial 200 grains of bezar 15 grains of amber grees 15 grains of musk of flower of perl 1 dram of flower of red corall & white & of amber each a dram and ounce of harts horn finely pared half a pound of the purest white suger candey beaten & sersed you must put in about tow penny worth of saffron in a bag & let it hang in the Glass when all the cordials are in it must be stopt very close with a blader & leather tyed on it: it must every day be shaked for the space of 15 days to make the cordialls encorperate & then the longer it is kept the better

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A medcin to stop a flux

{L. Denbigh} Take halfe a pint of plantain water and half a pint of red rose water, mix them together; Set a pint of New milk on the fier and as often as it rises quench it, for nine hines and then drink of it,

Sace for boyld rabets

Parboyle the hiers, then take one the strings and shred them very small, with spinage, parsley, and sorell, and a little peper, roll all these up in butter and skewer it up in the rabets belleys, when they are boyld, take it out, and in a sace pann Mix it with the yolke of a hard egg, [suen] Leaman shred, and a little of the juice, a little salt and as much butter as makes it pretty thick.

To make while Quince past

{L. Penbigh} Seale your Quinces a very little, and cut them in peeses, then cover them with the juice of grated quinces, and to boyl it together till it bee a thick pulse, then just weight for weigh of sugar wanting 2 ounces to a pound, so [Glove] and store them

A sheet or too of white paper boy in above a pint of milk boyl it well & drinke it for a loosness Mrs H Halton

To stop a flux

{L. [Thames]}Take a quarter of a pint of Treacle Water, and put into it one ounce of Diascardium, shake the bottle and take one spoonfull when the you to bed, or to it very

Folio page 203v, scribe's page 434.

To Make Elder Berrey Wine.Marking appears beneath the period, which may indicate finality.

Dr Lower.Attribution appears in left margin. Marking beneath period may indicate finality.Take 20 pound of the best Malliga reason, pick out only aney thorne or dirt more then ordinarey, 100?: of rasins; 100: quarts of boyling water, measur'd when strained out is9?: quarts. Elder Juice, 11: quarts. in all 101:quarts1 bushel of Elder berrey backed yeilds 14: quarts.all must be measur'd by Wine [...]Mrs Cranmon puts 60? of Malliga reasons to 12: Gallons of waterboyld, works it a week, this is for whit.Not with more information, also a reference to a Mrs Cranmon who has possibly also made Elder Berrey Wine, appears in the left margin. The note appears to be in the same hand, but written in different sittings, with a line separating the part before mention of Cranmon, and the part after.but neither wash, nor rub nor pick them; shred them very Smale, then take 5 Gallons of Water, boyld halfe an hour and measur'd after, put that and your reasons together, in a huff, & when tis near [Could] Cover it up very warme and set it in a warme place to worke 10 days at least, Stiring them 2 or 3 times a day, then Strain it Well out and put to it 6: pints of the Juice of Elder berreys, taken when they are very ripe, and baked in an Oven and So the Juice Straind out then Turn it up, and when it has dun working in the Vessell Stop it, and See it in a warme room & if the weather proov very Could, Cover it up, let it Stand 2 Months or 10 weeks and then bottle it, as near[...] as you Can before the Great floods Come; put the juice Could into the Liquor.

The ordinarey backed plum Puding

Aunt Harrison.Flourish appears below the attribution, which appears in left margin.Take 3 quarters of a pound of flower, as Much whit bread Soaked in Milke, a pound & quarter of 4 Eggs.4 Eggs appears as an interlineal insertion in the left margin.Suet Shred as fine as is possible, a pound of Rasons Ston'd, a little Ginger and salt.Flourish appears beneath the period, possibly indicating finality.

For a burne

Cousin CokeAttribution appears in left margin.Take an Enex Ston, and beat with the white of an egg till it Turne to Curd, and lay the Curd upon the burne, Changing it once in an hour till the fier is out, take out the Ston & lay it to dry. an Enix Ston is a lumpe of rock allum only.There is a flourish after the period, which may indicate finality.

Folio page 204r, scribe's page 435.

To Roast an bake a Pike.Flourish after period may indicate finality.

Mrs SloanAttribution appears in left margin.Scald your Pike, and then Take out the Guts under the Guills; then take, Oysters, [anchouas], Sweet herbs, Grated bread, Capers, and a little pepper, and Salt, Shred all these together and Make it up with the Yolkes of 2 or 3 eggs, and put it into your pike through the Guills, then Strew it all over with, Sweet herbsm Grated bread, onion Shred, what Spice you like, & a little Salt, and wet it well first with yolke of Eggs and Melted butter, then lay it in a pann with a quart of Claret wine, a pound of fresh butter and allmoast a quart of Gravey. then let it in an oven for an hour or More if it bee large, For your [...]ace, Take Sum of the Liquor twas baked in, Sum Leaman Cutt in bits, a few Capers Shrimps and oysters, beat all up with butter & So pauer it over you pike in the dish You May Shred Sum Sum Eile, or Salman, into the puding.Line after the period may indicate finality.

To Make a Leaman Toort.

Mrs BurwoodAttribution appears in left margin.Take to large Leamons, Cut out all the Meat, and boyl them till they will beat in a Morter to a very fine pulpe, then beat into them 3 quarters of a pound of very Good buter, and when tis Very well Mixt Squees the Juice that you took out, and of one or too Leamons More, and put it, & as Much Sugar as you please, then put it in a Shallow dish with a bitter Crust as you doo aney other toort & bake it.Flourishes after period may indicate finality.

Folio page 204v, scribe's page 436.

For a Scald head.

Cousin H:Fanshaw.Attribution apperas in left margin. Flourish underneath may indicate finality.Take ?? or ?? large Onions, beat them in a Morter till they are all past, then beat into it a quarter of a pound of boars Greace, till it Comes to a Salve, Make a Cap of [bicharom] to put over it, Cut or pull away all the hair, then noint it twice a day; as Much as you Make at twice will Generally doo, but allways thrice.

The bitter Tincture.Flourish after the period may indicate finality.

Mrs. H:Ffananshaw.Flourish underneath may indicate finality.Take Candies, ???????? ????, Cammomil flowers, Sage, Rew, of Each a handfull, one ounce of Gen[...]in root, Slice the Root, and Shred the herbs, Grosly, put them all into a Ston pitcher with a quart of the best Nants brandey, or a quart of whit wine, or as Much Spring water, according as you would have it hoter or Coulder, lye down you pitcher, & set it in the Oven when the bread is drawn, when you take it out dont uncouer it till tis Could; If tis infu[sed] in brandy or wine, take too 3 or 4 Spoonfulls, if in water a wine Glass full in the Morning fasting; If you would have it to purge put into it [4] drams of Cenna, & one of Rubarbe, When it comes out of the Oven you Must after tis Settled, power off the Clear, & keep it for you use, you May put in a little Saffron if you will.Flourish underneath last word may indicate finality.

Folio page 205r, scribe's page 437.

The E[...] Cream.Flourish after the period may indicate finality.

Mrs Sloan.Attribution appears in a makeshift left margin. A flourish after the period may indicate finality.Take a quarter of a pound of the best preserv'd Erringos, Cut them in thin Slices and powr upon them a pint of Scaulding hot Milke, let them Stand an hour or too at beast if not all night till the Sweetnes is Soaked out, then powr away the Milke, and boyl them in Cream to what thiknes you like.Flourish after the period may indicate finality.

Ginger bread.Flourish after the period may indicate finalit.

Mrs Woodcock.Attribution appears in makeshift left margin.Take 4? of flower, 2?: of Sugar, and have readey beaten and Searet halfe an ounce of Caraway Seeds, halfe an ounce of Coriander Seeds halfe an ounce of Ginger, and 2 Nutmegs. Cinnamon, Cloues, Mace, Cardimum Seeds, of each a pencworth; Mix these with your flower and Sugar, then Make it into a Stif past with a pound of Melted buter, halfe a pint of Milke, and the Whits and Yolks of 4 eggs, Let it by the fier to Rise a quarter of an hour, then Make them up into little Cakes, and wash them over with the yolk of an egg, buter your papers, and bake them in a Show oven, if you like it you May pu tin 6: ounces of Cittron, orrang, or Leaman peel.

Je[...]lley of Red Currants.

take to each pound of Stript Currants, 3 quarters of a pound of double Refin'd Sugar, and boyl the Sugarto a Candey, hight, then put in your Currants, and Stir them together as they boyl ouer the fier, let it boyl as fast as you Can for a quarter of an hour, then power it through a fine Pelley bag, and Glase it.Slash after after period may indicate finality.Ladey Longuill.

Folio page 205v, scribe's page 438.

Syrope of Wood Sorrell

Mrs Peck.Attribution appears in left margin.Stamp and strainyour Wood Sorrell,[...] then filter it through a Cap paper and to every pint of juice take a pound and halfe of loaf Sugar break Second line goes here,your Sugar in lumps and powr your juice upon it, and let it Stand in the Sunn till you See it quite dissolv'd and Clear, Stiring it very often.Flourish after period may indicate finality.

For the Scorbut

Mrs Peck.Attribution appears in left margin with flourish after the period, which may indicate finality.Put into an earthen pot a handfull of Sea Scurvey Grass and a handfull of Garden Scurvey grass, and Cut into it one whol orrange peel and all, then have readey too quarts of Whit Wine poset drinke and powr it Scalding hot upon it, Couer it and let it Stand upon the herbs and drinke quarter of pint or More it this Morning & evening.Flourish after period may indicate finality.

To Make a barley puden.

Mrs Verney.Attribution appears in left margin.Take 4: ounces of pearl barley, 3 quarts of Milk. Sum nutmeg, a little Salt; and a Smal handfull of Rasins, Sugar to your Tast, bake it in a dish boil take 3 hours bakeing.

Folio page 206r, scribe's page 439.

White Collops.

F: Denbigh.Attribution appears in left margin, with a slash mark underneath the period, which may indicate finality.Cut your Collops very thin off of a leg of Veal, hack them on both Sides beat the Yolkes of Sum Eggs very well with a Spoonfull of Cream, then With a bunch of feathers Wash your Collops very well all over with the Eggs, then take of Persley, Sweet Margorum, a little time, Sum Leamun peel Cut Small, peper & Salt, then put them in a frying pan one by one with a little bit of buter and let them bee just warme, through, have Readey a little Strong broth Made of Sum of the Veal, put into it halfe an anchoue Shred Smale, and a p[at] of buter, So toss them all up together, and put to them balls of the Same.

To Picle Pork Red.

Mrs Verney.Attribution appears in left margin. Sprincle your pork with a little bay Salt, and let it lye too or three days that the bloud may drain from it before you put it up for good, take 4 ounces of Slat Peeter, and Ralfe [...] Dragon SaltDragon Salt is scribbled out. a peck of bay Salt, and one quart of Whit Salt, Mix all the Salts together, the Salt Peeter beeing first beat very fine, then rub it in Very well, and lay it in your tub or pot Very Cloas, so that no ayr may get into it.Flourish after the period may indicate finality. this quantetey will put up too Smal porkets.

Folio page 207r, scribe's page unmarked.

To Cure a Cancer or anySore, proceeding from a Sharp humourin the Blood.

Take the hard Pith which grows in the Midle of a Walnut & which devides the Kernell in two. Drye it in an Oven, then beat it to powder, & take as much Morning & Night as will lye on a ?A weird symbol appears which looks like a 6 with an arc drawn over it. in Milk Water, or any Liquor you have a Mind to.This Receipt was given me by a Lady who had receiv'd great bennefit by it her self. She had a Swelling in one Breast which was so painfull that when ever she went in a Coach her Breast felt as if it were a pulling off & by taking this powder she is perfectly well. She was advis'd to this by a Lady who had Cured a poor Woman of a Cancer in her Breast. It Cured a Boy who had a very bad Scald Head, which [thews] it it is good against Sharp humours

To make Alman Milk called Garapina de Leche de AmendaMadrid 10 Aug 1 1665 A FFan

{o X} Boyle 5 quarts of the best fountaine water with a quarter of an ounce of whole Sinamon in it, a quarter of an houre then poure it into an Earthen pan in which there is 3 pounds of Almonds beat small after hauing them been blanched & beat with Orange flowre water stirr them well together & lett them stand 2 houres, put into it a pound of the best white sugar: well beat then straine it thorough a thick canuas strainer, & put in a dragme of Ambar Greece. if you like it put it into a great glasse bottle & sett it in a Coole sellar you may drinke it after 4 houres standing there, it will keep good 2 days, & 2 nights but noe longer.

The following note has been sewn in at the middle of the left hand margin. The sewn in note has a hand drawn picture of a sort of pitcher with a long handle sticking up at a 45 degree angle, and also a kind of incense stick or spoon or instrument beside the pitcher. The entire note is written in a different hand. The note reads:"this is the same chocelary potter that ane mayd in the Jnois"

X To dresse Chocolatte {23}

Madrid 10 Aug. 1 1665 A FaanThis attribution, written in a hand different from the body of the recipe, appears in the left hand margin. Much of the following recipe has been scribbled into illegibility. Take a pound of Chocolatte & [...] a pound of the best white sugar cut the chocolatte in [...] with sugar have ready on the fire your chocolate pott & a large quart of the best fountane water which[...] as you [...]be just ready to boyle, take it of, & put in the Chocolate & sugar, st[...] it very [...] with a chocolatte stick made for the purpose a quarter of an [...], setting the pot all the while upon [...] [...] or hot dishes, you must serve it [...] [...] [...] it very well at the putting of it [...] [...] cake [...]

Folio page 155r, Scribe's page 333.

This recipe has been scribbled out with a dark, thick ink and spirals.[...]

The best Chocolatte but that of the Indones[...]s made in Siuill in Spaine

A FfanThe attribution, which appears in the left hand margin beside the title of the recipe, is written in a different hand than the body of the recipe. X Madrid the 10th of August 1665To make an Olla podrida Take 2 pound of the best flanck beefe, wi/thout skin or much fatt, 2 pound of the Leaner part of a spanish Gammon of bacon, let these boyle in a great pipkin or silluer skellet, with 4The 4 has been written with a thicker ink than the rest of the recipe, and is written slightly below another number than has been crossed out with the same thicker ink. quarts of water a houre on the fire then put to it 2 pound of Mutton, of the shoulder or rump en dof the Loyne with the rump on that is not too fatt 2 t of a breast of veale, skim the pott & lett those boyle together halfe an houre then put in a young hen that is not too fatt, two partrige & lett there boyle halfe an houre longer to these add 4 young pigions, &, & 2 sweet breds of veale, & after these haue [bm] in a quarter of an houre put in 4 spoonfull of green pease, 4 spoonfull of french beans cut in peeces in their skins, the white of 2 great cuwcumbes cut in great pecces, [...] [...] 2 spoonfull of green grapes, 2 spoonfull of parsly Leaves, 3 spoonfull of [p]alme Leaus, as much salt as will season it, as much pepper & Cloves beaten to fine powder as will lye upon a shilling lett these boyle alltogether till the Meat will part with out cutting, then mingle as much safron made into fine powder as well lye.

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{Cookery} To make a [Pyle]

Take sweet Hearbes Cloves and Mace and Cinnament, Capers

Shred, [hard] yolkes of Eggs, oysters stewed [rowled] up in Stakes or [Cot]

Cups of Veale.

The Sauce

Take a little Clarett wine, the liqour of Oyster, 2 Anchoves, a

Lemmon sliced a piece of Butter, beate all these up together, & putt

it into the Pye when you [drawe] it and shake it well.

To make Beane Pottage.

{Lady Butler} Take a peece of Mutton and a peece of Bacon, sett it on a boyling, scum

{[A Han]}it well, putt in a Fagatt of sweet Heabes with a little Spear mint &

let it boyle well. Your Beans must be very young & boyled by themselves

else they will make the Broth looke redd but when they have boyled a

pretty while take about a Quart and putt them into the Broath; [and] let

the rest boyle while they be tender then boyle them all to peeces &

straine them with some of the Broathe through a Cullinder, & thicken

the. Broth through a Cullinder & thicken the Broath let it boyle a

little while & serve them up without meat with a peece of sweet Butter

& a drop of [Varges.]

{Lady Butler} A Good way to make Water [Grewell.]

Sett on 2 quarts of Water or more, sett it a boyling with a Crust of

{[A Hon]} Bread, a Fagott of sweet Hearbes, A little bitt of Butter, let it boyle

one Houre then scumme of the Butter, take out the Bread, mince a

good handfull of ^Sorrell & putt in, then pound a great handfull of Spinage, &

putt in the juice and lett it boyle a quarter of an houre; then take

the Yolkes of 4 or 5 Eggs and beat them very well take your skillett

and putt them in. Stirre them together & it will be thicke. You may

season it as you please. With Sugar Butter Verges or juice of Lemmon.

A very good way to Collar Beefe.

{La: Butler} Take a peece of the thinne End of the Breast Flanke of Beefe about 20 pound

{[A Han]} [Bone] it, lay it in Clarett or white Wine & vinegar & salt 24 houres

then