The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie.

To make Vinigre of Roses. Chap. 5.

IN Sommer time when Roses blow, gather them, ere they be full spread or blowne out, and in drie weather: plucke the leaues, let them lie halfe a day vpon a faire boord, then haue a vessel with vinigre of one or two galōs (if you wil make so much Roset) put therein a great quantitie of the said leaues, stop the vessell-close after that you have styred them wel together: let it stand a day and a night, then deuide your Uinigre, & Rose-leaues together in two partes, put them into two great glasses, and put in rose leaues inough: stop the glasses close, set them vp∣on a shelfe vnder a wall side, on the South side without your house, where the Sun may come to them the most part of the day, let them stand there al the whole sommer long: and then strain the Uinigre from the Roses, and keep the Uini∣gre. If you doo once in ten daies take and strain out the Rose-leaues, and put in new leaues of halfe a daies gathering, the Uinigre will haue the more odour of the Rose.

You may vse in steed of vinigre, wine, that it may waxe eagre, and receiue the vertue of the Roses, both at once.

Moreouer, you may make your Vine∣ger of Wine, white, red. or claret: but the red doth most binde the belly, and the white doth most loose.

Also, the Damaske Rose is not so greate a binder as the Red Rose, and the white Rose looseth moste of all: hereof you may make Vi∣neger Roset.

Thus also you may make Vineger of Vio∣lets, or of Elderne flowers: but you must first gather and vse your flowers of Elderne, as shall be shewed here after, when we speake of making Conserue of Elderne flowers.