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Saccharum Penidium. Page 86. in Latin Book. Or, Sugar Penids.
The Colledg] Are prepared of Sugar dissolved in spring water by a gentle fire, and the whites of Egs dilligently beaten, and clarified once, and again whilst it is boyling, then slrain it and boyl it gently again, till it rise up in great bubbles, and being chewed it stick not to your teeth, then powr it upon a Marble, anointed with Oyl of Almonds, (let the bubbles first sink, after it is removed from the fire) bring back the outsides of it to the middle till it look like larch Rozin, then your hands being rubbed with white starch, you may draw it into threeds either short or long, thick or thin, and let it cool in what form you please.
Culpeper] A. I remember Country people were wont to take them for coughs, and they are some∣times used in other Compositions.