The Queens closet opened incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, and candying &c. which were presented unto the queen / by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
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- The Queens closet opened incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, and candying &c. which were presented unto the queen / by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
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Contents
- frontispiece
- title page
- TO THE Ingenious & Courteous READER.
- The Prescribers, and Approvers of most of these rare Receipts, their following names are in several Pages of this Book inserted and annexed to their own experienced Receipts.
-
THE
QUEEN'S CABINET
OPENED:
OR,
The Pearle of Practice.
- Doctor Butler's Preservative against the Plague.
- Dr. Butlers Cordial Water.
- Dr. Butlers Purging Ale.
- Dr. Giffords Amber Pills for a Consumption.
- To comfort the Heart and Spirits, and to suppress Melancholly.
- A Cordial Electuary for stuffing of the Sto∣mach, or shortness of Breath.
- Mr. Covets Medicine for the Palsie.
- A Receipt to help Digestion.
- A singular Cordial.
- Dr. Bassa an Italian, An approved Receipt to break the Stone in the Kidneys.
- Dr. Basse's Remedy for a bloody Vrine, or to break a Stone in the Bladder.
- Syrup of Turnips.
- Syrup of Citron Peels.
- A Cordial Syrup to cleanse the blood, open Obstructions, prevent a Con∣sumption, &c.
- A Medicine for a Dropsie approved by the Lady Hobby, who was cured her self by it.
- Dr. Adrian Gilberts most Sovereign Cordial Water.
- For a swoln Face.
- Cock water for a Consumption.
- A precious Cordial for a sick body.
- Wormwood Cakes good for a cold Stomach, and to help Digestion.
- To make water of Life.
- Dr. Atkinsons excellent Perfume against the Plague.
- To make Saffron Water.
- Mr. Stepkins Water for the Eyes.
- A precious Water to revive the Spirits.
- The Bishop of Worcesters admirably curing Powder.
- To make Spirit of Castoreum.
- A Water for the Stone.
- To make Dr. Stephens Water.
- For a Tetter.
- A special water for a Consumption.
- Syrup of Pearmains good against Melancholly.
- Tincture of Ambergreece.
-
Dr. Price, and M
. Fenton the Chyrurgi∣on, their excellent Medicine for the Plague after Infection. - A Drink for the Plague or Pestilent Fea∣ver, proved by the Countess of Arun∣del, in the Year 1603.
- A Syrup for a Cold.
- An excellent Receipt for a precious water.
- To make an excellent Syrup of Citrons or Lemons without fire.
- A Salve for the eyes, made by Sir Edward Spencer.
- For the Small Pox or Measles.
- A very good Glyster for the winde.
- The Kings Medicine for the Plague.
- A Medicine for the Plague that the Lord Major had from the Queen.
- Lord Treasurers Receipt for an Ague.
- For Rheume in the Eyes.
- To break the Stone, and bring away the Gravel.
- A cordial Water in the time of Infection, by Sir Thomas Mayner.
- China broth for a Consumption.
- A comfortable Bag for the Stomach.
- To encrease Womans Milk.
- To expell Winde.
- For the Piles▪
- For a Thrush, or Canker in the Mouth.
- A green Oyntment good for Bruises, Swel∣lings, and Wrenches in Man, Horse, or other Beast.
- An excellent Sear-cloth for a Wound, Bruise, or Ache.
- Dr Reads Perfume to smell against the Plague.
- A Perfume against the Plague.
- Sir Edward Tertiles Salve, called the chief of all Salves.
- The Vertues and use of it.
- A Restorative Broth.
- For the Piles.
- For a sore Throat.
- To void Phlegm from the Head, Lungs, or Stomach.
- The Lady Drury's Medicine for the Cholick, Proved.
- A Medicine for one thick of Hearing. Proved.
- An excellent drink for the Stone.
- To preserve a Woman with Childe from miscarrying.
- To make Childrens Teeth come with∣out Pain. Proved.
- Dr. Mays Juice of Liquorish to stay Rheum and preserve the Lungs.
- To kill a Felon quickly.
- A Remedy for the pain in the Stomach.
- To cure Diseases without taking any thing at the Mouth.
- To break the Stone.
- To help Vlceration in the Kidneys.
- A Special Medicine for one that cannot swallow, although no inward Medi∣cine can be taken for it.
- To draw up the Vvula.
- A Purge for Children or Old men.
- For a Noli me tangere.
- To make the Face fair, and for a stinking Breath.
- For heat in the Face, redness and shining of the Nose.
- An excellent Oyl to take away the Heat and Shining of the Nose.
- For Heat or Pimples in the Face
- To take away Hair.
- Dr. Friers Receipt for sweating in the face.
- An approved Medicine taught by Dr. Blacksmith for the Cough.
- An approved Medicine for the same, by Doctor Blacksmith.
- For the Kidneys swlon with cold, or other Accident.
- A Vomit for an Ague.
- A restorative Bag for a cold or windy Stomach.
- A Drink for cold Rhumes or Phlegms.
- For Rhume in the Throat.
- A Remedy for the Stone.
- A Broth for the Cough of the Lungs devi∣sed by Dr. Brasdale, Dr. Atkinson, and Dr. Fryer for the Lord Treasurer.
- For a Burning or Scalding.
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To P
cure Sleep. - To sharpen a sick mans Appetite, and to restore his Taste.
- A comfortable Juleb for a Feaver.
- A Receipt of the Right Honourable the Lord Sheffield, for the Cough of the Lungs.
- For a Cough or stuffing in the Stomach.
- A Plaister for the Cholick.
- For the Rising of the Mother.
- A Drink for the Dropsie.
- For a Tympany or Water in ones Body, and for the fulness of the Stomach.
- For a Stich in the Side, proved.
- A Receipt of Herbs that are to be boiled in Broth, according to Dr. Atkins opinion.
- Another by Mr. Francis Cox.
- A Preservative against the Plague.
- Oxymel Compositum,
- A Purging Dyet-drink, the Proportion for four Gallons.
- The Countess of Worcesters Medicine for the Green Sickness. Approved.
- A Diet Drink for a Fistula, or for a Body full of gross Humors.
- For one that hath no speech in Sickness.
- A Water good for Lightness of the Head, and the aforesaid.
- Sir Edward Boustwards precious Oyntment for Aches in the Bones or Sinews that come of cold Causes.
- Dr. Atkins. An excellent Medicine for the Jaundies.
- Dr. Atkins. Powder.
- An approved Medicine for the Yel∣low Jaundies.
- To make Oyl of Excester.
- A Medicine for the Worms.
- A Powder for the winde in the Body.
- To make Oyl of Eggs.
- To make Oyl of Mustard seed.
- To make Oyl of Fennel.
- To make Oyl of Rue.
- To make Oyl of Cammomile.
- A Sovereign Medicine for a Fistula.
- The Powder.
- The Water.
- A special Medicine for a Looseness.
- For an Vncomb, or sore Finger.
- For the same in young Children, or any other in the beginning.
- A Medicine for the Purples proved.
- Dr. Twines Almond Milk.
- Dr. Blacksmiths Almond Milk.
-
Dr. Atkins excellen
t Receipt of Almond Milk to cool and cleanse the Kidneys. - A Receipt for the Stone.
- For the green sickness.
- For any sore Breasts or Paps.
- A Syrrup lasting many years, good for Swounding and Faintness of Heart, it comforteth the weak Brain and Sinews, it may be used as much as half a nut at once at your pleasure.
- An approved Medicine for a woman in La∣bor to make, come, & prove safe deliverance
- To know how much Bezar Stone must be taken when one is heart sick.
- Doctor Stevens excellent water, wherewith he cured many Diseases following.
- For the Falling Sickness.
- A Pultess to break a Bile or Imposthume.
- A Remedy for Worms in Children.
- For Worms. Dr. Wetherborn.
- An Oyntment to heal any Bruise or Wound.
- For a Bruise in a Womans Breast that is hard swoln.
- A Medicine for a childe that cannot hold his or her Water.
- A. R. C.
- An Electuary for the Liver.
- A Purging Ale for the Liver.
- A Medicine for the Stone.
- For the Whites and Heats in the Back.
- Syrup of Ale for the same Disease.
- An excellent artificial Balsam.
- The Vertues and Operations of this Balsam are.
- To make the Green Oyntment.
- An Electuary for the passion of the Heart.
- A Drink for a hot Feaver.
- For the Cholick.
- For stopping of the Vrine.
- For the Stone in the Kidneys.
- To make Hair grow thick.
- For the Rhume, or Cough in the Stomach.
- For the Sciatica.
- For the Piles.
- To Procure sleep.
- A good Purge.
- For a Fellon in a Joynt.
- To heal a fresh Wound with speed.
- For the pricking of a Needle or Thorn.
- For to kill a Corn.
- For Bruises, Swellings, broken Bones.
- For Burning or Scalding.
- To help Deafness.
- For the Cholick.
- For the yellow Jaundies.
- For the Bloody Flux.
- A Drink to drive the Plague from the Heart.
- The onely Receipt against the Plague.
- A good Almond Milk for the bloody Flux.
- To take Fish by Angling.
- For an Ache or Swelling.
- For a Childes Navil that comes out with much crying.
- For Womens sore Paps or Breasts.
- For an Ague in Womens Breasts.
- To draw Rhume from the Eyes back into the Neck▪
- For a Canker in the mouth.
- To make a sweet Breath.
- For an old sore Leg.
- For a Stitch in the Side.
- A most excellent Salve for a Wound.
- A Pultess to ripen any Bile or Impostume.
- To encrease Womens Milk.
- To keep Iron from Rusting.
- To make Golden Colour without Gold.
- To make Golden Letters without Gold.
- To make Silver Letters without Silver.
- To make the Face Fair.
- A wound Drink.
- For Worms in Children.
- A Green Salve.
- A Receipt for the Kings Evil, Fistula, sore Breasts, Legs, or other sores.
- To ease Womens Childe-bed throws that are taken with cold a week or two after their Delivery.
- For Womens swounding fits after delivery of Childe.
- An approved Medicine to speed a Womans Delivery in difficult Travel, and to send out the after-burthen safely.
- An approved Medicine for the Megrum.
- For to ease Head pain.
- To cure a Sheck Dog that hath the Mangie.
- Dr. Goffes Receipt to preserve a Woman with childe from miscarrying, and abortion.
- For any pain in the Stomach.
- For the Winde in the Veins.
- An excellent Sear-cloth for a Bruise, Strain, or Wound.
- Mr. Lumley, Chyrurgeon. His Pippin drink for a Consumption.
- An approved Medicine for the Spleen.
- A rare Balsam.
- The Vertues of it.
- To cure the Rickets in Children. Approved.
- An Vnguent to anoint the Ricketted Childes Breast.
- To anoint the Ricketted Childes Limbs, and to recover it in a short time, though the Childe be so lame, as to go upon Crutches.
- A Plaister for an Ague.
- A dainty cecling Drink for a hot Feaver.
- To clear the Stomach, and comfort it.
- A Plaister for the same.
- For a Rupture.
- To procure speedy Deliverance to a Woman in Labour with Childe.
- To cure a great Flux or Looseness of the Belly.
- For to strengthen weak Eyes. Mr. Stepkins
- A rare Oyl, or St. Johns-wort.
- A Glyster for a hot Feaver.
- An excellent Drink to keeps ones Mouth moist.
- To stay Vomiting.
- An excellent Receipt for Swounding, and bringing quickly to Life.
- Against Fainting.
- Dr. Lukeners Medicine to strengthen the Back.
- To hold Vrine.
- To stay Looseness.
- A singular Medicine that the marks of the Small Pocks be not seen.
- To dry up the Small Pocks.
- Dr. Eaglestones Cure for the Small Pocks or Measles.
- The Countess of Mounteagles excellent Medicine for the Cramp. Proved
- A Posset-drink for one that is Heart sick to remove it thence, though it be the Plague.
- Remedies against the Falling-sickness.
- To avoid Phlegm.
- A very good means to stay a Looseness that happeneth in Childe-bed.
- For a Knock or Bruise in the Face.
- For a Wen.
- Mr. Potter Chyrurgeon. His Cure for a man that is bursten.
- A medicine to destroy Warts.
- To take away Corns.
- To take away Freckles or Morphew.
- For an Ague congealed, or fallen into a Womans Breast.
- An approved Medicine by the Lady Bray for the Ague falling into any part of the Body.
- The Lady Arundels especial Remedy for the Stone, Back, or Stomach, or to make a Woman Conceive.
- The Lady Dacres Medicine proved, for the Stone and Stranguary.
- The Drink.
- Mr. Eldertons Medicine for the extremi∣ty of the Chollick and Stone.
- For a Pin or Web in the Eye far gone.
- A Medicine for the Eye Aching, or Redness thereof.
- For sore Eyes that come from hot humors.
- For the Pin and Web in the Eye, so it be taken before the sight be quite extinct.
- For red Eyes, Pearl, Pin, or Web.
- Dr. Friers excellent Remedy for Heat and Pimples in the Face.
- For Heat or Scurf in the Face.
- A very good Medicine for a Tetter.
- To skin the rawness of a Womans Nipple.
- To dry up Milk in a Womans Breast.
- To make a woman have a nipple that hath none, and would give suck
- To heal the Nipple of a Womans Breast.
- A Medicine for Worms in young Children.
- Dr. Forsters Infusion purging Choller.
- Dr. Fosters Infusion purging Melancholly.
- An opening purging Julip, and cooling for Choller and hot Humors.
- Doctor Mores Powder, or grosly prepared Drug to be taken in mornings, and after Meals, to mend Concoction, comfort the Brain, break Winde, and make sweet Breath.
- Lucatello's Balsam admirable for all Wounds.
- A Purge by Dr. Mayhern.
- An approved Medicine to beautifie the Face, or to take away Pimples or Heat in the Face.
- An excellent water for the Eyes that are red or full of Rhume.
- To cure a Wound though the Patient be never so far off.
- To make Oyl of Swallows.
- To make Lead Plaister.
- The vertues of the Leaden Plaister.
- For the Stone and Gravel.
- A drink to purge the body, being very good for them that have the Scurvey, or are inclined to it.
- Dr. Bates his Medicine against a Consumption.
- To make Gascony Powder.
- Certain Plaisters and their Vses.
- Certain Oyntments, and their use.
- A receipt of the Oyl of St. Johns-wort.
- title page
-
A
QUEENS DELIGHT;
OF
Conserves, and Preserves, Candy∣ing
and D
stilling Waters. -
section
- To preserve white Pear-plums or green.
- To preserve Grapes.
- To preserve Quinces white.
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To preserve Resp
ss. - To preserve Pippins.
- To preserve Fruits green.
- To preserve Oranges and Lemons the best way.
- An approved conserve for a Cough or Con∣sumption of the Lungs.
- To make a conserve of any of these Frnits.
- To dry any fruits after they are preserved, or Candy them.
- To preserve Artichocks young, green Wal∣nuts and Lemons, and the Elecampane roots, or any bitter thing.
- To Preserve Quinces white or red.
- To Preserve Grapes.
- To preserve Pippins, Apricocks, Pear-plums, and Peaches when they are ripe.
- To preserve Pippins, Apricocks, Pear∣plums, or Peaches green.
- To dry Pippins or Pears without Sugar.
- To make Syrup of Clove gilly-flowers.
- To make Syrup of Hysop for Colds.
- To make Orange water.
- To dry Cherries.
- To make Juyce of Liquorish.
- A perfume for Clothes, Gloves.
- To make Almond Bisket.
- To make Conserve of Roses boiled.
- To make Conserves of Roses unboiled.
- To dry Apricocks.
- To make Quinces for Pies.
- The best way to break sweet Powder.
- To make excellent Perfumes.
- To make a very good Pomatum.
- To make Raisin Wine.
- To make Rasberry Wine.
- The best way to preserve Cherries.
- A Tincture of Ambergreese.
- To make Vsquebath the best way.
- To preserve Cherries with a quarter of their weight in Sugar.
- To make Gelly of Pippins.
- To make Apricock Cakes.
- To Preserve Barberries the best way.
- To make Lozenges of red Roses.
- To make Chips of Quinces.
- To make Sugar of Wormwood, Mint, Anni∣seed, or any other of that kinde.
- To make Syrup of Lemons or Citrons.
- To make Jumbals of Apricocks or Quinces.
- To make Cherry-water.
- To make Orange Cakes.
- To preserve Oranges the French way.
- To preserve green Plum▪
- To dry Plums.
- To preserve Cherries the best way, bigger then they grow naturally, &c.
- To preserve Damsins, red Plums or black.
- To dry Pippins or Pears.
- To dry Pippins or Pears another way.
- To dry Apricocks tender.
- To dry Plums.
- To dry Apricocks.
- Conserves of Violets the Italian manner.
- The Vertue.
- Conserves of red Roses the Italian manner.
- The Vertue.
- Conserve of Borage Flowers after the Italian Manner.
- Conserve of Rosemary flowers after the Italian manner.
- The Vertues.
- Conserve of Betony after the Italian way.
- The Vertues.
- Conserve of Sage.
- The Vertues,
- Conserve of the Flower of Lavander.
- The Vertues.
- Conserve of Marjoram.
- The Vertues.
- Conserve of Piony after the Italian way.
- The Vertues.
-
Touching Candies, as
followeth.
- To Candy Rosemary flowers in the Sun.
- To make Sugar of Roses.
- To Candy Pippins, Pears, Apri∣cocks, or Plums.
- To Candy or Clear Rockandy flowers.
- To Candy Spanish flowers.
- To Candy Grapes, Cherries or Barberries.
- To Candy Suckets of Oranges, Lemons, Citrons, and Angelica.
- To Candy the Orange roots
- Candy Orange Peels after the Italian way.
- The Vertues,
- To Candy Citrons after the Spanish way.
- The Vertues.
- Candied Cherries the Italian wy.
- Chicory Roots candied the Italian way.
- Touching Marmalets, and Quiddony, as followeth.
-
Touching Pastrey and
Pasties.
- To make Sugar Cakes.
- To make clear Cakes of Plums.
- To make Paste of Oranges and Lemons.
- To make Rasberry Cakes.
- To make Paste of Genoa Citrons.
- To make a French Tart.
- To make Cakes of Pear-plums.
- To make Cakes, viz.
- To make a Cake the way of the Royal Prin∣cess, the Lady Elizabeth, daughter to King CHARLES the first.
- To make Paste of Apricocks.
- To make Paste of Pippins like leaves, and some like Plums, with their stones and Stalks in them.
- To make Paste of Elecampane roots, an ex∣cellent remedy for the Cough of the Lungs.
- To make Paste of flowers of the colour of Marble, tasting of natural flowers.
- To make Paste of Rasberries or English Currans.
- To make Naples Bisket.
- To make Italian Biskets.
- To make Prince Biskets.
- To make Marchpane to Ice and Gild, and garnish it according to Art.
- Lorenges.
- To make Walnuts artificial.
- To make Collops like Bacon of Marchpane.
- To make artificiall Fruits.
- Touching Preserves and Pomanders.
- Touching VVine.
-
Choice Secrets made
known.
- To make true Majestery of Pearl.
- How to make Hair grow.
- To write Letters of secrets, that they cannot be read without the directions following.
- How to keep Wine from sowering.
- To take out spots of Greese or Oyl.
- To make hair grow black, though any color.
- King Edwards Perfume.
- Queen Elizabeths Perfume.
- Mr. Ferene of the New Exchange, Perfu∣mer to the Queen, his rare Dentifrice, so much approved of at Court.
- To make the said Powder into Paste.
- The Receipt of the Lady Kents powder, pre∣sented by her Ladyship to the Queen.
- A Cordial Water of Sir Walter Raleigh.
- The Lady Malets Cordial Water.
- A Sovereign Water of Dr. Stephens, which he long times used, wherewith he did many Cures; he kept it secretly till a little before his Death, and then he gave it to the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury in writing, being as fol∣loweth, viz.
- The Vertues of this Water.
- A Plague Water to be taken one spoonful e∣very four hours with one sweat every time.
- Poppy Water.
-
A Water for a Cons
mption, or for a Brain that is weak. - Another for the same.
- A good Stomach Water.
- A Bag of Purging Ale.
-
The Ale of Health and Strength, by
Visc
unt St. Albans. - A water excellent good against the Plague.
- A Cordial Cherry-water.
- The Lord Spencers Cherry-water.
- The Herbs to be distilled for Vsquebath.
- Dr. Kings way to make Mead.
- To make Syrup of Rasberries.
- To make Lemon Water.
- To make Gilly-flower Wine.
- The Lady Spotswood Stomach water.
- Water of Time for the passion of the heart.
- A Receipt to make damnable Hum.
- An admirable Water for sore Eyes.
- A Snail Water for weak Children, and old People.
- Clary water for the Back, Stomach, &c.
- Dr. Montfords Cordial Water.
- Aqua mirabilis, Sir Kenelm Digby's way.
- The Vertues of the precedent water.
- A Water for fainting of the Heart.
- A Surfeit Water.
- D. Butlers Cordial Water against Melan∣cholly, &c. Most approved.
- The admirable and most famous Snail Water.
- A singular Mint Water.
-
Distillings.
- A most excellent Aqua Coelestis taught by Mr. Philips Apothecary.
- Hypocras taught by Dr. Twine for Winde in the Stomach.
- Marigold flowers distilled, good for the pain of the Head.
- A water good for Sun-burning.
- The Lady Giffords Cordial Water.
- A Water for one pensive and very sick, to comfort the Heart very excellent.
- To perfume Water.
-
section
- THE TABLE.
- The Table to a QUEENS DELIGHT.