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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London :: Printed for Nath. Brooke,
1659.
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Recipes.
Medicine, Popular.
Cookery -- Early works to 1800.
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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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52209.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.

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The Table to a QUEENS DELIGHT.

A.
  • A Pricocks to preserve when they are green Page 204
  • Apricocks to preserve when they are ripe 203
  • Apricocks to dry 210, 232
  • Apricock Cakes 213
  • Apricocks to make of them Jumbals 222
  • Artichokes to preserve 201
  • Almond Bisket to make 208
  • Ale purging a bag 280
  • Ale strengthening and healthful by Sir J. Bacon. 281
  • Aqua Mirabilis Sir Kenelm Digbie's way 290
  • Aqua Mirabilis the vertues 291
  • Ambergreese the Tincture 216
B.
  • BArberries the best way to preserve them 220

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    C.
    • CHerries to preserve them bigger then they grow naturally 228
    • Cherries the ordinary way of preserving them 245
    • Cherries to preserve them with a quarter of their weight in Sugar 217
    • Cakes to make 255
    • Cakes to make after the maner of the Prin∣cess, the Lady Elizabeth Daughter to King Charles the first 257
    • Cakes of Plums 258
    • Cakes of Rasberries 252
    • Cakes of Sugar to make 250
    • Collops to make, like Bacon, of Mars••••∣pane 263
    • Clove-gilly-flowers to make a Syrup of them 203
    • Conserve for a Cough, or a Consumption 199
    • Conserve fr any Fruits 200
    • Conserve of Roses boild 209
    • Conserve of Roses unboild 210
    • Conserve of Red Roses after the Italian manner, with the vertues 233
    • Conserve of Violets after the Italian man∣ner, with the vertues. 233
    • ...

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    • Conserve of Borage after the Italian man∣ner, with the vertues 234
    • Conserve of Rosemary after the Italian manner, with the vertues 234
    • Conserve of Betony after the Italian man∣ner, with the vertues 235
    • Conserve of sage 235
    • Conserve of the Flowers of Lavander 236
    • Conserve of Marjoram, with the Vertues 236
    • Conserve of Piony after the Italian man∣ner, with the vertues 237
    • Candy Cherries 241
    • Candy Cherries the Italian way 244
    • Candy Oranges 241
    • Candy Orange Rots 242
    • Candy Orange Peels after the Italian man∣ner, with the vertues 243
    • Candy Lemons 241
    • Candy Citrons 241
    • Candy Citrons after the Spanish way 243
    • Candy Rosemary flowers in the sun 237
    • Candy Pippins 239
    • Candy Pears 239
    • Candy Apriccks 239
    • Candy Plums 239
    • Candy Rockandy flowers 239
    • Candy Spanish flowers 240
    • Candy Grapes 241
    • ...

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    • Candy Barberries 241
    • Candy Suckets 241
    • Candy Angelica 241
    • Candy Chycory rots after the Italian man∣ner, with the vertues 244
    D.
    • DAmsins to preserve them 299
    • Dentifrice by Mr. Ferene of the New Exchange, Perfumer to the Queen, highly approved of at the Court 273
    • Distilled Marigold flowers 298
    • ELecampane to preserve 201
    F.
    • FRuits to preserve green 198
    • Fruits to dry after they are preserved to candy them 200
    • Fruits artificial 263
    • Fox skins to dry 268
    • French Tart to make 254
    G.
    • GRapes to preserve 196, 202

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      H.
      • HYpocras made by Dr. Twine for the Winde in the Stomach 298
      • Hair to make it grow 270
      • Hair to make it black, though of any other colour. 271
      I.
      • ITalian Bisket to make 260
      • Jelly of Pippins to make 218
      • Jelly of Raspis to make 268
      • Ipswich balls to make 265
      • Juyce of Liquorish to make 207
      K.
      • COuntess of Kent's Powder, the true Receipt of it as she presented it to the Queen for her private use 274
      L.
      • LEmons to preserve 199
      • Letters so to write them, that they cannot be read without the directions 270
      • Lzenges to make of red Roses 220, 202

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        M.
        • MArchpane to Ice and Gild, and gar∣nish it according to Art 261
        • Magistery of Pearl to make it 269
        • Mead of Dr. Kings making 234
        • Marigold flowers distilled 298
        • Marmalet of Damsins 245
        • Marmalet of Oranges 247, 249
        • Marmalet of Orange Cakes 249
        • Marmalet of tender Plums 246
        • Marmalet of Quinces ibid.
        N.
        • NAples Bisket to make 260
        O.
        • ORanges to preserve the French way 224
        • Orange and Lemons to preserve 199
        • Orange Cakes. 262
        P.
        • PEar-plums green to preserve them 204
        • ...

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        • Pear-plums to preserve them when they are ripe 203
        • Plums black or red to preserve 229
        • Plums green to preserve 225
        • Plums to ary them 228, 231
        • Pears to dry without Sugar, and other∣wise 205 229, 230
        • Pippins to preserve them 198
        • Pippins to preserve them when they are green 204
        • Pippins to preserve them when they are ripe 203
        • Pippins to dry them 229, 230
        • Pippins to dry them without sugar 205
        • Pippins to make a Gelly of them 218
        • Peaches to preserve when they are green 204
        • Peaches to preserve when they are ripe 203
        • Pomatum to make 212
        • Prince Bisket to make 261
        • Powder sweet the best way to break it 211
        • Powder of the Countess of Kent, the truest Receipt of it, as she presented it to the Queen for her private use 274
        • Perfume of King Edward the sixth 272
        • Perfume of Queen Elizabeth 272
        • Perfume to make 212
        • ...

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        • Perfume for cloth and gloves 208
        • Perfume to burn it betwixt two Rose∣leaves 264
        • Perfume water to make it 300
        • Pomanders to make 265
        • Paste of Oranges and Lemons 251
        • Paste of Genoa Citrons 253
        • Paste of Apricocks 256
        • Paste of Pippins like leaves, and some like Plums, with their Stones and Stalks in them. 257
        • Paste of Elecampane roots 258
        • Paste of flowers of the colour of Marmalet, tasting of natural flowers 258
        • Paste of Rasberries and English Currans 259
        Q.
        • QVinces to preserve them white 197
        • Quinces to preserve them white or red. 203
        • Quinces to order them for Pies 211
        • Quinces to make Chips of them 221
        • Quinces to make Jumbals of them 222
        • Quiddony of Pippins, of Ruby, or any other Ambersolour 24
        • Quiddony of all kindes of Plums 248

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          R.
          • REspas to preserve 197
          • Receipt for to make damnable Hum 287
          S.
          • SWeet Smell 267
          • Spots of grease or oyl to take them out 271
          • Sugar Cakes to make 250
          • Sugar of VVine to make 221
          • Sugar of Wormwood to make 221
          • Sugar of Anniseeds to make 221
          • Sugar of Roses to make 298
          • Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers 205
          • Syrup of Hysop water 206
          • Syrup of Lemons 221
          • Syrup of Citrons 221
          • Syrup of Elders by the Lady Thornburgh 267
          • Syrup of Rasberries 284
          U.
          • USquebath the best way to make it 217
          • Vsquebath, Hearbs to be distilled for it 283

            Page [unnumbered]

            W.
            • WIne of Raisins to make 214
            • Wine of Rasberries to make 215
            • Wine of Gilly-flowers to make 286
            • Wine of Hypocras 167
            • Wine to keep it from sowering 171
            • Walnuts to preserve them 201
            • Walnuts artificial to make them 263
            • Water by the Lady Spotswood 286
            • Water Cordial by the Lady Mallet 275
            • Water of Cherries by the Lady Spencer 283
            • Water by the Lady Gifford 299
            • Aqua mirabilis by Sir Kenelm Digby 290
            • Aqua Celestis by Mr. Philips Apothecary 296
            • Water Cordial against Melancholly by D. Butler 293
            • Water Cordial by Dr. Mumford 290
            • Water Cordial by Sir Walter Raleigh 274
            • Water of a most Sovereign use made by D. Stephens, which a little before his death he presented to the Archbishop of Can∣terbury, the vertues of it 275, 276
            • Water for the Eyes 288
            • Water for weak children 288
            • ...

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            • Water for a weak back and stomach 289
            • Water for the Plague 277, 281
            • Water for pensive and very sick persons 300
            • Water for a Consumption or weak Brain 278, 279
            • Water for the stomach 279
            • Water for sun-burning 299
            • Water for a Surfeit 292
            • Water for the swimming of the heart 291
            • Water of Time for the passion of the heart 287
            • Water of Cherries 282
            • Water Cordial of Cherries 282
            • Water of Lemons 285
            • Water of Oranges 206
            • Water perfumed 300
            • Water of Poppy 277
            • Water of Mint 296
            • Water of Marigold flowers 298
            • Water of Snails 294
            FINIS.
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