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 f••r 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 Ro••ts 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 Apric••cks 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 r••ots 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
L••zenges 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
Amber••solour 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
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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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