The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery.

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Title
The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery.
Author
Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.
Publication
[London? :: For B. Harris,
1675]
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Subject terms
Cookery -- Early works to 1800.
Cookery -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09711.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

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1. A true Receipt for making that famous Cordial-Drink; known by the Name of Daffy's Elixir Salutis. As it was given by him to Sir Richard Ford, when Lord-Mayor of London.

TAke of Anniseeds, Coriander-seeds, sweet Fennel∣seeds, Parsley-seeds, of each 2 Ounces; of Spanish Licorise 2 Ounces; Senna 2 Ounces; Rhubarh 2 Ounces; Elecampane 2 Ounces; Guaicum 2 Ounces

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Six penniworth of Saffron; and one pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned: Mix these all together, and put them into 3 quarts of the smallest Aqua-Vitae, in a Stone or Glass Bottle; let it stand and infuse fourteen days, (at least, but the longer the better) near the fire, that it may receive some warmth, for it will infuse the better and sooner; then pour off your Liquor in∣to a Vessel, and take your drugs and press them as dry as you can, and put the Liquor you squeeze out to the other; and so bottle it up for use.

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