The book of pretty conceits. Or, The green forest of youthful delights Being merry and pleasant to all such as delight in slights, tricks, stratagems, devises, and fancies. Natural and artifical inventions and conclusions. Experimented as well to profit and delight.

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Title: The book of pretty conceits. Or, The green forest of youthful delights Being merry and pleasant to all such as delight in slights, tricks, stratagems, devises, and fancies. Natural and artifical inventions and conclusions. Experimented as well to profit and delight.
Publication: London :: printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Py-Corner,; 1685.
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Subject terms: Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
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How to draw many Candles one after ano∣ther being laid at a foot distance.

Take Brimstone, Orpiment, and Oyl labour these together, and make thereof an Oyntment; after take so many Candles as may well serve for your Table, laying them a large foot asunder, and all a row, the one be∣hind the other, as many as you please, lay them straight, then take a long thread and anoint it in this Oyntment, which after∣wards you must lay along on the Candles, and drawing the formost all the rest will fol∣low in order.