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suffered from " grevious aches and paynes of the hyppes," 

 and the juice of wild strawberries was used as a complexion 

 wash. Strawberry wine was a favourite with Sir Walter 

 Raleigh. 



Coles in The Art of Simpling (1656) gives this advice : 

 " Among strawberries sow here and there some Borage seed 

 and you shall finde the strawberries under those leaves f arre 

 more larger than their fellowes." 



FOR A FACE WASH. Take a quart of wild strawberries, 

 wild tansy, three pintes of new Milke. Still all these 

 together and wash your face therein. The Good Housewife's 

 Handmaid, 1585. 



STRAWBERRY AND ALMOND TANSY. Take four quarts of 

 new milk, and half a pound of the sweet almond flour, two 

 ounces of lemon juice and half a pint of strawberry juice. 

 Put to these two pounds of fine sugar and a quart of Canary. 

 Stir them together and beat them till they froth, and 

 become of a pleasant colour. Ibid. 



STRAWBERRY LEAF TEA. On two large handfuls of the 

 young leaves pour a quart of boiling water. 



STRAWBERRY AND WOODRUFF TEA. On equal quanti- 

 ties of young strawberry leaves and woodruff pour one quart 

 of boiling water. 



A CORDIAL WATER OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH. Take a 

 gallon of Strawberries, and put them into a pinte of aqua 

 vita, let them stand so four or five days, strain them gently 

 out, and sweeten the water as you please, with fine Sugar, 

 or else with perfume. 



STRAWBERRY WATER. To a quart of water you must 

 have a pound of strawberries which squeeze in the same 

 water, then put in four or five ounces of sugar with some 

 lemon juice ; if the lemons are large and juicy one lemon is 

 enough to two quarts of water. All being well mixed put it 



