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handful of Dandelion rootes and so boyle altogether from a 

 gallon to a pottle. The Good Housewife's Jewell, 1585. 



To MAKE A TYSAND. Take borage, sorrell, endive, 

 cinquefoil, two or three handfuls of barley, then take halfe 

 a handful of red fennell rootes, and a quantity of liquorice, 

 sugar candie, figges, dates, great Raisins ; boyle all together 

 from a gallon to three pintes and strain. The Good 

 Housewife's Handmaid, 1588. 



THE DRINKE. -Take Rosemary with Tyme and seeth them 

 in faire water, with as much sugar as will make it sweet, 

 from a quart to a pint. Use the quantity of hearbes accord- 

 ing to your discretion so that it may savour well of the 

 hearbes and so use it nine mornings six or seven spoonfuls 

 at a time. Ibid. 



ROSA-SOLIS. Take of the Hearbe Rosa-Solis, gathered 

 in Julie, one gallon, picke out all the blacke moats from the 

 leaves; Dates, halfe a pound, cinamon ginger, cloves of 

 each one ounce ; fine sugar a pound and a halfe ; red Rose- 

 leaves, greene or dryed, foure handfuls; steep all these in 

 a gallon of good Aqua Composita, in a glasse close stopped 

 with wax, during twenty dayes : shake it well together once 

 every two days. Your sugar must be powdered, your 

 spices bruised onely, or grossely beaten ; your Dates cut in 

 long slices, the stones taken away. 



If you adde two or three graines of Amber-greece, and as 

 much Musk, in your glasse, among the rest of the ingredients, 

 it will have a pleasant smell. Some adde the Gum Amber, 

 with corell and pearle finely powdered and fine leafe-gold. 

 Some used to boile Ferdinande-buck in Rose-water till 

 they have purchased a faire, deep, crimson colour; and 

 when the same is cold, they colour their Rosa-Solis and 

 Aqua Rubea therewith. Sir Hugh Platt, Delights for Ladies, 

 1594- 



SPIRIT OF WINE (tasting of what vegetable you please). 

 Macerate Rosemary, Sage, sweet Fennell seeds, Lemmon 



