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a third, lastly a fourth, so that you have four pounds of sugar 

 to every pound of Rose-leaves. (The Apothecary useth to put 

 all the four pounds into the Liquor altogether at once.) Boil 

 these four pounds of Sugar with the tincted Liquor, till it be a 

 high Syrup, very near a candy height (as high as it can be not 

 to flake or candy). Then put the pale Rose-leaves into this 

 high Syrup, as it yet standeth upon the fire, or immediately 

 upon the taking it off the fire. But presently take it from 

 the fire, and stir them exceeding well together, to mix them 

 uniformly; then let them stand till they be cold, then pot 

 them up. If you put your Conserve into pots whiles it is yet 

 thoroughly warm, and leave them uncovered some days, putting 

 them in the hot Sun or stove, there will grow a fine candy on 

 the top, which will preserve the conserve without paper upon 

 it, from moulding, till you break the candied crust to take 

 out some of the conserve. 



" The colour both of the Rose-leaves and the Syrup about 

 them, will be exceedingly beautiful and red, and the taste 

 excellent, and the whole very tender and smoothing, and easie 

 to digest in the stomack without clogging it, as doth the ordinary 

 rough conserve made of raw Roses beaten with Sugar, which 

 is very rough in the throat. The worst of it is, that if you 

 put not a Paper to lie always close upon the top of the conserve, 

 it will be apt to grow mouldy there on the top ; especially apres 

 que le pot est entame." 



Under another " conserve of red roses " we find this note : 

 " Doctor Bacon useth to make a pleasant Julip of this Conserve 

 of Roses, by putting a good spoonful of it into a large drinking 

 glass or cup ; upon which squeeze the juyce made of a Lemon, 

 and slip in unto it a little of the yellow rinde of the Lemon; 

 work these well together with the back of a spoon, putting 

 water to it by little and little, till you have filled up the glass 

 with Spring water : so drink it. He sometimes passeth it 

 through an Hypocras bag and then it is a beautiful and pleasant 

 Liquor." 



