Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 177 
fore we fhall only fpeak of the Pro- 
fit and Ufefulnefs of them. ih 
The Benefits thefe Trees yield, 
are divers ; for befides that,after they 
are come to their due Bignefs, they 
may be fold for much Money, and 
great Gain be made by them: They 
are alfo of fpecial Ufe in Phyfick , 
Houfe-keeping , and Perfuming ; 
whereof we fhall Treat. 
Many things are prepared of the 
Orange Tree, as well for Delight as 
- for neceflary Ue. - 
The Leaves ate good for a brok- The 
en ot brtifed Shin, and heals it, when }« - 
they are laid on frefh twice a Day ; 
thefe Leaves chewed in the Mouth, 
caufe a {weet Breath. : 
There is a Water Diftilled of O- roa 
range Blofloms, which is of a plea~ #°”. 
fant Smell, and is ufeful for many” 
things in Phyfick ; chiefly to caufe 
Sweating, to ftrengthen the Heart, 
and many Diftempers more, whereof 
the Writings of Phyfitians and Her- 
balifts are full. / Ta 
Or Netheriandith Hitiperides 
_ wholy deprived of this” pleafant 
Smell; here is afterward Taught how. _ 
we fhall Prepare’ this another way. 
To make an Extraétion with Bran- Brandy: 
dy from the Orange Bloffoms ; take 
toevery Pint two Ounces of Blot. 
foms, fet them in the Sun to» Diftil, 
fourteen Days longs and ufe there- 
of a: {poonful together, againftmany 
feveral ‘cold Diftempers and Aills, 
and efpecially againft the Cholick or 
 fhrinking of the Guts. Ay ASwiC - 
Too Preferve thefe Bloffoms: ia 
Sugar; which ‘is commonly called 
Confiting ; they fhall be gathered 
juft before they open, and boiled in 
clean Rain-Water, till they be fof, 
and have in part loft their Bitternefs ; 
after ‘boyl' the Sugar to a conveni+ 
ent thicknefs of a Syrop, and. pour 
_ the fame (after it is well Purifyed 
with Whites of Eggs, and thorough- 
ly Clear ) warm upon the Bloffoms, 
_ and let them ftand cooling together ; 
if the Syrop be too thin, or becomes 
; fo 
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Paftillis 
78 oT Belgidey!0i# 0 
_-© To make this: Water, ‘the-Orange 
Bloffoms {hall be gathered in the 
~ Morning before the Sun hath Shone 
on them, sand Diftilled in--a Pewter 
Soil, \with! a flow Fire, that they 
may not in the! leaft be, Burnt, for 
this Diftilling muft only -be:done: by 
Steaming out’! whereby» we. fhall 
get, though but: a little,)-yet never- 
-thelefS a very Pleafantoand. ftrong 
Water. -Yemay likewife}, if ye’ de- 
dire'a greater Quantity, » Diftil them 
ina Limbeck, but ithen:the- Water 
» fhall not fmellfo: Sweets - ; 
‘so The Bloffoms of Orange ‘Trees 
are’ very good to be laid:in a Cheft 
of clean Linnen,. to give it 'a pléa- 
fant Smell. osu) Eolk 
But to draw Oyl out of the Blof. 
foms by Diftillation, iso) well pol- 
fible here in thefe Countries, becaufe 
the abundance which is: hereunto re- 
quired, is too great ; for fix hundred 
: Pounds do {carce yield two or three 
Qunces: Yet that we may not be 
a wholy — 
The Belgick 
fo afterwards, ye muft boil the fame 
again to its convenient Thicknefs, 
that the Bloffoms maybe kept and 
preferved the better : This isa moft 
excellent Remedy againft bad’ Airs, 
foul and ftinking Vapours, and alfo’ 
an excellent Dainty. 3 32 i 
Furthermore of Orange Bloffoms; 
there are made Pastilli, or little Balls; 
after this following Fafhion: Take » 
fifty Blofloms which are quite open, 
pluck them off by the Stalk, that ye 
may not touch the “Leaves, as little 
as is poflible, that the Sent may not 
be fpoiled;" cut the Leaves with 
Sciflers, very {mall one by one. To 
this take a pound of the beft Loaf- 
Sugar-Candy that may be’ got, beat — 
the fame fine, and put them in a lit 
tle brafs Bafon,and add three Ounces’ 
diftilled Water of Orange Bloffoms 
thereunto, ftir it with a Spatula , till 
it be mingled together, ‘which then 
(fet upon Coals, thoroughly kindled, 
and let it boil leifurly, ll, when 
