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ftiffe,and fo box it vp,and as it cooleth put thereto a little Rofe water,and a few graines ofMuske, 
well mingled together, which will giue a goodly tafte vnto the Cotiniat. This is the way to rtvtke 
Marmalade; 
Takewholc Quinces and boile them in water vntilj they be as foft as afcaldedcodlingorapple, q 
then pill off the skin,an,d cut off the flefh, and ftampe i t in a ftone morter ; then ftraine i t as you did 
the Coriniate ; afterward put it intoapantodrie,but not tofecthat all: andvntoeuery pound of 
the flefli of Quinces, put three quarters ofa pound of fugar,and in the cooling you may put in rofe 
water and alicde Muskc, as was faid before. 
There is boiled with Quinces oile which therefore is called in Greekejtfefoo^orbileofQuin- pj 
ces.which we vie, faith Ttiejwidesfo oft as we haue need of a binding thing. 
The feed of Quinces tempered with water, doth make a mufcilage, or a thing like iellv.which j 
being held in the mouth,is maruellous good to take away the roughnelfe of the tongue in hot bur- 
ning feuers. 
The fame is good to be layedtpon burnings or fcaldings,and to be put into differs againft the 
bloudy flixjfor it eafeth the paine of the guts, and alaieth the fharpneffeof biting humors. 
Many other excellent, dainty and wholefome confedlions are to be made of Qiinces,as icily of ^ 
Quinces,and fuch odde conceits, which forbrcuitic fake I do now let pafle. 
'T 1 Here are diuers forts of Medlars, fome greater, others Idler : fome fweet, and others ofa more 
"*■ harfh tafte ; fome with much core, and many great ftony kernels, others fewenand likewifeone 
of Naples called i_ Aroma . 
Chap. 58. Of the c 5 Medkr Tree . 
«]' ihcKinda. 
+ i Mejpilus fativa altera. 
The other Garden Medlar, 
