chipped very thin, lay them in water
three or four days, shifting them twice every day, then boil them in
several waters, till you may run a straw through them, then let them lye
in a Pan of water all night, then dry them gently in a Cloth, then take
to every Pound of Oranges one Pound and an half of Sugar, and a Pint of
water, make thereof a syrup; then put in your Oranges, and boil them a
little, then set them by till the next day, and boil them again a
little, and so do for four or five days together, then boil them till
they are very clear, then drain them in a sieve, then take to every
Pound of Oranges one quarter of a Pint of water wherein sliced Pippins
have been boiled into your syrup, and to every quarter of a Pint of that
water, add a quarter of a Pound of fresh Sugar, boil it till it will
jelly, then put your Oranges into a Pot or a Glass, and put the jelly
over them; you may if you please, take all the Meat out of some of your
Oranges at one end, and fill it with preserved Pippin, and if you put in
a little Juice of Orange and Limon into your Syrup when it is almost
boiled, it will be very fine tasted.
138. [Transcriber's note: so numbered in original] _To make Cristal
Jelly._
Take a Knuckle of Veal and two Calves Feet, lay them in water all night,
then boil them in Spring water, till you perceive it to be a thick
Jelly, then take them out, and let your Jelly stand till it be cold,
then take the clearest, and put it into a Skillet, and sweeten it with
Rosewater and fine Sugar, and a little whole Spice, and boil them
together a little, and so eat it when it is cold.
139. _To make_ China-_Broth._
Take three Ounces of _China_ sliced thin, and three Pints of fair water,
half an ounce of Harts-horn, let it steep together twelve hours, then
put in a Red Cock cut in pieces and bruised, one Ounce of Raisins of the
Sun stoned, one ounce of Currans, one ounce of Dates stoned, one Parsley
root, one Fennel-root, the Pith being taken out, a little Burrage and
Bugloss, and a little Pimpernel, two Ounces of Pearl Barley; boil all
these together till you think they be well boiled, then strain it out.
140. _To make Court Perfumes._
Take three Ounces of Benjamin, lay it all night in Damask Rose buds
clean cut from the white, beat them very fine in a stone Mortar till it
come to a Paste, then take it out and mix it with a dram of Musk finely
beaten, as much Civet, mould them up with a little searced Sugar, an
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