Items

• How to make Salt Hams

  A method for curing ham using salt, saltpeter (potassium nitrate), and salt prunella / sal-prunella (another form of saltpeter).
• Honey of Roases

  An unfinished recipe for honey of roses.
• Her French bread
• Greene [strikeout] ointment

  A recipe for ointment made from red sage, rosemary, bay leaves, rue, sheep suet, and olive oil. The ingredients are mixed together, and buried in a pot for several days prior to being heated and strained.
• Goosberry [gooseberry] Vinegar

  A method for making a vinegar by steeping fresh gooseberries with liquor and brown sugar.
• Friteres
• French Angelets [angelots]

  Recipe for making a soft cheese , possibly "French angelot," using cream and rennet
• For the Splene [spleen]

  A remedy for treating the spleen by drinking white wine. Unclear whether this is to address a specific disease of the organ, or if this is a humoral remedy related to melancholy or moodiness ("the humors" or four temperaments).
• For the Scurvey

  A remedy for treating scurvy using mustard seed, scurvy-grass, wormwood, and juniper berries steeped in brandy and drunk with ale.
• For the Same

  Another treatment for the condition known as quinsy/quinsey, a potentially life-threatening complication from tonsillitis.
• For the Same

  A treatment for the condition called quinsy / quinsey, a potentially life-threatening complication from tonsillitis.
• For the jaundice Cousen Garlend

  Recipe for a medicine to treat jaundice; consists of turmeric, safern, Barberry back mixed in white wine.
• For the Gripes in Horses, approved by Dr. Kilvington

  A remedy for treating horses using Daffy's elixir (a tincture possibly containing alcohol), laudanum, and almond or castor oil
• For the Green Sicknes

  A remedy for the so-called green sickness, which refers to chlorosis, a condition that included a greenish tinge to the skin and general lassitude. It was often associated with unmarried virgin women, and could include lack of menstruation. Has been subsequently ascribed to anemia (iron deficiency). Remedy consists of a mixture of treacle (molasses), steel filings, anise seeds, long pepper, and nutmeg. Those taking the remedy were directed to also avoid milk, fruit, and salads; and to take one long walk per day.
• For the Gravill [illegible] Spencer’s Resept

  Appears to refer to two different remedies for gravel (kidney stones). The first is mashed garlic infused in white wine. The second calls for a distillation of nutmeg, hawthorn buds, and white wine that is sweetened with marshmallow syrup (a syrup made from the sap of the marshmallow plant combined with sugar and sometimes egg whites).
• For the flux

  Remedy for flux, the abnormal and/or excessive discharge of liquids from the body, including blood and/or diarrhea. More specifically, "flux" may refer to dysentery. Calls for boiling red wax (presumably melting it) with milk.
• For the Colik [colic] in Horses

  A remedy for treating colic in horses by mixing a soapy or slippery (saponaceous) liniment with laudanum
• For Spasms Dr C

  A remedy for spasms with camphire (possibly 'camphor'), sugar, brandy, sal volatile (ammonium carbonate) and laudanum.
• For sore nipples

  A remedy for women experiencing soreness in conjunction with breast feeding. Calls for covering their nipples with gold leaf. Also includes instructions for using the ashes of sea coal (pieces of coal washed up by the sea) to end lactation once the breastfeeding child has been weaned.
• For keping Shoos Black

  A recipe for making shoe black (keeping shoes black).
• For Cookery & Pickeles [pickles]

  A method for pickling purslane or other vegetables by soaking in salt water and boiling with white vinegar and spices.
• for Convultion Fits

  A recipe for a powder comprised of peony root and other ingredients to be taken with Rosemary water or other waters for convulsive fits.
• For burns, or scalds. London Chronicle

  A remedy for treating burns, possibly using ether or distilled spirits applied to the affected area and
• For Black or Stinking teeth

  Recipe to making and using a paste for teeth consisting of sage and salt.
• For any gouty or Cholic [colic] pains in the stomach

  A remedy for treating stomach pains by infusing rhubarb, orange peel, salt of wormwood, nutmeg, and cochineal, infused in "true arrack" (a distilled spirit, undetermined if referring to the Southeast Asian or Arabic drink).