Heat water scalding hot first, then put in your Hartichoakes and scald them, and take away all the bottomes, and leaves about them, then take Rose water and Sugar and boyle them alone a little while, then put the Hartichoakes therein, and let them boyle on a soft fire till they be tender enough, let them be covered all the time they boyle, then take them out and put them up for your use.
To make a maid dish of Hartechoakes.
Take your Hartichoakes and pare away all the top, even to the Meat, and boyle them in sweet Broth till they be somewhat tender, then take them oat, and put them in a dish, and seeth them with Pepper, Cinamon, and Ginger, then put them in the dish you mean to bake them in and put in marrow to them good store, and so let them bake, and when they be baked, put in a little Vineger and Butter, and stick three or four leaves of the Hartichoakes in the dish when you serve them up, and scrape Sugar upon the dish.
OF MEDICINES.
An Excellent Medicine or Salve for an Ache coming of cold, easie to be made by any Countrey Housewife.
Take of good Neats-foot Oyle, Honey, and new Wax, like quantities, boyle them all well together, then put to them a quarter so much of Aqua vitæ as was of each of the other, and then setting it on the fire, boyle it till it be well incorporated together, then spread it upon a piece of thin Leather, or thick linnen cloath, and so apply it to the place pained.
To cake the Ague out of any place.
Take Vervine and Black Hemlocke, of each an handfull, boyle them in a pint of fresh Butter till they be soft, and begin to parch againe, then straine the Butter from the hearbs, and put it into a gally pot, and two or three times annoynt the place grieved with a spoonfull or two thereof, probat.