Boyle them tender in water and then Candie ym as you do Ringoe roots by Rect 356.
444. To candye Flowers the Spanish Fashion.
Take flowers of any Sort whatsoever and picke off the leaves from the flower and make a Sirrop of Sugar and put in the blossoms of your flowers as many as will go into the Sirrop boyle them with stiring until it be turned to Sugar again set it off the fire and with the back of a spoon stir them and bruise the sugar from them and they will be canded and no Sugar seen upon them.
445. To make Lozenges of any of these Flowers.
Make a Sirrop of Sugar as before and take the blossoms of what flowers you will & sherd them on a trencher or beat them in a wooden dish then put in as many as will colour the Sirrop of that colour the flowers are of and boyle it with stiring till it will come clear from the bottom of the Skillet and so thick that it will scarce drop out of your spoon then pour it upon a wet trencher wth a wet knife spread it abroad not very thin when it is cold cut it in square lozenges like square diamonds.
446. To make a March Payne Ice it Garnishe it & Gild it.
Take almonds and blanch them out of seething water beat them in a stone morter drop in now and then a drop or 2 of rosewater to keep them from oyling now & then strew in a handful of searched Sugar to bring it to paste when you have brought it to perfect paste rowle it abroad as thin as you will have it set an edge about it as about a tart then make little conceiptes to garnish it then set it in an oven as hot as for manchet and bake it lay wafers under it upon a double paper bake it on a pye plate, then ice it with the white of an egg rosewater and searched Sugar beaten together as thick as batter for fritters when it is half baked spread on this ice with a feather set it into the oven again when the ice is risen take it out stick in your garnishing in long cumfitts while it is hot then when it is cold gild it.
447. To make Sugar Plate.
Take searched Sugar make it up to paste with gumdragon steep’d with rosewater when you have brought it to a perfect paste rowle it as thin as ever you can so print it in moulds & it will dry as it lies.