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The whole body of cookery dissected, taught, and fully manifested, methodically, artificially, and according to the best tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c. Or, a sympathy of all varieties in natural compounds in that mysterie. Wherein is contained certain bills of fare for the seasons of the year, for feasts and common diets. Whereunto is annexed a second part of rare receipts of cookery: with certain useful traditions. With a book of preserving, conserving and candying, after the most exquisite and newest manner: delectable for ladies and gentlewomen
The feminin' monarchi', or, The histori of bee's : shewing their admirable natur' and propertis, their generation and colonis, their government, loyalti, art, industri, enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, &c. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim', and the sweet' profit arising ther'of
Regimen sanitatis Salerni : or, The schoole of Salernes regiment of health. Contayning most learned and judicious directions and instructions, for the guide and government of mans life. Dedicated unto the high and mighty king of England, from that University, and published (by consent of learned physicians) for a generall good. Reviewed, corrected, and inlarged with a comentary, for the more plaine and easie vnderstanding thereof. Whereunto is annexed, a necessary discourse of all sorts of fish; in vse among vs, with theyr effects, appertayning to the health of man
A way to get wealth : containing six principal vocations, or callings, in which every good husband or house-wive may lawfully employ themselves... The first five books gathered by G.M., the last by master W.L. for the benefit of Great Brittain
The English house-wife : containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman, as her skill in physick, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyles, banqueting stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preseruing of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth, and dying, the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, of oates, their excellent vses in a family, of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold. A work generally approued, and now the fourth time much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this kingdome
Healths improvement; or, rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation
The English hous-wife : containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman... A work generally approved, and now the sixth time much augmented, purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the general good of this nation
The English house-wife, containg [sic] the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a complete woman. As her skill in physick, chirurgery, cookery, extraction of oyls, banqueting stuff, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sort of wides, conceited secrets, distillatians, perfimes, ordering of wool, hemp, flax: making cloth and dying; the knowledge of dayries: office of malting; of oats, their excellent uses in families: of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an household. A work generally approved, and now the eighth time much augmented, purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the general good of this nation
The way to health, long life and happiness, or, A discourse of temperance, and the particular nature of all things requisite for the life of man, as all sorts of meats, drinks, air, exercise, &c.... shewing from the true ground of nature, whence most diseases proceed, and how to prevent them : to which is added, a treatise of most sorts of English herbs
A book of cookrye: very necessary for all such as delight therein
A book of fruits & flowers : shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine. As also: to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them, to make powders, civet bagges, all sorts of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow, or frutages, and to pickell them. And for meat, to make pyes, biscat, maid dishes, marchpanes, leeches... For medicines, to make all sorts of poultisses, and serecloaths for any member swell'd or inflamed, ointments, waters for all wounds, and cancers, salves for aches ... [etc.]
The English house-wife : containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman, as her skill in physick, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyles, banqueting stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hemp, flax, making cloth, and dying, the knowledge of dayries, office of malting of oates, their excellent uses in a family, of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold