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A Book of Fruits and Flowers

Contra vim mortis, non est Medicamen in hortis.
LONDON
:
Printed by
M.S. for Tho: Fenner at the South entrance of the Royall Exchange
, London, 1653.
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Of Lemmons.
Medicines made of Lemmons.
Of Quinces.
Of Roses.
Of Almonds.
[Illustration: Straw-berries]
Of Hartichoakes.
*OF MEDICINES.*
Of Violets.
Of Beanes.
Of Apricocks.
Of Lillies.
Of Grapes.
*OF PURGES.*
Of Marigolds.
Of Cherries.
Of Goose-Berries.
Of Plums.
Of Medlers.
Of Cucumbers.
*OF COOKERY.*
Produced by David Starner, Martin Radford and
Distributed Proofreaders
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, and Snow, Craknels, Caudels, Cakes, Broths,
Fritter-stuffe, Puddings, Tarts, Syrupes, and Sallets.
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, to take the Ague out of any place Burning or Scalding; For the
stopping of suddain Bleeding, curing the Piles, Ulcers, Ruptures, Coughs, Consumptions, and killing of
Warts, to dissolve the Stone, killing the Ring-worme, Emroids, and Dropsie, Paine in the Ears and Teeth,
Deafnesse.
A Book of Fruits and Flowers