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The accomplisht cook: or, The art & mystery of cookery

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The accomplisht cook: or, The art & mystery of cookery

by May, Robert · Page 407 of 419 · 146,587 words

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of such an excellent Nature and Operation for preservation of the Eyes, that the Eye being but washed therewith once or twice a day, it not only takes away all hot Rhumes and Inflamations, but also preserveth the Eye after a most wonderful manner; a Secret which was used by a most Learned Bishop: By the help of which Water he could read without the use of spectacles at 90 years of Age. A Bottle of which will cost but 1 s._ FINIS. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Errors and Inconsistencies Noted by Transcriber Unchanged Text Many compound words occur in up to three forms: with hyphen; as two separate words; and as a single unhyphenated word. Hyphens at line break were retained unless the word was consistently hyphenless elsewhere. Missing spaces between words were supplied when unambiguous. Recurring Usages and Variant Spellings beatten; Dear [for Deer]; galon; oatmel; somtimes [These spellings are rare but each occurs at least once.] Boyled [The spelling with "y" occurs _only_ in the header for Section I. Both "boil'd" and "boiled" are used in the body text.] lay a lay of ... [The word "layer" also occurs, but "lay" is more common.] Olive, Oline [The word "Olive"--the meat preparation, not the fruit--was written "Oline" everywhere in the Index, and occasionally in the body text. The unrelated "Olines" are birds.] Rabit [Note that the word is consistently spelled with one "b" _except_ in the Index.] Snite [Probably a variant of "Snipe", but in some books it is understood as a different bird.] roast, toast [Both words can be applied to meats.] give it a walm [The word "walm" is always used in this construction. It appears to mean "bring to a boil". Some occurrences of "warm" may be errors for "walm".] Body Text Pistaches, PineApple seed, or Almonds [Capitalization unchanged; "white-Wine" is similar.] currans, pers, oyl, and vinegar [Element "pers" is at line-beginning; missing syllable may be "pep-" or "ca-".] mingle alltogether, then have slices of a leg of veal [Elsewhere, text has "all together" or,

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