The jewell house of art and nature. Conteining divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experimentes in the art of husbandry, distillation and moulding / [Sir Hugh Plat].

  • Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608
Date:
1594
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Credit: The jewell house of art and nature. Conteining divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experimentes in the art of husbandry, distillation and moulding / [Sir Hugh Plat]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    beare,then boyle the fame a little, andprefentlyput in the whites of egges firft beaten into Oyle, which will make it to giue vp alcumme,which muft bee ta¬ ken away as long as anie ryfeth.Then pourc all the li¬ quors through a great woollen cloth bagge , and fb the filth will remaine behinde in the bagge , then boyle the liquor againe , till it bee ripe, which you fhallknowe by taking two or three droppes of the li¬ quor and putting themvppona plate of coldeyron, letting it coole, which when it is congealed a little like lalt, or as a meanebetweenefirruppe and hard Sugar, then take the lyquour from the fire,and poure out the fame into the earthen Potte or Moldes made for the fame purpofe, hauing a holein the fmaller ende which mufte bee flopped for one night after, and after that night openfiV. letting all the fubftance remaine in the Potte, vntill the fyrruppe beginne to leaue dropping £jai®$ the nether Pot wherein the Moldes ftande) or droppe verie {loulie at the little hole, this Syrruppe (as I take it) is that which they call LMalajfoes^) Then ta&e Potters Claie, and Clay the broade endes of the Potte ouer therewith, and as that C!ayeJm]<eth downe by reafen of the fhrinking oithc Shga'r, fill them vp with more Clay,, repeating tlie dooing thereof till the Sugar fhrinke no more. Then take the' Sugar-Ioaues out of the Moldes, and put them in a StQLuevtilfthey beedrie and harde, and after binde them vppe in Papers ac¬ cording to Artc.Note that if the Sugar after the firft boyling,and beeing powred out into the Moldes and beginning to congeale , appeareto bee ouer- blackor foule,and (hall not become white at the firft : in the fame Moldes, but fome fecicaJl part remaine therein, >