3. 5^^^^. — Anise ; cardamom ; carraway ; citron ;
coriander ; fennel ; gromwell ; melon ; musk grains ;
mustard ; nettle ; parsley •, saffron ; tulip, seedy buds of;
wormwood,
4. Fruits. — Apples (codlings, ginet moils, pearmains,
pippins, golden pippins, red streaks) ; apricots ; bar-
berries ; bilberries ; cherries (black, Kentish, Morello) ;
currants (dried, black, red); damsons; dates; jujubes;
jumper berries ; lemons ; pears (bon chretien & war-
dens) ; plums ; prunes ; raisins ; rasps ; sweetbriar ber-
ries ; strawberries.
5. Barks, ivoods. — Ashtree bark ; lignum cassiae.
6. Nuts. — Almonds % chestnuts ; pine kernels ; pista-
chios ; walnuts (green).
7. Juices. — Balm ; celandine ; cherry ; hop ; lemon ;
onion ; orange ; spearmint ; spinach ; tansy.
8. — Distilled waters of angelica ; cinnamon ; mallow ;
orange-flower ; plantain ; rose (red & damask).
9. Spices of all sorts ; cloves ; cinnamon (also oil of, &
spirit of) ; ginger ; mace ; mustard ; nutmeg ; pepper ;
peppercorns.
10. Wines. — Canary sack; claret; Deal; elder; Ma-
laga (old) ; Muscat ; Muscadine (Greek) ; red ; Rhe-
nish ; sack, sherry sack ; Spanish ; white.
11. Other liquors. — Ale & beer; afterworts ; lees of
beer & wine ; aqua vitse ; orangeado.
276 APPEDJpiX III
12. Vinegars of elder wine, & of white wine.
13. Verjuice of cider, & green sour grapes.
14. Other notable seasonings and ingredients : —
Ambergris ; ivory ; leaf gold ; powder of white
amber ; powder of pearl ; Spanish pastilles
(ambergris, sugar, & musk).
NOTES
Introduction
p. X 1. 3 Old Cookery Booh and Ancient Cuisine., By
W. Carew Hazlitt. Booklovers' Library.
1886.
p. X 1. 5 The Life of Sir Kenelm Digby. By One of his
Descendants [T. Longueville]. 1896.
p. xi 1. 29 For the controversy about the date of his
birth, see the usual biographical author-
ities:— Longueville, op. cit., Digby's
Memoirs, ed. Nicolas, 1 82 7; Diet, of Nat.
Biog.; Biog. Brit. (Kippis); Wood's
Athenae Oxon., iii. 688; Aubrey's Lives,
ii. 323, etc. etc.
p. xiv 1. 13 "the elder Lady Digby." See text, p. 14I.
p. XV 1. 15 "manuscript of elections." See W. H.
Black's Catalogue of the Ashmolean JUSS.,
240, 131 and 1730, 166.
p. XX 1. 20 Journal of a Voyage to Scanderoon^ ed. J. Bruce
for Camden Soc, 1868.
p. xxi 1. 3 "Scanderoon had to be repudiated."
Here is a curious echo of the affair, quoted
by Mr. Longueville from Blundell of
Crosby. "When the same Sir Kenelm
"was provoked in the King's presence
"(upon occasion of the old business of
" Scanderoon) by the Venetian Ambassa-
"dor, who told the King it was very
"strange that his Majesty should slight
"so much his ancient amity with the most
" noble state of Europe, for the affections
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278
C^CPTES
"which he bore to a man (meaning Sir
"Kenelm) whose father was a traitor,
"his wife a — , and himself a pirate,
"altho' he made not the least reply (as
"long as the ambassador remained in
" England) to those great reproaches, yet
"after, when the quality of his enemy
"was changed (by his return) to that of a
"private person, Sir Kenelm posted after
"him to Italy. There sending him a
"challenge (from some neighbouring
"state) he found the discreet Magnifico
"as silent in Italy as himself had been in
"England, and so he returned home."
p. xxii 1. 13 The Memoirs were edited by Sir N. H.
Nicolas from the Harleian MS. 6758 in
1827.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
3. Seeds. — Anise ; cardamom ; carraway ; citron ; coriander ; fennel ; gromwell ; melon ; musk grains ; mustard ; nettle ; parsley •, saffron ; tulip, seedy buds of; wormwood,
4. Fruits. — Apples (codlings, ginet moils, pearmains, pippins, golden pippins, red streaks) ; apricots ; barberries ; bilberries ; cherries (black, Kentish, Morello) ; currants (dried, black, red); damsons; dates; jujubes; jumper berries ; lemons ; pears (bon chretien & wardens) ; plums ; prunes ; raisins ; rasps ; sweetbriar berries ; strawberries.
5. Barks, ivoods. — Ashtree bark ; lignum cassiae.
6. Nuts. — Almonds % chestnuts ; pine kernels ; pistachios ; walnuts (green).
7. Juices. — Balm ; celandine ; cherry ; hop ; lemon ; onion ; orange ; spearmint ; spinach ; tansy.
8. — Distilled waters of angelica ; cinnamon ; mallow ; orange-flower ; plantain ; rose (red & damask).
9. Spices of all sorts ; cloves ; cinnamon (also oil of, & spirit of) ; ginger ; mace ; mustard ; nutmeg ; pepper ; peppercorns.
10. Wines. — Canary sack; claret; Deal; elder; Malaga (old) ; Muscat ; Muscadine (Greek) ; red ; Rhenish ; sack, sherry sack ; Spanish ; white.
11. Other liquors. — Ale & beer; afterworts ; lees of beer & wine ; aqua vitse ; orangeado.
276 APPEDJpiX III
12. Vinegars of elder wine, & of white wine.
13. Verjuice of cider, & green sour grapes.
14. Other notable seasonings and ingredients : —
Ambergris ; ivory ; leaf gold ; powder of white amber ; powder of pearl ; Spanish pastilles (ambergris, sugar, & musk).
NOTES
Introduction
p. X 1. 3 Old Cookery Booh and Ancient Cuisine., By W. Carew Hazlitt. Booklovers' Library.
p. X 1. 5 The Life of Sir Kenelm Digby. By One of his Descendants [T. Longueville]. 1896.
p. xi 1. 29 For the controversy about the date of his birth, see the usual biographical authorities:— Longueville, op. cit., Digby's Memoirs, ed. Nicolas, 1 82 7; Diet, of Nat. Biog.; Biog. Brit. (Kippis); Wood's Athenae Oxon., iii. 688; Aubrey's Lives, ii. 323, etc. etc.
p. xiv 1. 13 "the elder Lady Digby." See text, p. 14I.
p. XV 1. 15 "manuscript of elections." See W. H. Black's Catalogue of the Ashmolean JUSS., 240, 131 and 1730, 166.
p. XX 1. 20 Journal of a Voyage to Scanderoon^ ed. J. Bruce for Camden Soc, 1868.
p. xxi 1. 3 "Scanderoon had to be repudiated."
Here is a curious echo of the affair, quoted by Mr. Longueville from Blundell of Crosby. "When the same Sir Kenelm "was provoked in the King's presence "(upon occasion of the old business of " Scanderoon) by the Venetian Ambassa- "dor, who told the King it was very "strange that his Majesty should slight "so much his ancient amity with the most " noble state of Europe, for the affections
C^CPTES
"which he bore to a man (meaning Sir "Kenelm) whose father was a traitor, "his wife a — , and himself a pirate, "altho' he made not the least reply (as "long as the ambassador remained in " England) to those great reproaches, yet "after, when the quality of his enemy "was changed (by his return) to that of a "private person, Sir Kenelm posted after "him to Italy. There sending him a "challenge (from some neighbouring "state) he found the discreet Magnifico "as silent in Italy as himself had been in "England, and so he returned home."
p. xxii 1. 13 The Memoirs were edited by Sir N. H. Nicolas from the Harleian MS. 6758 in