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Bethia Cartwright of Salem, Massachusetts, who died in 1640, disposed by will of her bedding and bed, pewter platters, a “double saltseller … half a dozen spoones and a porrenger,” and a “box of linning, with a pay re of shetes.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Bethia Cartwright of Salem, Massachusetts, who died in 1640, disposed by will of her bedding and bed, pewter platters, a “double saltseller … half a dozen spoones and a porrenger,” and a “box of linning, with a pay re of shetes.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Bethia Cartwright of Salem, Massachusetts, who died in 1640, disposed by will of her bedding and bed, pewter platters, a “double saltseller … half a dozen spoones and a porrenger,” and a “box of linning, with a pay re of shetes.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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One thing further was worth observation; that white mettall (as silver) dipped into them, presently seemeth to resemble copper: which we first noted by putting a silver porrenger into one of these; unto which _Sir
Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain Edmund Deane
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In one comer of the room stood a woman washing, and, shivering over a small fire, two healthy but half naked children; the infant was asleep beside its mother, and, on a chair by the bed side, stood a porrenger and wooden spoon, containing a little gruel, and a tea-cup with about two spoonfulls of wine in it.
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To a porrenger full of this melted, put the yolk of a new-laid egg beaten with the juyce of an Orange (or less if you like it not so sharp) and a little Sugar; and let this stew gently a little while altogether, and so drink it.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634
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A quarter or half an hour before you intend to take it off, take out a porrenger full of broth, and put to it some Pepper and five or six Cloves and a Nutmeg, and some Saffran, and mingle them well in it.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634
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a silver porrenger or piece, with the juyce of an orange and sugar, warm it on the coals, and give it the weak party.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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