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Take three pints of Malmsey, or Muscadine, of Sage and Rue, of each one handful, boil them together gently to one pint, then strain it and set it on the fire again, and put to it one penniworth of Long Pepper,

A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters. W. M.

Take three pints of beer or ale, put five yolks of eggs to it, strain them together, and set it in a pewter pot to the fire, put to it half a pound of sugar, a penniworth of beaten nutmeg, as much beaten cloves, half an ounce of beaten ginger, and bread it.

The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May

Mithridate, two penniworth of Venice Treacle, one quarter of a Pint of hot Angelica Water.

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

Ginger four drams, Nutmegs two drams, all beaten together, then let it boil a little, take it off the fire, and while it is very hot, dissolve therein six penniworth of Mithridate, and three penniworth of Venice

A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters. W. M.

I have seen these Jewels, what a notable penniworth

Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) John Fletcher 1602

“Ye may say that, lad — and yet them that sell it might afford a gude penniworth, for they hae it for the making — maist feck of it ne’er saw France or Portugal.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

“I dinna ken, sir — they used to be thought good for naething, but here and there for a puir body’s bairn, that had gotten the cruells,9 and could not afford a penniworth of salts.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

Wi’ a penniworth of rye-meal, and anither of tryacle, and twa or three carvy-seeds, I will make better confections than ever cam out of his oven.”

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

a little while close covered, then put to it one penniworth of

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

-- Wi 'a penniworth of rye-meal, and anither of tryacle, and twa or three carvy-seeds, I will make better confections than ever cam out of his oven. "

St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801