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A66839	Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.	The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.	1677		.xml	application/xml	28900	951	75	Take the leav●s of Coltsfoot and wash them very clean , then wipe them wi●h a clean cloth leaf by l●a● , then dry them well with a cloth , then beat them in a morter and put them in a strainer , and wring all ●●e juice ou● of them and put it into glasses , ●nd let it stand in them to settle all Night , ●he next day pour out the clearest of the ●uice from the grounds into a clear bason , and take for every pint thereof a pound of Suga● finely beaten , boyl the juice of Colts●foot softly on a Charcole fire , and when you have well scum'd it , put in the Sugar according to its proportion , and so let ther● boyl together keeping it with due scummin● until it will stand on a stiff purl , dropping it on a plate : Then take it from the fire , and pour it thorow a Jelly bag into a fair Bason , putting first a branch or two of Ros●mary into the bags bottom , then keep it stirring with a spoon until it be lukewarm , otherwise it will have a Cream upon it , so letting it stand all night , put it in what vessels you think fit to keep it in , for your future use and service . So that if you carefully and diligently peruse this Book , and observe the directions therein given , you will soon gain the Title of a Complete Servan●-maid , which may be the means of making you a good Mistress : For there is no Sober , Honest , and Discreet man , but will make choice of one , that hath Gained the Reputation of a Good and Complete Servant , for his Wife , rather than one who can do nothing but Trick up her self fine , an● like a Bartholomew Baby● is fit for nothing else but to be looked upon .	cache/A66839.xml	txt/A66839.txt
