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The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex containing directions of behaviour, in all places companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house. Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world. prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. The third edition. By Hannah Woolley.

by Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.
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The cook's guide: or, Rare receipts for cookery Published and set forth particularly for ladies and gentlwomen; being very beneficial for all those that desire the true way of dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowles, and fish; the best directions for all manner of kickshaws, and the most ho-good sawces: whereby noble persons and others in their hospitalities may be gratified in their gusto's. Never before printed. By Hannah Wolley.

by Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.
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Countrey contentments, or The English husvvife Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physicke, surgerie, extraction of oyles, banqueting-stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preseruing of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distillations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth, dying, the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, oats, their excellent vses in a family, brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold. A worke generally approued, and now much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessarie for all men, and dedicated to the honour of the noble house of Exceter, and the generall good of this kingdome. By G.M.

by Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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A way to get vvealth containing six principal vocations or callings, in which euery good husband or house-wife may lawfully imploy themselues, as I. The natures ordering, curing, breeding, choise use, and feeding of all sorts of cattle and fowle ..., II. The knowledge, vse, and laudable practise of all the recreations meet for a gentleman, III. The office of housewife, in physicke, surgery, extraction of oyles ..., IV. The enrichment of the weald in Kent, V. The husbanding, and enriching of all sorts of barraine grounds ..., VI. The making of orchards, planting, and grafting ... /

by Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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The true way of preserving and candying, and making several sorts of sweet-meats. According to the best and truest manner Made publick for the benefit of all English ladies and gentlewomen; especially for my scholars.

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The true way of preserving & candying, and making several sorts of sweet-meats, according to the best & truest manner Made publick for the benefit of all English ladies and gentlewomen; especially for my schollars.

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Five hundred points of good husbandry as well for the champion or open countrey, as also for the woodland or several, mixed in every moneth, with houswifery, over and besides the book of houswifery : corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the farmer ... : also two tables, one of husbandry, and the other of houswifery ... /

by Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580.
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Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France /

by Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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The English house-wife containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman. As her skill in physick, surgery, cookery, extraction of oyles, banquetting stuffe, ordering of great feasts, preserving of all sorts of wines, conceited secrets, distilations, perfumes, ordering of wooll, hempe, flax, making cloth, and dying: the knowledge of dayries, office of malting, of oates, their excellent uses in a family, of brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold. A worke generally approved, and now the fifth time much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this Kingdome. By G.M.

by Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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Xenophons treatise of house holde

by Xenophon.
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Xenophons treatise of housholde

by Xenophon.
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A way to get wealth containing six principall vocations, or callings, in which every good husband or huswife may lawfully employ themselves ... /

by Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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Countrey contentments, in two bookes the first, containing the whole art of riding great horses in very short time, with the breeding, breaking, dyeting and ordring of them, and of running, hunting and ambling horses, with the manner how to vse them in their trauell. Likewise in two newe treatises the arts of hunting, hawking, coursing of grey-hounds with the lawes of the leash, shooting, bowling, tennis, baloone &c. By G.M. The second intituled, The English husvvife: containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman: as her phisicke, cookery, banqueting-stuffe, distillation, perfumes, wooll, hemp, flaxe, dairies, brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold. A worke very profitable and necessary for the generall good of this kingdome.

by Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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The gentlewoman's delight in cookery containing the newest art of dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, or fish, either roasted, boiled, baked, stewed, fryed, broyled, hasht or frigaced. Together with the true way of raising paste, and making pyes, pasties, tarts, cakes, custards, &c. Also how to make all sorts of broths, caudles, syrups, jellies; and the exact way of making divers sorts of pickles, &c. Likewise directions for garnishing, serving up, and setting out a table; ... To which is added, the art of preserving, conserving, and candying all sorts of fruits, flowers, buds, roots, herbs, &c. With a most excellent receipt for making beautifying water to clear the face, neck, hands, & whiten the skin. Very beneficial for all young gentlewomen and servant-maids. Licensed according to order.

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The gentlewomans cabinet unlocked Wherein is contained many excellent receipts for neat dressing of divers sorts of meats; as flesh and fish, with their proper sauces· Also directions for the best way of making pancakes, fritters, tansies, puddings, custards, cheesecakes. And such like fine knacks. And other delicate dishes, which are most frequently used in gentlemens houses.

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Five hundred points of good husbandry as well for the champion or open countrey, as also for the woodland or several, mixed, in every moneth, with huswifery, over and besides the book of huswifery : corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the farmer ... : also two tables, one of husbandry, and the other of huswifery ... /

by Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580.
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A way to get wealth Containing six principal vocations, or callings, in which every good husband or house-wife may lawfully imploy themselves. As, 1. The nature, ordering, curing, breeding, choice, use, and feeding of all sorts of cattel, and fowl, fit for the service of man: as also the riding and dieting of horses, ... 2. The knowledge, use, and laudable practice or all the recreations meet for a gentleman. 3. The office of a house-wife, ... 4. The inrichment of the weald in Kent. 5. The husbanding and inriching of all sorts of barren grounds, ... 6. The making of orchards, planting and grafting, the office of gardening, and the ornaments, with the best husbanding of bees. The first five books gathered by G.M. The last by Master W.L. for the benefit of Great-Brittain.

by Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Lawson, William, fl. 1618.
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Natvrall and artificiall conclvsions Compiled first in Latine, by the worthiest and best authors, both of the famous University of Padua in Italy, and divers other places. Englished since, and set forth by Thomas Hill, Londoner, whose own experiments in this kinde, were held most excellent. And now againe published, with a new addition of rarities, for the practise of sundry artificers; as also to recreate wits withall at vacant times.

by Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.
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A hundreth good pointes of husbandry lately maried vnto a hundreth good poynts of huswifery: newly corrected and amplified with dyuers proper lessons for housholders, as by the table at the latter ende, more plainly may appeare: set foorth by Thomas Tusser Gentle man, seruant to the right honorable Lorde Paget of Beudefert.

by Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580.
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The booke of caruing, and sewing and all the feastes in the yeere, for the seruive of a prince or any other estate, as yee shall finde each office, the seruice according in this booke follovving.

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