SC - Blue Sauce - Maybe chestnuts?

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Amanda

In a message dated 3/4/99 4:37:45 PM Central Standard Time,
renfrow at skylands.net writes:

> Hello!  I was wondering if anyone out there had a legible copy of the
>  Epistle to Plat's Delightes for Ladies?   If so, what is the missing word
>  below?
>  
>  I teach both fruites and flowers to pre†erue,
>  And candie them, †o Nutmegs, Cloues, and Mace:
>  To make both marchpane pa†te, and †ugred plate,
>  And ca†t the †ame in formes of †weetest grace,
>  Each bird and [ ??? ], so moulded from the life,
>  And after ca†t in †weet compounds of Arte,
>  As if the flesh and forme which Nature gaue,
>  Did †till remaine in euery lim and part.
>  When cry†tall fro†t hath nipt the tender grape,
>  And cleane con†um'd the fruits of euerie vine,
>  Yet heere behold the clu†ters fre†h and faire,
>  Fed from the branch, or hanging on the line,
>  The Wallnut †mall nut, and the Che†nut †weet,
>  Who†e †ugred kernels lo†e their plea†ing ta†te,
>  Are heere from yeere to yeere pre†erued meet,
>  And made by arte with †trongest fruits to la†te
>  Th' artichoke, and th' Apple of †uch †trength,
>  The Quince, Pomgranate, with the Barberie,
>  No †ugar vs'd, yet colour, ta†te and †mell,
>  Are heere maintain'd and kept mo†t naturally.
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Cindy

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