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To Colour Jellies
Jellies made of Hartshorn, or Calves feet, or legs may be made of what colour your would have them; if white, use almonds pounded & straind after the usual manner; if yellow, put in some yolks of Eggs, or a little Saffron steeped in the jelly and squeezed; if Red, some juice of Beetroot, if grey a little cochineal if purple, some purple Tumsole, or powder of violets; if green, some juice of spinach or the juice of Beet leaves, which must be boiled to take away its crudity
To Make Artificial Flowers
At first you are to make Paste of divers colours, with Gum Dragant thoroughly steeped & mingled with powder Sugar, which is to be well tempered, & beaten in a mortar, till the paste is become pliable for Red, some prepared cochineal may be added; for yellow Gumbooge, for Blue Indigo and orris, & for the green, the juice of Beet leaves, which are to be scalded a little over the fire, to take away their crudity. The pastes being thus ordred & rolled out into very thin peices, may be shaped in the form of several sorts of flowers as Roses, Tulips

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To Colour Jellies Jellies made of Hartshorn, or Calves feet, or legs may be made of what colour your would have them; if white, use almonds pounded & straind after the usual manner; if yellow, put in some yolks of Eggs, or a little Saffron steeped in the jelly and squeezed; if Red, some juice of Beetroot, if grey a little cochineal if purple, some purple Tumsole, or powder of violets; if green, some juice of spinach or the juice of Beet leaves, which must be boiled to take away its crudity To Make Artificial Flowers At first you are to make Paste of divers colours, with Gum Dragant thoroughly steeped & mingled with powder Sugar, which is to be well tempered, & beaten in a mortar, till the paste is become pliable for Red, some prepared cochineal may be added; for yellow Gumbooge, for Blue Indigo and orris, & for the green, the juice of Beet leaves, which are to be scalded a little over the fire, to take away their crudity. The pastes being thus ordred & rolled out into very thin peices, may be shaped in the form of several sorts of flowers as Roses, Tulips