How is one to know how much Smallage was got for a penny in mid-seventeenth century?
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Kenelm Digby
To this quantity put as much Smallage as you buy for a peny, which maketh it strong of the Herb, and very green.
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Kenelm Digby
Chop the Smallage exceeding small, and put it in a good half hour before you are to take your possnet from the fire.
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Kenelm Digby