Flesh fork
36. He beareth a Forke, or a
Flesh forke: and a cleever.
These are 2 Instruments used for the ordering of flesh appointed for the caldron or pott, the cleever to cut it in peece makeing a seperation of Bones, that the vessell may receiue it: and the forke to take it out, when sufficiently Boiled but of them in particular.
Cleaver
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Forks
37. He beareth two table
forkes, or two tosting Forks.
The flesh forke, and Tosting forke, are of different natures, the first stronge, fit to beare a great weight with, by the strength of the handle : being generally all Iron. The second slender and long haueing an Handle of wood which will beare no great weight, being to tost, or roast before the fire, any small thing fixed on the points thereof.
Flesh pot
38. He beareth a Flesh pott,
or a Brasse pott, or a pott to boile in:
in cheife a pott lid.
Pot lid
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In the chief of this square is a potlide, or pot-cover, by it the pott is preserved from haueing soot, or other dirt falling into it, while it is ouer the fire, or set else where with any thing in it.
Related text(s) Flesh pot parts
Pot hooks
39. He beareth a paire of
hanging pot hookes.
This of course must come after the flesh pott haueing a dependency vpon it, and without it the pott cannot well be set ouer the fire, for 2 hookes holds the pott be the eares, and the top hooke, put in a Link of a chaine, hung ouer crosse the chimney aboue the mantle-tree: so that it is thereby set higher, or lett downe lower, as occasion is.
Pot rack
40. He beareth a pott rack,
with an hanging Branrett thereat.
This is a countrey way of hanging potts, and pans ouer the fire, where by the lowering, or putting vp of the rack, the pott or pan is the same from the heate of the fire.
Pot hook
Image from proof plateIn the dexter side is a pott hooke, or an hand hooke for the pott. With two of these hookes a pott is lifted off and on the fire at pleasure by takeing the pott by the eares with them, and soe beareing it vp.
Gridiron
41. He beareth a Grid-Iron.
Chimney grate
42. He beareth a Chimney,
or Chamber fire grate adorned with a
flower de luce.
Related text(s) Chimney grate parts
Besom
43. He beareth a Besom, or
Beazom.
This kind of thing though in generall it be termed a Beazom, yet according to the matter it is made off it hath an additional denomination, as a Broome, a Birch, a Rush, or a Heath Beazom, nay some for washed and rubbed romes, haue Beazoms made of swin Bristles, set in round peeces of wood like Brushes, with long handles at them after the maner of this beazom brush as some call it.
Long brush
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In the sinister side, is a Long-Brush, or a Handle, Brush, or a Brush with a Handle, or an Hand brush; because it hath an Handle, and is a part of the Plasterers coat, it is contrary to the Bristle Brushes or them made of haire, called Beever Brushes, whose figure is numb:65.
These kind of brushes are called according to their use, and Imploy: and after their size, and bignesse, a cloathes brush, comb brush, Beard brush, and the like, the first being made of Heath stripped from the leaues and boiled to make them red, and gentle, and apt to bend: the other two made of bristles and horse haire.
Posset pot
Image from proof plate44. He beareth a possett pott, or a wassell cup, or a sallibube pott, haueing 2 handle, with a pipe on the side. This kind of vessell is made either of earth, or mettle, according to the greatnesse and riches of the person. Its name shews its use and therefore of it shall say noe more.
Close stool pan
45. He beareth a stoole pan,
or close stoole pan.
This is used by sick and infirme persons to ease nature in the bed chamber, when they are not able to stire out. There is an other kind used after the same maner by diseased persons in their beds, when they cannot rise as ca:10. numb:10.
Stewpan
46. He beareth a stew pan,
or ladle skellet, to preserue or conserue
sweete meates in, betweene a paire of
spectacles and a dish couer.
These three things are necessary for this kind of Imploy viz: makeing of sweete meates, whether by preserueing, or conserueing: the first inspects the worke, the second performes the worke, and the last couers and secures the worke: but of them more particularly.
[Spectacle description here]
The stew pan is borne by seuerall, as I haue shewed numb. 11. and the addition to the first and second chapters of this booke numb, 41. Also a like stewing pan with the handle turned downe at the end, for it to stand stiddy vpon, with smoake assendant from it.
The drawing matching the plate (shown here) is identified in the manuscript as a bed-pan.
Spectacles
The spectacles are round glasses set
in frames of siluer or bone, which
according to the age of the person
that useth them, are wrought thicker
in the middle of the glasse then in the
sides, which makes any thing bigger
that is seene throw it.
Dish cover
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The dish couer is generally made of Tyn or copper, is [it] riseth piramed like, to a round top where is fastened a ring to take it off, and put it vpon a dish, pott or pan, to keepe the heate and steame in that the thing therein may heate or boile the sooner.
Hour glass
47. He beareth an Houre
glasse.
Urinal
48. He beareth a vrinall.
This is a cleare and thynn glass bottle, with a long neck and round body: it is vsed by doctors, Apothicaries, and such as follow phisick, to put in the water of diseased bodyes for them to looke at, and to giue their judgement of the distemper. This Mr. Boswell' (pa. 117, 131) termes a phyale, or viall: giueing it the same description as aboue said: and is vsed to put wine in to distinguish the colours. but the viall is shewed before, numb, 6.
Double cup salt
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In the sinister chief of this square is a kind of double cup salt.
Lamp
49. He beareth a Lampe.
Lamp
50. He beareth a Lampe.
This may also be
termed a Bacon pott as cha:18, numb.
39, 48.
Lamp
51. He beareth a Lampe.
Cressant
52. He beareth a cressant.
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