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    How to Make French Toast, 1660

    French Toasts. Cut French Bread, and toast it in pretty thick toasts on a clean gridiron…

    How to Choose a Cravat, 1828

    Although coloured Cravats are made of more costly materials than those which are entirely plain…

    How to Slim Down in Fourteen Days, 1595

    An excellent and approved thing to make them slender, that are grosse…

    How to Kill Fleas, 1688

    Take an Earthen Platter, that is broad and shallow, fill it half full with Goats Blood…

    How to Eat Seasonally, 1746

    Experience teacheth, that Hens are best in January; Eggs in February…

    How to Kill Snakes, 1688

    How to Treat Baldness, 13th century

    By frequently rubbing your bald spots with ground onions…

    How to Change a Diaper, 1612

    How the childe must be made cleane… The Nurse, or some other, must sit neare the fire…

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