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    IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Ill

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    ducal household evidently accomplished his task to the complete satisfaction of his mistressfor she despatches a supply of this Turkish

    syrup as a rare delicacy to , her father , the King of Denmark ; and moreover says , "We also send your royal dignity different sugars

    of lavender , spikenard , and Dutch balsam , prepared with our own hands , under the direction of our doctor and physician . '' Again ,

    next year " she sets a dainty dish before the king" aforesaid , in the shape modestl of a cask requesting of field-fares the present , preserve of d two in butter tons under of herrings her own in

    return eye , . How y the homely old ways and customs of mankind have been polished and furbished since the days of the Duchess

    not Dorothea quite ! so Onl great y fancy a lad the at present Princess up as Frederick the ancestress William of her of husband Prussia ,

    was in her time , fancy , y if you can , the princess exchanging such souvenirs with her papa , H . R . H . Prince Albert !

    These _' German dames , an d their lords- likewise , were an open-handed race . Presents of some sort , many of the homeliest description , seem

    to have been perpetually given and received among them . Especially was the time-honored custom of proving the good will which inspires

    kept good up wishes . On for one the occasion new : year the , by duchess an accompany sends her ing father gift , a most huge activel cask of y

    d lampreys ' _amotir in , while the form she herself of quinces receives preserved from the with Duchess honey , of — Liegnit a really z detes a gage

    table compound we should think , —and others preserved with sugar . The donor begs her friend to eat them for her sake , and adds , " If they

    like you well I shall be greatly pleased . " Preserves of all kinds , finutscherriesandabove allNuremberg gingerbreadwere the

    gs , , , , , , to simp accept le dainties . The these Duchess good Dorothe housewives a treats loved Count equall Christian y to bestow of Hol anS

    stein to a new year ' s gift of preserved cherries , apples , and gingerbread ; at the same time she receives from _Diike Frederick of

    Leignitz some fine melons , almost the first specimens of this fruit which had ever foun 4 their way to Prussia ; not to be outdone she

    returns a magnificent salmon by the duke ' s messenger . A good brewing of beer was a very acceptable love-token , especially when

    it came from Mecklenburg or Hamburg , both places famed far and wide for the beverage of John Barleycorn . The Duchess Anna

    Sophia of Mecklenburg bestows good beer with great generosity on her friends she sends off ten barrels as a new year ' s gift to the

    Duke of Prussia ; and writes"We have had this strong beer brewed for your grace , with especial , care , and hope it will be your

    pleasure to receive it as a sign of our good will and friendliness . " Duke Albert about the same time receives from the Count Von

    Henneberg an appropriate pendant to the lady ' s offering , — "A fair drinking cup , curiously wrought by Master Peter Zinek from

    Thuringian wood ; " the count gallantly adds a present for the duchess , of " slippers embroidered with much art and subtlety . " The duchess

    sends as new year ' s presents , salmon , dried fish , beaver ' s tails , and . a

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    IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY . Ill

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/39/