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gently or rather stew keeping it
Make a Syrup of your Sugar and Water; when it is well scummed, put it into a Pewter dish, and your Wardens into the Syrup, and cover it with another Pewter dish; and so let this boil very gently, or rather stew, keeping it very well covered, that the steam get out as little as may be.
— from The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Kenelm Digby

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