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MelafTes Spirit, or Rofe-water ; let them 

 Hand in infufion for fome days, and then 

 diflil off the Spirit. The ditfiiled water 

 will be more odoriferous, if the Flowers 

 are dried in the fun in a glafs bottle clofe 

 flopped, and White Wine afterwards 

 poured upon them. 



If you would have fpeedily, without 

 the trouble of diftillation, a, water im- 

 pregnated with the flavour of Lavender, 

 put two or three drops of Oil of Spike, 

 and a lump of Sugar, into a pint of clear 

 Water, or Spirit of Wine, and fhake 

 them well together in a glafs phial, with 

 a narrow neck. This Water, though 

 not diftilled, is very fragrant. 



$$. To make Rofe- Water. 

 To make an excellent Rofe-water^ 

 let the Flowers be gathered two or three 



hours 



