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put rnftead of them a pint of Rofe-water 

 fcented with Muik, and if that cannot be 

 procured, ufe common Rofe-water; draw 

 off the Spirit in a water bath, and in a 

 ftream like a thread; taking care to place 

 the receiver in cold water, that the Spirit 

 may cool as fafl as pofftble and thereby the 

 better preferve its perfume. 



yd. Imperial Water* 



Put into a gallon of Brandy, a quarter 

 of a pound of picked Violets, an ounce 

 of Florentine Orrice, a quarter of a pound 

 of Double Jonquils, two ounces of picked 

 Orange Flowers, two Ounces of White 

 Muik-rofes, three ounces of Tuberofes, 

 a drachm of Mace, half a drachm of 

 Cloves, an ounce of QuintelTence of Ber- 

 gamot, and an ounce of QuintelTence of 

 Oranges. All the Flowers mull: be gather- 

 ed in their proper feafon. Obferve to put 



into 



