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Both thefe pomatums are good Cofme- 

 tics ; they foften the fkin, and preferve it 

 cool and fmooth. 



1 8 6. Lavender Pomatum. 



Take two pounds and a half of Hog's 

 Lard, ten pounds of Lavender Flowers, 

 and a quarter of a pound of Virgin's 

 Wax ; put two pounds of picked Laven* 

 der Flowers into a proper veflel with the 

 Hog's Lard, and knead them with your 

 hands into as uniform a pafte as poffible. 

 Put this mixture into a pewter, tin, or 

 ftone pot, and cork it tight; place the 

 veflel in a vapour-bath, and let it Hand fix 

 hours; at the expiration of which time, 

 ftrain the mixture through a coarfe linen 

 cloth, with the afliftance of a prefs. 

 Throw away the Lavender Flowers as 

 ufelefs, pour the melted Lard back into 

 the fame pot, and add four pounds of 



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