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Spirits. Let the Flowers (land in infufion^ 

 eight days, or lefs if ftraitened for time ^5 

 then diilil off the Spirit, in a water-bath 

 with a brifk fire, at firft in large drops 

 or even a fmall ftream, that the EiTentiai 

 Gil of the Flowers may rife with the Spi- 

 rit. But as this cannot be done without- 

 the phlegm coming over the helm at the 

 fame time, the Spirit muft be rectified. 

 The firfl difrillation being fmifhed, iinlute 

 the ftili, throw away what remains in the 

 body, and fill it v/ith frelh Flowers of 

 Lavender^ in the proportion of two pounds 

 of Lavender Flowers to one pint of Spi- 

 rit j pour the Spirit already diflilled ac- 

 cording to the foregoing diredions, on the 

 Lavender Flowers, and diilil a fecond time 

 in a vapour-bath. 



54. Another Method, . ^ 

 Take frefh or dried Lavender FlowerSg' . 

 fprinklc them with White Wine, Brandy, 



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