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EfTence, as fancy dire<5ts. It is alfo very 

 good to prevent marks in the face from 

 the Small. pox ; in which lail cafe, a little 

 powder of Saffron, or fome deficcative 

 povvder, fuch as Flowers of Zinc or French 

 Chalk, is ufually added. Keep it for uie 

 in a large gallypot tied over with a 

 bladder. 



1 84. Cucumler Pomatum. 

 Take yog's Lard, a pound •, ripe Me- 

 lons, and^ Cucumbers, of each three pounds, 

 Vcrji^ice, half a pint ; two pippins pared, 

 ancj a pint of Cow's Milk. Slice the Me- 

 loris. Cucumbers, and Apples, having firft 

 pakd them ; bruife them in the Verjuice, 

 and, together with the Milk and Hog's 

 Lard, put them into an alembic. Let them 

 infufe in avapour-bath eight or ten hours 5 

 then fqueeze out the Liquor through a 

 ftraining cloth while the mixture is hot, 



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