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of an hour ; afterwards ftrain the mixture 

 through a fine linen cloth •, and pour into 

 your pomatum, which muft be again 

 fet on the fire, a fpoonful of Orange- 

 flower Water. Having let them fimmer 

 together a little while, take the pan off the 

 fire, and keep the pomatum ftirring till it 

 become quite cold. It will keep a long 

 while, and is a perfed: cure for chapped 

 lips. 



190. A Tellow Lip-Salve, 



Take Yellow Bee's Wax, two ounces 

 and a half; Oil of Sweet Almonds, a 

 quarter of a pint-, melt the W^ax in the 

 Oil, and let the mixture ftand till it be- 

 comes cold, when it acquires a pretty ftifF 

 confidence. Scrape it into a marble mor- 

 tar, and rub it with a wooden peftle, to 

 render it perfectly fmooth. Keep it for 

 tjfc in a gallypot, clofely covered. 



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