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bruifed in thediftilled Water of Mallows, 

 or Orange Flowers, for twelve hours, and 

 forcibly fqueezing out the liquor, make, 

 with this mucilage, and the preceding 

 Powders and Oils, a flifFPafte, which is 

 to be dried in the fiiade, and formed into 

 round balls. Nothing exceeds this Soap 

 for fmoothing the fkin, or rendering the 

 hands delicately white. 



250. Fine fcen i ed Wafl:- h a II, 



Take of the befl White Soap, half a 

 pound, and fhave it into thin flices with 

 a knife; then take two ounces and a half 

 of Florentine Orrice, three quarters of 

 an ounce of Calamus Aromaticus, and 

 the fame quantity of Elder Flowers ; of 

 Cloves, and dried Rofe Leaves, each half 

 an ounce-, Coriander-feeds, Lavender, and 

 Bay Leaves, of each a drachm, with three 

 K 5 drachms 



