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would our fashionable fair laclies think of the following, given in 

 this curious book ? "Cosmetic or Beauty- water : take white ceruse, 

 juice of lemons, whiles of eggs, camphire, borax, myrrlie, frank- 

 incense, and mastick, infuse them twenty-four hours in tile-tree 

 water and elder-Avater, and distill." This water whitens the skin 

 and makes it smooth. There is cdso aiuong the electuaries " An 

 Electuary for Kings," componnded of "pine-nuts, red roses, sweet 

 almonds, yellow saunders, ambergreese, musk, and sugar, dissolved 

 in rose-water;" the virtues — "it cools, dryes, and strengthens." 

 Among the extracts, there is one called an " Extract of Lungs," 

 composed of fox's lungs, Paul's betony, hyssop, scabious, anise 

 and fennel seed, " good againstweakness and diseases of the lungs." 

 Another, called "Celestial Treacle," composed of benedicta, ma- 

 gistcry of coral, pearl hyacinth, rubens, smaragds, bezoor, scaled 

 earth, unicorn's horn, bone of a stag's heart," etc. ; " it is admi- 

 rable to appease the troubled spirits, and strengthen the natural 

 balsam of life. Among the ointments there is one called " Sym- 

 pathetic Ointment," composed partly of washed earthworms, 

 brain of a pig, red sanders, mummy, and the moss of a dead 

 man's skull not burned ; a note says, " the moss of a dead man's 

 skull is to be taken in the increase of the Moon, and when she 

 is in a good house of Venus, not of Saturn or Mars, and you 

 must make the ointment when the sun is in Libra. All wounds 

 are cured by this ointment (provided the nerves and arteries be 

 not hurt) ; anoint the weapon that made the wound, daily once 

 if there be need, and the wound be great." 



The 'Dispensatory' contains also many curious preparations from 

 minerals, earths, and precious stones ; also from pearls, coral, and 

 talc. There is a preparation called oil of talc, liquor of talc, 

 cream of talc, tincture of talc ; and most of the latter were used 

 as cosmetics. 



Dr. Rowland has an epistle directed to the Right Honour- 

 able and others the merchant adventurers in England, and to 

 all ingenious druggists, chirurgeons, apothecaries, and all such as 

 study philosophy or physic in their mother-tongue, and it ends 

 as follows : — " And for you, my countrymen, that study physick 

 and phylosophy in your mother-tongue (not with inteiit to de- 

 ceive the people by damnable fortune-telling or rather witchcraft, 

 for from such I expect nothing but railing, as I have formerly 

 received since I first opposed that way), I humbly desire your 



