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of each one handful. Stamp all these in a Stone-mortar, 

 as you get them then put them into a Pottle of Sallet Oyl, 

 and so let them infuse there till you have all the rest together ; 

 for you cannot get them all at one time, but get them as fast 

 as you can. Then put to them and the Oyl a quart of White 

 Wine, and set it over the fire, and boyl it to the Consumption 

 of the Wine ; then take it off and strain it ; then put it into 

 a glass and keep it for use. When you anoint any sore with 

 this do it by the fire side, chafing it well in ; and then lay 

 a Hog's-bladder next to it, and a Linnen upon that. Receipts 

 in Physick and Chimrgery, by Sir Kenelm Digby, 1668. 



To MAKE SWEET WATER. Take Damask Roses at dis- 

 cretion, Basil, Sweet Marjoram, Lavender, Walnut Leafs, 

 of each two handfuls, Rosemary one handful, a little Balm, 

 Cloves, Cinamon, one ounce, Bay leaf, Rosemary tops, Limon 

 and Orange Pills of each a few; pour upon these as much 

 White Wine as will conveniently wet them, and let them 

 infuse ten or twelve days ; then distil it off. Ibid. 



To MAKE PERFUMES TO BURN. Take half a pound of 

 Damask Rosebuds (the whites cut off), Benjamin three 

 ounces beaten to powder, half a quarter of an ounce of Musk, 

 and as much of Ambergris, the like of Civet. Beat all these 

 together in a stone Morter. Then put in an ounce of Sugar, 

 and make it up in Cakes, and dry them in the Sun, or by the 

 fire. Ibid. 



A DELICATE WASH-BALL. Take a quarter of a Pound of 

 Calamus Aromaticus, a quarter of a Pound of Lavender 

 flowers, six ounces of Orris, two ounces of Rose leaves, and 

 an ounce of Cypres ; pownd all these together in a Mortar, 

 and rub them through a fine Sieve, then scrape Castile-soap, 

 and dissolve it in Rose-water, put in your beaten Powder, 

 pownd it in a Mortar, and make it up into Balls. From 

 The Receipt Book of John Nott, Cook to the Duke of Bolt on, 

 1723. 



A GOOD MOUTH-WATER. Boil a Bit of Alum, six Ounces of 

 black Thorn Bark slic'd, and a Handful of red Rose Leaves, 



