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in a Mortar : Mix this well with your Paste, and make it 

 up into Balls. Ibid. 



To MAKE PERFUMED POWDER. Take four ounces of 

 Florence Orris, four ounces of dry'd Damask Roses, half an 

 Ounce of Benjamin, a quarter of an Ounce of Storax, as 

 much of yellow Saunders, half a dram of Cloves, and a little 

 Citron Peel; pound all these in a Mortar to a very fine 

 Powder, put to them five pounds of Starch pounded, mix 

 them well, sift it fine, and keep it dry for use. Ibid. 



TO TAKE AWAY FRECKLES AND MORPHEW. Distil Elder 



Leaves in May, and wash with a Spunge with this Liquor 

 Morning and Evening, and let it dry of itself. Ibid. 



DELICATE WASH-BALLS. Take four Ounces of the 

 Flowers of Lavender, 4 ounces of Calamus Aromaticus, 2 

 ounces of Rose Leaves, 2 ounces of Cypress, and 6 Ounces of 

 Orris ; pound all these together in a Mortar, then searse them 

 through a fine searse, then having scraped a sufficient 

 quantity of Castile Soap, dissolve it in Rose-Water, mix the 

 Powder with them, beat and blend them well together, in a 

 Mortar, then make them up into Balls. Ibid. 



To MAKE A SWEET-BAG FOR LINEN. Take of Orris roots, 

 sweet Calamus, cypress-roots, of dried Lemon-peel, and dried 

 Orange-peel ; of each a pound ; a peck of dried roses ; make 

 all these into a gross powder; coriander-seed four ounces, 

 nutmegs an ounce and a half, an ounce of cloves ; make all 

 these into fine powder and mix with the other; add musk 

 and ambergris; then take four large handfuls of lavender 

 flowers dried and rubbed; of sweet-marjoram, orange- 

 leaves, and young walnut-leaves, of each a handful, all dried 

 and rubb'd ; mix all together, with some bits of cotton per- 

 fum'd with essences, and put it up into silk bags to lay with 

 your Linnen. E. Smith, The Compleat Housewife, 1736. 



RECIPE FOR POT POURRI. Thoroughly dry the flowers 

 to be used. There must be no particle of moisture left 



