^ Sweet flag, 'Pot-pourri and other %ectpes (j£ 



dram ; bruise all these, and put them into a bag of Silk 

 or Linnen, but silk is the best. 



Gervase Markham. The English Housewife (1625). 



To make sweet powder for bags. 



Take of Orris four ounces, of Rose leaves dryed two 

 handfuls, of dryed Marjerom one handful, of Spike one 

 handful, Cloves one ounce, Benjamin two ounces, of 

 white Sanders and yellow of each one ounce, beat all 

 these into a gross powder, then put to it of Musk a dram, 

 of Civet half a dram, and of Ambergreece half a dram, 

 then put them into a Taffety Bag and use it. », . , 



A sweet bag. 



Take half a pound of Benjamin and half a pound of 

 storacks, half a pound of orris, an ounce of cloves, and a 

 few orange peels dryed, a little sweet marjerrum dryed ; 

 beat all these pretty gross. 



Take half a bushell of Damask Roses, and a gentle fire 

 under a Still : fill the Still with roses, first damp them, 

 then take them out and put them into a large dish and 

 pull them all to pieces while they be hot. Strew these, 

 powders being mixt, on the roses, work all these together 

 so that the powder may stick on the roses, and thus till 

 all the roses be done ; then take a great preserveing glass 

 or 2 that will more than hold it and lay in a lay of roses 

 and strew in some powder ; so do till all be in the glasses. 

 Then bind it up close with a double white paper and 

 leather on the top. Then set it as hot as you can in the 

 sun every day. Shake the glasses very well if you find it do 

 cake in the middle, put your hand in the glasses and stir 

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