^ Sweet Bag, ^Pot-pourri and other Recipes @g 



For Fine Linnen. 



Take of orrice 4 pounds, callamase half a pound, ben- 

 jamin a pound, storax a pound, cloves a quarter of a 

 pound, civet half an ounce, muske an ounce, ointment of 

 oringe flowers 2 ounces, lignum alloes 2 ounces, amber- 

 greese half an ounce, rose wood half a pound ; the amber, 

 civet, musk and ointment of oringes must be mingled 

 together and melt'd and you must either rub the roses 

 with it or else some wool : the wool will keep the smell 

 longest. To every pound of roses a pound of powder. 



Ibid. 



The best way to break Sweet Powder. 



Take of Orrice one pound, Calamus a quarter of a 

 pound, Benjamin one half pound, Storax half a pound, 

 Civet a quarter of an ounce, Cloves a quarter of a pound, 

 Musk one half ounce, Oyl of Orange flowers one ounce, 

 Lignum Aloes one ounce, Rose wood a quarter of a 

 pound, Ambergreece a quarter of an ounce. To every 

 pound of Roses put a pound of powder ; the bag must 

 be of TafTety, or else the Powder will run through. 



A Queen's Delight (1664). 



Sweet-scented Bags to lay with Linen. 



Eight ounces of coriander-seeds, eight ounces of sweet 

 orris-root, eight ounces of damask rose leaves, eight 

 ounces of calamus aromaticus, one ounce of mace, 

 one ounce of cinnamon, half an ounce of cloves, four 

 drachms of musk-powder, two drachms of white loaf 

 sugar, three ounces of lavender flowers, and some of 



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