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Flowers lie mixed with it ; and the former will hence 



acquire a very agreeable perfume. 



In the same manner are prepared, Hyacinth, Musk 



Rose, and Damask Rose Powders, &c. 7 , . , 



ibid. 



To make Mosse Powder. 



Take two pound of Mosse of a sweet Apple tree, 

 gathered between the two Lady-dayes, and infuse it in a 

 quart of Damask rose-water, four and twentie houres ; 

 then take it out, and dry it in an oven upon a sive's bot- 

 tome, and beat it to a powder ; put to it an ounce of 

 Lignum Aloes, beaten and searced, two ounces of Orris, 

 a dramme of Musk, half a dram of amber-greece, a 

 quarter of a dram of Civet ; put all these into a hot 

 Mortar and Pestle, and beat them together : then searce 

 them thorow a coorse haire searce, and put it into a bag 

 and lay it among your clothes. 



Sir Hugh Platt. Delights for Ladies (1594). 



Damask Powder. 



Take five ounces of Orace, two ounces of Cypresse, 

 two ounces of Calamus, halfe an ounce of Cloves, one 

 ounce of Benjamin, one ounce of rose leaves, one ounce 

 of Storax calamitum, half an ounce of Spike flowers ; 

 mix them well together. t, •, 



Perfumed Powder. 



Take a pound of Florentine Orrice-root, two ounces of 

 Gum Benjamin, a pound of dried Roses, an ounce of 

 Storax, an ounce and a half of Yellow Sanders, a quarter 

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