^ Sweet Bag, ^Pot-pourri and other gripes ffc 



A sweet smelling Perfume. 



Take a pound of fresh-gathered Orange Flowers, of 

 common Roses, Lavender Seeds, and Musk Roses, each 

 half a pound ; of Sweet Marjoram Leaves, and Clove- 

 july-flowers picked, each a quarter of a pound ; of 

 Thyme, three ounces ; of Myrtle Leaves, and Melilot 

 Stalks stripped of their Leaves, each two ounces ; of 

 Rosemary Leaves, and Cloves bruised, each an ounce ; 

 of Bay Leaves, half an ounce. 



Let these ingredients be mixed in a large pan covered 

 with parchment, and be exposed to the heat of the sun 

 during the whole summer ; for the first month stirring 

 them every other day with a stick, and taking them within 

 doors in rainy weather. Towards the end of the season 

 they will afford an excellent composition for a perfume ; 

 which may be rendered yet more fragrant, by adding a 

 little scented Cypress-powder, mixed with coarse Violet- 



P° wder - The Toilet of Flora. 



SWEET WATERS 



Divers sorts of sweet handwaters made suddenly or extem- 

 pore with extracted oyles of spices. 

 First you shall understand, that whensoever you shall 

 draw any of the Oyles of Cynamon, Cloves, Mace, Nut- 

 megs or such like, that you shall have also a pottle or a 

 gallon more or lesse, according to the quantity which 

 I you draw at once, of excellent sweet washing water for 

 your table ; yea some doe keepe the same for their 



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