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To make a Pomander. 



Take of Beazon one dram and a halfe, of Storax halfe 

 a dram, of Lignum Aloes in fine powder halfe a scruple, of 

 Labdanum halfe an ounce : powder all these verie fine, 

 and searce them thorow Lawne : and then take of Muske 

 a dram, Ambergreece ten graines, Civet ten graines, and 

 dissolve them in an hot mortar with a little Rose-water, 

 and so make them into a Pomander, putting into it six 

 graines of Civet. 



Sir Hugh Platt. Delights for Ladies (1594). 



A sweet and delicate Pomander. 



Take two ounces of Labdanum, of Benjamin and 

 Storax, one ounce : musk, six grains ; civet, six graines ; 

 Amber-grease, six graines ; of Calamus Aromaticus and 

 Lignum Aloes, of each the weight of a groat ; beat all 

 these in a hot mortar, and with an hot pestall till they 

 come to paste ; then wet your hand with Rose-water 

 and rowle up the paste suddenly. ■., . , 



To renew the scent of a Pomander. 



Take one grain of Civet, and two of Musk, or if you 

 double the Proportion it will be so much the sweeter : 

 grinde them upon a stone with a little Rose-water, and 

 after, wetting your hands with Rose water, you may worke 

 the same in your Pomander. This is a sleight to pass 

 away an old Pomander : but my intention is honest. 



Ibid. 



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