§| Ihe Scented Qarden fj£ 



To make an Odoriferant Ball, 



Take Benjamin two drams, Storax, pure fine Ladanum, 

 one dram, Bark of Cedar, the thin rind of Orange 

 and Limon, Violets, Odoriferant Roses, Rosemary, red 

 Sanders, Calamus Aromaticus, 2 scruples. Reduce all 

 these into powder, and make Paste of it with gum 

 Tragaganth steeped in Orange-flower or Rose-water. 

 Then, heat a little the inside of a Mortar, and put a 

 spoonful or two of Orange-flower or Rose-water in it, and 

 upon that put one scruple of Civet, and half a dram of 

 Ambergris, and grind it well together with a warm Pestil. 

 When it is well incorporated, put half a scruple of good 

 Musk to it : which incorporate also ; dropping into the 

 Composition thirty drops of Oyl of Lilly Convally, 

 when it is all cold. Then mix this Composition with the 

 first Paste, working them well together ; and lastly, add 

 to it ten drops of perfect Oyl or Quintessence of Cinamon 

 made by Distillation. Then form this into Balls of such a 

 bignesse as you will have them and dry them in the 

 shadow- T7 -7 



SCENTS 



Hungary Water. 



To one pint of highly rectified spirit of wine, put an 

 ounce of oil of rosemary, and two drachms of essence 

 of ambergris ; shake the bottle several times, than let 

 the cork remain out twenty-four hours. After a month, 

 during which time shake it daily, put the water into small 



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