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An excellent Water for the Head and for Sleep called ye 

 Emperour Charleses Water. 

 When roses are blown, take a quart of good aquavitae 

 in a glass with a narrow neck and when the roses are half 

 blown take a handfull of the leaves without ye seed, put 

 them into the glass and when the marioran bloweth and 

 the Apiastrum, take then a handfull of their buds, chop 

 them small and put them into the glass. Take also 

 Cloves, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Mace, Cardamum, of each 

 an ounce and a half : bruise all these grossly and put it in 

 the glass and when the lavender and rosemary are blown 

 add a handfull of each flowers, also, shake them well 

 together and stop it close : let it stand 10 days in a hot 

 sun : it must be used by anointing the temples and 

 nostrells ; it fortifieth and corroborateth the head and 

 memory. qy Book j simples (circa 1650). 



A curious Perfume. 



Boil, in two quarts of Rose-water, an ounce of Storax, 

 and two ounces of Gum Benjamin ; to which add, tied 

 up in a piece of gauze or thin muslin, six Cloves bruised, 

 half a drachm of Labdanum, as much Calamus Aromati- 

 cus, and a little Lemon-peel. Cover the vessel up close, 

 and keep the ingredients boiling a great while : strain off 

 the liquor without strong pressure, and let it stand till it 

 deposit the sediment, which keep for use in a box. 



The Toilet of Flora. 



Compound Balm-Water, commonly called Eau de Carmes. 



Take of the fresh Leaves of Balm, a quarter of a pound ; 

 Yellow Rind of Lemons, two ounces ; Nutmegs and 

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