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that is yet known in the world, has 

 9 but a very faint and fcarce a pleafant 

 fent. And I remember, that I have 

 feen fome hundreds of ounces toge- 

 ther newly brought from the Eaft- 

 Indies 5 but if I had not been before 

 acquainted with the fmell of Amber- 

 greece alone-, and had had onely the 

 vulgar conceit of it, that 'tis the 

 beft and ftrongeft of perfumes, my 

 Noftrills would fcarce have made 

 me fufpeft thofe lumps to have been 

 any thing a-kin to Amber-greece.But 

 if a due proportion of Musk D or even 

 Civet, be dexteroufly mixt with Am- 

 ber, the latent fragrancy, though it 

 be thereby fomewhat compounded, 

 will quickly be called forth, and ex* 

 ceedingly heightned. And indeed 

 'tis not, as 'tis commonly prefumed* 

 the plenty of the richeft Ingredients, 

 as Amber-greece and Musk, but the 

 jjuft proportion and skilful mixture 

 of them, that makes the nobleft and 

 moft lafting perfume , of which I 

 have had fufficient experiences fo 

 that with a far lefs quantity of Musk 



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