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u Soarness . How make you pomatum ? 
“ Chirurgu Take the fat of a yearly kyd one pound, tem- 
per it with the water of musk-roses by the space of foure 
dayes, then take five apples, and dresse them, and cut them 
in pieces, and lard them with cloves, then boyl them alto- 
geather in the same water of roses in one vessel of glasse 
set within another vessel, let it boyl on the fyre so long tyll 
it all be white, then wash them with the same water of 
muske-roses, this done kepe it in a glasse and if you will 
have it to smell better, then you must put in a little civet 
or musk, or both, or ambergrice. Gentil women doe use 
this to make theyr faces fayr and smooth, for it healeth 
cliftes in the lippes, or in any places of the hands and 
face.” 
With the omission of the civet or musk I am 
sure this would make to L day a delightful cream ; but 
there is one condition which the “ gentil woman” of 
to-day could scarcely furnish — the infinite patience 
and leisure which accompanied and perfected all 
such domestic work three centuries ago. A po- 
mander was made of “ the maste of a sweet Apple 
tree being gathered betwixt two Lady days,” mixed 
with various sweet-scented drugs and gums and 
Rose leaves, and shaped into a ball or bracelet. 
The successor of the pomander was the Clove 
Apple, or “ Comfort Apple/’ an Apple stuck solidly 
with cloves. In country communities, one was 
given as an expression of sympathy in trouble or 
sorrow. Visiting a country “poorhouse” recently, 
we were shown a “ Comfort-apple ” which had been 
sent to one of the inmates by a friend ; for even 
paupers have friends. 
