$66 Appendix 16 the Art of Cookery* 
How to make fweet powder for cloaths. 
TAKE orris roots two pounds and a half, of lignum rodicum 
fix ounces, of fcraped cyprefs roots three ounces, of damafk rofes 
carefully dried a pound and a half, of Benjamin four ounces 
and a half, of ftorax two ounces and a half, of fweet-marjoram 
three ounces, of fabdanum one Ounce, and a dram of calamus 
aromaticus, and one dram of mufk cods, fix drams of lavender 
and flowers, and mellilot flowers, if you pleafe. 
To clean white fattins , flowered Jilks with gold and filver 
in them. 
TAKE Sale bread crumbled very fine, mixed with powder 
blue, rub it very well over the filk or fattin ; then fhake it well, 
and with clean foft cloths duft it well : if any gold or filver 
flowers, afterwards take a piece of crimfon in grain velvet, and 
rub the flowers with it. 
To keep arms , iron , or ft eel from rafting. 
TAKE the filings of lead, or duft of lead, finely beaten in 
an iron mortar, putting to ft oil of fpike, which will make the 
iron fmell well : and if you oil your arms, or any thing that is 
made of iron or fteel, you may keep them in moift airs from 
rufting. 
The Jews way to pickle beef which will go good to the Weft- 
Indies , and keep a year good in the pickle , and with care 
will go to the Eaft-Indies . 
TAKE any piece of beef without bones, or take the bones 
out, if you intend to keep it above a month j take mace, cloves* 
nutmeg, and pepper, and juniper-berries beat fine, and rub 
the beef well, snixt fait and Jamaica pepper, and bay-leaves i 
let it be well feafoned, let it lie in this feafomng a week or ten 
days, throw in a good deal of garlick and lhalot| boil fome of 
the beft white wine vinegar, lay your meat in a pan or good 
veiTel for the purpofe, with the pickle ; and when the vinegar 
Is quite cold, pour it over, cover it clofe. If it is for a voyage, 
cover it with oil, and let the cooper hoop up the barrel 
very well : this is a good way in a hot country, where meat 
wild not keep ; then it muft be put into the vinegar diredlJy 
with 
