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{194 Lady Bedles
A Han}

To perfume Damaske Roses.

Take Damaske Roses put them into a wide mouthed Glasse,
& stopp them close with Parchment, sett them upon Leades in
the Sunne, or some very hotte place where the sunne comes,
shaking them twice or thrise day till they be dry, then make
a powder thus.
Take cleare and faire Beniot, florax, Galean, Lignum A=
loes, Amber Gris, Mace of Quants, Lemmon peele, Cittern
peel, Orange peel, Orange flowers, Sweet Marjoram, Lemmon
Time, Myrtle leaves, bruise your hearbes, beat your powder
& take what proportuns will sserve your Rates, & mix the
Quantities as best please your sense; then putt all your powders in=
to the Glasse, tye them with paper & parchment & waxe &
a parchment over that, that no ayre possibly can get in, nor
sent come out; set them in the heat of the Sunne as long
as it last, & in the Evenings and nights keepe it in a Stone;
This doe for a month or five weeks, then you may use it, put
into little Sarenet Baggs, & layne amongst your Clothes, it
will last longest with woollen, This a rare perfum putting
a little of it into your perfuming pann with Orange Flower
water or Rose water or Lemmon lime water.

195

To make the best Pastiles to burn
in the world, taught me
by a servant of Franciso
Morenas, who was his repsen
& came, & made them m my Sanse
before me, his present 17th of November.
1664 m house at the siete simeneas
at Madrid

{A Stan}

Beat & searse a pound & a half of Benjamm
as fine as can be done in the finest cover'd searse
beat on on & quarter of storax in a Morter
grinding it very well, put in to a deep preserving
pan that is round bottm'd, the storax, & thereupon
as much of the damask: rose water, as will wett
it then sett it upona very soft fire, stirring it
very well with a long spatila till it is almost
ready to boyle, the straw in a little Benjamm
stirring it continually, then poure in more rose
water, & then the rest of your Benjamm, & then
more rose-water, in all about 3 Wine Pints,
let it then stand, thus upon the fire, till
with heat thereof, & perpetuall stirring it become
a very thin paste, in the water, against
which time have ready this compound thus prepar'd.
Sett a little brasse morter on the fire and with your
pestle in it fill'd a quarter full with rose water, &
when it is scalding hott, wash the Morter & pistle very
well then dry it with a clean Soft Cloth, sett
it on the fire again; & when it is very soft take
it off, & putt in half an ounce of Amber Greece
grinding

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