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violets, orange-flowers, and jasmine, a handful of each; orris-root sliced,
benjamin and storax, two ounces of each; a quarter of an ounce of musk; a
quarter of a pound of angelica-root sliced; a quart of the red parts of
clove-gillyflowers; two handfuls of lavender-flowers-half a handful of
rosemary-flowers; bay and laurel leaves' half a handful of each; three Seville
oranges, stuck as full of cloves as possible, dried in a cool oven, and pounded;
half a handful of knotted marjoram; and two handfuls of balm of Gilead dried.
Cover all quite close. When the pot is uncovered the perfume is very fine.
A quicker sort of Sweet Pot.
Take three handfuls of orange-flowers, three of clove-gillyflowers, three of
damask roses, one of knotted marjoram, one of lemon-thyme, six bay-leaves, a
handful of rosemary, one of myrtle, half one of mint, one of lavender, the rind
of a lemon, and a quarter of an ounce of cloves. Chop all; and put them in
layers, with pounded bay-salt between, up to the top of the jar.
If all the ingredients cannot be got at once, put them in as you get them;
always throwing in salt with every new article.
To make Wash-Balls.
Shave thin two pounds of new white soap into about a tea-cupful of rose-water;
then pour as much boiling water on as will soften it. Put into a brass pan a
pint of sweet oil, fourpenny-worth of oil of almonds, half a pound of
spermaceti, and set all over the lire till dissolved; then add the soap, and
half an ounce of camphor that has first been reduced to powder by nibbing it in
a mortar with a few drops of spirit of wine, or lavender-water, or any other
scent. Boil ten minutes; then pour it into a basin, and stir till it is quite
thick enough to roll up info hard balls, which must then be done as soon as
possible. If essence is used, stir it in quick after it is taken off the fire,
that the flavour may not fly off.
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