Natural Maqick. Boofy .
Another.
If the Face be smeered with the white of an Egg, it will not be Sun-burnr. Withus, women that have to do in the Sun, to defend their Faces from the heat of it, thatthey may not be black, they defend it with the white of an Egg beaten with a littleStarch, and mingled - and when the Voyage is done,they wash off this covering withBarley-water, Some do it
Another way
rubbing their foul Skin with Melon-Rindes; and so they easily rub off Sun-burning;,and all other spots outwardly on the Skin. 'The Seed also bruised and rubbed on,will do it better. Also, a Liquor found in little bladders of the Eim-Trce, whenthe Buds first come forth , makes the Face clear and shining, and takes away Sun-burnings.
Chap. XX.
How Spots may he taken from the Face.
O Ft-times fair women are disgraced by spots in their Faces ; but the Remedyfor it, is this: to use Abstergents and Detergents in whiting of their Faces.
Therefore,
To take off"spots from the Face-,
anoynt the Face with Oyl of Tartar, and let it dry on, and wash it not at all: dothis for ten days: then wash it with a Lixivium, and you shall fee the spots no more.If the part be not yet clean enough, do it once more. If this please you not, take
Another,
Put Quick- Lime into hot water; mingle them, and stir them for ten days. Aftertwo days,pour forth the clear water into a Brazen Vessel: then take Salt-Ammoniacbetween your Finger-tops, and rub it so long at the bottom of the Vessel, untilyou see the water become of a blew-colour ; and the more you rub it, the bettercolour it will have, and it will turn into a Skie-colour or Purple-colour,very pleasantto behold. Wet Linen-clochs in this water, and lay them on the spots, till they bedry and wee them again, till the spotsbe gone. See
Another.
Take two ounces of Turpentine-Rosin , Cerussasmuch ; mingle them with thewhite of an Egg ; and stirring them well, besmecr Linen-clochs with them. Andwhen you go to bed, let them stick to the spots : in the morning wash the place ; andda the lame again, till all the spots begone. If you please, here is
Another.
The distilled water of Pimpernel, mingled with Camphire and laid to the Face,will make women that desire to be beautiful have a deer Skin , very sightly tobehold; and will take off the spots. Distil the Mulbcrry-Lcaves ; let the waterstand ten dayesinthe Sun : add to this, Mercury sublimate, Verdigrease, artificialCbrysocolla,called Borax, and a good quantity of the Powder of Sea-Cockle-fhellsfinely beaten. Set it so many dayes in the Sun, and then use it. If you will
rub off the wan colour of your cheeks,
do thus; especially, for women when they are in their courses : Anoynt the phcewirbCeruss, and Bean-flower mingled with Vinegar; or velks of Eggs, mingledwith Honey. The lame may be done with Bean-meal and Feny-Grcck, sinceredon with Honey. But we wipe away
Blad^ and blew marks .