Of beautifying Women. 24.9

the Dregs of Linseed-Oyl is good : or Lees of Oyl of Olives ; putting unto it »little Gum-Arabick, Traganth, Mastick and Champhire : it is good also for flaggingBrcsts.

tor a wrinkled Face.

When Eggs are boyled hard in water, cut them in the middle , fill the holes wherethe yelks were, with Powder of Myrrh : then cover one with the other half, andbindc them with a Thread, that they come not asunder: then take a glazed earthenVessel, with a broad mouth, and lay sticks across it, that the Eggs may lie upon themhanging neer che bottom: let the cleft of the Eggs hang toward the bottom : putthe earthen Vessel into a chest of Osiers, and set it in a Well ; let it hang one footfrom the water ; by the moysture whereof, the Myrrh will dissolve into Oyl ofwater : anoynt your Face with it- The juice of the green Canes of the Pine-Tree, but it is weaker then the distilled water , being applied to the Face, witha Linnen-cloth wet therein , will take away all wrinkles from the Face excellentlywell. You have

Another.

Steep Kidney-Beans in Malmsey, one day ; then take away the black whence theysprout, and distil them with Lemmons and Honey. Take a quantity of old Cow-Beef, and distil that also ; mingle the waters, and set them in the open Air, in aGlass-Vessel in the Sun for fifteen days, and wash your Face morning and eveningtherewith,

,» Another ,

Crop in the morning the Flowers of Mullens, and steep them in Greek-Wine, withthe Roots of Solomont ’Seal a then receive the water distilled in Glass-stills : and ifa woman, wheafhe ril'eth out of her bed, wash her face with this , she will be veryfair : and if you would take off the wrinkles with the fame water, add distilledwater of Lemmons thereunto, and it will make you glad to fee the effect* Butthis is the best

stater to whiten , plain , and beautifie the Face.

Take equal parts of the Root of Solemons Seal * greater Dragons and lesser, Spara-grafs, Bryony, and white Lillies, as much as you please: bruise them a little, and castthem into an earthen pot with a large mouth ; let it be glazed : pour on GreekWine that may cover all: add to these juice of Lemmons a fourth part, ten newEggs bruised with their (hells,and Land-Snails without (heilsjlet them infuse a while tthen distil them at a gentle fire, and keep the first water a part: then augment thefire,and keep the second ; that will be stronger: for this wipes all spots and red pim-ples from the Face. Some mingle with this, water of Bean-Flowers, Elder, Pop-py ,Honey-Suckles,and the like j so do they take away all wrinkles and spots comingfrom the Sun, and all the rest. But you may thus take off

7 he wrinkles of the Betty after child-birth.

Unripe Services are long boyled in water: with these mingle whites of Eggs* andwater wherein Gum-Arabick is dissolved : wet a Linen-cloth in such wateryand lay on the Belly ; or mingle the Powders of Harts Horn burnt, the StoneAmiantus, Salt-Ammoniac, Myrrh, Frankincense, Mastick, with Honey j and ittakes away all wrinkles,

Chap. X^V.

Of ‘Dentifrices,

D Entifrices are used amongst things to beautifie women: for there i« nothing held!more ugly then for a woman to laugh or speak, and thereby to shew their

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