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ana eipecially, in the Seams : when that is done, yon may thus make tbemattractthe sent of any Flowers. Violets and Gilliflowers blow first in the Sprsog; gatherthem in the morning, and lay them on both sides of your Skins for a day. Whenthey grow dry sooner or later, fling them away, and lay on new; stirring or movingthem thrice or foor times in a day, lest they make the Skins damp, and grow musty.When theie Flowers are past, lay on Oratoge.flowers and Roses in the lame manner:and last of all, jasmine, which will continue until Winter: 1 mean, Garden-jasmine,for it flourifheth two or three months. Thus your Skins or Gloves will becomevery fweec in a yeers space. The odour will quickly fade and die: but if you dothe fame the second time, it will continue much longe*, and preserve their pleasant-ness. It very much preservdth their fragrancy, to keep them in a close place, in either aWooden or Leaden Box: but if you lay them among Linen, it Will suck out their o-dour, and dull their sent.

How to perfume Skins.

If yon add Musk, Amber, and Civet to the aforesaid Skins , they will smell muchmore sweet and gratefully. Or take four parts of Western Balsam, one of Musk, asmuch Amber, and rub it on your Gloves with a Spunge, and they will smell verysweet. I will add one more excellent Composition: Take eight parts of Iris, one ofSander, two of Benjamin, four of Rofe-Powder, one and a half of Lignum Aloes,half a one of Cinnamon, or rather less - soften them all with Rose-water and Gum-Tragacanth, and grinde them on a PorphyretiCk Marble : then anoynt your Gloveswith it in a Spunge, and take three Grains of Musk, two of Amber, one of Civet:mingle tbcm,and rub them also on.

How to take the feat out of Cloves.

If yon repent your self of perfuming them, or would make sport with any one,boyla little Rose-water or yfqmaFtta - and while they be hot, put the Gloves in, and letthem remain there awhile. This will take away their sent: and if you steep otherGloves in it, and dry them, they will imbibe ir.

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* How to make sweet Powderi.

N Ow we come to making sweet Powders, which are cither Simple or Compound rthey are used in stuffing sweet Bags, in perfuming Skins and Compositions.Learn therefore

How to make Cyprian Powder.

Take Moss of the Oak, which snaelleth like Musk; gather it clean, in December, Ja-nuary, or February : wash it five or six times in sweet Water, that it may be veryclean: then lay it in the Sun, and dry it. Afterwards, Steep it in Rose-water fortwo dayes, and dry ir in the Sun again. This you must iterate oftentimes ; for themore you wash it,the sweeter it will smell. When it is dried , grinde it into Pow-der in a Ikasi~MoEtcr,and soiree it: then put it into the ccivc, and covet it: make afere, and set some sweet waters to boyl over it; or cast on some perfumed Cakes, andlet the some arise op into the ceive. The more often you do this, the stronger andmore lasting sent will be imbibed by the Powder. When you perceive it to have at-tained a sufficient odour, take one pound of the Powder, ailitdc'Musk and Civccp*.wdeied,and a sufficient quantity of Sanders and Roses: beat them in a Brafs-Mor-ter i first ptfc ting in the Mosk,and then by degrees casting in the Powder; ib minglethem well. At last, put the powders into a Glass close stopt, that the sent may notfan- r ire and grew dnU, There are several Compositions of this Powder,. whichwenfcdbe too tedious to recount. It msvbcmade, either white, or black, or brown.The whfeeis nudeof Crude Pirger washed in Rose-water, or other sweet Water •astern, g Mudt, Amber, Civet, and scch-like, it will smell at a good distance.