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A65957	The whole duty of a woman: or a guide to the female sex From the age of sixteen to sixty, &c. Being directions, how women of all qualities and conditions, ought to behave themselves in the various circumstances of this life, for their obtaining not only present, but future happiness. I. Directions how to obtain the divine and moral virtues of piety, meekness, modesty, chastity, humility, compassion, temperance and affability, with their advantages, and how to avoyd the opposite vices. II. The duty of virgins, directing them what they ought to do, and what to avoyd, for gaining all the accomplishments required in that state. With the whole art of love, &c. 3. The whole duty of a wife, 4. The whole duty of a widow, &c. Also choice receipts in physick and chirurgery. With the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying, &c. Written by a lady.	Lady, fl. 1701.	1696 (1696)	Wing W2054B; ESTC R221014	59,390	159

night to infuse in a third water then boil it up and to every gallon of Water put a pound of Honey that is into the strained liquor and when it will bear an Egg work it together till the Honey is well dissolved let it seeth 12 hours and boil it up with the whites and stells of half a dozen Eggs beaten together then beat up the whites of two or three Eggs with half a pint of Ale Yeast put up the Liquor into a Cask let it work three days then hang a bag of Spices in it grosly bruised ten days so draw it off and bottle it It is an excellent cooling liquor in Feavours and most hot Diseases as also is the former it Tempers and Allays the Heat of the Blood c. of Rheuburb then boil them with a few Chamomil flowers over a gentle fire and drink off the liquid part very hot repeating it morning and evening For the Chollick Take the oyl of sweet Almonds three ounces Pelletory Water and White-wine each a quarter of a Pint Anniseeds and Chamomll flowers eatch two drams let them simper an hour over a gentle fire then pour out the liquid part and drink it very hot For pains in the Teeth Take Henbane seed and Hysop seed beat them together small dissolve Gum Arabick in a little Water and so drop it on the beaten seeds so that it may make them up into little Pellets if the tooth be hollow put one of these into it and stop it close with Lint if not place it to the root of the Tooth between that and your Cheek For an Ague Take a handful of the tops of the herb Rue bruise them grosly boil them in a quart of White-wine till a third part be consumed and when the Ague sit is coming drink Noise in the Head Take a Clove of Garlick peel it and prick three or four holes in the middle dip it in Honey and put it into your Ear stop it with black Wool and so continue at times for a day or two and the noise will cease For a Fellon Take flower of Malt a handful Sope about the bigness of a Walnut boil them together in Beer till it is as thick as Paste then spread a Plaister and lay it to the part grieved and by often changing it will draw it to a head an break it then lay on a Plaister of Diaculum and it will heal it up Lasks to stay Take Burdock-roots half a handful scrape them and wash them clean the seeth them in fair water till half be consumed and bath your belly and the sol● of your feet with the Decoction very warm For the stinging of any Venemous thing Bruise sweet Almonds and Ash-tree leaves or for want of them the inner bark make a poultis with a little Honey and the juce of Rue and apply it Bloodshot Eyes or Sore Eyes Take Lapis Calaminaris half an ounce white Sugarcandy the like weight White-wine one ounce heat the stone almost red hot in a clear fire beat it very fine then mingle it with the rest and strain the liquid part through a linnen cloth put it into a Glass and use it with a feather as you see occasion Note the stone must be without red spots white and clear or it may prove hurtful For a Burn or Scald Take two ounces of old Cheese an ounce of Olive Oyl an ounce of Honey and half an ounce of Bole Armoniak mix these together till they may be spread like a Poltis and apply it to the place for want of some of these you may use Oyl white Lead and Snew water beaten and tempered together For Blasting or St. Anthony's Fire Take a new laid Egg roast it hard then take the White from the Yolk put it into a Mortar with half its weight of Copperas bruise them together with some Oyl of Roses and apply the Mass to the place afflicted and it will allay the Swelling and take away the Heat it is also good to prevent all Flushing in the Face and cause Redness to disappear Small Pox to Prevent its Scarring the Face c. Take two ounces of Hogs-Lard a quarter of a pint of rose-Rose-water Tuttia ● dram Oyl of Rosemary half an ounce the powder of an hares Liver or Hares blood dryed two drams make these up into a● Oyntment over a gentle fire and whe● the Scabs are drying on the Face anoin● it with it pretty warm and let the● fall off of themselves then anoint yo● Face with Oyl of Roses beaten up wit● a little White-wine and no Scars de●● Pits or Disfigurement will appear To Prevent Hair falling off in the Small-Pox Take the inward Rhind of a Young Oak-tree a good handful beat it small then take half a handful of tops of Balm 〈◊〉 Vervine boil these in a gallon of fair spring water till a third part or more be consumed strain out the liquid part with ha●● pressing and wash your head with 〈◊〉 when the Distemper declines and is going off twice a day pretty warm a●● it will not only fasten the roots of the Ha●● but refresh and revive it Sore Mouth or Throat Take Marshmallow tops boil them in Whitewine and Honey dissolve as much Alom as will make the Liquid part somewhat rough in the mouth then strain out the thinnest and gargle your mouth and throat with it often pretty warm and the Soarness will cease To procure Sleep or Rest Take half a handful of Water-Lillys bruise them in three pints of Malmsey and let them infuse twelve hours add a dram of Opium as much Poppy-seed and Lettice-seed well bruised and then distil them and take going to bed or when rest is required of the distilled water from half a dram to a dram in any convenient Liquor For the Weakness of the Sight Take Eye-bright fine Sugar and sweet Fennel-seed beat these together and drink about two drams of it in a morning Fasting in a glass of Wine or Beer Ague to Cure Boil a good handful of the tops of Rue in a quart of White-Wine till half be consumed and when you feel the cold fit coming strain it and drink it as hot as may walk about the room as fast as you can and being somewhat tired get into a warm Bed in twice or thrice thus doing the Ague will decline and go off To Refresh the Senses and Restore the Memory c. Take Balm Bugloss dry'd Roses and Frankincense beaten into Powder of all about six ounces infuse them in three Pints of White-wine when they are well bruised and when they have infused twenty four hours put them in an Alimbeck and of the distilled water take a spoonful every morning fasting and fast an hour after it For the Scurvey Take the juyce of Scurvygrass Water-cresses and Brooklime each two ounces let them settle and poor of the clearer part Renish-wine a quart the roots of Elecampain Horse-Radish and Flower-de-luce thinly sliced each half an ounce two Nutmegs well bruised put these

into a stone Vessel that may be stop'd very close and morning and night drink a quarter o● a point of it pretty warm To Expel Sadness or Melancholly Take Rue Cranes-bill a herb so called and Pulegium of each a pugil dry then in a Stove or Oven and beat them into powder mix the powder with powder of Licoris and Loaf-Sugar sinely scraped make them up into Lozenges with Cinamon-water and a little Saffron finely beaten and eat about a quarter of an ounce every morning fasting To Cure the Head-Ach In the first place wash your Temples with fair water then take Saffron Frankincense Vinegar and Roses or Rose-cake beat them together till they may be spread on a piece of Linnen Cloath spinkle this over with a little Powder of Copporas and lay it to the Forehead and Temples Renewing it as you see occasion and it will take away the Heat and ease the Pain For the Plurisie Take the Distilled Water of Burnet wherein Cinamon has been infused an ounce at a time three times a day fasting each time two hours after it For the Green-Sickness Take Extract of Mars prepared with Musk one ounce Alloes Succotrine prepared with the juyce of Succory six ●rams the Extract of Rheuburb half an ounce and of Saffron two drams Oyl of Cinamon six drops mix them well and make them up into small Pills each weighing about a Scruple take one of them fasting in a morning drink about a quarter of an hour after it a glass of Wine and walk about till you begin to be heated or sweat and this repeated several mornings will with the Blessing of God answer your expectation in a wonderful manner To Stench Bleeding Take the tops of Young Nettles and of Ash leaves dip a Linament in them and apply to the Nostrils Wound or any other part that effuses Blood if the Bleeding be Internal mix some fine Sugar in it and drink an ounce of it Blood-warm at a time For a Prick under the Nail Make a Plaister of Turpentine Bees-Wax Mutton-suet and the juce of Housleek this also will draw out Splinters small pieces of Iron or Thorns Melancholy to Suppress Take Clove-gilly-flowers Couslips Borrage-flowers Conserve of Roses each a ounce Alkirms half an ounce preserve Citron and Nutmeg each an ounc● Beazar fifteen grains Tincture of Saffro● half a dram make these up into an Electuary with Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers adding a drop or two of oyl of Cinamon and when you find the Melancholly come upon you which you may perceive by the Dulness or Lumpishness of your Spirits take three drams of it in a Glass of Muscadel or old Malaga For the Megrim Take a handful of Ground-Ivy wash it clean bruise it and boil it in a quart of Fine Ale to the consumption of a pint drink it hot in a Morning Fasting For a Feaver Make a Decoction of the tops of Rue in Spring water till it be very strong then strain it and add Wood-Sorrel and Maiden-hair each a little handful add more some Slices of Liquorice Nutmeg and Sugar strain out the liquid part and drop ten drops of the Spirit of Vitriol into half a pint of it and take half in pint at a time Morning Noon and Night applying to the Soles of the Feet Tobacco leaves beaten into a Moisture with a mixture of Blew Currans Falling Sickness Take the Leaves and Berries of Oak Misleto with the top tender Branches dry them in a Stove or Oven beat them into Powder and Sift it finely and take about two drams in a Glass of of White-wine of for those of tenderyears one dram Do it Morning and Evening especially three days before and after the Full of the Moon often repeating it and it will prove very advantageous Diseases in the Eyes Take the Water of Eye-bright a quarter of a pint drop into it five or six drops of clarify'd Honey the Powder of prepared Pearl and Coral each a Scruple shake them well and often drop some of the water into your eyes It helps Inflamations takes of Spots and Celars the Sight For the Evil. Take Cuttlebone uncalcined scrape off the outside dry the white part beat it into Powder very fine and often take half a dram into a spoonful of Aqua Maluae For the Dropsie Take the Roots of Gors scrape them clean and cut them into thin slices the tops of Thime Hysop Penny-Royal and Netties of each a handful Carrawayseeds Elicampain-roots each an ounce bruise them and boyl them in fair water till the liquid part is near consumed then strain out what remains into two quarts of Rhenish-wine bottle it up close and take about nine spoonfuls in the Morning fasting two hours after dinner and going to bed use it often and the watery humour will abate To help Hearing Take the Chive in a Clove of Garlick run a piece of fine Silk thorough it that it may be easily pulled out upon occasion then crush it between your Fingers put it in anointed over with the Oyl of Almonds when you go to Bed and stop your Far with Cotten or Black Wool and in twice or thrice doing your Hearing if not utterly lost will be quickened For a Consumption an Excellent Receipt Take the Herbs Lungwort Liverwort Rue Hysop Sage each a handful Elicampain and the roots of Sweet Flag each half an ounce Anniseeds Carraway-seed Sweet Fennel seeds each the like quantity Burrage and Bugloss-flowers each two drams infuse them 24 hours in two quarts of Old Maliga or good Canary being well bruised add then Scabious and cardus-Cardus-water each two ounces then distill them and drink about two ounces at a time especially fasting This is a great Strengthner of the Lungs and attenuates the vicious humours from the Liver expels VVind out of the Stomach and Bowels Biles to Break and Cure Roast white Lylly-roots in soft Embers bruise Figs with Fennel-seed and Hemp-seed each a quarter of an ounce beat them together and boil them in new Milk till they thicken then add 2 ounces of Hogs-Lard and lay it to the Grieved part CHAP. VII Cookery Or the Art of Dressing Fish Flesh and Fowl after the Newest and Exactest way with their Proper Sawces Garnishes and manner of Serving up To make a Strengthning Jelly of Flesh TAke a well Flesh'd Cock and a Knuckle of Mutton or the Sinews and Knuckle of Veal and little Mutton Raisins of the Sun stoned half a pound bruise these to pieces in three Gallons of VVater then stamp the Meat c. in a Mortar and boil it with the Liquid part up to a pritty thickness then run it through a strainer with hard pressing and when it has stood all night skim off the top and season the rest with Sugar and little Nutmeg sliced with some small pieces of Cinamon and a blade or two of Mace boil it up and strain it again and this being eaten in a Morning fasting is wonderfully Strengthning and Restoring to Nature Lobster Stewed Take Butter Salt and

two quarts of rectified Spirits and so distill them this is excellent good against the Stone or Gravel eases pains of the Cholick and all other pains of the Bowels Elixir Proprietatis Take Alexandrian Myrrh Aloes Succotrine and Saffron of each two ounces bruise them very fine put them into a gallon of White-wine and a quart of rectified Spirits let them infuse eight days then distill them in a moderately heated Sand-hath and so preserve the Spirit mixing amongst when taken some of the volatile spirit of Hartshorn viz. six drops to a quarter of an ounce This purifies the Blood and is exceeding good against the Sourvey and all Distempers proceeding from corrupt humour if it prove too hot you may take it in Wine or other palatable Liquors Dr. Butler 's Ale Take Sarsaparilla two ounces Polypody of the Oak and Sena each four ounces Licoris two ounces Carriway seeks and Anniseed each an ounce Agrimony and Maiden-hair of each a pugil or little handful Scurvy-grass leaves and stalks a quarter of a peck bruise them grosly together and put them into a thin Canvas bag into six gallons of New Ale and at three days end draw it off and fine it in Bottle This purges the Urin and gentle breathing Sweats it expels Scorbutick humours and helps much in the Dropsie and all watery diseases c. Purl-Royal Take two ounces of Coriander seeds a handful of stript Roman Wormwood an ounce of Senna a little handful of Balm an ounce of Horse-Raddish-root thinly sliced bruise these and infuse them in two gallons of White-wine or Rhenish-wine six days take away the liquid part drink a small glass full in as much other Wine It fortifies the Heart cleanses the Stomach and very much helpeth Digestion These ingredients may likewise be infused in Ale or any other Liquor in Ale it is called Common Garden-Purl a liquor very much esteemed in London Spirit of Scurvey-Grass Take the bark of the root of an Ash-tree the root of Fraxinel Capers and Tamarisk each an ounce Oak Polypode two ounces wild Radish 3 ounces Scurvygrass-leaves one pound Sorrel Water-cresses Brook-lime and spleenwort three handfuls each Bayberries and Berries of Juniper of each half an ounce a handful of the tops of the lesser Centaury the seeds of Mustard Citron Cardus each half an ounce Cinamon Cloves Ginger and Nutmeg each three drams bruise these and digest them in a warm Sand-bath in a gallon of Rhenish-wine and three pints of true Brandy three days then distill them in an Alimbeck Twenty drops in any Liquor is a sufficient dose in case of the Scurvey shortness of Breath pricking Pains foulness of the Lungs Yellowness of the Teeth easing pains of the Belly killing Worms in Children and for it 's rare Virtues is called The Golden Spirit of Scurvey-Grass Pligue Water Take Balm Mint Rhue Cardus and the green husks of Walnuts or Walnut-leaves of each a good handful bruise them and infuse them 24 hours in a gallon of Canary add bruised Mace and Cinamon each half an ounce distill them and drink an ounce of the Water fasting It resists all Pestilential Airs Infectious or Nauseous Vapours that offend Nature is good in Surfeits Pains of the Head or Ascending Vapours that occasion Dizziness the Megrim c. Surfeit-Water Cut off the bottoms of Poppy-flowers infuse two large handfuls in two quarts of Brandy 24 hours wring them out and put in as many fresh ones till the Brandy has the Red Tincture of them then slice in Nutmeg Ginger and Cinamon each a quarter of an ounce press out the liquid part drop in a few drops of Oyl of Cloves and sweeten it with Loaf Sugar keep it close stop'd and take an ounce at a time It 's a great Healer of the Stomach gives Rest cause Sweat and Rarifies the whole Mass of Blood Vsquebaugh Take three gallons of neat Brandy or good rectified Spirit Spanish juce of Liquorice six ounces Raisins of the sun ston'd a quarter of a Pound sliced Dates the Stones taken out the like quantity the tops of Thyme and Balm each a little handful the tops of Rosemary and Rosemary flowers two ounces each Mace Cinamon Coriander-seed and Anniseed grosly bruised each half an ounce scent it with Orange or Citron water or the flowers or peels of either let this Mass infuse 5 or 6 days in a Glass or Earthen Vessel put in six ounces of white Sugar-candy beaten in fine powder then draw or pour off the liquid part as fine as may be and what remains will make a weaker sort by putting other spirits to it This is a pleasant Liquor a great friend to the Lungs preventing cold distillations and bringing away Phlegm or Rheum it removes obstructions in the Liver helps shortness of Breach and sweetens it it ●hears the Spirits and taken fasting prevents the bad effects of evil Airs about three spoonfuls at a time is a sufficient Dose Dr. Stephen 's great Cordial Water Take a Gallon of Claret Canary or Rhenish Wine Gallingal Grains of Paradice Cinnamon Nutmegs Ginger Anniseeds and sweet Fennel-seeds of each three drams Mint the leaves of Red Roses Sage Pellitory of the Wall the tops of Rosemary Thyme Wild Marjorum Chamomile and the tops of Lavender-cotton shred the Herbs and grosly bruise the Spices infuse them the space of two days and distil them in an Alimbeck This mainly resists Infectious Airs is an Antidote against the Plague and very advantagious And ounce of it taken just before the coming of a cold fit of an Ague and if it appear too hot you may palliate it with cooling Liquors it easies mightily likewise pains in the Bowels and is good taken by those that are apprehensive or fearful of the Small pox when they go abroad in times when its rife Metheglin White Take sweet Marjorum Violet Strawberry leaves and flowers the tops of Thyme Rosemary Burrage and Agrimony of each a little handful the seeds of Coriander Carriway and sweet Fennel each half an ounce a quarter of an ounce of beaten Mace boil them grosly bruised in eight gallons of Spring-water gently about an hour scumming straining them being strained put into the liquor as much fine Honey as will make it bear an Egg so that some part of it may appear above the liquid boil it again as long as any scum will rise when it is cool put it up into a Vessel with about a pint of Ale Yeast let it work three days then hang five days a bag of Spice in it draw it off and bottle it up Mead. Take Sweet-Briar rosemary and Thyme Agrimony Bettony and Eyebright the tops of Scabious each a pugil or as much as may be lightly held between the Fore-finger and thumb put them in Spring-water and lay a Stone or some heavy cover to sink them infuse them 48 hours then take them out and boil them in another water till the water be coloured with them very high let them stand off the fire a day and a

This is a pleasant purging Syrup not any ways offe●● sive to the Stomach and is therefore usually given to Children on that occasion and this way or by infusion in co● water Syrup of Violets Couslips Clove-gilly-flowers and other simple Syrups of Flowers Herbs Fruits and Roots are made Cordial Syrup of Poppeys Take the heads of white poppeys not throughly blown eight ounces the heads of black ones six ounces Aqua Coelestis two quarts simper them over a gentle fire to the consumption of a third part then add 3 pound of Sugar to the liquor the poppeys being squeezed out some blades of Mace and bits of Cinamon boyled in other water to the quantity of half a pint poured into this then boyl it up to the thickness of a Syrup It is exceeding good against Cattars and Coughs and in Feavers mittigating the heat and pain it helpeth Frenzies and Watchings and procureth Sleep And thus with Coelestis Brandy or Aqua-vitae you may make any Cordial Syrups A Syrup for any Cold Cough or Cattar Take one ounce of Cetrack Coltsfoot the herb so called and Maiden-hair each one ounce boyl them in three quarts of water till it wastes to three pints with one pound of Elecampain roots sliced then strain out the liquid part and 〈◊〉 it up with a pound and a half of Sugar to a Syrup and take a dram of it in any covenient warm liquor Night and Morning Honey of Raisins to make Take Raisins of the Sun two pound stone them and infuse them 24 hours in six pound of warm water then boyl it to the consumption of half so strain and press it out then adding two pound of dispumated Hony boyl it to the thickness of Hony And thus you may make Hony of Violets Roses or other Flowers sweet Fruits or Herbs proper to any uses To make Marchpanes Blanch your Almonds swell'd in cold water beat them in a stone Mortar and drop in your beating some Rosewater into them keep them from Oyling and strew now and then a handful of fine sifted Sugar and when by working you have brought it unto a Past rowl it thin and make it into its form Ice it over with Rose-water Sugar and the white of an Egg beaten together put it into a moderate hot Oven and when the Icing begins to rise take it out To make Makroons Take to a pound of Blanched Almonds half a pound of fine Sugar beat them in a Wooden or Stone Mortar with whites of Eggs and a little Rose-water till they come to be as thick as Batter for Fritters ●●en lay wafers on your Tin Plates put on this Batter in little spoonfuls sprinkling it over with a little fine Sugar and Rose-Water and so Bake them in a Gentle Oven about a Quarter of an Hour To make French Bisket Take half a peck of Flower four Eggs and half a pint of Ale Yeast an ounce and a half of Anniseeds make them up into a Past with a little Cream and cold water fashion it like a long Brick● and when it is a day or two old cut it out into thin slices like Toasts being strewed over with beaten Loaf-Sugar set them in a warm Oven or Stove till they are dryed and so put them in boxes for use To make Naples Bisket Take Almonds beaten very fine one pound fine Flower a pound and a half Sugar one pound whites of Eggs half a Dozen make them into Batter with fair water and put the Batter into your Tin Coffins so bake them glazing them with the white of an Egg and Rose-water CHAP. XI Artificial Embellishments Or the Art of Beautifying the Hands Face or any other part of the Body Restoring a good Colour taking away Freckles Spots or any Deformities in the Skin c. Making Perfumes Essences Sweet-bags Sweet-balls Pomatums Washes c. To Beautifie the Hands and Face TAke two handfuls of Rosemary Flowers one handful of the tops of Fumitory and an ounce of Blanched Almonds grosly bruised boyl these in a quart of spring-water and a pint of White-wine till a fifth part be consumed then strain out the rest let it settle twenty-four hours in a Glass then pour it off from the setlings and use it as an excellent Beautifier and great Restorer of a good complexion To make the Skin soft and White Take Neats-foot Oyl one ounce Oyl or the Fat that swims upon the boyling of Sheeps Trotters a like quantity mix these in half a pint of Rose-water over a gentle fire and supple the parts with it very warm chafing or rubbing it in a few times doing it will answer your expectation To take away Morphew Scurff or other Deformities of the Skin Take Comphire two drams two Lemons viz. the juice of them Loaf-Sugar an ounce mix these in half a pint of fair water put it into a Glass and shake it often suffering it to stand eight or ten days in the Sun or some warm place then add a scruple of white sublimated Mercury shake it about and strain it and when you would use it put it softly to your Face with a linnen rag or cloth or upon any other place and it will take off the Deformity and under that there will as it were a new Skin appear very Fresh and Lively To take away Redness or Pimples from the Face Take Camphire a dram Copperas half an ounce Wine Vinegar half a pint add to these the Rhind of Citron thinly pared one ounce boyl them to the consumption of a third part then strain and press out the liquid part and wash the Face with it anointing it afterward with Oyl of Roses and Tuttia mingled together and let it lye on all night and in a little time the Redness or Pimples will decline and the Skin recover its smoothness and natural Complection To take away Freckles Take the Gaul of a young Cock the Wool of a Hares foot burnt to powder by wrapping it up hard in a Brown paper wetted as in Burning Silver Lace that it may not Burn to Ashes but Moulder and so be reducible into Powder add to these an ounce of Rye-Meal beat them together with the Pulp of a Lemon and Wine Vinegar till they may be spread Playster-wise spread this composition on soft Leather and lay it on the Freckley places and in twice or thrice applying you will see a strange Alteration To cause a curious White Shining Complection Take Peach Blossoms two handfuls the Sap that drops from a cut Vine 4 ounce the seed● of Mellions grosly bruised one ounce Gum Tragacanth beaten finely into Powder half an ounce put to these when well beaten or bruised two quarts of Clarified Whey let them infuse twenty-four hours in a warm place then press out the Liquid part as hard as may be by pressing and use it as you see occasion To make the Hands or Face Plump Take of the Marrow of the Bones of Hogs Feet two ounces Oyl of Almonds and Oyl of Roses each half an ounce Flower

of Almonds finely sifted half an ounce make these up into an Unguent and chafe it in often and it will Supple and Plump the Skin c. to a curious Softness A curious Perfume against ill Scents Take Frankincense a quarter of an ounce in Powder Myrrh the like quantity Lavender flowers and Rosemary leave beaten into pwder mix them together and put them into an Incense pot or sprinkle them on a Chafing-Dish of Coals A Sweet-Bag to Scent Cloaths c. Take tops of Hysop Winter Savoury Rosemary Lavender and the chippings of Cassa Ligna Cedar and Sassafrax few them up in thin bags and lay them among your Garments and they will not only give them a curious Scent but preserve them from Worms Moths or any other Insects Sweet Balls to cary in ones Hand for the Prevention of ill Airs or Scents Take Past e of Almonds four ounces mingle with it a little Bean-Flower then knead it being made wet with Orange or Jessime water and drop two or three drops of the Oyl of Cloves Nutmeg Cinamon or any other Scents as you will please to have it Scented with and make them up into Balls or hollow Boxes Sweet Powder Take Rice grounds beat them dry them and sift them often till they become very fine then dry them again scent a pound of this with two grains of Musk a dram of Rose scent or other scents proper that is pleasing to you This may be done for want of Rice grounds with White Starch finely sifted A Perfume to Drive away Vermin Take Storax a quarter of an ounce Assafoetida as much the Bark of Elder-root and a few tops of Southern-wood dry the latter and beat them severally into powder then mix them and sprinkle them on a hot Fire-Shovel or Chafing-dish of Coals keeping the place Close and either Mice Rats Bugs Flyes Moths or Worms that are within the scent of it will avoid the place and if it be often continued never return again A Bath to soften Cleanse and Refresh the Body Take the roots of White-Lillies and Marsh-mallows of each two pound Grounsil Pelletory of the Wall and Violets each half an handful Linseed Fenugreek and Coriander-seeds each four ounces Flowers of Camomile Mellilot and tops of Fennel each half a handful boyl about two hours in a sufficient quantity of water then add Oyl of Lillies and Lindseed each a pound and either bathe your self in it in a Bathing-tub warm or apply it with Linnen-cloths Water of Talc a great Beautifier Take the best Talc slit it in thin peices hang it up in a thin Linnen Bag in a very damp place with a Receiver under it to receive the droppings when if sweats or dissolves then distil it and it produces a curious Shining Beatifying Water to set a Lovely Whiteness on the Skin and keep back the signs of Age. To take Spots or Stains out of Silks or Stuffs c. Take a Trotter-bone burn in and beat it to powder mix it with Fullers earth and a little Casteel Soap wet it in fair water rub it on the place and then dry it in the Sun or by a gentle fire then rub it over hard with a wet Brtsh and when it is dry again the Spot or Stain will disappear To take out Pitch Wax Posin or Tar. If any of these happen on a Garment either Silk Linnen or Woollen pour a a little Oyl of Turpentine on the place and let it soak in about half an hour then rub it out but not too hard and you will find the Turpentine has Soaked out the Gluttonous quality so tht it will crumble out like small bits of dry Dirt or Clay To take Spots or Stains out of Linnen Take the juice of a Lemon and red Onyon mixed together put into it a-little Gum Sandrack and Crumbs of Stale White-bread heat these gently over a Fire and then dip the part that is stained often in it let it then dry and have in readiness a hot Lather of Soap and Water to wash it immediately and doing so in two or three Washings it will quite disappear To Source or Clean Gold and Silver Lace Lay it on a Carpet very even then with a soft Brush run it over with fine Bran three or four times to take off the Dirt then to brighten it take burnt Alom beaten to fine Powder and sifted rub this powder on gently with a Brush in all places where the Tarnish is and it will answer your expectation Faided Linnen to recover If Linnen by being too much exposed to the Weather or received Damage by Sea or Scorched c. Make a Lather of Costeel Soap boyl your Linnen in it then immediately throw it into cold water and Fullers-earth pritty hot and thickly mixed then wash it out in the first Lather and wring it lightly hang it to dry in the Shade and it will not only thicken and whiten but be fresh and strong How to make a Starch that will preserve Linnen Take the Bran of the first fine Wheat steep it in water two days then let that water run through 2 or three fine Sieves so put it in an Earthen Dish and set it in the Sun or over a gentle fire till it dry and become a Starch To make your Teeth as White as Ivory Take Lapis Calaminaris burnt and beat to fine Powder also Powder of fine Pumice-Stone put them into a little White-wine and being Moistened dry them again in an Oven or some warm place and so reducing it to powder again rub your Teeth with it either with your Finger or a little Brush and then wash your mouth with Small-beer wherein Sage has been boyled and by this means they will not only become white but fast To take Spots out of the Face or Hands Take a Burdock-root scrape it and slice it thin boyl it in Sheeps Milk and bruise into it two or three Galls of the French Oak and with the Liquid part wet the Spots often and they will fade by degrees and at last disappear A Pomatum for the Hands to Prevent Chopping or Roughness Take Deer-suet half an ounce white Bees-wax a quarter of an ounce Sperma Ceti an Ounce Oyl of Amber 2 drams Oyl of Almonds an ounce incorporate these over a gentle Fire and make them into a convenient thickness and Anoint the Hands or Face with it Notwithstanding I have given you Directions for the making several sorts of Cosmeticks there is one already prepared called The VENETIAN WASH c And ●●s sold for Twelve-pence the Bottle by S. Cla●●e in George-yard in Lombard-street Mr. Levingston 's Fruit-shop the South Enterance of the Royal-Exchange Which I know to be Extraordinary Good for Clearing and smoothing the skin and Rendring the Face very Beautiful and Lovely At the same Places are sold a Most Admirable Powder called A Dentifrice for Whitening the Teeth which will make Teeth though as Black as Ebony as White as Ivory Price Six Pence the Box. Thus have I made Good my Promise to you in laying before you such things as I thought would prove acceptable to you So not Doubting you will Improve them as they were intended for your Good and so Profit by them that you may have the Benefits I Wish you grown Weary with Writing I put and End to this Book FINIS