Touching Preserves and Pomanders.


_To make an excellent perfume to burn between two Rose leaves._

Take an ounce of Juniper, an ounce of Storax, half a dozen drops of the
water of Cloves, six grains of Musk, a little Gum Dragon steept in
water, and beat all this to paste, then roll it in little pieces as big
as you please, then put them betwixt two Rose-leaves, and so dry them in
a dish in an Oven, and being so dried, they will will burn with a most
pleasant smell.



_To make Pomander._

Take an ounce of Benjamin, an ounce of Storax, and an ounce of Laudanum,
heat a Mortar very hot, and beat all these Gums to a perfect paste; in
beating of it, put in six grains of Musk, four grains of Civet; when you
have beaten all this to a fine paste with you hands with Rose-water,
rowl it round betwixt your hands, and make holes in the heads, and so
string them while they be hot.