Take a little Gum Dragant, and lay it in steep twelve hours, in Orange
flower water, or Damask Rose-water, and when it is dissolved, take the
sweet Gum, and grind it on a Marble stone with the aforesaid powder, and
mixing some crums of white bread, it will come into a Paste, the which
you may make Dentifrices, of what shape or fashion you please, but rolls
is the most commodious for your use.



_The Receipt of the Lady_ Kents _powder, presented by her Ladyship to
the Queen._

Take white Amber, Crabs eyes, red Corral, Harts-horn and Pearl, all
prepared several, of each a like proportion, tear and mingle them, then
take Harts-horn gelly, that hath some Saffron put into a bag, dissolve
into it while the gelly is warm, then let the gelly cool, and therewith
make a paste of the powders, which being made up into little balls, you
must dry gently by the fire side. Pearl is prepared by dissolving it
with the juyce of Lemons, Amber prepared by beating it to powder; so
also Crabs-eyes and Coral, Harts-horn prepared by burning it in the
fire, and taking the shires of it especially, the pith wholly rejected.



_A Cordial Water of Sir_ Walter Raleigh.

Take a gallon of Strawberries, and put them into a pint of _Aqua vitæ_,
let them stand for four or five days, strain them gently out, and
sweeten the water as you please with fine Sugar; or else with perfume.