Image 113, third book, folio 58a, receipts 93 (contd) to 96.
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| of rosewater, & a quarte of renishe* wine, & infuse them the space of 24 | ||||
| howres, & distill them. | ||||
| 94. To make damaske water. | ||||
| Take new ale in cornes* under the course unpechet* a pottle*, storax calaminte* | ||||
| j id, with spike* & lavender of each an handfull, roses 4 handfulls, beniamin* 3 id, | ||||
| with calamus aromate* 8 id, laye all these together in your still, & stop it close | ||||
| all nighte & the nexte morne, but make a soft |
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| muske: & a litle before you will occupy it, put a litle in a violl as much as | ||||
| you will have, & hang a little powder of cynamon or ginger in sarsenet*, or | ||||
| in a fayre cloth of linnen. | ||||
| 95. To make damaske water. | ||||
| Take an earthen pot that will holde 4 gallons of water, put two gallons in, | ||||
| but let your pot have no tappe hole*, then take as many spike flowers* as you | ||||
| can holde in both your handes at twice* & caste thereto, & put thereto allsoe | ||||
| sixe ownces of cloves well brayed* & bruised, & di i j lb of irines* beaten in pow= | ||||
| der but not fine, a good handfull of rosemarye, & a good handful of spike* leavs, | ||||
| fowre handfull of bay leaves, & the rines of sixe or seaven oranges, or els | ||||
| the powder of them: then put to them all a pottle of good newe ale in cornes*, | ||||
| & then stop fast your pots mouthe, & all to shake it, & so let it stand for ye space | ||||
| of three howres, then plucke out the stoppell* , put in your hande & stirre all | ||||
| together bottome & all, & then stop it agayne & so use it for fowre dayes together, | ||||
| & put of it in the still with parte of the ingredior* as much as you can, & draw | ||||
| thereof a water, but before you cover your still, put therein 2 id of oyle of spike* | ||||
| & if you list 2 Z: of camphire*, & stirre them well together, & let it still, & when | ||||
| your still is allmoste drye, put in more till all be drye & done, for ye last distilla= | ||||
| tion will be beste, then to make your water, put in 8 cloves a litle bruised, and | ||||
| stop faste the mouthe of the glasse, & so let it stand eighte dayes & more, then | ||||
| you shall finde peices |
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| other glasses & keepe it, the longer the better. | ||||
| 96. To make gloves blacke, browne or red. | ||||
| take j lb of howse blacke*, it will cost j d, & j lb of lambe blacke**, it will cost 6 id, & j lb | ||||
| of Spanish blacke*, it will coste j d, now if thou have a dozen payre of gloves | ||||
| to make blacke, worke thus: First take a quarter of j lb of howse blacke, and | ||||
| halfe a quarter of j lb of lambe blacke, then take a paynters stone, & laye thy | ||||
| blackes upon it, then put to it nine or ten spoonefulls of fayre water; & if yu | ||||
| wilte goe to the coste rose or damaske water, & then grinde thy powder till | ||||
| it bee very fine without any knobs in it, then take & put it into a treane* boll** | ||||
| then take & put to it a pinte of water that is fayre, or of rosewater as be= | ||||
| fore: then stirre it well together, then take a little brushe of hayre*, & dip it in | ||||
| that blacke water, firste make cleane your stone that you did grinde, |
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| brushe dipte in the water as is sayde before, all to brushe your glove till it be | ||||
| all blacke, & then take & blowe your glove full, then hange it on a stringe | ||||
| to drye, & when it is drye, then take & rub it out, & beate of the duste: & this | ||||
| doe with all the rest one by one till all your gloves be blacke. But if you | ||||
| will not have your gloves cole blacke, but somewhat browne, then take & | ||||
| put to the |
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