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A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague

CHAP. 27. An excellent perfume for a chamber in the time of a Plague or Peſtilence.

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Take of Storax, Calamica, Bengewine, Lignie, Aloes, of each an Ounce, five Ounces of Coals of Willow beaten into powder, mixe theſe things with Aquavitæ, as much as will make them into a paſte, make thereof little Cakes or what forms you pleaſe, and ſo keep them, when you uſe them put a little of them on a Chafing diſh and in conſuming them by little and little they will make a ſingular good Odour in the place where you burn the ſame.

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