201vinto a box, with paper about the bottome sides, and top of it

reseruinge it for your vse, which must be in this sorte, annoynte

the Face, and skin with good pomatum, then wipe it allmost

cleane off, then dip your fniger in this powder, and rubb it very

5well into the Face, and skinn, and after it hath rested halfe aquarter

of an hower, upon the Face and skinn, then with a fine cleane linnen

cloath wipe it off gently, or if you please you may mingle some

of the powder, with a little pomatum, in the palme of your hand

and annoynte the Face and skinn therewith, which is most excellent

10for the skinn, and Face, and to make the very veynes apeare most

liuely./

To make the Powder of mountaine Cristall for

beautifyinge the face, vsed by the Queene Mother

of France./

15Take Fower Ounces of mountaine Cristall finely powdered, sett in a

crucible, and calcine it very well, then wash it with Rosemary

water, and when it is settled powre of the water, then calcine it

againe, and then wash it with beane Flower water and when it is

settled, poure of the water againe, and calcine it againe, the

20third time, then wash it with red rosewater, and when it is settled

powre of the water againe, and sett the powder vpon a Marble

stone to drye, when it is drye, powder it very fine vpon the Marble

stone, and keepe it in a box close couered for your vse, which must

be thus, when you haue washed your face very cleane, rubb some

25of this powder on, with a cleane paper, or your Finger./

Another Powder for the Face./

Take a little Allome dvplume from the Drugsters, rub it very fine

in your hand, and when you haue annoynted your Face with good

pomatum, and slightly wiped it off againe, then with your finger

30rubbe some of this powder on your face,./.

To make a perfect good red for the Face, vsed by the La: Ca:

Take a quarter of an Ounce of the best cuchanele, that scarlate is dyed

with, you may haue it_at the drugsters, powder it very fine, then take as

much of the best Allome as an egge, and wett one end of the Allome with

35your tongue, then dip it into the powder, and rubbe with the allome

stone the place so farr as you would haue it red, and with your finger

rubbe it into what fashion you would haue it, and then wipe it off

cleane, with a very fine linnen cloath./