202rA water used by the French Queene to cleare, and
mundefie the Face, and keepe it smooth from wrinckles.
Take twelve little Lemmons cutt small, and twelve neio laid Eggs that were laid
the same day, with their shells, Borax, and white sugar candy, of each Fower
5Ounces, halfe a Musmillion, halfe a long pumpion, six caluxs Feete of, ten
dayes ould, vinewater a pinte, sperma cati two Ounces, and water
Lilly Flowers a quarter of a pecke, distill them in a glasse still, and
wash your face therewith morninge, and Eueninge./
Virgins milke, to wash therewith the Face,
10and make_it Faire and beautifull./
Take of Litharge of gould one Ounce, of camphire two drachmes, of the
water of Lillies, of Lettice, of nightshade, of each Fower Ounces, whitewine
vineger Fower Ounces, steepe them, and Filtre them, and wash the Face
therewith./
15The Powder of Lytharge of Gould, Delicate
for the Face./
Take fower Ounces of Lytharge of gould, sett it into a new well
glazed pipkin that will hold a pinte and a halfe, putt into it a pinte
of the best distilled white wine vineger, sett it on a gentle Fyer
20keepinge it stirringe with a cleane sticke, vntill it be of the
perfect cullor of wood ashes, then take it off the Fyer, and take
another well glazed pipkin of the same bignes, putt into the pipkin
halfe an Ounce of salgem, finely powdered, halfe a pinte of Faire
runninge water, and stirr it vntill the sal_goin be quite dissolued
25oner a gentle Fyer, then take it off, poure of your water vpon
your Lytharge of gold, vpon your sal_goin, then cast away the Lytharge
that is in the bottome of your pipkin, and putt in Fower Ounces
of the best Oyle of Tartar, stirr it well about vntill it become
white as snowe, then take an new earthen bason, and putt in
30one pottle of Faire runninge water, and poure all into
that water, lett it stand vntill it settle, shiftinge it two, or
three times every day vntill the water be sweet, then powre of the
water cleare from the powder, and sett the powder in a Coffin of
white paper, three, or Fower double, and lay it on the lid, or couer of
35a woorminge pan, that hath gentle Embers of charcoale in it, couer
the Coffin also with a cleane paper, that no dust yett in, and when
it is drye, vse it as the Tinglas powder./