The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par.

* To make a Pomeamber. cap. xliij.

TAke of Beniamin .i. ounce, of Storax calamit halfe an ounce

of Labdanum the eight part of an ounce, beat them to powder, & put them into a brason Ladle with a little damask or Rose water, set thē ouer the fyre of Coles, til they be de∣solued: and be soft lyke waxe: then take them out and chafe them be∣tweene your hands as you do wax: thē haue these powders redy finely serced, of Cinimon, of Cloues, of sweet sanders grey or white, of ech of these. iii. pouders halfe a quarter of an oūce mire y^e pouders w^t y^e other and chafe thē wel together, if they be to dry moysten them a litle with some of the Rose water left in the Ladle, or other: if they waxe colde, warme then vpon a Kniues poynt ouer a Chafingdishe of Coles, then take of Amber greace, of Musk and Ciuet, of ech, iii. graines, desolue y^e Amber greace in a Siluer Spoone ouer the bot Coles, when it is cold, make it smal, put it to your Musk

and Ciuet, then take your Pome, that you haue chafed and gathered together, and by little and little, (with some swete water if need be) gather vp the amber, musk & ciuet: and mixe them with your Ball, til they be perfectly incorporated, then make one Ball or two of the lumpe as ye shal think good, for y^e waight of the whole is aboue two ounces, make a hole in your Ball, & so hang it by a Lace.

If you perceaue that y^e Ball is not tough ynough, but to brittle, then take a curtesy of storax liquida, and therwith temper your Bal against the fire, but take not to much storax liquida, because it is too strong.

Or y^e better way is, to haue some gūm cald dragagāthi redy disolued in swete water, it will be desolued in. ii. daies, & w^t y^e gather your Ball with y^e heate of y^e fire: this Ball wil be of like goodnes within as w^tout

and of great price. ¶Some men put in y^e makyng hereof. iii. or. iiii. drops of the Oyle of spike, beware of to much, because it is veri strōg.

When ye wyll haue your Ball ex∣ceede in sweetnes, breake it & haue ii. or. iii. graines of Musk. or Ciuet or Amber greace, as you delight in, or al together, desolue them in rose or Damask water, & with the same chafe your Ball ouer the fyre tyl al be drunken in, then pearce a newe hole as before.