A Water to Beautifie the Face, and to take away the wrinkles.

Take River Water, and strain it through a white Linnen Cloth; put it into a new glaz'd earthen Pot, with an handful of Barley well wash'd and cleans'd from dust, and boyl it over a Charcoal fire till the Barley be broken; then take it from the fire and let it stand, and then strain it through a Linnen Cloth, in∣to a glass Bottle, that it be a quarter empty, to which add three drops of white Balsam, or Balsam of Peru, the first is the best, to a quart of Water; and then shake the Bottle for Page  8010 or 12 hours without intermission, till the Balsom be intirely incorporated into the said Water, and the Water remain a little trou∣bled, and a little whitish, and then it hath arriv'd to its perfection; It wonderfully embellishes the Face, and preserves it young and fresh: it takes away wrinkles also in time, in using it once a day.

Note, you must wash your Face with River, Rain, or Fountain-water, before you use this Water.