Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France
Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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True Cypress Powder.

Take Oak-moss, put it in a Linnen bag, and lay it to soak a whole day in water, then trample it with your feet, two or three times, dashing clear water often upon it, then set it three or four days to dry, spreading it on a boarded Floor; being dry, beat it well, and spread it again on a boarded Floor to dry it, then beat it again and spread it again, and sprinkle it with Rose-water, dry it again and beat it, then pass it throw a Cieve or fine Searce, and mix it with the following perfum'd Composi∣tion, more or less, according to the goodness you intend it.