18. _The Black Seare Cloth._

Take half a pound of the best virgins wax and half a pint of oyle of

roses and half a pint of oyle of olive melt them altogether let them

coole in a pan till it be half cold then take half a pound of the

finest white lead you can get, pound it as fine as possibly you can put

this into the oyle and put it over a fire of coles and let it boyle

half an hour then take 2 ounces of mastick 2 ounces of frankincense 2

ounces of mirrh 2 ounces of Gum oblibanum beat them into fine powder

then put it in and let it boyle half an hour more, then take a quarter

of an ounce of camphir and put it in and Stir it till it be black then

take it from the fire and dipe your cloth or make it up in roles for

your use.

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