Take Venice turpentine one pound, oyle of olives 3 pints, balsame of
perrue half an ounce, oyle of St Johns wort one ounce, red Sanders one
ounce, yellow wax half a pound Sack 6 spoonfulls, cut the wax in thin
slices put it over the fire in a clean Skillet, when it is thoroughly
melt’d put in the turpentine when it is first waished in red rose water
3 times Stir them very well till they boyle then take it off the fire
and let it cool till the next day then take it out of the Skillet again
and cut it into thin slices to get out the water then put in the oyle
of olives the Sack and the oyle of St Johns wort with the red Sanders
and balsame and stir them till they incorporate, then boyle it a pace
then take it off the fire and stir it for 2 hours to thicken it, then
let it cool puting it into small pots, it will keep twenty years.