Take a quantity of wine vinegar put therein a quantity of rock allome
make it boyle till the allome be dissolved then rub over your lace
therein afterwards wash it over with clean water and castle soap this
will make your lace very fair and fresh. Some rub it only w^{th} the
powder of Common Palk burnt:
476. _To scoure or refresh ye Colours of Pictures y^t are Stain’d or
Soil’d._
Take a quantity of wine vinegar & a quantity of allome let it boyle
till ye allome be dissolved then take a piece of fine clean linnen
cloth dip it therein & wash over your pictures therewith then let them
dry and after they are dry take a little piece of fine linnen cloth dip
it in linset oyle and so wipe over your picktures therewith then hang
them in their places this will fetch off all y^e stains and make y^e
pictures fresh.
477. _To dress & order Thin & Old Bedtikes to make y^m keep in their
Feathers._
Take a quantity of wheat flour and a quantity of yellow wax put it into
clean water make it boyle and stir it well together untill the wax be
clear dissolved then let it cool and after it is cold use it after
this manner, take your bedtike turn the wrong side outwards and spred
it abroad upon a table then take a brush made of swines hairs dip it
therein rub over every place of your bed tike therewith and put it to
dry this will make your bed thick and strong & cause that no feathers
shall come out nor dust enter in.
478. _To perfume Bedtikes for Down or other Bedtikes w^n y^e Feathers
smell Strong and Mustie._
Take clean water, wax and flour make it boyle and stir it well together
untill the wax be dissolved and when your wax is dissolved take a
quantity of cloves beaten to powder and a quantity of sweet water or
damaske rose water cast it therein Stir it well together and when it
is cold dress your bed therewith according to ye last receipt this
done you shall smell your bed all over ye chamber w^n it cometh to the
heat of the body it’s both comfortable to ye head and stomach and not
offencive to a woman in child bed.