ireos

Updated: May 9, 2025

First take eight ounces of Ireos roots, also four ounces of Pomistone, and eight ounces of Cutle-bone, also eight ounces of Corral, and a pound of Brick if you desire to make them red; but he did oftener make them white, and then instead of the Brick did take a pound of fine Alabaster; all this being throughly beaten, and sifted through a fine searse, the powder is then ready prepared to make up in a paste, which must be done as follows.

Anonymous - A Queens Delight: The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right: Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent: Waters.