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Receipt for a Plaster or Sear Cloth for all sorts of Pains
Strains or Sores
Take half a Pint of Sallad Oil, 3. Ounces of Oil of Bays,
2. Ounces of Bees Wax
4. Ounces of Read Lead
Boil all these together over a Slow Fire putting in first
Boil all these together over a slow fire putting in first the Oils & then the Bees Wax & Red Lead
the Oils, then the Bees Wax and Red Lead; ⁁ when it begins to Boil:
but be sure to keep it stirring all the time for Fear it Boils over.
and when it is Boiled Black and find it is like plaister, which
will be about half an Hour then pour it over into a Pail of Water
till it be Cold, and Work it Altogether like paist*, and so make it
into Rowls and keep it for Use.
When you Work it into Rowls, put a little Oil on
your hands and on the place where you work it, otherwise it will
stick fast –
{Take half a Pint of Sallet Oil } Boil all these together over
{3. Ounces of Oil of Bays } a Slow Fire putting in first
{2. Ounes of Bees Wax } the Oils, the the Bees Wax
{4. Ounces of Red Lead } and Red Lead –
Boil all together over
a Slow Fire putting in first the
Oils and the Bees Wax and Red Lead.
when it begins to Boil but be sure to keep it stirring
all the time for Fear it Boils Over, and it is Boil’d Black
and find it is like plaister, which will be about half an Hour
then Pour it over into a pail of Water ’till it be Cold, and Work it
altogether like paist, and so make it into Rolls and keep it for Use.
When you Work it into Rowls, put a little Oil on your hands
and on the place where you work it, otherwise it will stick fast –
S Moore

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