_The use of Conserve of Violets and Cowslips._

That of _Cowslips_ doth marvelously strengthen the Braine, preserveth
against Madnesse, against the decay of memory, stoppeth
Head-ache, and most infirmities thereof; for _Violets_ it hath the
same use the Syrupe hath.

[Illustration: Violets]


_To make Paste of Violets, or any kind of Flowers._

Take your Flowers, pick them, and stamp them in an _Alablaster_
morter, then steep them two howres in a sauser of _Rose_-water, after
straine it, and steep a little _Gum Dragon_ in the same water, then
beat it to past, print it in your Moulds, and it will be of the very
colour and tast of the Flowers, then gild them, and so you may
have every Flower in his owne colour, and tast better for the
mouth, then any printed colour.


_Powder of Violets._

Take sweet _Ireos_ roots one ounce, red _Roses_ two ounces, _Storax_
one ounce and a halfe, _Cloves_ two drams, _Marjerome_ one dram,
_Lavinder_ flowers one dram and a halfe, make these into powder;
then take eight graines of fine _Muske_ powdered, also put to it two
ounces of _Rose_-water, stir them together, and put all the rest to
them, and stir them halfe an hour, till the water be dryed, then