Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.
Source Sir Hugh Plat, Delightes for Ladies (Humfrey Lownes, London 1609), via Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages (Complete Anachronist #60) — original
Ingredients
the strong and sweet water wherewith you have drawen oile of cloves, mace, nutmegs, Iuniper, Rosemarie, &c.
Method
Distill with a gentle heat either in balneo, or ashes, the strong and sweet water, wherewith you have drawen oile of cloves, mace, nutmegs, Iuniper, Rosemarie, &c. after it hath stood one moneth close stopt,
and so you shall purchase a delicate Spirit of each of the said aromaticall bodies.
Notes
Re-distillation of the hydrosol left from drawing essential oils.
This recipe predates 1700 and is quoted from its original printed source. Spelling is left exactly as printed.
