London in the Time of the Tudors

by Walter Besant

And argentata of queen Isabella.

Lady T. Ay, what are their ingredients, gentle madam?

Wit. Your allum scagliola, or pol di pedra:

And zuccarino: turpentine of Abezzo,

Wash’d in nine waters: soda dilevants,

Or your fern ashes: benjamin di gotta:

Grasso di serpe: porceletto marino:

Oils of lentisco: zucche mugia: make

The admirable varnish for the face,

Gives the right lustre: but two drops rubb’d on