3.--_Another._ ℞. Common absynth, southern wood, lavender, rosemary, laurel, _a.a._ 6 handsful. Sage, marjory, basalic, origan, thyme, great savory, hyssop, chamomile, _a.a._ 3 handsful. Flor. iris-root, 4 ℔. Santal citron, aloes-wood, 1/2 ℔. Canella, cloves, juniperberry, sassafras, _a.a._ 1 ℔. Flower of roses, aloes, myrrh, incense, styrax, benzoin, _a.a._ 2 ℔. Rosewood, 3 ℔. Salt, 4 ℔. Make a powder, and reserve the oil of spike for the unction. 4.--_Another Powder._ Two measures of best spirits of wine to anoint and bathe all the cavities; after which, rub all the parts with turpentine, then stuff them with the following powder: ℞. Rosemary, laurel, hyssop, absynth, mint, rhue, sage, wild thyme, pennyroyal, origan, scordium, flowers of rosemary, roses, lavender, chamomile, stoechas, spicknard, _a.a._ 2 handsful. Carraway and fennel seed, _a.a._ 1/2 ℔. Gentian root, angelica, cloves, valerian, _a.a._ 1 ℔. Reduce to powder and add: Aloes, mastic, incense, _a.a._ 2 ℔. Myrrh, 1/2 ℔. Benzoin, styrax, labdanum, canella, cloves, nutmeg, mace, saffron, _a.a._ 1 ℥. Mummy, 2-1/2 ℥. Reduce to powder in a mortar. 5.--_Another Powder._ ℞. Absynth, lavender, marjory, rosemary, thyme, balmgentle, cypress, mint, sage, balm, dill, origan, pennyroyal, red roses, _a.a._ 8 ℥. Calamus, cyperus, gentian, Flor. iris, rosewood, _a.a._ 5 ℥. Benzoin, styrax, aloes, myrrh, _a.a._ 6 ℥. Nutmeg, cloves, _a.a._ 4 ℥. Reduce to a fine powder. _Powder and Mixture._ Take a sufficient quantity of salt, and as much alum, to be mixed with myrrh, aloes, absynth, canella, cumin, cloves, mountain mint, pepper, and other aromatics; reduce to powder, sprinkling it with a little vinegar; then fill the body with it, rubbing with melted wax; then place the corpse in a leaden coffin. (_Formula of P. Bellon._) Penicher, who has furnished these different formulæ, will trace in the following pages the means of applying them. There are many methods of embalming. The first, which is derived from the sacred scriptures, did not prevent the body from soon undergoing a change, since they neglected to remove the viscera, which cause corruption.