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WASHING-BALLS, Pomatum, Smigma. When Susanna went to bathe, she sent her Maids to fetch Oleum & Smigmata,1 Essence and Pomatum, or Soap, Washballs, and such kind of Compositions, that Women made use of to perfume themselves, and to make the Colour fresh, and the Skin white and smooth.
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Susan. 17. Afferte mihi oleum & smigmata. ↩
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