THE fine Spice is a Mixture of several Aromaticks mix'd together; and to prevent the Abuse that attends this Composition, I have thought fit to give the Receipt of those Things it ought to contain. Take black Dutch Pepper, five Pounds; dry'd Cloves, one Pound and a half; Nutmegs the same Quantity; fresh dry'd Ginger two Pounds and a half; green Anise and Coriander, of each, three Quarters of a Pound; powder them separately, and sift them thro' a fine Sieve; then mix them together, and take Care to keep them close stopt for Use.
It is here observeable, That the generality of those who make the four Spices, use instead of Pepper, Pepper-Dust; instead of Cloves, Jamaica-Pepper; instead of Nutmegs white Costus; or an uncertain Kind of Bark, that I know not well what to call; but is so like rough Cinnamon, that it is impossible to discover the Difference, but that the Taste is altogether foreign, and has more Likeness to Sassafras: The lesser Galingal and Cloves mix'd together, and those who sell it, call it Cinnamon Wood, clov'd Cinnamon, or Clove-Wood, and say, that it is the Bark of the Clove-Tree, which is false; but for my own particular, I believe that it is the Bark of a Kind of Sassafras.