Dictionarium polygraphicum. Of dying clove colour.

Dictionarium Polygraphicum:
Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested.
Vol I.
London: Printed for C. Hitch and C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, and S. Austen in St. Paul's Church Yard. MDCCXXXV.
1735
I. To dye an excellent Clove colour.
Take water a sufficient quantity, fustick twenty four ounces, crust madder and nut galls of each a pound, red wood ground four ounces; boil them, and enter twenty yards of broad cloth; boil it two hours with a strong heat, handling it; then put in copperas half a pound, oak shavings four ounces; enter your cloth again, handle it well, boil it half an hour, and so cool it; if you would have the colour sadder, put in more copperas.

II. Another Clove colour.
Take water a sufficient quantity, joiners oak shavings four pounds, madder two pounds, redwood and walnut tree leaves of each four ounces; boil them well, and enter twenty yards of cloth, which handle well, and boil it three hours, still handling it; then take it out and air it, adding, if need requires, a little more water; then take copperas thirty ounces, enter your cloth again, take it out and cool it, and sadden it, if need requires, with more copperas.

III. Another Clove colour.
Take water a sufficient quantity, nut galls and red wood ground of each a pound, fustick and madder of each eight ounces, sumach four ounces; boil all these together for an hour, then enter your cloth, &c. and boil an hour; take it out, and put in copperas two pounds; being melted, put in your cloth again, and let it boil. This will dye twenty pounds weight of wool, yarn, cloth, &c.

IV. Another Clove colour.
Take water a sufficient quantity, sumach six handfuls, fustick three handfuls, red wood ground one handful; boil all these two hours and a half, with twenty yards of broad cloth; then cool and sadden with copperas, as you see fit.

V. Another Clove colour.
Take water a sufficient quantity, nut galls two pound, madder two pounds, fustick a pound and a half; boil all together, cool with a little water, then enter forty eight or fifty pounds of wool, yarn, cloth, &c. handle your cloth, and boil it two hours and a half; then cool it, and sadden with copperas two pounds four ounces.