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PERFEUMES
Francisco Morenos way of Perfuming
of Skinns
First Chuse y r Scinns of Cordauan or Kide of Spannish
dressing without Salt, & as spungie as you can gett. soake
them very well in Rose water, & rubbe it in, then Perfume
it in a Stoue with Benjamin & Storax, & att e last a lit-
tle Pastilles, if you meane to be at much Charge of Amber,
doe this ouer 2 or 3 times att e last of all when they are
almost dry rubb them on e ruffe side uery limber & anoint
them with this Composition of Amber, which is made thus
Warme a brasse Morter & Pestle, then putt into it an ounce or
Lesse of Ciuett, & as soone as that is redused to an oile, putt
into it 2 ounces of Amber Greece, & Stirr it in e Ciuett
with e warme Pestelle till all be well incorperated, then
powre in some fresh drawn Oyle of Benjamin to dilate it
& likewise a little Orange Flowre water till you find it
so thinne that it wil esily sinke into e leather then last
of all putt in a Quarter of an ounce of muske, & worke
it perfectly well with e rest. then rubbe it by litle & little
into y r Leather, doing of it ouer seuerall times, till a Large
cinne haue drunke up this proportion, or so paire of large
Gloues or Pockets, or what you please. then lett them drie
upon pappers on a table in e shade that day, e next
dat sett them in e Strongest sunne & as they drie torne
them, lying upon papers & some Woolin Clothe, till
they be thorough drie & stiffe, then rubbe & worke them in
y r hands, till they be uery limber; & so putt them up in Pa-
pers wrapt in a warme plase in Woolin, & kept from
Linnen,
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