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The 18 day of June in Madrid 1650

According to this proportion. Perfumes may be made

Viz

To an ounce of Amber a Quarter of A ounce of
Algalla, an ounce of the oyle of the Flowre
Jasmin, & halfe an ounce of Albatera.

To make Paste Beades

Viz

Grind your Quantity of Amber yu please upon a
stone of purpose such as your Paintets use &c &c one
quarter part of Algalla, & your like of Almisile of
so much quantety as your Amber & then putt there-
unto a little Alquitora, boyle the same together to
a Mass, & thereof make the Beades with your
hands as you please, putting thorough them a thred with
a nidddle, & so drie them.

To perfume Damaske Roses

Take Damaske Roses putt them into a wide mouthed
glasse & stopp them close with partchement, sett the,
upon leades in the sunne, or some other very hotte place
where the sunn comes, shaking them twice or thrice a
day till they be dry then make a powder thus.
Take cleare & faire Beniot, Florax, Galean, Lignum
Aloes, Amber Grise, Mace of Levanto, Lemon Peele,
Cittorn Peele, Orange Peele, Orange Flowers, sweete
Marjoram, Lemon lime, Myensell Leaves, bruise the
Hearbes beate your Powders & take what proportions will
serve your

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Roses, & mixe your Qunteties as best pleas
your sense; all your Powders
into your Glasse, tye them with paper & parch
ments & wax, & a parchment over that, that no ayr possibly
can gett in, nor sent come out, sett them in your heat of
the sunne as longe as it lasts & in the
Evenings & night keepe it in a stove, this do for a month or five weeks,
then ^{you may} use it,
putt into little sarsenett baggs, & layer amunge your
Clothes. it will last longest with woollen, this is a rare perfume
putting a little of it into a perfuming pann, with Orange
Flower water or Rose water or lemmon lime buds water.

To make the best Pastiles to burn in your
world, taught me by a servant of Francisco
Morenas, who was his Nephew & came & made
them in my house before me, this present 17th
of November, 1664 in our house at the siete
Chimeneas at Madrid.

Beat & searse a pound & halfe of Benjamin as finely
as cann be done in the finest coverd searse, beat an ounce &
Quarter of Storax in a morter, grinding it very well, putt
into a deep preserving pann, that is round bottom'd the
Storax, & there upon as much of the Damask Rose water,
as will wett it, then sett it upon a very soft fire, stirr
ing it very well, with a longe spatila, till it is almost redy
to boyle, then stran in a little Benjamin, stirring it con
tinually, then poure in more rose water, & then the rest
of the Benjamin & then more rose water, in all about 3
Wine Pintes, lett it then stand thus upon the fire till
wish the heart thereof, & perpetuall stirring, it become
a very thin paste, in the water, against which time have
have ready this compound thus prepar'd.