[English translation]

Fragrant waters to make noble and elegant perfume.
Take a fragrant water composed of 2 lb. of rose cakes, 3 lb. of rose water, 1 lb. of clover water, 8 ounces of lavender water and 4 ounces of spike lavender water. Compound all of these together in a flask and you will have a simple and very odorous water.
If you would like to augment the simple water, put these things therein, viz., ½ ounce of orris root, 1 ounce of white sandalwood, 1 nutmeg, and 2 ounces of benzoin gum. Everything should be coarsely cut, plus 20 intact cloves. Put everything in the water and stopper it well and put it in the sun for at least 20 days. Every day when it is warm, mix it very thoroughly upside down so that the sun makes the odor compound by stewing in that way. In this way you will have a very wonderful, fragrant water that can be smelled from a distance.
If you would like to add musk to it, first strain it carefully with fine linen cloth. I say arranged so it comes out clear and not turbid. Then put it in the same flask. Take 4 grains of musk from the Levant, not the imitation, because it is better than that from the west, and 2 grains of ambergris, ground finely, in the usual way with an amount of fine sugar the size of a bean that gives a certain grace that makes it incorporate at once all the other odors, and with 3 or 4 drops of good oil or oil from sweet almonds which you can make, or with 4 drops of brandy from the third distillation and not more. Put these with the water. Wash the mortar with this water and grind everything together. Stopper it and put it in the sun for 8 to 10 days and every day turn it upside down and you will have a water with very delightful odor. It is fit to appear before any noble person. It will be clear and lustrous and will always keep a good odor.

Another composition of fragrant water for perfume.
Take 2 lb. of rose water, 1 lb. of water of musk roses distilled in glass on the bain marie, 3 lb. of water of orange flowers and 6 ounces of jasmine water, put together in a glass flask. Then put in 4 grains of musk and 2 grains of civet or ambergris, which is better to accompany the musk, and grind them with sugar in the usual way described above. Stopper it well and let it stay in the sun for 15 to 20 days and it will be made, odoriferous, good and perfect. It will pass any test and will have an agreeable odor.

Another way to prepare perfume.
Take 4 lb. of rose water, 2 lb. of orange flower water, and 1 lb. of water of myrtle flowers. Put these in a flask and put in 3 grains each of musk and civet, 1 dram of powdered sedge and 2 drams of benzoin gum. Everything should be well ground as described above. Cover it and put it in the sun for 20 days and it will be made, a most odorous water. Never has there been such a fragrance that will bring you honor.

Another way to add musk to simple rose water.
This also can be used to add musk to all other kinds of odorous waters, either simple or combination as described above. Take 8 lb. of rose water, 5 grains of musk, 8 cloves and 1 ounce of benzoin gum. Grind the musk in a mortar with as much fine sugar as a bean with 3 drops of almond oil or brandy and put all these in the water. If you do not wish to work with all of the water, take half with the mixture in it and boil it covered on a fire or on the bain marie for little more than ½ hour. Then when it is tepid add this to the remaining rose water and incorporate it well. Stopper it and leave it in the sun for 20 to 25 days and it will be made, odoriferous, noble and elegant. It can compare with the other noble and elegant fragrances.

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[Italian transcript]

Aque hodoriffere per fare aqua muschiata nobile et signorile.
Rx. de l’aqua hodoriffera composta de torte de roxe lb. 2 e aqua roxa lb. 3 e aqua de triffolo lb. j e aqua di lavando onze viij e aqua de fior de spigo onze iiij. Et componeli insieme tutte in un fiasco et averai un aqua simplice e molta hodoriffera.
Et se tu la vorai augumentare di hodore simplice, metivi drento queste cose, vz. irios onza s e sandali bianchi onza j, una noce moscata, belgiuino onze ij. Et ogni cosa sia tagliato grosso modo et 20 garofani cosi sani. Et ogni cosa meti in dita aqua e turela bene et mettila al sole al manco per 20 giorni et og[n]i di quando la e calda, mestela molto bene sotto sopra acio chel sole li dia l’odore componendosi a quel modo stuffata. Et a questo modo tu averai aqua hodoriffera molta mirabile, la quale si fara sentire dala longie.
Et se tu la volesti muschiarla, colela prima ligermente con peza lina sutila, dico fissa che ella venghi chiara e non torbida. Et poi la rimetti in quello fiasco medemo. Torai muscho di levante, non falsificato, perche egli e meglio che non ne quelo di ponente, grani 4, e ambracan grani 2 et masinato sutilmente al solito modo con tanto zucharo fino quanto e una fava, il quale li da ma certa gratia che immediate lo fa incorporare et tutti li altri odori e presto con 3 o 4 gioce di olio di ben overo di mandola dolza, il quale lo potrai fare da te overo con aqua vita di 3 cote con 4 gioce e non piu. Et meti con la dita aqua et laverai con la dita aqua il mortaino et meti ogni cosa insieme et turalo et metilo al sole per 8 o 10 di et ogni di la rimena sotto sopra et averai un aqua di hodore molta cordiale et potra comparire inanti ad ogni nobil persona et sera chiara e lustra et sempre mantera bono odore.
Item. Un altra compositione de aque hodoriffere per muschiarla.
Torai aqua roxa lb. ij e aqua de roxe moschatelle stillate al vetro a bagno maria lb. j e aqua de fiori de aranci lb. iij e aqua di gelsomini onze vj et meti insieme in fiasco di vetro. Poi gli meterai drento muscho grani 4 e zibetto grani 2 overamente ambracan la quale e meglio acompagniata col muscho. Et masinato col suo zucaro al solito modo dito disopra et turela bene et lassela stare al sole per 15 o 20 giorni et sera fata, hodoriffera, bona e perfetta a tutte le prove et avera odore suave.
Item. Un altro modo a componere aqua muschiata.
Torai aqua roxa lb. iiij, aqua lanpha lb. ij, aqua di fiori di mortella lb. j. Et metile tutte in un fiascho, poi li meterai drento muscho e zibetto, ana grani 3, e polvere di cipri drama j, e belgiuino drame ij. Et ogni cosa sia ben masinato como e ditto disopra. Et coperta et messa al sole per 20 giorni et sera fatta, un aqua hodoratissima non mai piu un tale odore sentito, la quale ti fara honore.
Item. Un altro modo a muschiare l’aqua roxa semplice.
Et cossi tu potrai muschiare de tutte le altre sorte de aque hodoriffere, ciascheduna da per se sola overamente acompagnate como e dito di sopra. Torai aqua roxa lb. 8 e muscho grani v e garoffani no. 8 e belgiuino onza j. Et masinerai il muschio sul mortaino con tanto zucaro fino quanto e una fava con 3 gioci d’olio di mandole overo con aqua vite. Et meterai ogni cosa con la ditta aqua. Et se tu non vorai tore tutta l’aqua, pigliene la meta con le compositione drento et fala bolire al foco coperta overo al bagno maria poco piu di ½ ora. Poi la voterai cosi tiepida con l’altra et la incorpora bene. Turela et lassela al sole per 20 o 25 giorni et sera fatta, hodoriffera, nobile et signorille et potra comparere tra li altri hodori nobili e signorilli.