Take a gallon of Spring water a handfull of Lavender flowers as many
pinks 3 handfulls of roses as much sweet marjerom the peeling of 6
oringes 12 cloves bruise all these and put to them one ounce of orrice
powder 4 ounces of benjamin put all these into a rose still and draw
off the first quart by itselfe and then a pint, you may draw after that
another water from the leese which will serve for present use but not
keep, put into your quart bottle 12 pennyworth of musk and in the pint
bottle 6 pennyworth tied in bags and a little juniper sliced very thin
as much as will lay on half crown 2 or 3 spoonfulls will sweeten a
bason of water keep it stop’t very close it will keep a year or 2.