First pare and quarter them and boyle them in severall waters till it
be tender and look green put them in the water when it boyles when it
has boyled in that water a pretty while take it out and put it in cold
water and so do till it be tender boyle in the waters some lemon peel
cover them with a cloth in the boyling, if they are so ripe that the
seeds look red then take y^m out then take to every pound of mellon a
pound and a quarter or a pound & a half of double refined Sugar and
a pint of fair water; make a Sirrop thereof and put in your mellon
and lemon peel which preserve with the mellon then let it lay in that
Sirrop for 9 days then boyle it again and when it is done take it up
and add some pippin liquor to it (Loafe Sugar at the first) for the
quantity or liquor you have then add some juice of Lemon to it musk or
ambergreese if you like it.