Given on the XXIIIrd day of April MDXVIII, before Easter.

And on the XXIIIrd day of this month of April MDXVIII, in the

presence of M. Guglielmo Borian, Royal notary in the court of the

bailiwick of Amboise, the aforesaid M. Leonardo de Vinci gave and

bequeathed, by his last will and testament, as aforesaid, to the

said M. Baptista de Vilanis, being present and agreeing, the right

of water which the King Louis XII, of pious memory lately deceased

gave to this same de Vinci, the stream of the canal of Santo

Cristoforo in the duchy of Milan, to belong to the said Vilanis for

ever in such wise and manner that the said gentleman made him this

gift in the presence of M. Francesco da Melzo, gentleman, of Milan

and in mine.

And on the aforesaid day in the said month of April in the said year

MDXVIII the same M. Leonardo de Vinci by his last will and testament

gave to the aforesaid M. Baptista de Vilanis, being present and

agreeing, each and all of the articles of furniture and utensils of

his house at present at the said place of Cloux, in the event of the

said de Vilanis surviving the aforesaid M. Leonardo de Vinci, in the

presence of the said M. Francesco Melzo and of me Notary &c. Borean.

1225

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete