176 A GARDEN OF HERBS 



SEVERAL SORTS OF MEATH, small and strong. (Small). 

 Take ten gallons of water, and five quarts of honey, with a 

 little Rosemary, more Sweet-bryar, some Balme, Burnet, 

 Cloves, less Ginger, Lemon Peel, Tun it with a little Barm ; 

 let it remain a week in the barrel with a bag of Elder-flowers, 

 then bottle it. 



(2) (Small). Take ten quarts of water, and one of honey, 

 Balm a little; Mint, Cloves, Limon-peel, Elder-flowers, a 

 little Ginger; wrought with a little yest, bottle it after a 

 night working. 



(3) (Strong). Take ten gallons of water, thirteen quarts 

 of honey, with Angelica, Borrage and Bugloss, Rosemary, 

 Balm, and Sweet-bryar, pour it into a barrel, upon three 

 spoonfuls of yest ; hang in a bag Cloves, Elder-flowers arid 

 a little Ginger. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened, 

 1699. 



To MAKE WHITE METHEGLIN. Take of Sweet-bryar a 

 great handful; of Violet-flowers, Sweet-marjoram, Straw- 

 berry-leaves, Violet leaves, and one handful, Agrimony, 

 Bugloss, Borrage, and half a handful Rosemary; four 

 branches, Gillyflowers (the Yellow wall -flowers with great 

 tops), Anniseeds, Fennel, and Caraway, of each a spoonful, 

 two large Mace. Boil all these in twelve gallons of water 

 for the space of an hour; then strain it, and let it stand 

 until it be Milk-warm. Then put in as much honey as will 

 carry an Egge to the breadth of sixpence at least; then 

 boil it again, and scum it clean; then let it stand, until it 

 be cold ; then put a pint of Ale-barm into it, and ripen it as 

 you do Beer, and tun it. Then hang in the midst of the 

 vessel a little bag with a Nutmeg quartered, a Race of 

 Ginger sliced, a little Cinnamon, and mace whole, and three 

 grains of Musk in a cloth put into the bag amongst the rest 

 of the Spices. Put a stone in the bag, to keep it in the midst 

 of the Liquor. This quantity took up three gallons of honey ; 

 therefore be sure to have four in readiness. Ibid. 



METHEGLIN (composed by myself out of sundry receipts). 

 In sixty gallons of water, boil ten handfuls of Sweet-bryar 



