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grape sufficient to make a right good wine, as was 

 lately proved by a gentlewoman in the sayd house. 

 There hath moreouer good experience of late yeeres 

 beene made, by two noble and honourable Barons of 

 this realme, the Lord Villiams of Tame, and the Lord 

 Cobham, who both had growing about their houses as 

 good vines, as are in many places of France. And if 

 they answere not in all points euery mans expectation, 

 the fault is rather to be imputed to the malice and 

 disdaine peraduenture of the Frenchmen that kept 

 them, then to any ill disposition, or fault of the soyle. 

 For where haue you in any place better, or pleasanter 

 Wines, then about Backrach, Colin, Andernach, and 

 diuers other places of Germanie, that haue in manner 

 the self e-same latitude and disposition of the heauens 

 that we haue? Beside, that the nearenesse to the 

 south, is not altogether the causer of good wines, 

 appeareth in that you haue about Orleans, great store 

 of good and excellent wine : whereas, if you goe to 

 Bwrges, two dayes iourney farther to the south, you 

 shall finde a wine not worth the drinking. The like 

 is (as I haue heard reported by Master D. Dale, Em- 

 bassadour for his Maiestie in these parts) of Paris and 

 Barleduke, the towne being southward, with noughtie 

 wines ; the other a great wayes farther to the north, 

 with as good wines as may be. But admit England 

 would yeeld none so strong and pleasant wines as are 



