54 A Difconrfe of Forefl-Trces. 



Body, and exceedingly (harpens the Appetite^ being drank aMte pa- 

 jium : I will prcltnt you a Receipt, as it was Ibnt me by a fair Lacfy. 



To every gallon of Birch-voater put a quart of Hotiy well ftirr'd 

 together •-, then boil it almofl: an hour with a few Cloves, and a 

 little Limon-pecl, keeping it well fcumm'd : When it is fufficient- 

 lyboil'd, and become cold, add to it three or four fpoonfuls of 

 good Ale to make it work (which it will do like new Ale) and 

 when the Teji begins to fettle, bottle it up as you do other veiny li- 

 quors. It will in a competent time become a moft brifk and fpiri- 

 tousDr;«4, which (befides the former virtues) is a very power- 

 ful opener, and doing wonders for cure of the Fthifick.: This Wine 

 may (if jwu pleafe) be made as fuccefsfully with Sugar in (lead of 

 Hony, tfej. to each Gallon oi Water 5 or you may dulcifie it with 

 Raiftns, and compote a Raifin-wine of it. I know not whether 

 the quantity of the fweet Ingredients might not be fomewhat re- 

 duc'd, and the operation improv'd : But I give it as receiv'd. 



But befides thefe. Beech, Alder, Ap, Elder, &c. would beat- 

 tempted for Liquors : Thus Crabs, and even our very Brambles 

 may poffibly yield us «?c^/V<«/ and ufefulir/z?ej. The Poplar was 

 heretofore efteem'd more phyfical then the Setula. The fap of the 

 Oak, juice, ordecoftionof the inner bark cures the Fapions, or 

 farcy, 3i virulent and dangerous infirmity in Horfes, and which (like 

 Cancers) were reputed incurable by any other Topic, then fomc 

 aftual, or potential cautery : But, what is more noble 5 a dear 

 friend of mine aflur'd me, that a Country Neighbour of his (at 

 lesifcfourfcore years of age)whohad lain fick of a bloody Strangury 

 (which by cruel torments reduc'd him to the very article df death) 

 was, under God, recover'd to perfeft, and almoft ntiraculout 

 health, and ftrength (fo as to be able to fall ftoutly to his labour) 

 by one fole draught of Beer, wherein was the decoHion of the in- 

 ternal bark^oi the Oak-tree ^ And I have fecn a compofition of an 

 admirable ^^^tfr/^'c, and diuretic for all afFeftions of the Liver ou^ 

 of the lik§ of the Elm, which might yet be drank daily as our 

 Cophee is, and with no lefs delight 5 but packing is not my trade : 

 I fpeak only here as a plain Husband-man, and a fimple Forejter^ 

 out of the limits whereof I hope I have not unpardonably tranl- 

 grefs'd. Tan was a Phyfician, and he (you know) was Prejdent of 

 the Woods. But I proceed. 



CHAP. XVI. 



Of the Hafell. 



Haftl. I. ^npHe Hafell is bert rais'd from the Nuts, which you fhall 



X fow like Maji in a pretty deep furroxp toward the end of 



February : Light greund may immediately be fown imdharrorv'd 



in very accurately ; but in cafe the mould be clay, plow it earlier, 



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