2 2 Aphoriftns concerning Cider. 



(l)y the diligence of fome Art of the Inhabitants) is bright and 

 clear, and fo lively, that they are apt to challenge the beft. 



6. Some Cider mixeth kindly with fVater in the Cider-mill^ and 

 will hold out a good fmall Wive, and lefs inflaming, all the follow- 

 ing Summer. Some Cider (as of Longhope, a. kind of four Wood- 

 land Coumxy o( Herefordfkire)^Nl\\not bear any mixture o( Watery 

 but foon decay,and turn more harfti and lour: And thus we noted 

 in France, fome courfe Wines ftuck like paint on the Clafs, unwil- 

 ling to incorporate with the Water : Fin d' Aye, and other delicate 

 Wines, did Ipread themfelves more freely, as gald is more duSile 

 then hzCer ntetals. 



J. Some would, for a fit, extol the Cider of Vearmains, fome 

 of Pepins ^ fand of Pepins I have found a congenial Liquor, lefs af- 

 ^\€img^kmticl{ perfons, as in mine own experience I conceived :) 

 And S' Henry Lingen once extolled the Cider of Eleots (as richly 

 bedewing the Glafs XikeheH Can/tries ,) and full Hogfheads of the 

 Stocking- Apple have been tried amongft us, but difappointing our 

 expeftation, though perhaps by evil ordering : Yet M' Gritten 

 highly boafted a Mixture of Stocking- Apples and May-Pears% tried 

 fas I take it^ by himfelf : After many years trial of thofe and 

 many other kinds, the Redjirake carried the common fame, and 

 from moft of thofe reduced admirers. The Gennet-Moyl Cider was 

 indeed more acceptable to unskilfiil and tender PaLas j and it will 

 require Ctfftom and Judgment to underftand the preferrency of the 

 Red-jirake, whofe mordicant fweetnefs moft agreeably gives the 

 farewelj endearbg the rellilh to all underftanding Pallas 5 which 

 both obliges, whets, and iharpens the fiomach with its mafculine 

 and vpiny vigour 5 and many thoufands extol it for exceeding the 

 ordinary French-Wine : But grant it ftiould not be fo ftrong as 

 Wine 3 let me ask how many fober perfons abroad addid them- 

 felves to meet Wine ? Then compare this with diluted Wine, as 

 ufually for temperate men, and then let the trial be made, whe- 

 tlier the Pepin-Cider or Red-jirake will retain the winy vigour 

 in greater proportion of Water. Add to this, That they com- 

 monly mingle Water in the Prefs with Apples (a good quantity) 

 whiles they grinde the Apple 5 and the Water thus mixed, at that 

 time, does fo pleafingly incorporate in the grinding, fermentation, 

 and maturity of Veflelling, that 'tis quite another and far more 

 pleafant thing then if fo much or half fo much Water were mingled 

 in the Cup at the drinking time^ as Salt on the Trencher will not give 

 teef, Porke, or Neats-tongue, half that lame rellifh which duly/>i?ii'- 

 derd and timely feafon'd. 



8. I did once prefer the Gennet-moyl Cider, but had only the 

 Ladies on my fide, as gentler for their fugary palats, and for one 

 or two fober draughts; butlfaw caufe to recant, and to confefi 

 the Red-jirake to warm and whet the Stomach, either for meat or 

 more drink. 



9. The fight Cider-fiuit is far more Jucculent, and the Liquor 

 more eafily divides from the pulpe of the Apple, then in beft lahle- 

 fiitit,\n which juice and the pulp feem friendly to diflblve together 

 on the tongues end. 10. The 



