Aphorifms concerning Cider. A« 



value it at a crown upon an Hog/head dezrcr then the other. (This 

 I take from the relation of one of my Neighhours which fome- 

 times lived ill that i/7<^»(^3which (for Jpples^znd Cider') is one of the 

 moft famous of all belonging to his Majefties Dominions ) yet 

 even upon this, and their choiceft Cz^erx, they commonly beftow 

 a pail oivpdter to every Hogjhead^ being fo far (it feems) ofPindars 

 mind, that they fear not any prejudice to their moft excellent //- 

 q»ors by a dafh of that moft excellent Element. Infomuch that 

 it goes for a common faying among them, that if any Cider can be 

 found in their 7/?^»^ which can be prov'd to have no mixture of 

 Tpdter, 'tis clearly forfeited. It feems they are ftrongly conceited 

 that this addition of the moft ufeful Element doth greatly melio^ 

 rate their Cider, both in refpeft of colour, tajie, and clarity. 



8. About feven years fince I gave my felf the experience of bit- 

 ter fcale-cider, both crude, and boiled ; I call'd them both to an 

 account at twelve moneths end ; I then found the crude Cider feem- 

 inglyas good, if not better then the boiled ; But having ftop'd 

 up the boiled, I took it to task again about ten moneths after ; at 

 which time I found it fo exceflively ftrong , that five perfons 

 would fcarcely venture upon an ordinary glafsfuU of it. My 

 Friends would hardly believe but I had heightened it with fome of 

 xny Jpirits : the truth is, I do not remember that I ever drunk 

 any liquor, on this f\de jpirits, fo highly ftrong and fpirituous : But 

 wanting plcafantnefs anfwerable to its ftrength, I was not very 

 fond of my experiment. 



9. A Neighbour hsivinga goodprovent of Fttrelings (pm ^pple of ' 

 choice account with us) making up a good part of them to Cider, 

 cxpeftedrare//</»(7r^ but it proved very mean and pitiful Cider, 

 as generally we find that to be which is made without mixture. 



10. My Dijiil/ations fufficiently inftruft me, that the fame /z- 

 ^ffor which (after fermentation hath paft upon it) yields a plenti- 

 ful quantity of j|>/r/^, drawn off unfermented yields nothing at 

 all o£ jpirit. And upon the fame, it is undoubtedly certain, that 

 C/i/er boiled immediately from the'wring hath his fpirits comprcft, 

 and drawn into a narrow compafs, which are for the moft part 

 wafted and evaporated by late unfeafonable boiling. 



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