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thereof. But the Fauflian vineyards lie aboutfourc milesfrom a village ncareCediaj^v^hich vil- ' G 

 lagc is from Sinuefla fix miles diflant . And to fay a truth, this Fauftian wine is inferiour to none 

 in reputation :fo piercing and quickcitis, that it will burne of a light 6ame ; a propcriie that you 

 {ball not fee in any other wine.Thtee forts there be of thefe Falerne wines : the firft be hard and 

 harfhithefecond^fweetandpleafant-jthe third, thin and fmall. But fome have diitinguiflicd 

 them in this wife :Thofe that come from the top of the hills,be called Gaurane wines j from the 

 mids, Fauftian ; and laft of all from the bottonie and foot thereof^ the Falerne . Butby the way 

 this would not be forgotten, That the grapes whereof be made thefe wines fo fingular and ex- 

 eellentjare nothingpleafanttothc taltfortobeeaten. As touching the Albai)e wines froma- 

 bout Alba nearc thecitie of Rome, they teach lo the third ranke in goodnes,for a certainc va-; 

 rietie they have in their taft:fweetifli they bejandyetotherwhiles they have an unripe and harfh H 

 rcllifh of the wood,& taft like the hedger wine.In like manner the wines of Surrentumj^ namely ' 

 thofe of grapes growing onely in vineyards, are excellent good for weakc perfons that be newly 

 recovered of ficknelTe j fo fmali they arCjand holefome withall. And in mith^pTykm^i Cdfar was 

 vsoont to fay. That the Phyficians had laid their heads togither, and agreed to give the Surrcn- 

 tinewinefo great a name; for otherwifeitwasno better than a very mild and pleafantvinec^re: 

 and C, Caligula (his fuccclfor in the Empire) ufed to fay of it^ That ibr a wine that had loft the 

 heart and was a going, itwasveric good. The MafTikc wines, which come from the Gaurane 

 hills looking toward Putcoli and Baj.^,come nothing behind the reft, but ftrive to match them 

 every way. For as touching the Statane vineyards, that confine and border upon the Falerne, 

 their mncs^^^ubtlefle are now come to be theprincipall and chiefe of all the reft: whereby is I 

 is evioBitlyleene, that every territorie and vine-plot hath their times and feafons, like as all o- 

 thcr things in the world,one while rife and another while fall.For in times paft,the Cakne wines 

 made of the grapes growing hard by Rome, were wont to goe before all others : as alfo the Fun- 

 dane vines had their time^ as well thofe that are planted in vineyards, as they which run upon 

 trees : like as thofe of the other fide, neare alfo to the citieof Rome, and namely from Vclitcr- 

 num and Privernum .For as touching the wine of Signia, it isheld for a medicine onely ; and by 

 reafonofanaftringentvesdure that it hath, it is excellent goodtoftay the flux of the belly. In 

 the fourth place of this race of vines, lu/m Cd/ar (late Emperour of famous memorie) hach 

 raunged (fortoferve thepublickeand foiemncfeafts of the cittie) the Mamertine wines,from 

 about Meflana in Sicilie : for he was the firft (as appcareth by his letters miftivc) that gave credit K 

 and authoritie unto them. And of thofe, the Potulane wines(ro called of them who firft planted 

 the vines wherof they came) are raoft commended, & namely thofe that are upon the next couft 

 of Italy. Within the fame Sicilie_, the Taurominitane vines are highly cftcemed, infomuth as 

 many times they goe for Mcflana winc,and are fo fold by whole pottles. Now for all other wines 

 from about the coaftofcheTufcanefeaNorthwardj good reckoning is made of thePrstutian 

 and fuch as come from Ancone : alfo of the Palmcfian wines, which haply tooke that name, for 

 that the firi^ plant of that vine came from a Palme or Date tree. E ut in the midland parts of i ta- 

 lie within the firme land,good regard there is of the Cefenatian and Meca^natian wines. With- 

 in the territorie of Verona, the Rhetian wine carrieth the price : which P^irgi/l ranged next after 

 the Falerne wiaes. Anon you come to the wines Adrianejand thofe that grow far within the trai5l 

 of the Venice gulfe.No w from the nether fea about Lions, ye have the Larinicnfian, the Gra- 

 vifeane, and the Statonian wines , Throughout all Tufeane,the wines aboutLuna bcarethe 

 name : like as thofeof Genes,for Liguria. Betwcene the Pyrensean hills and the Alpes, Maifiles 

 hath the commendation for wines of a double taft; for the vines therejdo yeeld a certain thicke 

 and groffe wihe, which they call Succofunij [/. full of juice and liquor] good to feafonochcr 

 winesjand to give them a pretie taft. When ye are paffed once into Fraunce or Gaule,thc wine of 

 Beterrasisin chiefe requeft. As for the reft within Languedoc and the province of Narbon, 

 lam notable to avouch anything for ccrtaintie, fuch a brewing and fophiftication of them 

 they make, what with fuming, perfuming, and colouringthem : and would God they put not 

 infbme hearbsand drugs among, that be not good for mans bodie. For certaine it is,that they M 

 commonly buy Aloe to give the wine both another taft and alfo a counterfeit color. Moreover, 

 in the farther and more remote coafts of Italic toward theAufonian fea, there be wines which 

 are not without their praife and commendation, and namely thofe of Tarcntum, Servitium, 

 aiKlConfentiai Jikewifeof Tempfa, Bavia^ and Lueania;howbeit the Thurine wine goeth be- 

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