The fourteenth Booke of 



^ What neat mm begin of late to he if^requefi m Italie^ 



IN this trcatife of wines I cannot omit this obfervation-r That whereas all the good wines,prd^ 

 perly fo called and knownc in the whole world, may bee reduced in foiireicore kinds or there- 

 abouts ; two parts of three in this number, may well be counted wines of Italic: which in 

 this regard farte furpaflech all other nations^Ahd hereupon arifeth another thing more decpe- 

 ly to be notcd^Thatthefe good wines were not fo rife nor in fuch credite from the beginning,as 

 now they be* 



Chap. XII. 



^ OhfirvAtms touching wlm. 



■•-;mff;r>-. ■.. 



TOfayatruthjWinesbeganto grow into reputation at Rome, about iisc hllndted yeares 

 after the foundation thereofjand not before. For king Romicys uied milke when hee facri- 

 ficed to the gods, andnotwincasmay appeare by thecereaaoniallcoDftitutions by him 

 ordainedjas touching religion, which even at this day bee in force, and are obferved . And king 

 ISluma his fucceflour made this law Pofthiimia in his latter dales. Let no man besprinc- 

 KLE THE FUN ER ALL FIRE WITH vv 1 N E. VVhich Edi^t no msH doubt€th but he publlfhcd . 

 and enabled in regard of the great want and fcarcifideofwlne in thofe dales. Alio by the fame' 

 AOl hee exprelfely did prohibite to offer in faerifice to the gods,any wine comming of a Vine I 

 plant that had not ben cut and pruned .-intes^ding by thisdevife and pretence of religionjto en- 

 force men to prune; their VincSjwhootherwiie would fet their minds upon husbandrie only and 

 plowing ground for cornc, and bee flow ynough in hazarding themlelvesiortoclimbe trees, 

 whcreunto Vines were planted. M,Farro writeth.That Me^mm the king of Tufcane aided the 

 Rutiliani of Ardea in their wars againft the Lanncs,for no other hire and wage but the wine and 

 the vines which then were in the territorie of Latiurn. 



Chap* XiiIc 



of the mncknt ufage of mm : and the reifies in old time. ^ 



IN auncicnt time,women at Rome were not permitted to drinke any wine. We read moreovcE 

 in the Chronicles,That Bgnatm Oliecenmm killedhis ownc wife with a cudgell^^for that he 

 tooke her drinking wine out of a tun 5 and yet was hee cleared hj Romulti^^ and acquit of 

 the murder. FAbit^s L'iclor in his Annales reporteth,That a certaineRomane damCja woman of 

 good worfhipjwas by her ownekinsfolkcfamifhed and pined to death, for opening a cupbord^ 

 wherein the kcies of the wine- fellar lay. And C&to doth recordjthat hereupon arofe the manner 

 and cuftomCjThat kinsfolke ihould kiile women when they met them, to know by their breath 

 whether they flnelled of Temetum : for fo they ufed in thofe daies to tearme VV'^ine ; and thereof 

 drunkennefie was called in Latin Temulentia. CniT>omitiif/ {^i\dgt inRome)in the like cafe pro- £ 

 nouncedfentcncejudiciallyagainftawomandcfendanr,inrhisfci:me,THAT it seemed she 



HAD DRUNKE MORE VVINE WITHOUT HER HUSBANDS KNOVVIEDGE, THAN WAS 



needfull for the PRESERVATION OF HER HEALTH, and therefore awarded defini- 

 tively ,Thatfhefhoiild loofc the benefit of her dowrie. Certes,the Romans for a long rime made 

 great (pare of wine. L.Pafjrm lord Gencrall of the Romane armic,when he was at the point to 

 joine battcll with the Samnites,madfinoothervow_jbut this3That he would offer mio hifiter a 

 little cup or goblet of wine, incafehee atchievedthevidorieandwoon the field. Over and be- 

 iides,we find in hiflorieSjthatamong donatives and prelents, certaine fcxtars or quarts ot milke 

 have been many times given,but never any of wine.The fame Cato abovenamedjafter his voiage 

 into Spainc (from whence he returned with vidorie and triumph) in a folemne fpeech that hee y[ 

 made unto the peoplc,protcf^ed ifi thefc words and faid , No other wtm h^nje idrunke fince I tvent^ 

 than the vtry marnners have^ How farre unlike was he to men in thefe daies^who fitting at the ' 

 tablcshave their cup offtrong wine by themfelves,and give to their guefts other finall winfis to 

 drinke: or if they fuffer them to drinke all one and of the bell; at the beginning of ihefcaii; they 

 ; . : ^ . ^ - will 



