The foiirteetith Booke of 



his fathers boord Greek wine ferved up but once aca meale^how good foever the fare was other- G 

 wife. HovA;beit,himrdfe when he returned out of Afia^in a congiarie orlargefle that hergave un- 

 to the peoplejmade a dole and diftribution of more than an hundred tlioufand irieafures^jof eal- 

 46ns ^peeccCSemm^vihom of late daies we faw Prctourof Rome^teftified, that hee never law 

 any wine of Chios brought into his houfc,before that the Phyfician prefcribed and let it downc 

 for the Ccirdiaca pafsw^ot the trembUng of the heart jwliereunto hee was fubjed. But contraiiwile 

 Hortenfm when he dicdjeft above ten thoufand baiiels full of that wine to his heirc. And thus 

 vmchouioiM»yarro, 



Chap. xv. 



}^ of CrfarsbottmiUnd liberate in rvine, H 



BVt what (hoiild wee fay of O Idim C^far Diaatour ? In that folerane fcaft of his which hcc 

 made at his triumph ^did not he diftribute among his guefis Falern wines by the whole bar- 

 rels, andCreeke wine of Chios by the rundlets ? After his returne out of Spainewith vi- 

 (5lotieand triumph, he likewile gave away a largeflTe of wine as well Chian asFalerne.Butatthc 

 roiall dinner which he made when he entred upon.his third Confullliip^he caufed all the hall to 

 beeferved throughout with Falerne, Chian, Lesbian, and Mamertine wines.-which was the firtt 

 time that ever any man faw the fervice of foure fcvcrall wines at one feaft. Now in farther pro- 

 celTe of time^ and namely about the 700 ycare after llo :iie citties foundaiion^all other wines be- 

 gan to bearc a name and come in requeft. ^ 



Chap. xvi. 

 ^ of attificidlor mademms, 



COnfidering all that hath beene written, I nothing marvell at fuch an infinite numbers of 

 compound and artificial! wines devifcd in old timejalifor the ufeof Phyfickejwhereofwce 

 will now treat in more ample manner. To begin therforc with Wine- verjuice called Om- 

 phacium^how it lliould be made (for perfumes and odoriferous ointments) wee have fbewed in 

 the former booke. As for the wine named Oenanthinum , it is made of Labrufc3,that is to fay, 

 the wild Vine;,in this wilezTake two pound of the flowers of the wild Vine aforefaid 5 let the fame 

 bee fteeped in a mcafure of new wine^containing about twelve ^gallons, for the Ipace of thirtie 

 daiesyand then be chaunged out of that veffellinto another. Moreoverjthe root and the grapes 

 of the/aid wild Vine^are good for curriers to dreflTc their leather. The fame grapesalittle after 

 they have done bloomingjare taken to be a fingular remedie for to cooie thofc that be troubled 

 with bote and ardent difeafes^fbr naturally they be(ss men thinke)exceeding cold : and ivAccd 

 many of thefe grapes die in the bote time of Summer before the reft which are called Solfliti- 

 alesrbutallof them never come to full and perfc<a ripencfle. Nowif you would kecpc Puliein 

 fronrpccking grapes^Take thefe of the wild Vine before they be throughly ripe, tmingle & feeth 

 them with their meat : for this will take away all their appetite that way^and breed a loathing at- L 

 ter all grapes. - . * . 



'■ Tocomc now unto the artificial! wines beforenamed : the firftof themjnamely that which 

 they call Adynamonjp.without flrength jis made of very wine in this manner:Take of new white 

 wine twentie Sextars [/. quarts :] of water halfc as much : let them boilc together untill the mea- 

 fure of water beforefaid bee confumed. Some take of fea-water ten Sextarcs^of rainc water as 

 much : and when they be mingled together/uffer them to worke in the hote Sunne for the ipacc 

 of fortiedaies, Thisdrinke they ufc to givclmiopatients3forfuchniala.d4es astheyfeare wine 

 would be hurtful! to. Afecondmadevoinctherejis called Millet wine, after this fort -.Take of 

 Millet feed that is ripe^^uske,head and all^a pound and a quartetjput it into two gallons of Misf^ 

 dr'new wine : after that it hath lien there infufed (even moneihs,let the liquor run from it into ^ 

 afioiber vefTelljandkeepeit for your ufe. As touching the wines of Lotus, aswcll the tree and 

 flirubjas the hcar-be,wee have-fhewcd fufficiently how they ought to be made. Moreover^thcre 

 bee many winesmade of fundriefruitSjWhich wee will write of hereafter more at large : with a 

 fupixlerment and addition of fuch interpretations onely as be neceflarie . And in thefirft place 

 '€Omhm\i th& Date-Wine, which the Pardiians, Indians, and all the nations of the Eaf^ in ge- 

 i'* ' nerall 



