The fourteenth Booke of 



AwonderMnatureand propertiethat thefevineshave^Todrawandfucke into thcimbevery G 

 taft of other heaths and plants that are fet neare iiiito them : tor even io all the grapes about 

 Padua have a tellifli of the Willowes and Ofiers that grow there in the iiiarift grounds . In this 

 f. wife the men of Thafos doe plant and fow cither Ellebore or wild Coucumber, or els Scamnio- 

 nea^about their vines, to make thereoftheir deviliili wine Pthorium/o called^becau le it caufeth 

 a flip andprocureth untimclybirth^ Of more heaths befidesj thcrebeeother wines made: the 

 vcrtues of which hearbsywe will fet downe elfewhere in place convenient j and namely, of Stoe- 

 chosjtheroot of GentiaUjOf Tragoriganum, of Diaamum^ Afarabacca^of Daucus or yellow 

 CarotjSauge,Panacej Acorusor Galangal, Conyzaor Cunilago, Thyme, Mandragoras, and 

 Squinanth* More fuch wines there were yetjwhich the Greeks called Scyzinumjitseomelisj aiid 

 Ledifpagites 3 but as they be grownq now out of ufe^fo the manner of making is unknowne, H 



As touching wines made of trees and fhrubs, their manner was to feeth the berries or the 

 greene wood of both the Cedars^ the Cypreffe, the Bay, luniper, Terebinth , Pine, Calamus, 

 and LentiskCjin new wine.In like mannetithe very fubftance of Chameka,Cham£Epithys,and 

 Germander. Laft of all^the flowers alfo oi the faid plants ferve to make wines,namely by putting 

 in to a gallon of new wine in the vat^the weight of ten deniers or drams of the flowers. 



Chap. xvii. 



^ of Hjdromdy xnd Oxjml : \i, honpd water ^4»d honjedvinegre.'] 



THere is a wine called Hydromcl,madcof water and honey onely : but to have it the better, I 

 fome doeprefcribc raine water, and the fame kept five yeeresfor that purpofe.Others who 

 are more wife and skilf ull herein, doe take raine water neVvly falne^and prcrenily feeth it un- 

 till a third part be boiled away 5 then they put thereto a third part alfo of old hony in proportion 

 to it : and fo let them ftand togither in the Sunne for fortie daies togither,from the rifing of the 

 Dog-ftarte. Others, after they have remained thus mingled and incorporate togither ten daies, 

 put It up and refcrve it clofe flopped for their ufc; and this is called Hydromel; which when it 

 is come to fome age, hath the very taft of wine : and no place affourdeth better than Phrygia. 



Moreover,vinegre was wont to be tempered with honey, [See how curious men have been to 

 trie conciufions in every thing ! ] which they called Oxymel, and that in this manner : Recife^ of 

 honey, ten pounds or pints ;ot old vinegre,five pints 5 of fea falt,one pound ; of raine water, five K 

 Sextares p. a gallon within one quart ;] Boile them all togither at a foft firejUntill they have had 

 ten plawes or waulmes: which done, pourc them out of oneveflell into another, and fo let the 

 liquor fland & fettle a long timejUntill it be fl:ale* All thefe wines and compofiiions thus brued> 

 Tbcmifon (an Author highly renowmed) hath condemned and forbidden expreflely to be ufed. 

 And to fay a very truth, it feemeth that the ufe of them was never but in cafe of neceffitie : un- 

 ' Icflfc a man would beleeve and fay,thatIpocras, fpiced wines, and thofe that be compounded of 

 ointments^areNatures worke 5 or that fliee brought foorch plants and trees to no other end,but 

 that menfhould drinke them downe the throat. Howbeit,the knowledge fiirelyof fuchexperi- 

 ments,be pleafant and delegable unto men of great wit and high conceit, whole noble fpirits 

 cannot be at reft, but ever inventive and fearching into all fecrets. Now toconclude this point, ^ 

 certaine it is and paft all queflion, that none of all thefe compofitions (unlefie it be thofe which 

 come to their perfection by age and long time) will laft one yeere full out : nay moft of them will 

 notkeepc good one moneth to an end. 



Chap, xviii. 

 ^ CertAitjeflmmgeand wonder fill hinds of wine, 



''Ine alfo hath prodigious and miraculous cffeds: for (by report) in Arabia there is a 

 wine made, which being drunke will caufe barrain women to bearc cliildren ; and con- 

 trariwife drive men into madnes . But in Achaia principally about Carynia, the wine M 

 maketh women fall into untimely travell :nay ifa woman great with child doe eat but the very 

 grapesjthey will flip the fruit of their wombe before their time: and yet both grape and wine 

 diffcrnotin taftfromothers.They that drinke the wine comming from the cape of Trazen,are 

 thought unable for generation. It is reported, that the Thafiens doc make two kinds of wine of 



contrary 



