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they call Maftick. After whichjthc CipreiTe bringeth forth a third roiin^biit it is of a moil ffiarp G 

 and biting tafl:. All thele trccs(I fay)carie a roiin onlyj and'the fame thin and liquid : but the Ce^ 

 dar fcndeth out a thicke fubftancc, and good to make pitch and tarrc. As for the roiin or gum 

 ArabickCjit is white of colourjilconginiiiielJ, untoward & troublcfometo him that fhall boile 

 it. That of lurie is harder^yea^and of a ilronger favour than Turpentine. The Syriacke gum re- 

 fembleth the honie of Athens. The Cyprian excelleth all others; of aflefhiefubilance it island 

 like in colour to honie.The Colophonian is deeper of colourjand reddifh : beat it to pouder ia 

 amorter^it provethwhitc :butitcarieth ai^rong iinell with it , which is thereafon, that the per- 

 fumers and makers of ointments have no ufe thereof- As for that which the Pitch trees of Afia 

 doe yceld,it is pailing whitc^ and the Greekescall it Spagas. All roiins generally will diifbke in 

 oile.Some thinke verily^that potters clay willlikewiie doe the fame. But 1 am abafhed and aiha^ i| 

 med to rcporCjhow in thcfe daics the isme pitch whereof we fpeakjfhould be in fo great account 

 asitis/ormakingof pitch plaiilers^to fetch off the haire of mensbodiesjand all to make them 

 more fmooth and cffcminate.Howbeitjthe manner offeafoning new Mui^ thercwith(that when 

 itisperfeift wineitmay fmellof pitchjand bite at the tongues end) is to beilrcw it with the pou- 

 der of pitch at the firft working, the heat whereof is commonly paft and gone in nine daies. 

 And fome thinke^ that the wine will bee the ilronger^if the raw and greene flower of the rolnijas 

 itiifuethfrcfhoutof the tree,bee put therein 5 for it will quicken a fmall and t^eake wine. Nov7 

 this mixture and medicine of wine [called Crapula] made thus of roiinjhathcontrariceffeJ5ts; 

 for if thewine beover-headieandilrong, itallaieth and mortifieth rhehurrfull force tiiereof: 

 but if it be too weake^or drinke dead and flat^it rcvivetli ijgainbjand giveth it a ftrong taii.In Li- j 

 guria,and principaDy along the Pojrheyufe to feafon their wincs^ and bring them all to their 

 leverall perfedionsin this manner, if thewinewhenitisnewjbemightieandilrongjtheyput 

 in the more of this medicine or conieclion called Crapula : if it be mild andimall^then the leilc 

 goes into it : and keeping this gage with their hand;,rhey make both good.Some would have one 

 wine brucd with another^the weaker with the flrongcrjSnd ib (forfooth) there muil needsariie a 

 good temperature of both together : and verily there is not a thing in the world againe, which 

 ha di in the nature thereoffo great variene. . 



Inibmccountriesjif newwincwoikeof it felfeafecondtimCjitis thought to bee a fault and 

 mcanes to corrupt it : andindcedjUpon fuch achaunce and unhappie accident it looiexh the ver- 

 dure and quickc rail:whereupon it getteth the name of Vsppa, and is cleane turned to bee dead % 

 or foure ; in which regard alfo^ we give a man that name by way of fcorne and reproch, calling 

 bim V appa^when he is hearilellejVoid of reafon and underilanding.If it were vinegrC indeedjic 

 wercanother matter: forfurely although wine dcgenerat into it by way of corruption and putri- 

 fa<5tion3yet a vertue and force ithath,goodfor many ipecialluieSj and without which it were not 

 poifiblc to live fo delicately at our table as we docMoreover^the world is fo much given to keepe 

 a bruingjtempcring,and medicining of wines^ that in fome places they ibphiiticaie them with 

 afhes^as it were with, plaiiler : in other^ihey fortiiicyrecovcrjand make them again by fuch devifes 

 as are before fpeciried. But to this purpoie they take the allies to chufejof vine cuttingSjor of the 

 oke woodjbeforc any other. And foriooth if diere be occaiion tooccupiefea- water for this buii- 

 nesjthey preicribe them to fetch it far from land in the deep iea]& kept befides from mid March 

 or the fpring iEquinoSjOr at leaifwiie from mid-Iune or fummer funne-ilead j and dra wne in the 

 night feaibnjand when the North wind doth blow : but if it bee gotten neare the time of vintage, 

 then it ought to be well boiled before it will ierve the turn. As for the pitch in kaliejiha t of Bruti- 

 um or Calabria is reputed for^ the beftjtotrim thofe veilels which are to keep wine.There is made 

 ofthc roiin of the tree Pice3(as alio in Spain therecommeth from the wild Pines)aeertain pitchy 

 which of all other is worit : for the roiin of thofe trees is bitter^drie^and of a itrong favor.The dif- 

 ference and fundrie kinds ofpitch^as alfo the manner of making the fame^ we will let down in the 

 booke next following,in the treatife of wild 6i favage trees.The faults & imperfections ofpitch, 

 over and beiides thoie even now rehcaried(to wit5bitterneilejdrineile>& flrong ient)are knowne 

 bythefoureneire,by theilinkingfmbkCjandthe very aduilion thereof. But yeeihall know good f^l 

 pitch by thefe experimentSjIf ihepeecesbroken from it doe fhine^ if betweene the teeth it relent 

 and beclammie like glewjand have a plcafant fharpenefle ^nd foure tail withall of the vinegre.In 

 Afiathe pitch is thought bell which commcth of the trees in mount Ida.The Greeks eileem the 

 trees ofthe hill Pieria cheefefor this purpofe: and r^^y^^/commendeth that of Harycia before all. 



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