The fourteenth Booke of 



ground in the open aire.Provided alway^that wine veflfels bee never filled tdp full : but the void G 

 part that is leftjand ftandeth above the wine,would be throughly dight with thickc wine made of 

 withered grapes^or fodden wine to the halfe,and faflfron mingled withall^yeajSnd old pitch^toge- 

 therwidicuit. Thus alfo ought the lids and bungs of theveflelsto beeordered,withan addition 

 befidcs of mafticke and pitch. In the deepe of Winter they muft not be unftopped and opened 

 in any cafe, unlelTe the weather bee faire andcleare. Neither when the wind is ijouthcrly,or the 

 Moonc in the fulLThis alfb is to be noted^that the flower or mantle which the wine cafteth up to 

 the top, is good when it is white : if it bcted^it is a very badfigne, unlefle the wine i; felfe bee of 

 that colour-Moreovcrjif the veflfels bee hote^or the lids doe Iweatjit is no good figncNote alfo, 

 that the wine which foone beginneth to mantle and caft up a floure incontinently, or to yeeld 

 another fmell than the owne^will not continue long good. As for thecuiis^whether rhey befod- H 

 den to the halfe or the thirds, they ought to be boiled & made when the skie is without a Moon, 

 that is to fayjin the chaungCjand upon no day els-Moreover^the decodion muft be in leadsjand 

 notin coppcrsiwith walnuts among to receive all the fmoke, which otherwife might inkd the 

 cuit . In Campaine they let their bcft wines lie abroad in veflels^ even in the open aire^ to take • 

 the Sunnejthe Moone, raine,and wind, and all weathers that come : and this is thought to bee 

 bcft for them. 



Chap, xxn* 

 ^ of Avoiding Vrunkcnnep. 



IF a man marke and confider well the couifeofour life, we are in no one thing more bufie and I 

 curiousjuor take greater pains,than about wine i as if Nature had not given to man the liquor 

 of water^which of all others is the moft holcfome drinke,and wherwith all other creatures are 

 ' well contented.But we thinking it not fufficient to take wine our felves^give it alfo to our Horfcs, 

 Mulesjand labouring beaftsjand force them againft Nature to drinke it. Befides^fuch paines/o 

 much labour^ fo great coft and charges we are at,to have its h delight and pleafure wee take in 

 its that niany of us thinke5.they are borne to nothing els, and can skill of no other contentment 

 in this life : notwithftandingjwf icn all is donCjit tranlportcth and carrieth away the right wit and 

 mind of man jit cauleth furie and lage, and induceth, nay jit caikth headlong as many as are gi- 

 ven thereto^into athoufand vices & mifdemeanors.Andyetforfoothjto the end thatwemigRt 

 take the more cups^andpoure itdowncthc throat more luftily, we let it run through a ftrainer," K 

 for to abate and gueld(as it wcre)the force thereof: yeajand other devifes there be to whet our 

 appetite theretOj and caufe us taquafre more freely. Nay, to draw on their drinke^ men are not 

 > afraid to make poifons^whilesfbmc take hemlocke before tliey fit down^becaufe they muft drink 

 *rideiib.i6. pcrforce then,or elfe die for it : othersjthe ponder of the ^pumifh ftone^S^ fuch like ftuffejwhich 

 wp.zi. \ 2m abaflied to rehearic and teach thoie that bee ignorant of fuch leaudnefTs. And yet wee fee 

 thefe that bee the ftouteft and moft redoubted drinkersjeven thofe that take themfel vcs moft fe^ 

 cured of daungerj to lie fweatingfb long in the baines and brothel-houfesfortoconcod: their 

 furfet of winejthat otherwhiles they are caried forth dead for their labour .Yec iball have fome of 

 them againe when they have been in the hot houfCjUot to ftay fo long as they may recover their - 

 bcdSj no not fo much as to put on their fiiirts : but prcfently in the placCjail naked as they arc, 

 puffing and labouring ftill for wind^catch up great cans and huge tankards of wine(tofhewwhaE 

 luftie and valiant champions they bec)(et them one after another to their mouth jpoiiie the wine 

 elownc the throat without more adoe^that they might caft it up ^gaine^ and fo take mote in the 

 placej vomiting and revomiting twice or thrice together that which they have drunke, and ftill 

 makequarrelltothepot:asif they had beene borne into this world for no other endbuttofpili 

 and marre good wine : 01,35 if there were no way els to fpend & waft the famejbut through mans 

 bodic. And to thispurpofc^were taken up atRome thefe forraine exercifesjof vaulting and dan- 

 cing the Moriskcjfrom hence came the tumbling of wtaftlers in the duft and mire togetherj for 

 thisjthey fhew their broad breaftsjbeare up their heads_,and carie their neckcs farre backe. In all 

 which gefticulationsjwhat doe they elfe but profefTe that they fceke means to procure thirft, and M. 

 take oceafion to drinke ? But come now to their pots that they ufe to quafie and drinke out of:are 

 there not graven in them faire potirtraits thinke you of adultericsPas if drui^kenncffe it fclie were 

 not fufficient to kindle the heat of luft,to pricke the flcfli, and to teach them wantonnefle. Thus 

 'is wine drunks out of hbidinous cups ; and more than that, he ihatean quaffe bcft and play the 



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