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the moone is croifTanr, to witjbefbre rhe full At one preHing ordinarily, there fliould be filled 

 twentiemeafures called Culei,/. Cowles.-nowisthis iiieafurc for liquors the grcareli of all o- 

 thers, and by which the reft ought to be proportioned juftly. For to preffethus JDanycowlesai: 

 oacc_,andtofervetwentie acres of vineyard, one wine-preffc is fufficient ;and likei\'ife to held 

 the fame, one veffell or kcelvat. Some ule but one pianke orftocke to prefle withall, but better 

 itis to have them double : although thoTe that be fingle be exceeding huge. As touching thefe 

 prefling plankesjitis notfo much their tliickneffe and mallive fubifancc that is to be rcgardedjas 

 their length; for in deed the longer and larger they bee, the better they doe their deed . Li old 

 time they uled ropes, leather thongs, and leavers, and by force of them pulled downeand for- 

 ced hard the prefle- planks. Within this hundred yeares were the frames devifed which weecall 

 Graecanica ; wherein the maine pianke crupper ilocke of the prefle,went with a vice in manner 

 of a sktew; for the wrinkles of the fpindle were fitted and fervedin an engin or vjindlace in nian- 

 ner and forme of aftar,fec fafttothewormeorviceofthelpindleaforefaid, and which as it was 

 turned and wrefted, lifted up or let downe the prefle-planke orlid,togither with the weights of 

 ftones thereupon: and verelythis fafhionof preffeswasheldto bee beftand moftapprooved. 

 Howbeit, itisnot22yeares fincc there came up another deviie and invention to make final! 

 prcflfe-planks , lefle winding peeces alfo, and the whole frame fhorter: howbeit in the mids ther- 

 of flood up the fpindieofthe faidskrew or vice. Now when they purpoied tofquize out the 

 grapes, they laid certain lids or planks thereupon called Ty mpana,and thofe they forced with a 

 wrefl from aloft, ufing alfo the poife and weight of llich matters as they heaped upon the planks 

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Moreover, the cuftome is to gather apples and fuch like foft fruit, about this time, with this 

 obfcf vation or dircdion, namely,To go in hand with this bufincfle when any are fccnc to fall of 

 themfdves,as mellow and ripe, and not blowne downc by force of wind and tcmpefl.Now is the 

 feafonalfo to prefle out the lees or fedimencof the grapes; now the time fervcthto feeth new 

 wine to the halfe, and make cuic thereof; with this regard and confideration,that iftheraoon be 

 upon the chaunge,this be done by night 5 but if in the full, by day-light. As for other daies, it 

 matters not much, fo that the cuit be boiled either before the moone rife, or after (he be gone 

 downe.Moreovetjhecd is to be taken, that the grapes of yong vines or fuch as grow upon low 

 and marifh grounds,be not ufed hereabout ; and much lefle thofe that be not fully ripe . In the 

 fcummingaiio and clarifying of the liquor while it boilcth, no other thing but leaves are meet 

 for that purpole: for if any woodcomc neareand touch thcvefTell or lead wherein the liquor 

 is fodden, it is thought^hat the cuit will befmoakie and fmell of the fire. Furthermore, the or- 

 dinarie time of vintage holdeth 44 daies, to wit, from ihe iEquino£tiall in September,unto the 

 going downc or occultation of the Brood-hen Vergiliis : after which time , remember the ora- 

 cle and common proverbCjThar wme veflfels are not to be rofinedsCalkcd.and trimmed in cold; 

 for good husbands would do tfi is before-hand in hot weather. Howbeit in thefe daies I have feen 

 thofe thatf or want of veflcis have gone in hand to tun up their wine in the beginning of ianu= 

 arie: yea I have knownc when the vintage hath been fo great, that wines newly prefTcd have been 

 keptinfitliceflelhsrand for default of other pipes and tuns^ when the wine-cellars have been 

 full alreadicjlhavc fccn them that would let the old run out into fuch ceflerns,for to make room 

 for the new, and fuch as a man would fay were neither made nor unmade. And yet this is not fo 

 often pradifed by occafionoftiie exceeding flore of new wine that lyeth upon mens hands, as 

 of a wicked andcovetous mind that fomecaricto gather a dealetogither for to fetupamono- 

 polie,thinking thereby to make a dearth and to raiie the price of their wines, to the great detri- 

 ment aiid hindcrance of a common- weale. But a good and honefl minded hoiifholder will refl 

 contented to furnifh himfelfe with a competent provifion of wine, and lay up no more than he 

 ihallfpend every year : and this is found alfo by experience the moft profitable way for his puife. 

 As for all other matters concerning wine, becaufe 1 have alreadie fpoken at large thereof, I will 

 herelay a fts aw and make an end.But this would not be forgotten, that fofoone as grapes be ga- 

 thered, men mufl high them apace and make hafl to get in their Olives : for prefently after vin- 

 tage and wine-preiFiag,they mufl thinke of drawing their oils, and employ themfelves in other 

 workes of this fcafoD, which aretobee doncaHEtle before and aftcrthe retreat of theBrood-hen 

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