C.IQ; 
P.2,. Oftbt fiuitand profit ofBets^ 
Then drawit through the T^pwaaq, 40 d tun it an to a RarreM 
fcalded with Bay^leaues, making theSpfoc.bagfaft at the tap. 
If there remain much grounds, you may purihe them by boi- 
ling and skimming againe as before : but this will neuer be 
fogoodasthefirft rand therefore you may put it by itfelfc, 
or with fomc remainder of thebeft, into a fmall velfell to 
fpend firft, before it be foure. If the Meth be not much, 
you may tun it the next day , and let it worke in the Barrel!. 
Being tunned, it will in time be couered with a mother ; 
which if, by fogging the velTell,or by other meanes, it be bro- 
ken 5 the Metb will turne foure, Butfo will it make excellent 
Vineger,and the fooner, if it be fet in the Sun : which the 
longer you keeps, the better it will be. 
jUetheglen is the more generous or ftrongcr Hydromel: The making of 
being vnto Mede as Finum to Lora. For it beareth an Egge Metbgglcn. 
the breadth of a groat or fix pence : and is vfually made of 
finer hony, with a Idle proportion of water 5 namely, foure 
meafuresforone rreceiuing alfo in the compofitionas well 
certaine fweet and holfome hearbs, as alfo a larger quanti- 
tieoffpices:namely,toeueriehalfe Barrel! or fixceene Gal- 
lons of the skimmed Mult, Eglantine, M3joram,Rofe-marie, 
Time,Winter-fauourie,<j»4 halfe an ounce ; and Ginger two 
ounces, Cinamom one ounce, Cloues andMaccana halfe an 
ounce, Pep pcr,Graincs, ana two drams, the one halfe of each 
being bag’d, the other boiled loofe. So that whereas the or® 
dinaric LMede will fcarce laft halfe a yeere j good Methaglen 
the longer it is kept, the more delicate and holfome it will 
be ; and withall the eleerer and brighter, according to the 
Etymon of the name, v* in p. 3 . ». 2 3 . 
He that lifteth to know the many and fundry makings of 
this holfome drinke , mull learne it of the ancient Bri- 
taines: who therein doe palfe all other people. One excel- 
lent receit I will here recite ; and it is of that which our 
renowmed Queene of happie memorie did fo well like, that 
{he would euerie yeere haue a veffell of it. 
Firft, gather a bulhell ofSweec-briar-leaues,and a bulhell Tin Quines 
of Tyme, halfea bufhell of Rofe-marie, and a pecke of Bay- Methgglen. 
leaues. Secth all thefe, being well pialhedin a Furnace of 
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