I/O Of making other forts of Wines. 
. —Honey yon may prefs, 
Not only Jrveet, but Jhallbe purely Jwe t 
And fit to quulifie your Jburpcji Wine. 
This Drink was allb called Oittontel by 
Diofcorides, and others in that Age. 
in Sweedland , Mujcovia, Rujfia , and as 
far as the Cafpian Sea, they make great 
ftore of this Drink, and Meth 9 which is a 
fmaller fort of it, made of the worft Honey, 
and of the refufoof all the reft. 
This Metheglin , or Hydromel , they pre¬ 
fer in thofe cold Countries before any other 
Drinks, preparing it diverfly to pleafe 
their Palates} The beft receipt whereof 
that I have obferved to be made by them 
/is thus. 
They take Rasberries which grow plen¬ 
tifully in thofe parts, and put them into fair 
Water, for two or three Nights (I fuppofe 
they bruife them firft) that the Water may 
extraft their tafte and colour. Into this 
Water they put of the pureft Honey, in pro¬ 
portion about one pound of Honey to three 
or four of Water 5 according as they would 
have it ftronger or fmaller. Then to give 
it a fermentation, they put a Toft into it 
dipp’d in the Dregs or Grounds of Beer 5 
which 
