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Tbeattvm Botatiicum. 
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lin" the purer fpirits, and by the heace caufetn the other to grow acidc, and is of great ufe, both in health and 
fickenefl'c.bochinmeateand medicine; butnowadayes wehaveiucha bafiardizing, and falfification thereof, 
sapi Curt that we l'carfe can get any right to ufe. The dap and T>r/r*f»>w differing but onely in the mannerof boyling, I 
may comprehmd them both under Cute, and was deviled to ferve inftead of hony, a>f 7 i»ylaith, it helpeth the 
cough and fhorenefie of breath, and to expeftorate tough fiegme from the cbeft and lunges, it alio catily pafleth 
yieotum through the belly, and maketh it finable, Vinegarconcrariwiieiscoolinganddrying, as the Cuti is heating and 
Vinegar, moiftening, and therefore feivech to correfl the heate in feavers, and to relift putrefaftion, it cutteth tough 
fiegme,that is hard baked, and not calily brought up and fpit forth •• it is fharpe and penetrating, and very ulctull 
in lcabbes, itches, cecters, ringwormes.and fretting and creeping ulcers, to coned their malignity, and extirpate 
their corroding quality, but is offenltve to the (inewes, by its pierfing and drying property, caufmg them to 
fhrinkc. But the dcftilltd vinegar is of a more fiery and penetrating quality, which rt gaineth by the delfillation 
A clam thereof, the manner and order in this being quite differing from the delhilling of W ine, wherein the purtft and 
dt'sUllitum flrongefi fpirits doe firftrife and come forth, when as in vinegar a’.moff two third parts are taken from it, which 
Deftiilcd .... ’ • " " ' r ' ' -u- —* '- - -- 
Vine liar. 
Vittum 
Wine.^ 
Zfina com- 
are the weakeft, before the laft and ftrongeft rifech, but not the laft which is the Empjreuma, and ferve th even 
a, the vinegar it felfedoth, but with more force, and as the Vekicaiam, wherein the tinffnre and ipirits offimple 
medicines are referved r But to fpeake of Wine, from whence all thefc are made and derived, is to enter upon 
a little fea of matter: for to fhew you all the feverall colours, fents, (Length,ages, and takes of fimple wines, 
were coo tedious and ncedlcfle alfo,and fo i.. it ike wife to (hew you all the lorts ol compound orattificiail wines 
pofiu five which are as infinite as the herbes,rootes,feedes,or other parts of them are, and take their names from the (eve- 
arnfidi rail ingrediencs that compoand them, as for example Wormewood wine, Eyebrightwine, Scammoniate wine 
tin. Artifi- or w i ne 0 f Sqttillts in infinitum, asl may 1.. Gy, each whereof hath the property ofthatherbe, roote, &c. 
ci ill wines t | latw , s put into it,while it was Muff, that l. they might worke together,but Ample Wine being not made with 
ininiX: us > thefc artificiall Wines are not in ufe with us, yet might be paralleld almoft, if the things were putiutoour 
Scptemii- new Ale, orBcere, to worke in them, as wee ufe to doc without dyct Beere. Yet other lorts of compounded 
on nil. our W ines might be made for fundry phylicall ulcs, after the manner of our Hipocras wine, which is according to the 
compound fpfees put thereinto,cordiall and comfortable,&c Metheglin is a Wcljh (ffrange) drinke,not made of Wine, and 
wincs ot t | lcre f orc 1 would not reckon it among thele Wines, being fit for foinc flout tf'elfi ftomackes that affeft it, The 
' Sz l° L receipts of many whereofare extantin LokcU Appendixto his Adverfaria, whercunio I referre you. I will 
u mtm therefore touch onely the particuler properties ci wine it felfe, both as it is mcdicinable and nowifhing, for ta- 
uipcocn- ken moderately, and by them tlut are of a middle age,or well dept in ycares, or arc of a cold and dry dilpofition, 
tittim Hi - anc i y n3t very young,and fo their blood too hot for to abide Wine) it encreafech blood and ncuriflicth 11,rich: it 
p]C " ! procurethan appetite, and helpeth to digeft being taken at meate, it provoketh urine and driveth forth raw hu- 
ttttiiitlin mours thereby, ftrengtheneth the vitall fpirits, and procureth a good colour in thole that want it, or arc mad- 
‘ " lent, drawingto aconlumption,foasirbc not accompanyed with a fever, itexpelleih feares, cares, andheavi- 
n.ffe, and brecdcthalaaity,mirth, and bodily pleafure, and by the moifiwarmc vapours, caufeth quiet rclf and 
fleepe,both to the found and ficke that lacke it ; it likewile comfortcch and warmeth all the cold infirmities of the 
fiomacke, liver, fpleene, andwombe, and helpeth windy lwellings in the body, andgenerallcvill dilpofitions 
thereof, the greene fickeneffc, and the dropfie, and the over travelled, over wearyed body and nrinde, it is alfo 
the remedy againft Hcmlocke,Coriander,Poppy,and Opium, Wolfebane,Mufhromes;and Mandrake, or whac- 
foever cold poyfon or dangerous h:tfce,or roote is taken ; 1 hefe be the effetfis of the moderate drinking of Wine: 
when as on the contrary fide, theexceffe thereof fcreedech a difiraftion in the fenfes, the Appoplcxic.and Lethar¬ 
gy or drowfie evill, the trembling of the joy ns, the palfie,ar.d the dropfie, tmisufedtohealeupold ulctrs, and 
fores, no other mciflure being admitted in the cure. The fpirit of Wine and aquavit*, were of foneerc affinity 
in former times one unto another,that there was no more difference bet weene them then hetweene the fttongtr 
and the milder Wine, for Aqua vit.c being made wholly of Wine, with the addition of fpices made the fpirits to 
be the fironger, and the wine limply without fpices to be the milder; but now there being not one droppe of 
-•!“ l,w Winein the Aqua vita, is wholly delfilled ftomthe tilts or dregges of Ale or Beere, being their low Wines as 
it is called, and after dittilled againe with a few Annefeedes, or as fomedoe with a little Ginny Pepper, to make 
it the fironger without any other fpice, commeth fatre flrort of thofe auncient receircs for the making of thac 
which was good and whofefome: to toil you therefore the tffeff of our Aqua vita, were not to tell any parr of 
the nature or quality of wine, but of Barley and Hoppes, which make Ale and Beere, I will therefore (hew 
you the properties ofthe fpirit of Wine, which ifyou will transferee to Aquavit* youmay, but to farre wea¬ 
ker effefts : for hereby (hall you know the goodneffe and [Length.by fettingitonfire, with a paper lighted, the 
pure fpirits burning fiercely, and will allmofi be wholly confirmed : the other burningbut little, and leaving an 
infipide and much watery part behind it: the purer therefore that it is, the fironger it is, and the leffer of it to 
be taken at a time, and that not of itfelfe, but in fome Wine or other liquour, forfeare of inflaming the blood 
and fpirits, and chiefly upon fymptonres and pafiionsof the heart: and then taken with refptd: and good confi- 
deration, it worketh much more efteftually then the Wine ic felfe doth, to all the purpofes aforefaid, incom- 
forting and nourifhing the naturall heate in elder perfons, giveth firength and quickeneffe to the fences, and 
nerves, repaireth memory,andthe cold and moift difeafesof thebraine, helpeth the fainting and trembling of 
the heart, warmeth a cold and moift fiomacke, helpeth digeffion,expelleth winde from the lides and beliy, and 
all cold poyfons t being outwardly applyed to the temples, it eafeth the paines in the head, and cold deftillati- 
ons,and the toorhach,being gargled a little, and cicatrifeth all fores, yet refpeft muft be had, that it be not given 
where any feaver is, or where the difeafe proceeded! of heate, orisacceffiry thereunto, for feare of hardning 
the liver and fpleene, and making chollericke perfons the more enflamed: Thefe fpirits of Wi' e, as weil as the 
Wine it felfe, ferves as a Vehiculum or menfirue, to draw out the tinfhrre of divers things. And now laflly to 
■ or (peake ofthe Lees of Wine, which being hardned is call cdTartartmt, T attar or At to It, and that which is taken 
‘ ~ 1 from the whited Wines it accounted the principall bed for any medicine: bat the red fort ferveth Gold fmiths 
and others, to pollifh their filver, and Dyers in fetting their dyes: the belt white Tartar is either given of it 
felfe (imply being made into pouther and taken,the quanticy of a dramme at a time in fome convenient drinke or 
brotk,for feme time together in dropfies or evill difpofitions ofthe body, tocxpcll both by urine and fiege,thofe 
whcyifh 
Spiritu* 
-Jim The 
Spirit of 
wine and 
