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X To make gooseberry wine.
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You must take your gooseberry before they go
ripe, Pick them in a [moeter ]
to mash then put them into as much spring water
as you think the quantity of gooseberries you have, will make
very strong of the gooseverry; let them stand a Day
or two till they shall heate, then [runn] it through
a jelly bagg; and when you have you all the liquor
selt it over the fire till it bee very hott, then take it
off, and let it stand till it bee cold. but when it is over
the fire you must putt in as much good sugar of you thinke
will make it fitt to drinke. when it is cold, bottle it up
stopping it very close, but not fill the bottle too full.

For Cherry or [Currence] wine.
X
You must take your fruite, pick them off the[stalkes] ,
bruise them and straine them. Lett the liquor stand in
a great bottle that will hold a great quantity, stopt up
close for a weeke, then open it. But be sure you do not
shake it. power off all the cleare, nutt it up wiht a lump
of sugar.

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X To make a Whip't Sullabub.
Take a pint & hald of very good thicke creame, Put
to it a pint of white wine, a wine = glasse of [sack]
the juice of hald a lemmon, a little piece of lemmon
peele. and a sprigg of rosemary: Sweeten it to your taste
Whip it round with a [birch codd peele], or a Leece of a
whiske, in a creame pott till it bee thick, then lower it
as high into your glasse as you can, for feare of
spilling it; Cover it & you may keep it a Day or two.

X To make sweet water.
Take a good quantitiy of Damaske Roses a few cloves
and a very little lavander when tis young; Pick your
Roses, [ Geuse], your closes, & cutt your lavander about a fingers
Length; then lay some of your roses into your still.
Then some of your cloves, and then a little lavander
then roses againe, [so doe] till you have filld your still.
Putt but a gentle fire under it. When the fie is out of it
Stopp it close with a Corke. Spread with Cirett & muske
on it, tyed up in sassmett. (If you please you may
hang some in a little bagg in it) then tye it over
with leather. The cape is very good to lay amongst
Linnen. This water is best when a yeare old.

[The best whit wax candles were solid in the yeare
1663 at listone for 50 wintens the pound, and their
pound is larger than ours]