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directions to make cherey wine from
Mrs Smith i677

picke the cheryes from thear stalkes and
Bruse them in your hands. and to euerye galon
of chereyes add a quart of watar. so
put it in a ketell ouer the fiar. and Let
it stand being keept from Boyling by stiring
Let it stand till it hath a whit scume
which must be clere scimed of. then
take it from the fyer. and Let it stand
24 dhowers then strayen it through a
siue. and to euery galon of Iuse
put 2^li of good white sugar; so Let it
stand in a uesell a fortnight or 3
weekes. then Botell it out and to
euery botell a Lumpe of suger as
bige as a nutmege