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{122} Lady: Chumley The White Mead

Take a Gallon of water 2 pounds of the best honney. In a quantitie of 10 Gallons
allow one Gallon over; Set it over a Cleare wood fire; & when the honney
is disolv'd with Stirring; put In 2 or 3 Whites of Eggs beat very well with a
Rod, Stir them In with a quick fire, make it boyle when you see it begin
to break & the Scum rise up; put in some of the old Gallon of water; so
keep putting it In by a pint at a time & keep Stirring So Long as you
See any Scum Rise; boyle it an hour a pace, after the first Scuming
put in Cloves Mace Ginger of all an ounce one handfull of sweet
Margerum & babine, a Little Sweet Brier & afew topps of Mint
& when it hath boyld an hour Straine it out Into a vessell to coole
& put the Spices In againe but not the herbs, & when it is cold put it Into
a deepe vessell to work In & have as many Toasts of Bread as will
cover the vessell take them hot from the fire & spread one side with god
Ale yeast Lay that Side down wards & so cover that side with a Cloath, & 2 dayes
after put in 2 quarts of white wine or renish & afaire Leamon
Sirrup of some of the out side & pill and Cut it round as you do for a
glasse of wine then in 5 or 6 dayes you may tun it up; In hot wether
sooner; Straine all the things out, & let it stand in your Caske a month
then Bottle it

Cowslip Wine

Take 3 gallons of spring water & put to It 6 pounds of Loafe Suger
boyle this almost an hour; as the Scum riseth take it off then pour a
it forth & Set it a Cooling; & when it is almost cold put in a spoon
of good yeast, beat it with 6 ounces of the Sirrup of Cytorn made of
the Juce of Cytornes & Laver it alltogether, then take 2 gallon of Cleare
pickt Cowslips, & bruse them In a Morter & Immediately put them Into
your Liquor Stirring them In; thus Let them stand 2 or 3 dayes, then straine
out the flowers, through a haire Cive, & put your Liquor Into a Cask
that will be full; when it workes not over Stop it close for 3 or 4 weeks
& then draw it out Into Bottles, & in every Bottle put as much
Suger as a hassell Nutt cork it with good Corkes; If you cannot gett
Sirrup of Cytorn take Cirrup of Leamons/