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To Clarrifie Sugar.
Take a Pint of fair water, and beat the white of an Egg in it till there rises a White froth, like a Leather of Soap, then put a pound of Sugar into it And let to boile very fast, and in the boiling there Will rise a black Scum, and when it hath boild Halfe a Quarter of an hour, with the Scum on it, Scim it very clean, and so let your Sirrup boile, Till you see it very cleare, then Strain it through a Cloth
To Make Mead.
To each Gallon of water, put two Pound of honey, when The water is blood warm, with a Sprig of rosemary And Sweet Margerum, boile it 2 hours, Sciming it Careffully all the time, when it is cold barrell it up, and to about 12 Gallons of mead, put one Nut-megg, A Quarter of an Ounce of Mace, a Quarter of an Ounce of Cloves, 2 or 3 Sticks of Cinamon, and 3 or 4 races of Ginger, Cut the Nut-megg, and Ginger, and bruise the Cloves, then Sew all the Spice in a little bagg, and let it Hang down with a String into the middle of the Barrell, and cover it over for a week, then Stop it Very close, and Pitch the bung, over to keep it from The air, and in 6 or 8 weeks you may bottle it.
To Make Cowslip Wine.
Take 3 Gallons of water, and 6 Pound of the best Sugar you can buy, boile these half an hour, Sciming it put it in a clean Vessell to Cool, when Almost cold, put in a Spoonfull of barm beaten With the juice of a Couple of Lemmons, Stirring The liquor, Take a Gallon of blowings bruised, Stirr them well in, let it Stand 2 days, then Strain It and put it into your Cask __ besure the Cowslips Be gathred dry.

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To Clarrifie Sugar. Take a Pint of fair water, and beat the white of an Egg in it till there rises a White froth, like a Leather of Soap, then put a pound of Sugar into it And let to boile very fast, and in the boiling there Will rise a black Scum, and when it hath boild Halfe a Quarter of an hour, with the Scum on it, Scim it very clean, and so let your Sirrup boile, Till you see it very cleare, then Strain it through a Cloth To Make Mead. To each Gallon of water, put two Pound of honey, when The water is blood warm, with a Sprig of rosemary And Sweet Margerum, boile it 2 hours, Sciming it Careffully all the time, when it is cold barrell it up, and to about 12 Gallons of mead, put one Nut-megg, A Quarter of an Ounce of Mace, a Quarter of an Ounce of Cloves, 2 or 3 Sticks of Cinamon, and 3 or 4 races of Ginger, Cut the Nut-megg, and Ginger, and bruise the Cloves, then Sew all the Spice in a little bagg, and let it Hang down with a String into the middle of the Barrell, and cover it over for a week, then Stop it Very close, and Pitch the bung, over to keep it from The air, and in 6 or 8 weeks you may bottle it. To Make Cowslip Wine. Take 3 Gallons of water, and 6 Pound of the best Sugar you can buy, boile these half an hour, Sciming it put it in a clean Vessell to Cool, when Almost cold, put in a Spoonfull of barm beaten With the juice of a Couple of Lemmons, Stirring The liquor, Take a Gallon of blowings bruised, Stirr them well in, let it Stand 2 days, then Strain It and put it into your Cask __ besure the Cowslips Be gathred dry.