Boil all together very gently, till a third waste. To eight Gallons of this
put two Gallons of pure honey, and boil them till the Liquor bear an Egge,
the breadth of threepence or a Groat, together with such spices as you like
(bruised, but not beaten) an ounce of all is sufficient.
You must observe carefully. 1. Before you set the Liquor to boil, to cause
a lusty Servant (his Arms well washed) to mix the honey and water together,
labouring it with his hands at least an hour without intermission. 2. That
when it begins to boil fast, you take away part of the fire, so as it may
boil slowly, and the scum and dross go all to one side, the other remaining
clear. When you take it off, let none of the liquor go away with the dross.
3. When you take it from the fire, let it settle well, before it be tunned
into the vessel, wherein you mean to keep it: and when it comes near the
bottom, let it be taken carefully from the sediment, with a thin Dish, so
as nothing be put into the vessel, but what is clear. 4. Stop it very
close (when it is set in the place, where it must remain) cover it with a
cloth, upon which some handfuls of Bay-salt and Salpeter is laid, and over
that lay clay, and a Turf.
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