Then take it off from the fire, and put
it presently into some clean covers, and let it stand till the next
morning; then pour the clear from the bottom and tun it up; putting in a
little bag of such spice as you like, whereof Ginger must be the most.
After it hath stood some three or four days, you may put in some two or
three spoonfuls of good-ale-yest; it will make it ready the sooner to
drink, if you let it work together, before you stop it up.
The older the honey is, the whiter coloured the Metheglin will be.
TO MAKE WHITE METHEGLIN OF SIR JOHN FORTESCUE
Take twelve Gallons of water, one handful of each of these herbs,
Eglantine, Rosemary, Parsley, Strawberry-leaves, Wild-thyme, Balm,
Liver-wort, Betony, Scabious; when your water begins to boil, cast in your
herbs, and let them boil a quarter of an hour. Then strain it from the
herbs. When it is almost cold, then put in as much of the best honey, as
will make it bear an Egge, to the breadth of two pence; and stir it till
all the honey be melted. Then boil it well half an hour at the least, and
put into it the whites of six Eggs beaten to a froth to clarifie it; and
when it hath drawn all the scum to the top, strain it into woodden vessels.
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