Then pour
off all the clear into a good vessel, that hath had Sack in it, or
White-wine. Hang the bag of Spice in it, and so let it stand very close
stopp'd and well filled for a month, or longer. Then if you desire to drink
it quickly, you may bottle it up. If it be strong of the honey, you may
keep it a year or two. If weak, drink it in two or three months. One quart
of honey, will make one Gallon of water very strong. A sprig or two of
Rose-mary, Thyme and Sweet-marjoram, are the Herbs that should go into it.
TO MAKE SMALL METHEGLIN
Take to every quart of White-honey, six quarts of fair-water. Let it boil,
until a third part be boiled away; skiming it as it riseth: then put into
it a small quantity of Ginger largely sliced; then put it out into earthen
Pans, till it be Luke-warm, and so put it up into an earthen stand, with a
tap in it. Then put to it about half a Porenger-ful of the best Ale-yest,
so beat it well together; Then cover it with a cloth, and it will be twelve
hours before it work; and afterwards let it stand two days, and then draw
it out into stone bottles, and it will be ready to drink in five or six
days after.
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