Before you
put your Meath into the vessel, try if it will bear an Egg as broad as a
peny; if it do, then it is very well; and if it be made with the best
White-honey, it usually is just so. But if it should prove too strong, that
it bears the Egge broader; then boil a little more honey and water very
small, and put to it, when it is cold: and then put it into the vessel. It
is best to be made at Michaelmas, and not drunk of till Lent.
TO MAKE SMALL WHITE MEATH
Take of the best white honey six quarts; of Springwater sixteen Gallons;
set it on a gentle fire at first, tell it is melted, and clean skimmed;
then make it boil apace, until the third part be consumed. Then take it
from the fire, and put it in a cooler, and when it is cold, Tun it up, and
let it stand eight months, before you drink it. When you take it from the
fire, slice in three Orris-roots, and let it remain in the Liquor, when you
Tun it up.
A RECEIPT TO MAKE METHEGLIN
Take four Gallons of water, two quarts of Honey, two ounces of Ginger, one
ounce of Nutmegs, a good handful of Rose-mary tops, and as much of
Bay-leaves, two ounces of dried Orange-peel.
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