on of Ginger sliced: of which He putteth half to boil in the
Liquor, after all the scum is gone; and the other half He putteth into a
bag, and hangeth in the bung, when it is tunned. The Ginger must be very
little, not so much as to make the Liquor taste strongly of it, but to
quicken it. I should like to adde a little proportion of Rosemary, and a
greater of Sweet-bryar leaves, in the boiling. As also, to put into the
barrel a tost of white bread with mustard, to make it work. He puts nothing
to it; but his own strength in time makes it work of it self. It is good to
drink after a year.

A RECEIPT FOR WHITE METHEGLIN

Take to every quart of honey, 4, 5, or 6, quarts of water; boil it on a
good quick fire as long as any scum riseth; as it boils, put about half a
pint of water at a time very often, and scum it very well as it riseth; and
be sure to keep it up to the same height and quantity as at the first: Put
into it a little Rosemary, according to the quantity that you make, and
boil it half a quarter of an hour; scum it very well. You may put a little
Ginger into it, onely to give it a taste thereof, and let it have a little
walm of heat after it. Then take and put it into a Woodden vessel, (which
must be well scalded, least it taste of any thing) let it stand all night,
and the next morning strain it through a sieve of hair.

Then if you please, you may boil up your grounds that are in the bottome of
the vessel with three or four quarts of water; and when it is cold, strain
it, to the rest, and put to it a little good light barm. That which you
make in the winter, you must let it stand three days and three nights
covered up, before you bottle it up; and two nights in summer, and then
bottle it up. But be sure, you scum off the barm before the bottling up.

Your Vessel, which you intend to boil your Meath in, must stand in
scalding water, whilst you boil your Meath; it will drink up the less of
your Meath. Four spoonfuls of good new Ale-barm will serve for five quarts
of honey. As you desire your Metheglin in strength, so take at the first
either of the quantities of water. Five quarts is reasonable.

HYDROMEL AS I MADE IT WEAK FOR THE QUEEN MOTHER

Take 18 quarts of spring-water, and one quart of honey; when the water is
warm, put the honey into it. When it boileth up, skim it very well, and
continue skimming it, as long as any scum will rise. Then put in one Race
of Ginger (sliced in thin slices,) four Clov