hour, and scum it very well; then put in one
handful of Rosemary, and as much of Bay-leaves; with a little Limon-peel.
Boil this half an hour longer, then take it off the fire, and put it into a
clean Tub; and when it is cool, work it up with yest, as you do Beer. When
it is wrought, put it into your vessel, and stop it very close. Within
three days you may Bottle it, and in ten days after it will be fit to
drink.

ANOTHER PLEASANT MEATHE OF SIR WILLIAM PASTON'S

To a Gallon of water put a quart of honey, about ten sprigs of
Sweet-Majoram; half so many tops of Bays. Boil these very well together,
and when it is cold, bottle it up. It will be ten days before it be ready
to drink.

ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MEATH

Boil Sweet Bryar, Sweet Marjoram, Cloves and Mace in Spring-water, till the
water taste of them. To four Gallons of water put one Gallon of honey, and
boil it a little to skim and clarifie it. When you are ready to take it
from the fire, put in a little Limon-peel, and pour it into a Woodden
vessel, and let it stand till it is almost cold. Then put in some Ale-yest,
and stir it altogether. So let it stand till next day. Then put a few
stoned Raisins of the Sun into every bottle, and pour the Meath upon them.
Stop the bottles close, and in a week the Meath will be ready to drink.

SIR BAYNAM THROCKMORTON'S MEATHE.

Take four quarts of Honey, good measure; put to it four Gallons of water,
let it stand all night, but stir it well, when you put it together. The
next day boil it, and put to it Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace and Ginger, of each
half an ounce. Let these boil with the honey and water till it will bear an
Egge at the top without sinking; and then it is enough, if you see the Egge
the breadth of a sixpence. The next day put it in your vessel, and put
thereto two or three spoonfuls of barm; and when it hath done working, you
may (if you like it) put in a little Ambergreece in a clout with a stone to
it to make it sink. This should be kept a whole year before it be drunk; it
will drink much the better, free from any tast of the honey, and then it
will look as clear as Sack. Make it not till Michaelmas, and set it in a
cool place. You may drink it a quarter old, but it will not taste so
pleasant then, as when it is old.

TO MAKE WHITE METHEGLIN

Take a Gallon of Honey; put to it four Gallons of water; stir them well
together, and boil them in a Kettle, till a Gallon be wasted with boiling
and scumming. T