of strong alegar to a peck of the pips of elder-flowers,
set it in the sun in a stone jar for a fortnight, and then filter it
through a flannel bag; when you draw it off, put it into small bottles,
in which it will preserve its flavour better than in larger ones; when
you mix the flowers and the alegar together, be careful not to drop any
stalks amongst the pips.

_Elder-flower Vinegar._ No. 2.

Take good vinegar, fill a cask three quarters full, and gather some
elder-flowers, nearly or moderately blown, but in a dry day; pick off
the small flowers and sprigs from the greater stalks, and air them well
in the sun, that they may grow dry, but not so as to break or crumble.
To every four gallons of vinegar put a pound of them, sewing them up in
a fine rag.

_Elder-flower Vinegar._ No. 3.

Pick the flowers before they are too much blown from the stalks, and dry
them in the sun, but not when it is very hot. Put a handful of them to a
quart of the best white wine vinegar, and let it stand a fortnight.
Strain and draw it off, and put it into a cask, keeping out about a
quart. Make it very hot, and put it into your cask to produce
fermentation. Stop it very close, and draw it off when wanted.

_Elder-flower Vinegar._ No. 4.

Gather the elder-flowers in dry weather, pick them clean from the
stalks, and put two pints of them to a gallon of the best white wine
vinegar. Let them infuse for ten days, stirring them every day till the
last day or two; then strain off the vinegar, and bottle it.

_Garlic Vinegar._

Take sixty cloves, two nutmegs sliced, and eight cloves of garlic, to a
quart of vinegar.

_Gooseberry Vinegar._

To every gallon of water take six pounds of full ripe gooseberries;
bruise them, and put them into a vessel, pouring the water cold upon
them. Set the vessel in a hot place till the gooseberries come to the
top, which they will do in about a fortnight; then draw off the liquor,
and, when you have taken the gooseberries out of the vessel, measure the
liquor into it again, and to every gallon put a pound of coarse sugar.
It will work again, and, when it has done working, stop it down close,
set it near the fire or in the sun: it will be fit for use in about six
months. If the vessel is not full, it will be ready sooner.

_Plague, or Four Thieves' Vinegar._

Take rue, sage, mint, rosemary, wormwood, and lavender, of each a large
handful; put them into a stone jar, with a gallon of the bes