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The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Kenelm Digby
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ANOTHER WAY

Take two Gallons of water; one Gallon of Honey: Parietary one handful;
Sage, Thyme, one Pugil; Of Hyssop half a Pugil. Six Parsley-roots; one
Fennel-root, the pith taken out: Red-nettles one Pugil. Six leaves of
Hearts-tongue. Boil this together one hour. Then put in the Honey, and
Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinamon of each one ounce; of Ginger three ounces.
Boil all these together, till the scum be boiled in, not scumming it. Then
take it off, and set it to cool. When it is cold, put in it six spoonfuls
of barm, and when it is ripe, it will hiss in the pail. You must take out
the herbs, when you put in the honey. If you put in these herbs following,
it will be far better; Sanicle, Bugloss, Avens, and Ladies-mantle, of each
one handful.


TO MAKE WHITE METHEGLIN

Take of Sweet-bryar a great handful: of Violet-flowers, Sweet-marjoram,
Strawberry-leaves, Violet-leaves, _ana_, one handful, Agrimony, Bugloss,
Borrage, _ana_, half a handful. Rosemary four branches, Gilly-flowers, No.
4 (the Yellow-wall-flowers, with great tops) Anniseeds, Fennel, and
Caraway, of each a spoonful, Two large Mace. Boil all these in twelve
Gallons of water for the Space of an hour; then strain it, and let it stand
until it be Milk-warm Then put in as much honey, as will carry an Egge to
the breadth of sixpence, at least. Then boil it again, and scum it clean;
then let it stand, until it be cold; then put a pint of Ale-barm into it,
and ripen it as you do Beer, and tun it. Then hang in the midst of the
vessel a little bag with a Nutmeg quartered, a Race of Ginger sliced, a
little Cinamon, and mace whole, and three grains of Musk in a cloth put
into the bag amongst the rest of the Spices. Put a stone in the bag, to
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