honey or less. But then after three weeks or a months barrelling, you must
bottle it.


AN EXCELLENT WAY TO MAKE METHEGLIN, CALLED THE LIQUOR OF LIFE, WITH THESE
FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS

Take Bugloss, Borage, Hyssop, Organ, Sweet-marjoram, Rosemary,
French-cowslip, Coltsfoot, Thyme, Burnet, Self-heal, Sanicle a little,
Betony, Blew-buttons, Harts-tongue, Meadssweet, Liverwort, Coriander two
ounces, Bistort, Saint John's wort, Liquorish, Two ounces of Carraways, Two
ounces of Yellow-saunders, Balm, Bugle, Half a pound of Ginger, and one
ounce of Cloves, Agrimony, Tormentil-roots, Cumfrey, Fennel-root's,
Clowns-all-heal, Maiden-hair, Wall-rew, Spleen-wort, Sweet-oak,
Pauls-betony, Mouse ear.

For two Hogsheads of Metheglin, you take two handfuls a piece of each herb,
Excepting Sanicle; of which you take but half a handful. You make it in all
things as the white Meathe of Mr. Pierce's is made, excepting as followeth.
For in that you boil the herbs but a quarter of an hour, that the colour
may be pale: But in this, where the deepness of the colour is not regarded,
you boil them a good hour, that you may get all the vertue out of them.
Next for the strength of it; whereas in that, an Egge is to emerge out of
the Liquor but the breadth of a three pence; in This it is to emerge a
large Groats-breadth. Then in this you take but half a pound of Ginger,
and one ounce of Cloves. Whereas the white hath one pound of Ginger, and
two ounces of Cloves. To this you use three quarts, or rather more of
Ale-yest (fresh and new) and when all your Liquor is in a high slender tall
pipe with the narrowest circumference that may be (which makes it work
better then a broad one, where the Spirits loose themselves) you have the