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Ȝiff dyu{er}se drynk{es} of their{e} fumosite haue þe dissesid,
Ete an appull{e} rawe, & his fumosite will{e} be cesed;
mesur{e} is a mery meene / whañ god is not displesed;
abstyne{n}s is to prayse what body & sowle ar plesed. 108
[Headnote: THE TREATMENT OF WINES WHEN FERMENTING.]
[Sidenote: Look every night that your wines don’t ferment or leak
[the _t_ of the MS. has a _k_ over it.] Always carry a gimlet,
adze, and linen cloths; and wash the heads of the pipes with cold
water.]
Take good hede to þe wynes / Red, white / & swete,
looke eu{er}y nyȝt w{i}t{h} a Candell{e}
þ{a}t þey not reboyle / nor lete;
eu{er}y nyȝt w{i}t{h} cold wat{ur} wash{e} þe pipes hede,
& hit not forgete,
& all{e}-wey haue a gy{m}let, & a dise,[30]
w{i}t{h} lynneñ clowt{es} small{e} or grete. 112
[Sidenote: If the wine boil over, put to it the lees of red wine,
and that will cure it. Romney will bring round sick sweet wine.]
Ȝiff þe wyne reboyle / þow shall{e} know by hys syngyng{e};
þ{er}for{e} a pipe of colour{e} de rose[31] /
þ{o}u kepe þ{a}t was spend in drynkyng{e}
the reboyle to Rakke to þe lies of þe rose /
þ{a}t shall{e} be his amendyng{e}. [Fol. 172b.]
Ȝiff swete wyne be seeke or pallid /
put in a Rompney for lesyng{e}.[32] 116
++Swete Wynes.[33]
[Sidenote: _The names of Sweet Wines._]
++The namys of swete wynes y wold þ{a}t ye them knewe:
Vernage, vernagell{e}, wyne Cute, pyment, Raspise,
Muscadell{e} of grew,
Rompney of modoñ, Bastard, Tyre, Oȝey, Torrentyne of Ebrew.
Greke, Malevesyñ, Caprik, & Clarey whañ it is newe. 120
[Headnote: HOW TO MAKE YPOCRAS.]
++Ypocras.
[Sidenote: _Recipe for making Ypocras._ Take spices thus,
Cinnamon, &c., long Pepper]
++Good soñ, to make ypocras, hit wer{e} gret lernyng{e},
and for to take þe spice þ{er}to aft{ur} þe p{ro}porcionyng{e},
[Sidenote: +for lord{es}[34] [MS].+]
[Sidenote: +fo[r] co{m}mynte+]
Gynger, Synamome / Graynis, Sugur /
Turnesole, þ{a}t is good colouryng{e};
For co{m}myñ peple / Gynger, Canell{e} / long{e} pepur /
hony aft{ur} claryfiyng{e}. 124
[Sidenote: Have three basins and three straining-bags to them;
hang ’em on a perch.]
look ye haue of pewt{ur} basons ooñ, two, & thre,
For to kepe in you{re} powdurs /
also þe lico{ur} þ{er}in to renne wheñ þ{a}t nede be;
to iij. basou{n}s ye must haue iij bagges renners /
so clepe ham we,
& hang{e} þem̅ oñ a p{er}che, & looke þat Sur{e} they be. 128
[Sidenote: Let your ginger be well pared, hard, not worm-eaten,
(Colombyne is better than Valadyne or Maydelyne);]
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