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_Raspice._ “Vin Rapé,” says Henderson, p. 286, note _y_, “a rough
sweetish red wine, so called from its being made with unbruised grapes,
which, having been freed from the stalks, are afterwards fermented along
with them and a portion of other wine.”[*] Ducange has _Raspice._
RASPATICIUM, Ex racemis vinum, cujus præparationem tradit J. Wecker.
Antidot. special. lib. 2, § 6, page 518 et 519. Paratur autem illud ex
_raspatiis_ et vinaceis, una cum uvis musto immissis. _Raspatia_ itaque
sunt, quæ Varroni et Columellæ _scopi, scopiones_, si bene legitur; unde
nostrum _Raste. Ducange_, ed. 1845. _Raspecia_ ...Sed ex relato longiori
contextu palam est, _Raspeciam_ nihil aliud esse quam vinum mixtis
acinis aliisve modis renovatum, nostris vulgo _Râpé_; hujuscemodi enim
vinum alterationi minus obnoxium est, ut hic dicitur de _Raspecia_. Vide
mox _Raspetum_, Vinum _recentatum_, Gallis _Raspé_. Charta Henrici Ducis
Brabantiæ pro Communia Bruxellensi ann. 1229: _Qui vinum supra uvas
habuerit, quod _Raspetum_ vocatur, in tavernis ipsum vendere non
potest._ Vide _Recentatum_. Ducange, ed. 1845.
[Footnote *: Besides this meaning of _rapé_ (same as _raspé_),
Cotgrave gives first “A verie small wine comming of water cast
uppon the mother of grapes which have been pressed!”]
The highly-praised _Raspatum_ of Baccius, p. 30-2, of which, after
quoting what Pliny says of secondary wines, he declares, “id primùm
animaduerti volumus à nostra posteritate, quod Lora Latinorum, qua{m}
deuterium cum Græcis, et secundarium Vinum dixit Plinius, δευτερία, seu
ποτιμὸν Dioscorides, quodque τρυγὸν vocauit Galenus, cum Aquatis quibus
hodie vtimur in tota Italia, & cum nouo genere, quod à delectabili in
gustu asperitate, _Rasputum_ vocat; similem omnes hæ Voces habent
significantiam factitii .s. ex aqua Vini. p. 30. Quod uini genus in
Italia, ubi alterius uini copia non sit, parari simpliciter consuevit
colore splendido rubentis purpuræ, sapore austero, ac dulcacido primis
mensibus mox tamen exolescente, p. 31-2, &c.” _Raspice_ was also a name
for Raspberries. Item, geuene to my lady Kingstone s{er}u{au}nte
bringing Strawberes and _Respeces_ to my lad{ys} grace xij d. _Privy
Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary_, p. 31; and in his Glossary to this
book Sir F. Madden says, ‘In a closet for Ladies 12mo. London, 1654, is
a receipt “To preserve _Raspices_,” and they are elsewhere called
“_Raspisberries_.” See “Delights for Ladies,” 12mo. 1654.’
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