The jewell house of art and nature. Conteining divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experimentes in the art of husbandry, distillation and moulding / [Sir Hugh Plat].

  • Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608
Date:
1594
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The jewell house of art and nature. Conteining divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experimentes in the art of husbandry, distillation and moulding / [Sir Hugh Plat]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cinamon three ounces, ginger three ounces, greins 3. ounces, colianders one ounce,cloues one ounce, nutmegs one ounce, long pepper halfe an ounce, C^rdamomHm one ounce and a halfe, liquericeone ounce,then fil vp the vciTell almoft full with the reft of the new ale(yetfome com mend rather the putting in of the {pices confufedlie then in a bag) bee fure to hauefoureorfiue gallons or more ofthefamenewe ale, to fill vp the hogfheadas it purgethouer conti¬ nually There is a letter hole neerc the t bung hole in beere hogfheads, which mutt: ftandc open whileft it purgeth, you mutt alfo be carefull in the beginning to giue fome little vent to the hogfhead whilft it wor- keth:in three or foure moneths,itwillbeereadie to drinke. Y 011 mutt haue a hazell fticke of the bignefle of a good cudgell, fo great as may well enter in at the round bung-hole, and when your hogfhead is about three quarters full, put in this ftick, being fawed crof- wife at the end about one cubite in Iength,f the Vint¬ ners call it their parrelling ftaffe) as the aptefttoole for this purpofe. Beat with the faid ftaffe the new ale and the honie togither a good prettie while,& when you haue finifhed this agitation,fill vp the veftel with the reft,and let it purge as before. Ifyou finde your mufcadelltoothicke,afterithath flood 3. 0r4.UK>- nethes, you may take a cane or pipe, made of Tinne plates,that will reach into the midft ofthe hopfhead or fomewhat more, flop the ende thereof ana make fome holes in the fides, and with a funnell you may poure more newe ale into the Cane, and fo make it thinner. This Cane is an apt inftrument toconiicie any liquor or compofition into a vcflell of wine with¬ out troubling ofthe fame, or turfling vppe the lees, wherby