p. 5' ^fc* "Metheglinisesteemedtobeaverywholsom
"Drink; and doubtless it is so, since all
" the world consents that Honey is a pre-
"cious Substance, being the Choice &
"Collection which the Bees make of the
"most pure, most delectable, & most
"odoriferous Parts of Plants, more par-
"ticularly of their Flowers & Fruits.
"Metheglin is therefore esteemed to be
"an excellent Pectoral, good against Con-
" sumption, Phthisick and Asthma; it is
"cleansing & diuretick, good against
"the Stone & Gravel; it is restorative
"and strengthening; it comforts and
"strengthens the Noble parts, & affords
"good Nourishment, being made Use
" of by the Healthy, as well as by the Sick.
D^TES 281
"My worthy Master, that Incomperable
"Sir Kenelin Digby, being a great lover
"of this Drink, was so curious in his
"Researches, that he made a large Col-
" lection of the choicest & best Receipts
"thereof."
Hartman, Select Receipts, p. I.
Concerning the difference between Mead
and Metheglin, Borde {Regyment of Helth)
says : —
^^ Of Meade: Meade is made of honny &
"water boyled both togyther; yf it be
"fyred and pure, it preserveth helth;
"but it is not good for them the whiche
"have the Ilyache or the Colycke.
" OfMetheglyn : Metheglyn is made of honny
"and water, & herbes, boyled and sod-
"den togyther: yf it be fyred and stale,
"it is better in the regyment of helth
"than meade."
But the distinction seems to have been for-
gotten in the hundred odd years between
the publication of Borde's book and
Digby's.
GLOSSARY
Ana, of each.
Apple-Johns, or John Apples, apples considered best
when shrivelled, so called because they are ripe
about St. John's Day.
Aume, aam, anum, a liquid measure used for wine and oil.
A Dutch aume of wine equalled about 41 English
gallons.
Balneum, a vessel filled with water or sand, in which
another vessel is placed to be heated.
Beatilies, beatilia, battalia, tit-bits (e.g. cockscombs or sweet-
breads) in a pie.
Bragot, ale boiled with honey.
Bunt, the cavity or baggy part of a napkin when folded
or tied as a bag.
Burthen, a quantity, here signifying no certain amount.
Call, a wedge.
Calvered, cut in thin slices when " fresh," and pickled.
Canicular days, dog days.
Cock^s tread, *' The opaque speck or germinal vesicle in
the surface of the yolk in an impregnated egg." M.
Coddle, to boil gently, to stew.
Coffin, a mould of paste for a pie.
Cucurbite, a gourd-shaped vessel ; also a shallow vessel
with a wide mouth, used for distillation.
D emistier =^ demi setier, a measure of quarter-pint capa-
city.
Electuary, a medical conserve or paste of powder mixed
with honey, syrup, etc.
Faces, dregs.
Fearced, forced, stuffed.
283
284 GLOSSJRT
Florejiden, Jlorentine, a kind of pie, of minced meats,
currants, spices, etc., baked in a dish with a cover of
paste.
Gambon, gammon, a smoked ham.
Garavanzas, chick-peas.
Gelt, castrated.
Gmet-moils, gefinet-moil, a kind of apple ripe before others.
Hippocras, hypocras hag, a bag used in making hippocras,
a medicinal drink consisting of spiced wines.
Humble-pie, a pie made of umbles or numbles (the heart,
liver, kidneys, etc.) of the deer.
Kiver^ kive, keever, a large vessel for fermenting liquors ;
a mashing tub.
Lardons, strips of bacon or salt pork used for larding.
Laton, latton, latten, a utensil made of thin brass, or mixed
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p. 5' ^fc* "Metheglinisesteemedtobeaverywholsom "Drink; and doubtless it is so, since all " the world consents that Honey is a pre- "cious Substance, being the Choice & "Collection which the Bees make of the "most pure, most delectable, & most "odoriferous Parts of Plants, more par- "ticularly of their Flowers & Fruits. "Metheglin is therefore esteemed to be "an excellent Pectoral, good against Con- " sumption, Phthisick and Asthma; it is "cleansing & diuretick, good against "the Stone & Gravel; it is restorative "and strengthening; it comforts and "strengthens the Noble parts, & affords "good Nourishment, being made Use " of by the Healthy, as well as by the Sick.
NOTES 281
"My worthy Master, that Incomperable "Sir Kenelin Digby, being a great lover "of this Drink, was so curious in his "Researches, that he made a large Col- " lection of the choicest & best Receipts "thereof."
Hartman, Select Receipts, p. I.
Concerning the difference between Mead and Metheglin, Borde {Regyment of Helth) says : —
^^ Of Meade: Meade is made of honny & "water boyled both togyther; yf it be "fyred and pure, it preserveth helth; "but it is not good for them the whiche "have the Ilyache or the Colycke.
" OfMetheglyn : Metheglyn is made of honny "and water, & herbes, boyled and sod- "den togyther: yf it be fyred and stale, "it is better in the regyment of helth "than meade."
But the distinction seems to have been forgotten in the hundred odd years between the publication of Borde's book and Digby's.
GLOSSARY
Ana, of each.
Apple-Johns, or John Apples, apples considered best when shrivelled, so called because they are ripe about St. John's Day.
Aume, aam, anum, a liquid measure used for wine and oil. A Dutch aume of wine equalled about 41 English gallons.
Balneum, a vessel filled with water or sand, in which another vessel is placed to be heated.
Beatilies, beatilia, battalia, tit-bits (e.g. cockscombs or sweetbreads) in a pie.
Bragot, ale boiled with honey.
Bunt, the cavity or baggy part of a napkin when folded or tied as a bag.
Burthen, a quantity, here signifying no certain amount.
Call, a wedge.
Calvered, cut in thin slices when " fresh," and pickled.
Canicular days, dog days.
Cock^s tread, *' The opaque speck or germinal vesicle in the surface of the yolk in an impregnated egg." M.
Coddle, to boil gently, to stew.
Coffin, a mould of paste for a pie.
Cucurbite, a gourd-shaped vessel ; also a shallow vessel with a wide mouth, used for distillation.
D emistier =^ demi setier, a measure of quarter-pint capacity.
Electuary, a medical conserve or paste of powder mixed with honey, syrup, etc.
Faces, dregs.
Fearced, forced, stuffed.
284 GLOSSARY
Florejiden, Jlorentine, a kind of pie, of minced meats,
currants, spices, etc., baked in a dish with a cover of
paste. Gambon, gammon, a smoked ham. Garavanzas, chick-peas. Gelt, castrated.
Gmet-moils, gefinet-moil, a kind of apple ripe before others. Hippocras, hypocras hag, a bag used in making hippocras,
a medicinal drink consisting of spiced wines. Humble-pie, a pie made of umbles or numbles (the heart,
liver, kidneys, etc.) of the deer. Kiver^ kive, keever, a large vessel for fermenting liquors ;
a mashing tub. Lardons, strips of bacon or salt pork used for larding. Laton, latton, latten, a utensil made of thin brass, or mixed