moſt wholeſome drinke, as ye whiche giueth, not onely ſtrength of body and courage, but the long race of yeares. Alſo it expelleth an olde griefe of the Reines, being often drunke with Parcely ſeedes. But the beſte Oenomell is that which is made of olde and tarte wine, and the beſte purified hony, for the ſame doth leſſe ſwell. The ſame alſo harmeth drunke after meales, but before taken, doeth procure an appetite. Dioſcorides teacheth that maner of making the Oenomell in this order: firſt he willeth to take one gallon and a quarte of Wine, and mixing it with halfe a gallon, and a pinte of the beſte hony, to prepare the ſame orderly. But ſome prepare or make the drinke ſpeedilier to vſe after this manner, as the hony they boyle with Wine, and after poure foorth the ſame into other veſſelles.
¶Of the ſingular water of Hony gotten by order of diſtillation. Cap. xxxj.
THe Hony of Bees meete to diſtillation, ought eſpecially to be white of coloure, which before the diſtilling muſte bee mixed with pure and white and well waſhed ſande, but not drie in any caſe, after that, putte the ſame either into a common Roſe Limbecke of Tinne, ſetting a heavie ſiue cloſe vppon it, that it may touch the Hony in the diſtilling, or elſe into a body of Glaſſe, ſette into a potte of fine ſifted aſhes or ſande, making at the firſte a ſofte fire vnder it, vntill the firſt water bee come, whiche is white, and after the yelow water appeareth, then put vnder another receiuer, ſetting aſide the white, and ſo long diſtill vntill the redde beginneth to ſhewe: at the appearaunce of whiche, put vnder another receiuer, letting that remaine vntill no more will come. Which red water being the laſt, ſerueth for ſundrie vſes, as to die womens haire yellow, by oftē wetting the haire with a Spunge, and drying the ſame in the hote Sunne. Alſo it cauſeth fayre and long haire, and ſtayeth the ſheading of haire: beſides (this thirde water) doeth clenſe the foule corruption and matter being in filthye woundes, and olde vlcers, if they be waſhed twice a daye
