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Therevpon a further Di
scourse was occa
siond concerning the curious colour and the
La
sting smell of Ru
ssia & Turkey Leather and further inquiry concerning the
materiall wherew
th. it was tanned. And m
r. Pouey mentiond that the cutting
of Ru
ssia Leather being
Lye Layed in a che
st ^ /among clothes/ was an infallible way of preseruing
all w
thin it from mothes.
S
r. Theodore De vaux obserued that the Lying on tho
se skins was very good
for such as were troubled w
th the stones. others affirmed that the Lying
on other Leather would haue much the same effect.
S
r. Ionas more Related that m
r. Flam
stead had formerly giuen him a De
scripti
oof the way & proce
sse of making Derby malt, and promi
sed to look it out &
Bring it into the Society. He also added that they had a way at darby of cooling their
ale very quickly soe as it blinketh it soe as they call it that it grows cleer & fit to drink presently
Seuerall ways were mentiond of the clarifying of Ale. the wor
st of
theale wiues by a chanber pot into it. another of a pewter Di
sh And another
w
th. a green oaken bow.
m
r. Pouey sayd there was a way of making a very strong & very pale ale w
thwheaten malt. others that the same thing might be done w
th c
omon malt
by putting whole wheat into the Ale.
D
r. Gale said there was a way of making ^ /molberry ale or groot/ ale presently work, clarify, and be fit
for Drinking by putting into it a kind of Leauen made of the yea
st ^ /of an empty cask/ dryed
& made vp into a ball. But that was not approued to be soe plea
sant
or soe wholesome -
m
r. Pouey Promised to bring in a Receipt of making a very plea
sant wholesome & strong ale and as good as any -
Hereupon S
r. Theodore De vaux promi
sed to bring in a dozen Receipts
which had been experimented by S
r. Theodore mayerne for making ales
of seuerall sorts. -
This occa
siond Di
scour
se about various ways of making wines & other --
plea
sant & wholesome Drinkes of other sorts - &
S
r. Theodore Deuaux promi
sed to bring in the Receipts of making Diuers
of them. As w
th. Currans Water & suger, & w
th Rai
sins & water. m
r Pouey Rela
ted that my Lord of northumberland had made much v
se of this la
st wine
That a 'stiller at fox Hall Did make spirits w
th such wine. others affirmed
that It was v
sed al
so by seuerall other 'stillers
Herevpon much Di
scour
se was occa
siond about making wine w
th cherrys only
of which we haue soe great plenty now in kent & seuerall other parts of
England and it was wi
shed that that De
signe might be promoted for that
It would much saue the expen
se of forreine wines and much improue
our own Countrey.-
m
r Euelyn affirmed that he had made some w
th Cherrys that did keep very
well two years. As also that he had made an excellent Drink of Quin
ces.
S
r. Theodore Deuaux mentiond a way of Renewing & Refreshing palld
& Decayd wines by putting Raysins into it. m
r. Hooke sayd that he knew /formerly/
a merchant who did
formerly make much v
se of the juice of our Grapes to Renew his wines
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