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To Make Elder Wine

Take a quantity of Elder berrys full ripe
& squse them with your hand & strain out the
Juice through a corce cloth with your hand but not
to hard & put the mashed berries into a clean
Tub then mesure out your Juice & so many pints
of iuice as you have but so many Gallons of water
wel boyled boyling hot upon the mashed berries
& stor them very wel & let them stand all night
to draw of the strenth of the berries then strain
it through a hare seive & to every Gallon of
water put a pint of Juice & two pound of sugar
& let it boyl an Hour then take it of & when it
tis cole work it with East as you do Ale & before
the head falls Tun it up but not your vessel
be a bove three quarters ful & at two months
end if it be fine bottle it

The Lady Howard