an agreeable liquor, made of honey and water.

There are many receipts for making mead, of which the following is one of the best. Take four gallons of water, and as much honey as will make it bear an egg; add to this, the rind of three lemons; boil it, and scum it well as it rises. Then take it off the fire, and add the three lemons cut in pieces; pour it into a clean tub or open vessel, and let it work for three days: then scum it well, and pour off the clear part into a cask, and let it stand open till it ceases to make a hissing noise; then stop it up close, and in three months time it will be fine and fit for bottling.

If you would give it a finer flavour, take cloves, mace, and nutmeg, of each four drams; beat them small, tie the powder in a piece of cloth, and put it into the cask.