THe good Householders of the low Countries of Normandie, being such a•• will not loose anie thing, and thereupon being more carefull to g••t goods, ••han to keepe their health▪ so soone as Autumne is come, cause to be gathered by ••heir people great quantitie of Sloes, whether they be ripe, or not: which done, ••hey powre them into certaine Vessels with sufficient quantitie of water, and stop ••p the Vessels, without touching of them. Before a moneth be at an end, this wa∣••er thus infused doth represent the colour and tast of a sharpe, vnpleasant, and ••ild Wine, which notwithstanding serueth the thirstie Labourers and Hindes of ••hat Countrey to quench their thirst withall in the great heat of burning Agues. This drinke is called Piquette.
Maison rustique, or The countrey farme· Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following
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- Maison rustique, or The countrey farme· Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following
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- Estienne, Charles, 1504-ca. 1564.
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- 1616.
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"Maison rustique, or The countrey farme· Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00419.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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Drinke made of Sloes.