Panala medica vel sanitatis et longævitatis alumna catholica: = The fruitfull and frugall nourse of sound health and long life. Per Guil: Folkingham Gen: Math. & Med. studiosum.

CHAP. IIII.

Of the particular passages obseruable about the Infusion of the Fund or Bag.

I Haue now enlarged and pro∣portioned the Bag of Ingre∣dients to Panala for two Gallons (or twelue wine quarts) of Ale, that it may furnish man and wife for one weeke, or one patient for two. This is a bottle more than former vse, and I hold it the meane and best proportion for most part to be obserued, both for extracting, preseruing and participating the Qualities of the Ingredience. But this quan∣tity of the Liquor may be somewhat augmen∣ted or diminished, & the potion made strōger or weaker of Medicinable Qualities, to fit the affections of seuerall Stomackes, the Custome of little or larger drinking, or other intendments.

An ordinary Stand, Steine or Ale Can with a Tap-hole, will be an apt vessell to serue well for the Infusion, prouided there bee alwayes care to keepe it close couered: but a small Rundlet, fitly bungd for Receipt of the Bagge, will best of all retaine and conserue the Life and quicke Relish of the Liquor.

The Fund or Composition of Ingredients, neatly made vp and included in a Bag of fine Bolter stuffe, must be suncke into the ves∣sell, with a Peble stone, or with some other Poize, or constantly kept downe with forked stickes (Oake and Ivie much im∣proue the wholsomenes of the Drinke) or o∣ther force, to preuent its rising vp to the Breaking of the Body of the Yest, because such a breach in open vessels, would bee▪ as per∣nicious to this Panala, as the taking of vent, or winde is vnto wine or other Liquors by venting out and evaporating their spirits.

The Ale or Beere must be well mixt and wrought vp with good store of Yest to crowne and keepe it from expense of spirits, and the yesting in open vessells is requisite to be renewed once in 7. Daies; for the sow∣ring of the Yest turnes the Drinke with its tartnesse, but shift of yest preserues the spirit and Life of the Liquor intire, and the Ale fresh and quicke for a Month or more Time of Drinking.

The fittest and only Season to make this Infusion, is the vsuall Time of the ordinary Tunning-vp of the Drinke, that by Ebullition, working and digestion in the vessell through its inward Heat of the fire of Nature, it may ef∣fectually

worke vpon, macerate and ingest the concrete Iuices and Faculties of the Sub∣iect matter; and for better libertie of working, the Rundlet may haue some houre-Vent after the Liquor is tun'd into it, but then it must be bunged vp close. For placing the vessell of Liquor where it may receiue the be∣nefit of accidentall or forraigne Heat, to pro∣mote the Operation vpon the Ingredients, the force and efficacy of the inward and selfe con∣tained Calidum Innatum or inbred Heat of this Liquor, is all sufficient for production of perfect maceration of the infused Materialls, so that Cellars which preserue Wine & Beere, serue aswell for this as for them; the like doe other close Roomes, which are exempt from the Extreames of distemper'd Seasons, no lesse from the spirit exhaling Summer Heats and others (though they clarifie the Remnants) then from the chilling and killing rigour of Winter, although a qualified cold, congregates and preserues the Spirits.

To the continuance of the Infusion: The common practice in like Operations, is neuer to straine nor stirre the Fund or Bag, vntill all the Drinke be spent; but it is full sufficient (for matter of evacuating Operation especial∣ly) to infuse it, till there bee made a perfect

Fermentation or Digestion of the continent Masse of Ingredients, that the Ale being ful∣ly impregnated with the proprieties illiciated or ingested from them, there may in the Bo∣dy of the Liquor be bred and brought forth a new Nature, fully participating, in one Ho∣mogene and intire Body, of natiue and acqui∣site Qualities, its owne and the Ingredients.

Three Dayes continuance is a competent Time for the Infusion to extract the purgatiue Faculties of the Bag, before which space to begin Drinking thereof, to auoid sowring and pricking, is a poore tricke of preuention. But if you deferre the broaching thrice three daies or more, the Drinke will bee better depured and much more pleasant both in Sight and Taste, without impeach to the Evacuatiue O∣peration, besides that it thereby becomes more impregnate and imbibes its whole Dimensum both of Evacuatiue and Altera∣tiue Virtues: therefore the best Index for Broaching Panala is the Test of perfect Depu∣ration.

My Custome and Rule for curious palats, is to direct, that after foure or fiue Dayes Infu∣sion, the Ale bee all drawne into Bottles and Corkt, and kept like vsuall Bottle-Ale; for by this meanes it is neatly preserued fortie

dayes, and more if need, coole, perfect and intire in Tast and Virtue to the last Cup. This is the best course for frugall keepe and hus∣banding the Potion; for so the Bagge be∣comes free for a second Infusion, either by Dry∣ing the Ingredients against halfe or two thirds of the Ale be spent, or by immediate Stray∣ning and reinfusing the same into fresh Li∣quor for Meal-drinke.

To make it drinke coole, fresh and quicke in the hottest Summer, hang it bottled in a deepe Well a little aboue the Water, twelue or foureteene dayes, and you haue your de∣sire. For the cold vapour of the water pre∣serues the Ale from Exhalation of the Spirits, and also irritates and makes them vigorous, whereby they incorporate all parts of the Liquor in more perfection: The like may be done at any time and that in the Rundlet it selfe to the same purpose.