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A32715 Two discourses Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707. 1669 (1669) Wing C3694; ESTC R7401 49,868 248

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chance_v to_o be_v suppress_v before_o the_o wine_n be_v thereby_o much_o deprave_v yet_o do_v they_o always_o ●eave_v such_o evil_a impression_n as_o more_o or_o less_o alienate_v the_o wine_n ●rom_fw-mi the_o goodness_n of_o its_o former_a state_n in_o colour_n consistence_n and_o ●aste_n for_o hereby_o all_o wine_n acquire_v a_o deep_a tincture_n i._n e._n à_fw-fr ●hicker_a body_n or_o consistence_n sack_n and_o white-wine_n change_v ●rom_o a_o clear_a white_a to_o a_o cloudy_a yellow_n and_o claret_n lose_v its_o ●right_a red_a for_o a_o duskish_a orange-●olour_a and_o sometime_o for_o a_o tawny_a in_o like_a manner_n they_o degenerate_a also_o in_o taste_n and_o affect_v the_o palate_n with_o foulness_n roughness_n and_o raucidity_n very_o unpleasant_a among_o the_o external_n be_v common_o reckon_v the_o too_o frequent_a or_o violent_a motion_n of_o wine_n after_o their_o settlement_n in_o their_o vessel_n immoderate_a heat_n thunder_z or_o the_o report_n of_o canon_n and_o the_o admixture_n of_o any_o exotic_a body_n which_o will_v not_o symbolize_v or_o agree_v and_o incorporate_v with_o they_o especial_o the_o flesh_n of_o viper_n which_o i_o have_v frequent_o observe_v to_o induce_v a_o very_a great_a acidity_n upon_o even_o the_o sweet_a and_o fullest-bodied_n malago_n and_o canary_n wine_n yet_o under_o favour_n i_o shall_v think_v all_o these_o foreign_a accident_n to_o be_v rather_o occasion_n than_o cause_n of_o the_o evil_a event_n that_o follow_v upon_o they_o because_o these_o event_n seem_v to_o arise_v immediate_o and_o principal_o from_o the_o commotion_n and_o diffusion_n of_o the_o sulphureous_a or_o saline_n impurity_n former_o separate_v from_o the_o liquor_n and_o keep_v in_o due_a subjection_n by_o the_o genuine_a and_o benign_a spirit_n but_o this_o be_v no_o place_n nor_o be_v it_o my_o inclination_n to_o insist_v upon_o nicety_n of_o term_n which_o may_v indeed_o start_v matter_n of_o subtle_a speculation_n but_o can_v afford_v little_a or_o nothing_o of_o profit_n to_o our_o present_a enquiry_n which_o
zimar_n in_o antr._n magic_a medic._n t._n 1._o lib._n 7._o pag._n 510._o that_o some_o merchant_n put_v into_o every_o pipe_n of_o their_o greek_a wine_n a_o gill_n or_o thereabouts_o of_o the_o chemical_a oil_n of_o sulphur_n in_o order_n to_o the_o long_a preservation_n of_o it_o clear_a and_o sound_v which_o though_o i_o easy_o belieu●_v because_o the_o acid_n spirit_n of_o sulphur_n be_v know_v to_o resist_v putrefaction_n i●_n liquor_n yet_o i_o shall_v decline_v the_o use_n of_o wine_n so_o preserve_v unless_o in_o time_n of_o pestilential_a infection_n remember_v that_o old_a distich_n qui_fw-la bibit_fw-la ingrato_fw-la foedatum_fw-la sulphur_n bacchum_fw-la praeparet_fw-la ad_fw-la diri_fw-la se_fw-la phlegetontis_fw-la aquam_fw-la but_o of_o all_o way_n of_o hasten_a ●he_n clarification_n and_o ripen_n of_o new_a wine_n none_o seem_v to_o i_o ●o_o be_v either_o more_o easy_a or_o more_o innoxious_a than_o that_o borrow_v from_o one_o of_o the_o ancient_n by_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n bacon_n and_o mention_v in_o his_o sylva_n sylvarum_n cen●ur_fw-fr 7._o experim_n 679._o which_o be_v by_o put_v the_o wine_n into_o vessel_n well_o stop_v and_o let_v it_o down_o into_o ●he_n sea_n hence_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o derive_v the_o use_n of_o that_o antique_a epither_o give_v to_o wine_n thus_o ripen_v vinum_fw-la thalassites_n but_o how_o shall_v we_o reconcile_v this_o experiment_n to_o that_o common_a practice_n of_o both_o the_o ancient_n and_o modern_n of_o keep_v wine_n in_o the_o must_v a_o whole_a year_n about_o only_o by_o sink_v the_o cask_n for_o 30._o or_o 40._o day_n in_o a_o well_o or_o deep_a river_n that_o the_o use_n hereof_o be_v very_a ancient_n be_v manifest_a from_o that_o discourse_n of_o plutarch_n quaestion_n nature_n 27._o about_o the_o efficacy_n of_o cold_a upon_o must_v whereof_o he_o give_v thi●_n reason_n that_o cold_a not_o suffer_v the_o must_v to_o ferment_n by_o suppress_v the_o activity_n of_o the_o spirit_n therein_o contain_v conserve_v th●_n sweetness_n thereof_o a_o long_a tim●_n which_o be_v not_o improbable_a because_o experience_n teach_v that_o such_o who_o make_v their_o vintage_n in_o a_o rainy_a season_n can_v get_v their_o must_v to_o ferment_n well_o in_o a_o vault_n unless_o they_o cause_v great_a fire_n to_o be_v make_v near_o the_o cask_n the_o rain_n mix_v with_o the_o must_v together_o with_o the_o ambient_fw-la cold_a impede_v the_o motion_n of_o fermentation_n which_o arise_v chief_o from_o heat_n that_o the_o same_o be_v frequent_a at_o this_o day_n also_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o what_o noble_a mr._n boyl_n have_v be_v please_v to_o observe_v in_o his_o incomparable_a history_n of_o cold_a on_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o french_a man_n viz._n that_o the_o way_n to_o keep_v wine_n long_o in_o the_o must_v in_o which_o state_n the_o sweetness_n make_v many_o to_o desire_v it_o be_v to_o tunn_v it_o up_o immediate_o from_o the_o press_n and_o before_o it_o begin_v to_o work_v to_o let_v 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