Drinks of the world / by James Mew and John Ashton.

  • Mew, James.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Drinks of the world / by James Mew and John Ashton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he says, was scarcely inferior to the juice of the grape. This beer was made from barley, and, hops being unknown, it was flavoured with lupins and other vegetable substances. This old beer was called hega, and can be traced back as far as the 4th dynasty. Then they also had Palm wine, and another wine called baga, supposed to be made from dates or figs ; and they also made wines from pomegranates and other fruits, and from herbs, such as rue, hellebore, drink. A zythum and a dizythum seem to have existed, corre- sponding, let us say, to our Single and Double X. This zythum is nearly allied to the sacera of Palestine, the cesia of Spain, the cervisia of Gaul, the sebaia of Dalmatia, and the cunni or camum of Germany. According to Rabbi Joseph, this beer was made J barley, £ Crocus Sylvestris, and J salt. He adds, “ He that is bound, it looseth; and he who is loose, it binds; and it is dangerous for pregnant women.” B