To three gallons of water put six pounds of the best powder sugar,
boil the sugar and water together for the space of half an hour, keep
skimming it as the scum rises; let it stand to cool, beat up three
ounces of syrup of betony with a large spoonful of ale yeast, put it
into the liquor, and brew it well together; then having a peck of
gilliflowers, cut from the stalks, put them into the liquor, let them
infuse and work together three days, covered with a cloth; strain
it, and put it into a cask, and let it settle for three weeks; then
bottle it.