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BOOK II. Stript immature: Yet did he not repine, Nor curse his Stars; but prudent, his fall'n Heaps Collecting, cherish'd with the tepid Wreaths Of tedded Grass, and the Sun's mellowing Beams Rival'd with artful Heats, and thence procur'd A costly Liquor, by improving Time Equal'd with what, the happiest Vintage bears.


 * But this I warn Thee, and shall alway warn,

No heterogeneous Mixtures use, as some With watry Turneps have debas'd their Wines, Too frugal; nor let the crude Humors dance In heated Brass, steaming with Fire intense; Altho' Devonia much commends the Use Of strengthning Vulcan; with their native Strength Thy Wines sufficient, other Aid refuse; And, when th' allotted Orb of Time's compleat, Are more commended than the labour'd Drinks. Rh