1860 Oxford Night Caps

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JTJLAP, OR JIJLEP.

Beliold this cordial Julap here, Tliat flames and dances in his crystal hounds, With spirits of balm and fragrant sjTups mixt. Milton.

Julap® is a refreshing and wholesome drinlv, used much by country housewives. John Quincy,® the author of a dictionary of Physic, describes it as an extemporaneous form of medicine, made of simple and com pound water sweetened, and serves for a vehicle to other forms not so convenient to take alone. The usual mode of maldng it in the vicin age of Oxford is, by sweetening an infusion of mint with honey, and mixing a glass of wine or spirits with it. The following is the Mint Julep of the "Wenham Lake Company; Mingle ice and sugar as described in the Recipe for Sherry Cobbler. Add a wine glass of brandy, half a wine glass of old rum, ® Jukp is a Persian word, signifying a sweet potion. Died in 1723.