1871 Oxford Night Caps a collection of receipts for making various beverages used in the university

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JULAP, OR JULEP.

Behold this cordial Julap here, That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, With spirit.a of balm and fragrant syrups mixt: MilUltl. Julap• is a refreshing and wholesome drink, used much by country housewives. John Quincy,t 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 making 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 Reeipa for Sherry Cobbler. Add a wine glass of brandy, half a wine glass of old rum, * J ulap is a Persian word, signifying a sweet potion. t Died in 1728.