"Of ale. Ale is made of malte and water; and they the which do put any other thynge to ale then is rehersed, except yest, barme, or godesgood, doth sophystical theyr ale. Ale for an Englysshe man is a naturall drynke. Ale must have these propertyes: it must be freshe and cleare, it muste not be ropy or smoky, nor it must have no weft nor tayle. Ale shuld no be dronke under .v. [5] dayes olde. New ale is wholesome for all men. And sowre ale, and dead ale the which doth not stande a tylt, is good for no man. Barly malte maketh better ale then oten malte or any other corne doth: it doth ingendre grose humoures; but yette it maketh a man stronge. Of bere. Bere is made of malte, of hoppes, and water: it is a naturall drynke for a Dutche man. And nowe of late dayes it is moche used in Englande to the detryment of many Englysshe men; specyally it kylleth them the which be troubled with the colycke, and the stone [kidney- or gallstone], & strangulion [inflammation of the throat]; for the drynke is colde drynke; yet it doth make a man fat, and doth inflate the bely, as it doth appere by the Dutche mens faces and belyes. If the bere be well served, and be fyned, & not new, it doth qualyfy the heat of the lyver."