"Hoc autem vini genus, Britannis longe omnium excellentissimum, ex alica confectum, alla, perfecte coctum, gutalla dicitur": Stephanus (1550)p. 25; "De Ala Anglorum" Schoockius (1661) p. 95
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 sofystica[t] theyr ale. Ale for an Englysshe man is a naturall drynke ... Barly malte maketh better ale than oten malte or any other corne doth: it doth ingendre grose humoures; but yette it maketh a man stronge ... Bere is made of malte, of hoppes, and water: it is a naturall drynke for a Dutche man. And now of late dayes it is moche used in Englande to the detryment of many Englysshe men: Boorde (1542)p. 256 ed. Furnivall
