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Excerpt from Encyclopædia Edinensis, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Vol. 2 of 6: Including All the Modern Improvements to the Present Time; And Illustrated With Upwards of One Hundred and Eighty Engravings The vine seems to have been introduced by the Romans both into Gaul and Britain. We find that France was famous for its vineyards in the reign Of Vespasian; and it appears from Doomsday-book, ' that wine was made in England from native grapes at a period anterior to the conquest. How early malt liquors were known in this country is not cer tain; but, among. The ancient Germans, beer was a very common beverage, and seems to have been usually made from malted barley. Cyder, perry, and Other factitious wines, are probably Of later origin, though the two former are by some supposed to have been introduced into this island by the Romans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.