1447 Imperial ice punch from wild strawberries and other fruits

• 1 lb wild strawberry purée
• ½ lb, or 1 glass, sugar

Pick over wild strawberries, rinse the berries, and rub them through a fine sieve into a stoneware bowl. Use ½ lb sugar for every lb of purée. Mix, dilute with ½ bottle Rhine wine, and pour into a mold for water ice. Rotate, scraping the edges of the mold so that the water ice does not freeze, bu