The reformed Virginian silk-worm, or, a rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easie means, found out by a young lady in England, she having made full proof thereof in May, anno 1652. For the feeding of silk-worms in the woods, on the mulberry-tree-leaves in Virginia: who after fourty dayes time, present their most rich golden-coloured silken fleece, to the instant wonderful enriching of all the planters there, requiring from them neither cost, labour, or hindrance in any of their other emploments [sic] whatsoever. And also to the good hopes, that the Indians, seeing and finding that there is neither art, skill, or pains in the thing: they will readily set upon it, being by the benefit thereof inabled to buy of the English (in way of truck for their silk-bottoms) all those things that they most desire.

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  • The reformed Virginian silk-worm, or, a rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easie means, found out by a young lady in England, she having made full proof thereof in May, anno 1652. For the feeding of silk-worms in the woods, on the mulberry-tree-leaves in Virginia: who after fourty dayes time, present their most rich golden-coloured silken fleece, to the instant wonderful enriching of all the planters there, requiring from them neither cost, labour, or hindrance in any of their other emploments [sic] whatsoever. And also to the good hopes, that the Indians, seeing and finding that there is neither art, skill, or pains in the thing: they will readily set upon it, being by the benefit thereof inabled to buy of the English (in way of truck for their silk-bottoms) all those things that they most desire.
  • Rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easie means, found out by a young lady in England,
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Imprint
London: printed by John Streater, for Giles Calvert at the Black-Spread-Eagle at the west end of Pauls, 1655.
Added name
Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662. Glory be to God on high, peace on earth, good will amongst men.
Publication year
1655
ESTC No.
R177863
Grub Street ID
69820
Description
[4], 40 p. ; 4⁰
Note
"To the reader" signed: Samuel Hartlib.

"To the reader" and p. 1-6 are reprinted from the author's "Glory be to God on high, peace on earth, good will amongst men" (1652; Wing H988).

Also issued in the same year as part 2 of Hartlib's "The reformed common-wealth of bees" (Wing H997).Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H1000

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