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A11936	The perfect vse of silk-vvormes, and their benefit With the exact planting, and artificiall handling of mulberrie trees whereby to nourish them, and the figures to know how to feede the wormes, and to winde off the silke. And the fit maner to prepare the barke of the white mulberrie to make fine linnen and other workes thereof. Done out of the French originall of D'Oliuier de Serres Lord of Pradel into English, by Nicholas Geffe Esquier. With an annexed discourse of his owne, of the meanes and sufficiencie of England for to haue abundance of fine silke by feeding of silke-wormes within the same; as by apparent proofes by him made and continued appeareth. For the generall vse and vniuersall benefit of all those his countrey men which embrace them. Neuer the like yet here discouered by any.; Theatre d'agriculture et mesnage des champs. Part 5. Chapter 15. English	Serres, Olivier de, 1539-1619.; Geffe, Nicholas.	1607 (1607)	STC 22249; ESTC S117159	60,238	108

by such default it hath remained without name many ages Virgil discourses as by passing of the rich fleece that the Forrests of Ethiopia Setes brought forth without mentioning the quality or meanes to gather it See in these words Virg. Georg. 11. Quid nemora Aethiop●●m molli canentia lana Velleraque vt folijs depectant tenuia Seres The first notice of silke at Rome From whence some as Solin and Sernius haue thought this to be Silke and that to proceed directly of the trees Such hath been the first notice of the Silke giuen in Italie which was in the raigne of the Emperour Octauius Augustus confirmed by Plinie more then seuenty yeeres after for hee liued in the time of Vespatian he ther to addeth that in the I le of Coos there growe Cypres trees Turpentine trees Ashes and Okes of the leaues of which trees fallen to the ground in maturity through humiditie of the same breede wormes bringing forth silke That in Assyria the Silke-worme called by the Greekes and Latines Bombyx makes his neast vpon the earth which he fastens to the stones where it hardneth very much remaining there conferued all the yeere that makes webs after the fashion of Spiders Aristotle also saith that in the I le of Coos Pamphyllia daughter of L●tous was the first inuentris of spinning and weauing silke by the which intricate and folded vp discourses compared to the practick of these times appeareth how far off the ancients were from the true knowledge of the Silke-worme hauing not knowne from whence they came nor how they are nourished so by their silence they witnesse in holding their peace of the egges and the leaues of the Mulberries for their food V●piscus witnesseth that in the time of the Emperour Aurelian two hundred yeeres after Vespatian and more silke was sold for the weight of gold for which dearnes but especially for modesty he would neuer weare to be all of silke but mingled with other matter although Heliogabalus his predecessor was not so sparing as saith Lampridius Like modestie is noted of King Henry the second which would neuer weare silke stockings although that in his time the vse of them was then receiued in France Many others in divers times haue spoken of the silke as Solin Marcelin and S●r●in● which name the Silke-worme Zir from whence comes the Latin wood Siricam that is to say Silke as witnesseth Pausanias in his description of Greece Martial also makes mention of the silke by these verses Nec vaga tam tenui disc●rs●t aranea tela Tam leue nec Bombyx pendulus vrget opus And of the work of Silk-wormes Propertius saith Nec si qua Arabia lucet Bombyce puella Vlpian an auncient Lawyer speaketh of the silke in the title De Auro Argento Legato in this sort vestimentorum sunt omnia lanea lineaque vel serica bombycina c. It is a thing receiued of al that the inhabitants The beginning of the silke of the country of Seres first of al manifested the silke hauing brought the seed from the I le Taprobane otherwise Sumata situate vnder the Aequinoctiall in longitude from them of forty sixe to forty eight degrees of latitude The country of Seres so called of a citie of the Prouince is that which at this day is named Cattay and Cambalis in East Asia adioyning on the West to Scytia Asiatick and of the South to the Indies gouerned by the great Cham of Tartary At the lēgth these things came to light by two Monks which brought from Sera a citie of the country of Cattay the graine of Silke-wormes to Iustinian to Constantinople the raigne of which Emperour began the yeere of Christ 526. from whence the knowledge of rearing and bringing vp this creature is dispersed throughout all Europe So Procopius hath written after many other From the citie of Panorme Where first of all the silke was wrought in Europ and finally in Scicile is come the manner to vse the silke where first of all it was shewed by the meanes of certaine workmen in this arte brought thither prisoners by ●●ger King of the for●said I le of Scicile in the time of the Emperor Conrade Lastly these excellent sciences haue takē footing in certain Prouinces of this realm but by tract of time and distances not all at once For as God hath accustomed to distribute his benefits by little and little so much the better to make vs relish his graces so the knowledge of the Mulberry tree hath first been giuen vnto vs after that the vse of it to the end to make prouision of food before we charge our selues with the creature In what time and in what Prouince of this kingdom I will not here reckon the causes and times of their more forward bringing in into this Realme but in the raigne of Charles the 8. in the voyage that this King made to the kingdome of Naples the yeere a thousand foure hundred fourescore and foureteene some Gentlemen of his traine hauing noted the richnes of the silke at their returne home did affect to prouide their houses of such commoditie Afterwardes the warres of Italy ending they sent to Naples to fetch plāts of Mulberries which they placed in Prouence by reason of the little distance of climates of each countrey making the enterprise easie Some say it was in the borders of such a prouince ioyned with that of Dauphine where the Mulberries first grew marking also Alan neere to Montellimar which was then planted by the meanes of his Lord which accōpanied the King in his voyage As the old great white Mulberries yet at this day to be seene giue some assurance But be it there or elsewhere it is certaine that in diuers places of Prouence Langredoc Dauphine the principalitie of Crenge and aboue all the Countie of Venessaine and the Arshbish opricke of Auignon for the great commerce that they haue with the Italians the Mulberries and their seruice are at this present verie well knowne there also the handling of the silke appeareth in great beautie where continually increaseth an earnest desire to plant Mulberries for the experimented commoditie which comes of them In sūme there the Mulberry is held for the most assured pennie falling into the purse At Toures this busines is already receiued with great profit and applause and certaine yeeres since hath begun to manifest it selfe at Caen in low Normandy yet vnknowne to the Silk wil come faire good throughout al this Realme a few places excepted rest of this kingdome through the carelesse retchlesnesse of the inhabitants and to the great shame almost of all these prouinces seeing that in them the Mulberrie and Silk-worme may liue and profit For the affection I beare to the publike I haue in the beginning of the yeere a thousand fiue hundred eightie nine caused to bee printed a particular Treatise of this foode and norture intituled The gathering of the Silke and addressed it to those

of the common Counsell of the citie of Paris to the end that thereby their people might be sufficiently stirred vp to draw from the entrailes and bowels of their landes the rich treasure of silke therein hidden By this meanes bringing to light the millions of gold inclosed and locked vp and by such riches to finish the honor of their city with this last of her ornaments abounding aboue the rest in all sorts of riches Amongst the pleasant places of the void fields of Paris I haue marked Madril and Vicenes wood royall mansions and very capable to receiue and norish three hundred thousand Mulberries for the largenes and qualitie of their grounds and facultie of the aire the leaues of such trees in their times may bee happily and profitablie employed The apparence of which is great to draw from thence abundance of silke for the publike commodity and particular profit of the citie of Paris when by dressing of the silke it shall nourish infinite numbers of people of her proper inhabitants and poore and miserable folkes which flocke thither from all the Prouinces of the Realme What places it desireth Where the Vine groweth there also will come the silke an apparent demonstration sufficiently verified by reiterated experiences in diuers countries discordant of climats Nay going farther where the Mulberry only liues without speaking of the Vine the Silk-worme will not chuse but profit as is knowne not long since within the citie of Leiden in Holland in the yeers a thousand fiue hundred ninety three nintie foure and ninty fiue where the Noble Duchesse of Ascot caused to be nourished Silk-worms with good successe and of the silke which came of them was made apparell which her gentlewomen wore with great wonder of those which saw it because of the coldnes of the countrie Histories record that in the time of the auncient Gaules France brought forth no wine behold now at this day abundantly prouided of so exquisite a drinke by dexterity of those which haue opportunly imploied their profitable curiosity Many beasts and strange plants cōsent to liue amongst vs with requisite care which former times held impossible the which euery one notes almost euery where without comming to examples I will not heere reckon vp the Orenge trees Lymon trees Pouncitron trees and other precious trees which are nourished in all aires and countries though neuer so cold seeing that in such curiositie ●unnes out great expence The care of gathering the silke is not alike the end of that is profit not only particular delectation For there is no heede at all to be taken for the Mulberries which as in the open field it is onely for the little cattle that feares the cold which would bee preserued from it And what thing is easier to do then that how cold soeuer the countrie bee seeing the Silk-wormes are lodged in houses and not abroad and also in a season not altogether cold but in the spring time and part of the sommer All the hindrance that can be here alleaged is that the gathering the silke will bee more late then in a south countrie what importeth that so one hath abundance of good and fine silke if one reapes not in the north parts in May and Iune as they doe in Languedoc and Prouence if they doe it in Iuly and August In like manner wee want no store of good wine in France though our vintage be not so soone as in hotter countries The Mulberries haue foregone the knowledge of nourishing the Wormes as I haue saide in attending the which many vpon hearesaie were constrained in vaine to nourish Silk-wormes haue discredited such husbandry esteeming this cattell can profit but in places where they hauebeen of long time naturalizde whereby with impatience haue extirped and puld vp the Mulberries as vnprofitable trees which before and at the first report of their worth they had planted with great affection But those which constantly haue attended the seasons are proued better husbands and abundantly prouided of Mulberry leaues then when the knowledge to guide and conduct this creature is knowne an example which is marked at Nismes in many other places of Languedoc seruing for instruction of those which at this day wil delight in so profitable an husbandry the which to their contētment they shal find in these discourses assembled the Sciēces both to dresse the trees and nourish the creatures whereby they shall be deliuered from the trouble of a languishing attempt and the hazard of ill feeding the Wormes Silke brought first into the heart of Frāce by the King The King right well knowing these things by the discourse which he commanded me to make for him on this subiect the yeere a thousand fiue hundred ninety eight resolued to haue white Mulberrie trees brought vp in all the gardens of his houses And for this effect in the yeere following that his Maiesty went the voyage of Sauoy sēt into Prouence Languedoc and Viuares Monsieur de Burdeaux Baron of Colences generall Surueyor of the gardens of France a Lord accomplisht with all rare vertues and by this same way the King honored mee to write vnto me to imploy me for recouery of the foresaid plants to which I gaue such diligence that by the beginning of the yeere 1601 there was brought to Paris to the number betweene fifteene and twentie thousand The which were planted in diuers places in the gardens of Tuilleries where they are happily sprung vp And his Maiestie not willing that such treasures should remaine any longer thrust together in certaine corners of his realme but that his people should vniuersally relish them adding to the riches of the peace which by his meanes and the celestiall fauour all France most quietly enioyeth hath ordayned by the Commissioners already deputed by his Maiestie for the generall commerce should aduise for the most easiest dispatches that might bee possible to furnish his kingdome with Mulberries to the end to gather silke from them and in going on to establish the handiworke Vpon which and following his Maiesties will after good and mature deliberation contracts were passed with the merchants vpon this subiect at Paris the fourteenth of October and the third of December a thousand sixe hundreth and two confirmed authorised and ratified by Letters Patents of his Maiestie contayning the furnishing of the said Mulberries in the foure generalities of Paris Orleans Toures and Lion Also of a certaine quantity of seede or graine of the said trees to be dispersed by the elections of the said Generalities And for so much more to accelerate and aduance the said enterprise and to make knowne and diuulge the facilitie of this worke his Maiestie caused expressely to be builded a great house at the end of his garden of Tuilleries at Paris furnished with all necessaries as wel for feeding the Wormes as for the first works of the silke enioyning furthermore that all the leaues that mought be found as well of white as black Mulberries