74 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF 



England^s and tlie Colonies infinite advantage. 

 — Printed for Eichard Wodenothe in Leaden-hall 

 street, small 4to. 1652. 



A letter of one page from Samuel Hartlib is first 

 addressed to the '^Ingenuous Reader .^^ He observes, 

 ^^ I have in my Legacie of Husbandry bequeathed some- 

 thing unto thee concerning silkworms.-*^ Instructions 

 occupy 5 pages^ followed by a quotation from Du Bartas 

 on the silk-worm^, two short poetical pieces,, and on the 

 last page ^^ A comparison between the gain and labour 

 of Tobacco and Silk/^ to show that the gain in a crop 

 of tobacco is but £14. as compared to a crop of silk, 

 which would be worth £60. The treatise consists of 

 12 closely printed pages. This pamphlet has become 

 exceedingly rare, having been much sought after by 

 American book collectors. 



XX. 



Twisse's Doubting Conscience Resolved. 8vo. 1652. 



William Twisse died in 1645. He wrote ^^ The 

 doubting Conscience resolved, in answer to a (pre- 

 tended) perplexing Question, &c. Wherein is evidently 

 proved that the Holy Scriptures (not the Pope) is the 

 Foundation whereon the Church is built, &c.^^ 1652. 

 [Bodl. 8vo. B. 137. Line] Published by Sam. Hartlib. 

 See Wood's Ath. Ox. 3rd edition. 1815. 4to. Vol. iii. 

 p. 172. 



