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cell all theforreign,whichour Druggifts do fell us from the South: 
And fince Vines and Mulberries have travailed from the remoteft 
Eaft, through all the hotceftCountreys, and have abundantly en- 
riched our next borderers, and have received acceptable hofpira- 
1 icy, as far as they have been tried in this our Ifland: We have 
encouragement enough to adventure the cheap and eafieTrial.Some 
Qfmycorrefpondcf.ts tried the Mulberry and Silkworm as far in 
the North as Huntmgtonjhire and Chefhire ; and Sir James Craig 
tried them in themoifteft place of IreUndy in the County of Caran 
mUlJier\ and all boafted their fuccefs, ^/^a^^i, 1652,55,54,55. 
Wherever Mulberries grow, I am apt toexpeftjthat the worms will 
live^and fpin,and furnifli the Silken Trade^ 
12. Laftly, to obtain favour, or pardon, and fome credit for 
what hathbeen hitherto alledged, and withall to encourage bold 
adventures in Horticulture and Agriculture, and to fuggeft noble 
arguments for fubJimer, deeper, and more Philofophical Difqui- 
ficions, to thofe Excellent Perfons, whofc bufinefs, glory, and 
bappinefs it is, Rerum ccgnojcere caufa^; I fliall only tranfcribc 
the Learned Lmreml^ergsColk&ions^Hoyticultural.T^c. i3.Se<5.5. 
tMemoratu digmm ejiy quod deUova Zembla ^ Gronlandii /s^^r- 
rantij^ qmviderunt. Nova Zembla jJ^/' //1^.76, Sept.Jleriluundi- 
qmque ejl^ nec gramwii mt frondihm^ nec animalihm benignU hof- 
fitiHm'fr£bem: G\:on]zx\d\2iVerbwultoqukmifia boredior^ pahuli 
graminifytte proventum alii uberrimum. In hac pecorum ^ USiari- 
crum tanta ubertas^ ut etiam ingentes acervos butyri cafeorum com- 
fonant inc&U^ eofque vanum exponant eo navigantibus. Tarn be- 
mgnus drfelix eft hujfds regionis genius^ ut ne quidem ah llybernis 
^ivinm ^ frigortim mjurw grdmims vigwem ^ virorem patiatur 
extingui^ {unde primum lnful(emmen:^ ubie contra^ in liovSiZem- 
bla mortua funt omnia » 
X 3. Non eft quod obtendat qmfquam^ ab arido, pumicofo^ faxojo 
J^^ Novae Zembl^, nihilo fm frugiim ant graminis .expeHandum^ 
qukm ^ cautibm Suesicis* Greenland iae autem fohm pingue^c^f^cm- 
dum, nihil mirum Ji fdiciter qu^cjue producat. jit fciat ille^ ne in 
feYtiliJJima quidem Germanic prat a ac pafim^ Jab hyberno geluni- 
vibujqt4e virorem fuum ilUfum fervare^ pecoriqm fufficiens pr^,bere 
^pAbtikm ; quod tamen mn denegatumGro^nhxidixJn extremo mundi 
cardine delitefcenti. .^^';.^]f:. 
14. Deinde 
