4 Of the Sil^e vpormes 
* Or if i Arachne erft made fillers threcd, 
'f. famous ^y as j t c hinkc you,forcucry man to weare? 
ttfZhom ouU Or onely for the facrificers weede* 
6 ms um t y y ho of th’immortall prieft a type did beared 
Wearing not aught that fprang from brutifh feed. 
But what from out it felfe the earth did rcare: 
Exito i*. S° t ^ iat holy puieflhood firft began, 
V Ve ncuer rcade that linnen clothed naan. 
* Yet feme conceiuc when z T kebAn finger yvanne, 
flmZ’vouf V Vood-watidring wights to good and ciuill life* 
Ouidiijxef. (Which erft with bcarcs and wolues in defarts ran. 
Knowing no name of God,law,houfe,or wife) 
That then his brother Linus firft began 
The Flaxmans craft (a fccret then vnrife) 
DeuifingbeetleSjhackelSjwhceles, and frame, 
Whcrwith to brufe,taufe,fpin 5 c weauc the fame; 
But Silkc(whereon my louing Muze now ftands) 
Was it the offpring of our (hallow brain e? 
Spunne with thele fingers foule? thefe filthy hands l 
Tainted with blond, reuenge, and wrongful gained 
Ah no } w ho made and numbrcth all the lands, 
Wil teach vs foonc that fancie to be vainc: 
Farre be it from our thoughts, that finfull fence. 
Should make a thing of fo great excellence. 
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