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Iinitl60(td& Dewerfe* )> Quse, licet ita fefe habeant, noli ta- 
men, BENEVOLE LECTOR ! credete , copiofiorem 
bombycis educationem in regnis & terris fuis huc usque re- 
liquifTe intentatam. Jam duo^ immo fi hodie regnantem ad- 
das, tres Anglise Reges magno fludio & opere in mororum 
plantationem , bombycum propagationem , horumque filo- 
rum fericorum confedionem seque ac texturam incubuerunt. 
Primus erat iacobvs I. hoc fine ab ifto laudatus auftore, 
cui deinceps teflimonium,dcnunciabo. Secundus fuit ge- 
oRGivs I. qui neceffaria hunc in finem privilegia omnia, 
die Maji lyig* datis litteris patentibus loanni Appletree^ 
totius inftituti redemtori (entreprenneur) conceflit, qui de- 
ceps ftatim focios qusefivit , neceffarias coemendis fundis , 
plantandis moris, educandis bombycibus, conducendis perfo- 
nis, argenti fummas contributuros, vel faltem fubfcriptione fiia 
promifTuros. Ad quosmagno numero concitandos, infignis qui- 
dam PbilofophuSy inclutum quoddam Societatis Regiae Londi- 
nenfis membrum, henricvs barham, ut poflibilitatem 
probabilitatem inde capiendi lucri civibus fuis perfuadeat, 
anno 1719. (ingularem librum edidit, cujus titidum^ licet fatis 
amplum, ideo tamen hic adfcribere placet, quia totius ope- 
ris delineationem continet. An ESSAF iipon tbe SILCK- 
JVORM: Containing many Improvements upon this curious fub^ 
jeSl^together with large coUeBions from tbe mofl approved Authors. 
The ipbole fetting foYth /. The Antiqiiity ofthe Silck- U^orm IT 
JVbere the Silk- IVorms xoere firfl propagat ed^ andwhen brought into 
Europe : wltb tbe Eflimates ofthe profits ariflngfrom tbem. III. The 
fuccejf of Henry IIT and Henry IV. in FRANGE which excited 
King James I. zealoufty to attempt the enriching ENGLAND by 
the Silck’ mamif acture. IV. TtjeMethods of cultivatingMulberry- 
Trees^ and making excellent wine and brandy with the fruit. V. The 
nioft approved ways ofhatching and feedwg the SILCR JVORM 
and managing their Silck. VL The certainty and facility ofbrin- 
gingthe Silck -manuf acture in ENGLAND to it 5 utmoft perfe- 
&ion^ &c. By Henry Barham, Esq ; K R. S, London. Printed 
for J. Bettenbam. 1719. Cujus aucoris primarius finis erat 
laudare 
