The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances; / Including Observations on Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving.

by Clinton G. Gilroy

Quarum

Delicias et panniculus bombycinus urit. Sat. vi. 259.

Whose beauty e’en a silken veil o’erheats.

MARTIAL.

Nec vaga tam tenui discursat aranea tela,

Tam leve nec bombyx pendulus urget opus. L. viii. 33.

The spider traces not so thin a line,

Nor does the pendent silk-worm spin so fine.

Fœmineum lucet sic per bombycina corpus,

Calculus in nitida sic numeratur aqua. L. viii. 68.