His Maiesties gracious letter to the Earle of South-Hampton, treasurer, and to the Councell and Company of Virginia heere: commanding the present setting up of silke works, and planting of vines in Virginia. : And the letter of the treasurer, councell, and company, to the gouernour and councell of state there, for the strict execution of His Maiesties royall commands herein. Also a treatise of the art of making silke: or, Directions for the making of lodgings, and the breeding, nourishing, and ordering of silkewormes, and for the planting of mulbery trees, and all other things belonging to the silke art. Together with instructions how to plant and dresse vines, and to make wine, and how to dry raisins, figs, and other fruits, and to set oliues, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, almonds, and many other fruits, &c. And in the end, a conclusion, with sundry profitable remonstrances to the colonies. Set foorth for the benefit of the two renowned and most hopefull sisters, Virginia, and the Summer-Ilands. (1622)

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An illustration from His Maiesties gracious letter to the Earle of South-Hampton, treasurer, and to the Councell and Company of Virginia heere: commanding the present setting up of silke works, and planting of vines in Virginia. : And the letter of the treasurer, councell, and company, to the gouernour and councell of state there, for the strict execution of His Maiesties royall commands herein. Also a treatise of the art of making silke: or, Directions for the making of lodgings, and the breeding, nourishing, and ordering of silkewormes, and for the planting of mulbery trees, and all other things belonging to the silke art. Together with instructions how to plant and dresse vines, and to make wine, and how to dry raisins, figs, and other fruits, and to set oliues, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, almonds, and many other fruits, &c. And in the end, a conclusion, with sundry profitable remonstrances to the colonies. Set foorth for the benefit of the two renowned and most hopefull sisters, Virginia, and the Summer-Ilands., 1622, leaf 54 — t . t_x/ nother Difiourfe how to flam the Vine , how to dreffe and husband it fun dry rvayes, how to chufe the ground and the feate to that ejfeff. … uer ripen well, and therefore the wine is not good, nor can it be kept long. You muff then make choice of a dry foyle , whofe afpeft is toward the full South Sunne, and couered orfheltered from the Noth wind , if it bee poflible. And if you meete with riling ground, as the Tides of hills hanging…

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