Minerva, or, The art of weaving containing the antiquity, utility and excellency of weaving : written in verse and divided into three parts / by R.C.
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- Title
- Minerva, or, The art of weaving containing the antiquity, utility and excellency of weaving : written in verse and divided into three parts / by R.C.
- Author
- R. C.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Joseph Moxon,
- 1677.
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- Subject terms
- Weaving -- Poetry.
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"Minerva, or, The art of weaving containing the antiquity, utility and excellency of weaving : written in verse and divided into three parts / by R.C." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31159.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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To the READER.
Courteous READER,
WOrks of this nature more often under∣go the bitter Lash of the Tongue, than better Language. The Proverb warns the Shoomaker not to go beyond his Last: I have observed the Memento, and served my self with a matter agreeing: my subject is Wea∣ving, the worthiest of Trades; I am a Weaver, the unworthiest of any to blazon the worth thereof, having done it in so worthless a manner. Apelles intending to draw the Picture of Venus, called together the choicest beauties of Greece, that by observing their amiable∣ness, he might the better amplifie her perfe∣ction;
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so I have drawn together not only the chiefest Trades that wholly depend on Wea∣ving, but also many eminent persons who fre∣quently frequented the same, that so I might the more augment its reputation. But many words will not fill a Bushel; To beg applause I dis∣dain, to brag of praise I disclaim: if you read, regard; and if you judg, do it judici∣ously; then I shall with all willingness submit to your Censure; till when continuing doubt∣ful whether I shall gain your jeering Ca∣lumny or gentle Censure, I rest
Yours, R. C.