Dedicatory

If to bee rich, & to be learndBe every nations chiefest glory,How much are Englishmen concernedGresham to celebrate in storyWho built th' Exchange t' inrich the CittyAnd Colledge founded for the Witty.………………………...A second hath described at fullThe Philosophy of making ClothTells you, what Grass doth make course WoollAnd what it is that breedes the MothGreat learning is 'ith art of ClothingThough vulgar People think it nothing.………………………….A new designe how to make LeatherA third Collegiate is now scanningThe question's most debated whetherSince without Barke there may be TanningSome cheaper way may not be tryedOf making Leather without a Hyde.