...flood two hundred looms full liiong \ Two hundred men, the truth is fo, bought in tkti* ieonu all io a row '• * By every one a pretty boy Sat making...women merrily, Were carding hard, with joyful cheer, Whofingingfat, with voices clear j And in a chamber clofe befide Two hundred maidens did abide, In...

...every office in his house. Within one roome, being large and long, There stood two hundred loonies full strong. Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought in these loomes all in a row. By every one a prettie boy Sate making quils with mickle joy; And in another place...

...than that relied on by Fuller. " Within one roome being large and long There stood two hundred Loomes full strong : Two hundred men the truth is so Wrought in these Loomes all in a row. By every one a pretty boy Sate making quils with mickle ioy : And in an other...

...chronicler, Thomas Deloney, in 1596 writes a rhyming description of the factory. ' Within one room, both large and long, There stood two hundred looms full strong. Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought at these looms, all in a row. And in another place hard by, A hundred women merrily Were carding hard,...

...following lines taken from it contain an interesting description of his famous industrial establishment. " Within one room, being large and long, There stood...joy. And in another place hard by A hundred women merily Were carding hard with joyful cheer Who, singing sat with voices clear; And in a chamber close...

...being large and long, there stood two hundred looms full strong; two hundred men wrought in these looms in a row. By every one a pretty boy sat making quills with mickle joy. In another place hard by, one hundred women merrily were carding hard with joyful cheer, and in a chamber...

...Fuller's "Worthies," giving a glowing account of his plant, is of interest: " Within one room, being largc and long, there stood two hundred looms full strong; two hundred men wrought in these looms in a row. By every one a pretty boy sat making quills with mickle joy. In another...

...wird 'und in der es heißt: „Within one roome being large and long There stood two hundred Loomes full strong, Two hundred men, the truth is so Wrought in these Loomes All in a row." („In einem Raume, groß und lang, Standen zweihundert Webstühle. Zweihundert...

...factory. He certainly "gave employment to the artisan." (Silly = simple, broachs = roasting spits.) Within one room being large and long, There stood...quills with mickle joy. And in another place hard by, An hundred women merrily, Were carding hard with joyful cheer, Who singing sat with voices clear. And...

...trades enjoyed in his employ: Within one roome being large and long There stood two hundred Loomcs full strong. Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought in these Loomes all in a row. By every one a pretty boy Sate making quil[t]s with micklc joy, And in another...