packthread

and about his shelves a beggarly account of empty boxes, green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds, remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses, were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show.

他架子上稀疏地散入着几只空匣子、绿罐、一些胞囊和发霉种子、几段扎麻绳，还有几块陈年干玫，为聊胜于无点缀。