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只空匣子、绿色瓦罐、一些胞囊和种子、段扎麻绳，有块陈年干玫瑰花，作为聊胜于无点缀。