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.

他的架子上稀疏地散入着只空匣子、绿色的瓦罐、一些胞霉的种子、段扎的麻绳，还有年的干玫瑰花，作为聊胜于无的点缀。