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344 The Pre/em State os PERSIA.
tter V. gar Rout, he raust hire an House for a whole Day; which may be
■v"w done, if he pay the usual Expence and Income of that Day, which
Christians are always obliged to, where they have riot Balneal of
their own to resort to; for the Persiaas presume too Pharisaicaliy on
these Baths, judging thereby all their Ofsences to be warned away;
according to that of Laslantius , Flagitiis omnibus inqidna'ti veniunt,
& semetjacrisicasse opinanturt si cittern laverint; tanqium UbiJines in*
trapezius inchifas, alia amnis athtat ant maria ulk purisicent.- They
come polluted with the heinousest Sins, and think when they have
washed they have attoned by a sufficient Sacrifice; as if any River or
Sea could purify their Lusts included in their Hearts.
These Houses are beneath the Earth, only some little round Globes
embelHsh'd with Painted Glass peep out above the Ground to give
Light, and are well clos'd, lest the ambient Air should osfend by too
forcible a Ventilation through any neglected Crevise: They are built
with divers distincl: Cells one from another, in which Men sir, are
rubbed, and cleansed : Immediately within the Porch isthegrearest
Cell, or rather a large Room, where they d'ofs their Cloaths, and
being undresied leave.their Garments; in the middle of this Place
is a Cystern of cold Water coming into it by several Pipes: All the
other Cells are so conveniently framed, that every one may breathe
a different Air as to the degrees of Heat, such as may suit with the
divers Temperaments of several Bodies, since every Constitution re-
quires not the same Bath: For as Galen has left k written in lib. 7.
Morb. Med. Some want an Hot, others a Tepid, and others a Cold
Bath, as Hectical Habits declare.
The Pavements are all Marble, on which, the more Hot Water is
thrown, the more it increasesthe Heat, although at the same time
the Subterranean Fire be as Hot as it can be : On these Marble Floors
they at last extend themselves, when they think they have tarried in
long enough, that the Barbers, whose business it is, mould wrind
and turn every Limb and joint of the Body, before, behind, and on
every side, with that Dexterity and Slight, that it is admirable to
behold them perform it; whereby they leave no Muscle, Nerve, or
superficial Joint, either unmov'd, or not rubb'd: Then with a courfe
Hair-cloth and Hot Water they scrape ofs" all the Filth and Sweat;
and last of all by a Depilatory they take clean away all manner of
Hairs growing either in Secret Parts, or any Emuncluary to cause
either nasty Smells, or troublesome chafing.
When they retire to put on their Cloaths, ( this is to be only un-
derstood of Great Men ) there waits them a Collation of Fruir,
Sweetmeats, and variety of Perfumes, asRosewater, Rackbeet, 3nd
the like, with all befitting Attendants, besides the usual Servitors, to
administer either Coho, Tea, Tobacco, or Brandy, if faint. When
they are dreli'd, they emplaister their Feet and Hands with a Red
Pasle, which wonderfully helps sweaty and moid Palms, as also
stinking Feet.
These things being premised, the Benefits coming from theuseof
these are, when the Body is inssamed and dried by immoderate Hear,
it is finely refreshed by sweet Water, and the Pores become moisten'd;
the farther prosecution os which Advantages having been spoken of
before,
tter V. gar Rout, he raust hire an House for a whole Day; which may be
■v"w done, if he pay the usual Expence and Income of that Day, which
Christians are always obliged to, where they have riot Balneal of
their own to resort to; for the Persiaas presume too Pharisaicaliy on
these Baths, judging thereby all their Ofsences to be warned away;
according to that of Laslantius , Flagitiis omnibus inqidna'ti veniunt,
& semetjacrisicasse opinanturt si cittern laverint; tanqium UbiJines in*
trapezius inchifas, alia amnis athtat ant maria ulk purisicent.- They
come polluted with the heinousest Sins, and think when they have
washed they have attoned by a sufficient Sacrifice; as if any River or
Sea could purify their Lusts included in their Hearts.
These Houses are beneath the Earth, only some little round Globes
embelHsh'd with Painted Glass peep out above the Ground to give
Light, and are well clos'd, lest the ambient Air should osfend by too
forcible a Ventilation through any neglected Crevise: They are built
with divers distincl: Cells one from another, in which Men sir, are
rubbed, and cleansed : Immediately within the Porch isthegrearest
Cell, or rather a large Room, where they d'ofs their Cloaths, and
being undresied leave.their Garments; in the middle of this Place
is a Cystern of cold Water coming into it by several Pipes: All the
other Cells are so conveniently framed, that every one may breathe
a different Air as to the degrees of Heat, such as may suit with the
divers Temperaments of several Bodies, since every Constitution re-
quires not the same Bath: For as Galen has left k written in lib. 7.
Morb. Med. Some want an Hot, others a Tepid, and others a Cold
Bath, as Hectical Habits declare.
The Pavements are all Marble, on which, the more Hot Water is
thrown, the more it increasesthe Heat, although at the same time
the Subterranean Fire be as Hot as it can be : On these Marble Floors
they at last extend themselves, when they think they have tarried in
long enough, that the Barbers, whose business it is, mould wrind
and turn every Limb and joint of the Body, before, behind, and on
every side, with that Dexterity and Slight, that it is admirable to
behold them perform it; whereby they leave no Muscle, Nerve, or
superficial Joint, either unmov'd, or not rubb'd: Then with a courfe
Hair-cloth and Hot Water they scrape ofs" all the Filth and Sweat;
and last of all by a Depilatory they take clean away all manner of
Hairs growing either in Secret Parts, or any Emuncluary to cause
either nasty Smells, or troublesome chafing.
When they retire to put on their Cloaths, ( this is to be only un-
derstood of Great Men ) there waits them a Collation of Fruir,
Sweetmeats, and variety of Perfumes, asRosewater, Rackbeet, 3nd
the like, with all befitting Attendants, besides the usual Servitors, to
administer either Coho, Tea, Tobacco, or Brandy, if faint. When
they are dreli'd, they emplaister their Feet and Hands with a Red
Pasle, which wonderfully helps sweaty and moid Palms, as also
stinking Feet.
These things being premised, the Benefits coming from theuseof
these are, when the Body is inssamed and dried by immoderate Hear,
it is finely refreshed by sweet Water, and the Pores become moisten'd;
the farther prosecution os which Advantages having been spoken of
before,