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394 The Present State os PERSIA.
Letter V. iote exclude them their Mosques; nor are they trained up In thofe
l^VV) Principles srom their Youth, which mould render them fit to be-
come prudent Matrons; but measuring srom extraneous things the
sweetness of their Being, are instru&ed in Affairs of the Bed, Ban-
quetting, Luxury, and Brutiih Obsequiousness.
Their Excel- They are taught to Ride a Straddle like Men, to Leap, to Darr,
kneies. antj drink Tobacco.
None, though of the Royal Lineage, are permitted in Matters of
State to meddle, or have their Cabals or Instruments, whereby to
convey their Policies; nor must they ssir abroad unvaried, unlcss
ssiut up in Cedgewates, and then well attended.
They have little care over their Children, nor have they much
business with the Reel or Spindle; as if they were created only to
be Idle Companions for the Men; their Garments disser no farther
from the Mens than Conveniency requires; their Hair is braided
with Elegancy under their Veils, with a Golden Crown or Gar-
land, bestuck with Jewels and precious Stones in pretty Knots and
Fancies.
PeBoris & core/is parittr preprieque month
Ornatus. CoSi sunt torques, aura in aura,
Annulm est manmrn, sicut urmillm hracbiorum,
Atque perisceliJes txornant crura puella.
Besides the Breast, the Neck, the Ears, the Hand,
Their proper Ornaments, the Thighs command.
The Ptehean Women walk without Doors, either on Foot, orelse
Ride on Horse-back covered with White Sheets, with Holes for their
Eyes and Nose; content to enjoy Day at a little Hole rather than
prostitute their Face to publick View ; the honest Women have no
Borders to their Sheets.
TheMukos Those that desire to be reputed Whores have large Borders, and
t Whore. wear them as a Sign os their Trade; with which to disgrace a Mar-
ried Woman, and to stiave her Head, is the greatest Mark of Infamy
lhe can be branded with; unless to add a perpetual fligmatizing
Note, lhe be carried on an Als, with her Face to the Tail, quite
through the City.
The Women are fair, with rather too much Ruddiness in their
Cheeks; their Hair and Eyes mod black ; a little Burly, by reason
they wear their Cloths looie, yet not altogether so, but more at ease
than our Dames; a Plump Lass being in more esleem than our Slen-
der and Strait-laced Maidens.
The Lovers court not one another; for the Reclusenest of their
Condition is such, that mould they attempt to carry on a Secret
Amour, it could not long lie hid; wherefore when they are at leasure
to Love, they ask the Parents of the Daughter for their Consent,
which if they gain, the Match is struck up: That of Catullus being
granted,
Firgimtss
Letter V. iote exclude them their Mosques; nor are they trained up In thofe
l^VV) Principles srom their Youth, which mould render them fit to be-
come prudent Matrons; but measuring srom extraneous things the
sweetness of their Being, are instru&ed in Affairs of the Bed, Ban-
quetting, Luxury, and Brutiih Obsequiousness.
Their Excel- They are taught to Ride a Straddle like Men, to Leap, to Darr,
kneies. antj drink Tobacco.
None, though of the Royal Lineage, are permitted in Matters of
State to meddle, or have their Cabals or Instruments, whereby to
convey their Policies; nor must they ssir abroad unvaried, unlcss
ssiut up in Cedgewates, and then well attended.
They have little care over their Children, nor have they much
business with the Reel or Spindle; as if they were created only to
be Idle Companions for the Men; their Garments disser no farther
from the Mens than Conveniency requires; their Hair is braided
with Elegancy under their Veils, with a Golden Crown or Gar-
land, bestuck with Jewels and precious Stones in pretty Knots and
Fancies.
PeBoris & core/is parittr preprieque month
Ornatus. CoSi sunt torques, aura in aura,
Annulm est manmrn, sicut urmillm hracbiorum,
Atque perisceliJes txornant crura puella.
Besides the Breast, the Neck, the Ears, the Hand,
Their proper Ornaments, the Thighs command.
The Ptehean Women walk without Doors, either on Foot, orelse
Ride on Horse-back covered with White Sheets, with Holes for their
Eyes and Nose; content to enjoy Day at a little Hole rather than
prostitute their Face to publick View ; the honest Women have no
Borders to their Sheets.
TheMukos Those that desire to be reputed Whores have large Borders, and
t Whore. wear them as a Sign os their Trade; with which to disgrace a Mar-
ried Woman, and to stiave her Head, is the greatest Mark of Infamy
lhe can be branded with; unless to add a perpetual fligmatizing
Note, lhe be carried on an Als, with her Face to the Tail, quite
through the City.
The Women are fair, with rather too much Ruddiness in their
Cheeks; their Hair and Eyes mod black ; a little Burly, by reason
they wear their Cloths looie, yet not altogether so, but more at ease
than our Dames; a Plump Lass being in more esleem than our Slen-
der and Strait-laced Maidens.
The Lovers court not one another; for the Reclusenest of their
Condition is such, that mould they attempt to carry on a Secret
Amour, it could not long lie hid; wherefore when they are at leasure
to Love, they ask the Parents of the Daughter for their Consent,
which if they gain, the Match is struck up: That of Catullus being
granted,
Firgimtss