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The Present State os PERSIA. 395
Chap.XlV.
Virgtnttas non tola tua eft, ex parte parentum eft, i./v\j
Tertta pars matri data, pars tenia patri,
Tertiasola tua est. Noli pugnare duohus.
Your Virginity is not all your own;
Two Thirds your Parents claim, one Third alone
Remains to you. Fight not then two to one.
She is led through the Streets in all her bcst Apparel vailed, with-
out Dowry, more than what Goods and Chattels are sent with
lusty Slaves, by her several Relations, with a pompous Procesfion
and Illuminations, with noisy Musick for several Nights together;
and thus the Men.do as it were, buy their Wives, while the Women
are ignorant of the Chapman till they come together; it being not
reputable for Women of good Fame to enter upon such Bar-
gains.
Only profened Whores are tolleratd| to make the best of their Curtezanj.
Markets; Curtezans therefore are dispensed by the King, they gi-
ving him so much for their License when they first set up, and An-
nually as long as they pra&ise, not exceeding the number of Forty
thousand in his Chief City of Sussabaan; and these are always Mar-
rying, as. the Poet pleasantly relates,
Quotidie viro nulit,
Nupsitque hodie,
, N/ilit mox mtlit.
Daily Man me Marries,
She has been wed to Day ;
If till Night sile tarries,
She thinks ihe does delay.
When they go to Bed, they Clamber not up to them, as we do,
but throw themselves on the Ground after Carpets are laid, and a
Bed made in a Summer-House in some Garden, left open in Sum-
mer-time, or else on the Tablets upon the Tops of their Houses;
where, if they observe any peeping upon them, or their Wives, an
Arrow drawn up to the head is let ssy; nor does any blame the
Marks-man when he hits. In Winter-time they keep all close.
If a Curtezan conceive, and it proves a Girl, Ihe is registred of Their Chil-
her Mothers Profession ; if a Son, ihe fixes it on some Father. dr'n-iTfi,
There are costly Whores in this City, who will demand an hun- pr°vi
dred Thomands for one Nights Dalliance, and expect a Treat besides
os half the price; these while their Wit and Beauty last, outmine
the Ladies of the highest Potentate, and brave it through the Town
with an Attendance luperior to the wealthiest.
in their Lyings in, it is common for the ordinary Peoples Wives Lyings in,and
to meet together to assist the Woman that Cries out: And the Mo- Furisyings.
ther, and the Babe, are purified by waihing in their Hummums
after forty Days.
Eeei When
Chap.XlV.
Virgtnttas non tola tua eft, ex parte parentum eft, i./v\j
Tertta pars matri data, pars tenia patri,
Tertiasola tua est. Noli pugnare duohus.
Your Virginity is not all your own;
Two Thirds your Parents claim, one Third alone
Remains to you. Fight not then two to one.
She is led through the Streets in all her bcst Apparel vailed, with-
out Dowry, more than what Goods and Chattels are sent with
lusty Slaves, by her several Relations, with a pompous Procesfion
and Illuminations, with noisy Musick for several Nights together;
and thus the Men.do as it were, buy their Wives, while the Women
are ignorant of the Chapman till they come together; it being not
reputable for Women of good Fame to enter upon such Bar-
gains.
Only profened Whores are tolleratd| to make the best of their Curtezanj.
Markets; Curtezans therefore are dispensed by the King, they gi-
ving him so much for their License when they first set up, and An-
nually as long as they pra&ise, not exceeding the number of Forty
thousand in his Chief City of Sussabaan; and these are always Mar-
rying, as. the Poet pleasantly relates,
Quotidie viro nulit,
Nupsitque hodie,
, N/ilit mox mtlit.
Daily Man me Marries,
She has been wed to Day ;
If till Night sile tarries,
She thinks ihe does delay.
When they go to Bed, they Clamber not up to them, as we do,
but throw themselves on the Ground after Carpets are laid, and a
Bed made in a Summer-House in some Garden, left open in Sum-
mer-time, or else on the Tablets upon the Tops of their Houses;
where, if they observe any peeping upon them, or their Wives, an
Arrow drawn up to the head is let ssy; nor does any blame the
Marks-man when he hits. In Winter-time they keep all close.
If a Curtezan conceive, and it proves a Girl, Ihe is registred of Their Chil-
her Mothers Profession ; if a Son, ihe fixes it on some Father. dr'n-iTfi,
There are costly Whores in this City, who will demand an hun- pr°vi
dred Thomands for one Nights Dalliance, and expect a Treat besides
os half the price; these while their Wit and Beauty last, outmine
the Ladies of the highest Potentate, and brave it through the Town
with an Attendance luperior to the wealthiest.
in their Lyings in, it is common for the ordinary Peoples Wives Lyings in,and
to meet together to assist the Woman that Cries out: And the Mo- Furisyings.
ther, and the Babe, are purified by waihing in their Hummums
after forty Days.
Eeei When