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come from Spain) from her window called 

 unto us, and after two or three slight 

 questions concerning Spain, asked us if wee 

 would come in and play with her a game at 

 primera. Both men and women are exces- 

 sive in their apparell, using more silkes than 

 stuffes and cloth ; pretious stones and pearles 

 further much this their vaine ostentation; a 

 hat-band and rose made of diamonds, in a 

 gentleman's hat, is common, and a hat- 

 band of pearles is ordinary in a trades- 

 man ; nay, a blackmore or tauny young 

 maide and slave will make hard shift but 

 shee will bee in fashion with her neck- 

 chaine and bracelets of pearles, and her eare- 

 bobs of some considerable jewels. The 

 attire of this baser sort of people, of black- 

 mores and mulattas, (which are of a mixt 

 nature of Spaniards and blackmores), is so 

 light, and their carriage so enticing, that 

 many Spaniards, even of the better sort, (who 



