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Travels into the h e y an t. 
Part 1. 
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CHAP. XLIL 
Of the Beauty^ Manners, and Affarrel of the 
Turh^jh Women, 
"Twill not be amifslthink, having fpoken of Marriage, to fay fomewhat 
_ of the Women of TuAy^ of whom I have as yet faid nothing. In Tnrk^ 
the Women are commonly Beautiful, ftreight, and wellfliaped; they are very 
fair, for they llir but little abroad, and when they do, they are Veiled- They add 
- art to their natural Beauty, for they paint their Eye-brows and Eye-lids with a 
Sumee. blackifli colour,which they call Siirmee^ that being graceful with them. They al- 
£/ hinM. fo paint their Nails with a redifh Brown, colour call'd Elhama. They are very 
cleanly and neat; for feeing they go at lealt twice a week to the Bath, they have 
of the''^'^" neither hair nor diot upon their Bodies : they are cloathed almoft like the Men 5 
Turkifh Wo- P^^^^ ®^ i\\tm as well as the Men, wear Drawers next their 
men. Skin, which comedown to their heels, and are according to the Seafon of 
Velvet, Cloath, Cloath of Gold, Sattin, or Stuff. Next they have their Smock, 
Giupon. and over that a little quilted Waiilcoat. which they call Giupon^ then they put 
on their DoUman^ which they gird with a Girdle, adorned with plates of Sil- 
ver gilt, or Gold fet with precious Stones, and to that they hang a little Cangi- 
or. When they go abroad, they have a Feredge as well as the Men, the Sleeves 
whereof are fo long that nothing is to be feen but the ends of their Fingers, 
for they put their Arms into the Sleeves, and in the ftreet hold one fide of the 
The head at- Feredge lapped over the other before- Their Hofe and Shoes are like the 
tire of the Mens, but their head attire is different, for they make a very long trefs of 
Women. ^.j^^j^. f^^jj-^ which hangs down behind to the fmall of their Back, and they whole 
Hair is too fhort, put it up in a Cafe that reaches down to the fmall of 
their Back, which is commonly of Sattin, or elfe they ufe an artificial Trefs. 
Within doors they cover their head with a Cap of red cloth, much like our 
Night-caps, but much longer, with four Horns or points on the top ; to the 
middle whereof they ftitch a round of Pearles. They wear this Cap hanging 
all over one Ear, and they tye it below with a Handkerchief of fine ftuffi 
wrought with flowers of Gold and Silk, which makes them look Great. 
When they go abroad they pull of that Cap,and take one made of Guilt Pafle- 
boardi this Cap is pretty high,and broader above than below. Befides that when 
they are abroad in the ftreets their head is muffled up in a.Linnen Cloth, which 
covers their Fore- head down to the Eyes, and another going athwart their Face 
juft under the Eyes covers their Nofe and Mouth, and is tied behind the head, 
nothing of all their Countenance buc the Eyes being uncovered ; and if they 
did but fhew their naked Hands, they would be look'd upon as Women of no 
Reputation -, and therefore they let the fleeves of their Smocks and Veils 
hang downand cover their hands \ not but fometimes when they are in a cor- 
ner of a Street where they think they are not perceived, they'll lift the Veil 
to fhew themfeîves to fome Friend or Young-man that pleafes them, but in 
that they hazard their Reputation, and Baftonadoes befides. Now thefe Wo- 
Turkifh Wc- men are very haughty,all of them generally will be clad in flowered flufFs,though 
in?n are hau- ^j^gjj. Husbands can hardly get Bread ; neverthelefs they are extreamly Lazy, 
^ fpending the whole day fitting on a Divan, and doing nothing at all, unlefs it 
be embrcadering Flowers upon fome Handkerchief ; and fo foon as the Hus- 
band gets a penny, it muft be laid out for purchafinga Woman-Slave. This 
great îdlenefs makes them Vicious, and employ all their thoughts how to find 
The Turks out ways of having their Pleafûres. The Turks do not believe that Women 
value not wo- go to Heaven, and hardly account them Rational Creatures; the truth is, 
men much, they take them only for their fervice as they would a Horfe : but feeing they 
have many of them, and that they often fpend their love upon their ovm 
Sex i thefe poor Women finding themfeîves fo forfaken, ufe all meaiis to pro- 
cure 
