generally, and
spruce young men, do wear their hair long hanging down behind: but
when they do any work or travail hard, it annoying them, they tie it
up behind. Heretofore generally they bored holes in their ears and
hung weights in them to make them grow long, like the Malabars, but
this King not boring his, that fashion is almost left off. The men
for ornament do wear Brass, Copper, Silver Rings on their Fingers,
and some of the greatest Gold. But none may wear any Silk.

But the women in their Apparel do far surpass the men, neither are they
so curious in clothing themselves as in making their wives fine. The
mens Pride consists in their Attendance, having men bearing Arms
before and behind them.

[The Women drest in their bravery.] In their houses the women regard
not much what dress they go in, but so put on their cloths as is most
convenient for them to do their work. But when they go abroad, and
make themselves fine, They wear a short Frock with sleeves to cover
their bodies of fine white Callico wrought with blew and red Thread
in flowers and branches: on their Arms Silver Bracelets, and their
fingers and toes full of Silver Rings, about their necks, Necklaces of
Beads or Silver, curiously wrought and engraven, guilded with Gold,
hanging down so low as their brests. In their ears hang ornaments
made of Silver set with Stones, neatly engraven and guilded. Their
ears they bore when they are young, and rowl Coker-nut leaves and put
into the holes to stretch them out, by which means they grow so wide
that they stand like round Circles on each side of their faces, which
they account a great ornament, but in my Judgment a great deformity,
they being well featured women.

[How they dress their heads.] Their other ornaments and Apparel
show very comely on them Their Hair they oyl, with Coker-nut oyl
to make it smooth, and comb it all behind. Their hair grows not
longer than their wasts, but because it is a great ornament to have
a great bunch of hair, they have a lock of other hair fastened in
a Plate of engraved Silver and guilded, to tie up with their own,
in a knot hanging down half their Backs. Their hands are bare, but
they carry a scarf of striped or branched Silk or such as they can
get, casting it carelesly on their head and shoulders. About their
Wasts they have one or two Silver girdles made with Wire and Silver
Plate handsomly engraven, hanging down on each side, one crossing the
other behind. And as th