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Belly Dance Souk ... also "Turkish Embassy Letters"
Included on our SOUK pages are selected excerpts from "The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu" . Lady Mary was the wife of the British Ambassador (1716-18) to Turkey, and one of the few writers of the time who actually visited a harem.
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from THE TURKISH
EMBASSY LETTERS
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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To the Countess of Mar, 1 April 1717, Adrianople
"I wish to God (dear sister) that you was as regular in
letting me have the pleasure of knowing what passes
on your side of the globe as I am careful in endeavoring
to amuse you by the account of all I see that I think you
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care to hear of. You content yourself with telling me over
and over that the town is very dull. It may possibly be
dull to you when every day does not present you with
something new, but for me that am in arrear at least
two months news, all that seems very stale with you
would be fresh and sweet here; pray let me into more
particulars. I will try to awaken your gratitude by giving
you a full and true relation of the novelties of this place,
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my person as I am now in my Turkish habit, though I believe you would be of my opinion that it is admirably
becoming. I intend to send you my picture; in the mean
time accept of it here.
The first piece of my dress is a pair of drawers, very full,
that reach to my shoes and conceal the legs more
modestly than your petticoats. They are of a thin rose-
coloured damask brocaded with silver flowers, my
shoes of white kid leather embroidered with gold. |
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Over this hangs my smock of a fine white silk gauze edged
with embroidery. This smock has wide sleeves hang
ing half way down the arm and is closed at the neck
with a diamond button, but the shape and colour of the
bosom very well to be distinguished through it.
The antery is a waistcoat made close to the shape,
of white and gold damask, with very long sleeves falling
back and fringed with deep gold fringe, and should have
diamond or pearl buttons. My caftan of the same stuff
with my drawers is a robe exactly fitted to my shape and
reaching to my feet, of abut four fingers broad, which all
that can afford have entirely of diamonds or other
precious stones.T hose that will not be at that expense
have it of exquisite embroidery on satin, but it must be
fastened before with a clasp of diamonds. "
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