For, I have obſerv’d, that in manie parts for II months in the yeare we could ſee verie few women,and thoſe vailed; but impoſſible in the ſtreets or gardens to converſe with anie without danger : yet theſe twelve dayes of the Nowrouz all places were full of them, yea their naked faced openly diſcovered; frisking in amorous poſture, and drawing the eye by a forced Magique.Sir Thomas Herbert. Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. (2. Ed. Revised and Enlarged.). 1638.