Roxana (1724) [ Practices ]
… was a girdle five or six inches wide, after the Turkish mode, and on both ends where it joined or hooked was set with diamonds for eight inches either way, only they were not true diamonds, but nobody knew that but myself. The turban or head-dress had a pinnacle on the top, but not above five inches, …
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