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A Florentine view on 16th century Russians
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Original text:

Sono grandemente gelosi, universalmente delle loro donne, e pochi le lasciano andar fuori e non senza causa. Son tanto le donne, come gli huomini, belli e forti, ma le donne si lisciano e s’impiastrano di rosso e di bianco, oltre che con mala grazia, tanto che è una cosa vergognosa.

My (bad) translation:

They are rather jealous of their women and very few let them go out without a cause. Both men and women are beautiful and strong, but the women are so made-up with red and white powders, moreover they don’t even do it (to make-up) gracefully, that it is a shame.

Relazione di Moscovia, di Raffaello Barberini

http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/b/barberini/index.htm

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