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I remark, in the first place, that there are some foreign nations which, in obedience to long-established usage, employ certain plants for the embellishment of the person. That, among some barbarous peoples, the females [Note] stain the face by means of various plants, there can be little doubt, and among the Daci and the Sarmatæ we find the men even marking [Note] their bodies. There is a plant in Gaul, similar to the plantago in appearance, and known there by the name of "glastum:" [Note]
with it both matrons and girls [Note] among the people of Britain are in tile habit of staining the body all over, when taking part in the performance of certain sacred rites; rivalling hereby tile swarthy hue of the Æthiopianls, they go in a state of nature.
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| <<Plin. Nat. 22.1 | Plin. Nat. 22.2 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 22.3 |
