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Then out of negligence, or perhaps a Holy Work will be brought against us, claiming that embellishments, which were intended to enhance our beauty, provoke the Creator because it seems we want to improve upon Him. We reply: The Hair and the Appearance, and the capacity or aptitude that one's face has to become more beautiful through adornment, do not stem less from the Creator than the creation itself. Since the creation was designed to be adorned. (For God has bestowed humans as His co-Creators more than merely to abandon the embellishment of a superficial dressmaker) thus there is no reason why that would be bad, considering it holds the greatest countenance possible in the Creator Himself; namely, to make something beautiful: Whether it comes from the first hand, by birth, or the second hand, namely through a permissible adornment, remains the same according to our opinion. Although we would like to separate the harmful and vile whitewashings, with regard to the embellishment of clothing, as they do not belong to these kinds nor labor of embellishments.

The types of Hair on the head are further divided into Bristly, Curly, or smooth and hanging straight. The Moors have short curly hair, almost like the wool of Young Lambs. Natural Historians teach us that the peoples who are of a humid moderation, like the Scythians and Tartars, usually have plain and straight hair. Likewise, they also say that the color, the land...

Translation Notes:
- 'Verciering' translated as 'embellishment' or 'adornment'.
- 'Schepfel' translated as 'creation'.
- 'Natuuur Beſchrijvers' translated as 'Natural Historians'.