Common laborers
(that is, carters, ploughmen, oxherds, cowherds, shepherds,
swineherds, dairymen, and all people attending to husbandry)
may not wear anything but inexpensive woolen cloth of gray or
white. They are further commanded not to eat or drink excessively.
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Grooms and servants may
not wear silk, anything made of gold or silver, or anything
embroidered or enameled. Their wives must not wear veils of
more than modest price.
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Yeomen and craftsmen
may not wear silk, precious stones, cloth made of gold or silver
threads, or embroidered clothing, nor any knives, buttons, or
jewelry of gold or silver. Their wives must not wear veils of
silk, nor may they wear any fur except lamb, rabbit, cat, and
fox.
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Squires and merchants
may not wear silk, cloth made of gold or silver threads, harnesses
of gold or silver, precious stones, or any kind of fur. Their
wives must not wear any trimmings on their garments.
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Knights may not wear ermine, cloth
made of gold threads, or garments decorated with precious stones.
However, their wives may use precious stones on their headdresses.
Knights and ladies with an income above a certain level, as
designated by the king, may wear anything they please except
ermine.
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No one, of any class, shall
indulge in fraud by wearing, with intent to deceive, any false
hair, long hairpieces, or curls. However, any woman whose own
hair is obviously inadequate may wear braids of flax, wool,
cotton, or silk attached to her own hair, to correct her deficiency.
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Noble women should not wear
trains at court, in the palaces, or in the cities. These are
costly and financially damaging to their husbands. Trains are
permitted only for horseback riding. Otherwise, gowns should
reach the ground only or have trains reaching less than the
length of two fingers on the ground.
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Female companions
of the clergy may wear only striped woolen cloth. On their
heads, they are to wear white veils encircled with a bright
red band three fingers wide, to distinguish them from other
women.
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