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.