1062 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts, and' Letters. 
3. Clothing. 
Of ordinary clothing for men the following articles are men¬ 
tioned: an undershirt 1 , trousers 2 , which are held in place by a 
belt 3 , shoes 4 ; especially tine was a pair which young H,elm- 
brecht gave to the servant, because they had straps 5 ; a coat 0 , 
a mantel 7 and a cap 8 . When the young man dressed up for 
a dance, or to appear among the knights, he was gorgeously at¬ 
tired. As Wernher was prompted to write by a desire to dis¬ 
courage extravagance, his description of the suit is probably 
exaggerated; still, it is fair to conclude that an undue amount 
of money and produce was spent on dress. 
The boy’s fine clothes, instead of being made of home-spun 9 , 
consist of fine linen, so closely woven that seven weavers gave 
up the job before it was finished 10 . This was ornamented with 
fur of lamb and goat, the whitest in the land. 11 He wears at 
times a coat of mail with a sword 12 . Besides this, he has a fine 
jacket 13 , to make which his mother cut up one of her own 
skirts 14 , and also bought some blue cloth 15 . He owns two gar¬ 
ments that are provided with large pockets for his knife 16 . 
His shoes are made of Cordova leather 17 . 
Special pains are taken to describe the buttons 18 . Along the 
back, from belt to collar, is one gilded button next to the other; 
a similar row of silver buttons runs down the front from chin 
to belt; three crystal (glass?)buttons of medium size hold the 
1 L. 710. 
2 LI. 321, 710. 
3 LI. 179, 1121, 1152. 
4 L. 321. 
5 L. 1081. 
6 LI. 596, 673. 
7 L. 673. 
8 LI. 14 et al. 
9 L. 390. 
10 LI. 133 ff. 
11 LI. 143 ff. 
12 L. 149. 
13 L. 157. 
14 LI. 165 ff. 
15 L. 169. 
16 L. 153. 
17 L. 321. 
18 LI. 178 ff. 
