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"Pour vivre heureux et à la mode
Il faut que chacun accommode
Ses habits aux editz du roi."
Fig. 69.
Young Lady's Apron, time of Henry III.—(After Gaignières. Bib. Nat. Grav.)
Edict now follows on edict.[[431]] One known as the Code Michaud, entering into the most minute regulations for the toilet, especially excited the risibility of the people. It was never carried out. The caricatures of this period are admirable: one represents a young courtier fresh rigged in his plain-bordered linen, according to the ordinance. His valet de chambre is about to lock up his laced suit:—
"C'est avec regret que mon maître
Quitte ses beaux habillemens