Germ. 17.1Tegumen omnibus sagum fībulā aut, sī dēsit, spīnā cōnsertum: cētera intēctī tōtōs diēs iūxtā focum atque ignem agunt.The covering for all is a cloak fastened with a brooch or, if that is lacking, with a thorn: otherwise uncovered, they spend whole days by the hearth and the fire. Germ. 17.1Locuplētissimī veste distinguuntur nōn fluitante, sīcut Sarmatae ac Parthī, sed strictā et singulōs artūs exprimente.The wealthiest are distinguished by a garment that is not flowing, like those of the Sarmatians and Parthians, but tight and showing every limb. Germ. 17.2Gerunt et ferārum pellēs, proximī rīpae neglegenter, ulteriōrēs exquīsītius, ut quibus nūllus per commercia cultus.They also wear the skins of wild beasts, those nearest the riverbank carelessly, those further off with more refinement, since they have no finery through trade. Germ. 17.2Ēligunt ferās et dētrācta vēlāmina spargunt maculīs pellibusque bēluārum, quās exterior Oceanus atque ignōtum mare gignit.They choose the beasts, and the hides they have stripped off they sprinkle with patches made from the pelts of creatures which the outer Ocean and an unknown sea produce.
Germ. 17.3Nec alius fēminīs quam virīs habitus, nisi quod fēminae saepius līneīs amictibus vēlantur eōsque purpurā variant, partemque vestītūs superiōris in manicās nōn extendunt, nūdae brachia ac lacertōs;The women have no other dress than the men, except that the women more often wrap themselves in linen garments and vary these with purple, and they do not extend the upper part of their clothing into sleeves, being bare to the forearm and upper arm; Germ. 17.3sed et proxima pars pectoris patet.and the nearest part of the breast is also exposed.