Id autem excipitur e conchylio marino, e quo purpura efficitur, cuius non minores sunt quam ceterarum <rerum> naturae considerantibus admirationes, quod habet non in omnibus locis, quibus nascitur, unius generis colorem, sed solis cursu naturaliter temperatur.
It is obtained from sea shells which yield the purple dye, and inspires in students of nature as much wonder as any other material. For it does not yield the same colour everywhere, but is modified naturally by the course of the sun.
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