Sunt et cochleae satis superque abundantes, quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur, cuius rubor pulcherrimus nullo unquam solis ardore, nulla valet pluviarum iniuria pallescere; sed quo vetustior est, eo solet esse venustior.
There are also an exceeding great store of cockles, from which the dye of crimson is made. Its fair rudde will be appalled neither ever with heat of the sun nor with wet of weather, but the older it is, the more bright and beautiful gloss it casteth.