Tollens ergo Jacob virgas populeas virides, et amygdalinas, et ex platanis, ex parte decorticavit eas: detractisque corticibus, in his, quæ spoliata fuerant, candor apparuit: illa vero quæ integra fuerant, viridia permanserunt: atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius.
And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.
Tolle ergo Iacobo virgas populeas viridi, et amygdalinas, et ex platanos, ex parte decortica illas: et detrahe cortices, in hoc, que spolia es, candore appare: illa vero que integro es, viridias permane: et in hoc modo colore efficie es varia.