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is to the most skillful painter, if one were to counterfeit such things; other common mother-of-pearl shells or mussels cannot be compared to these at all. For in one place they are like pure, fine ☉ Gold, in another place like fine ☽ Silver, in other places Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, of many kinds of colors, more beautiful than a peacock's tail; such colors are not to be found in the world. Since the shells of our pearls are so beautiful and lovely that one cannot look at them enough, how lovely will the noble pearls themselves be? But let no one imagine that I am going too far for the unworthy, or casting pearls before swine. Not at all; it is still a very long way to getting to see the true pearl with one's eyes. And even if one were to bring such a thing out of the yarn through great skill, it still requires much to fix it, so that it can defend its beauty and loveliness against all Elementa elements. In the meantime, the lover has at least the sight of it, and can delight in the shell, as lovingly GOD has painted it, and adorned it with incomparably beautiful colors.

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