Itaque tectoria, quae recte sunt facta, neque vetustatibus fiunt horrida neque, cum extergentur, remittunt colores, nisi si parum diligenter et in arido fuerint inducti.
Stucco, therefore, when it is well made, does not become rough in lapse of time, nor lose its colours when they are dusted, unless they have been laid on carelessly and on a dry surface.
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