“aut alicui ex animalibus illud comparet : perliniens rubrica, et rubicundum faciens fuco colorem illius, et omnem maculam quæ in illo est perliniens ;”
“Or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein;”
“Or makes it like some paltry animal, Smearing it with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, And smearing over every stain that is therein;”
Vermilion. The ancients greatly esteemed this colour, (Calmet) and painted with it the statues of their gods on festival days, and the bodies of those who had the honour of a triumph. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xxxiii. 6.)