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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>An Owle (the Hieroglyphicke us'd for Night)<lb/>
                                Twixt Mercury and Pallas, here takes place,<lb/>
                                Vpon a crown'd Caduceus fixt upright;<lb/>
                                And, each a Cornucopia doth imbrace.<lb/>
                                Through which darke Emblem, I this Light perceive;<lb/>
                                That, such as would the Wit and Wealth acquire,<lb/>
                                Which may the Crowne of approbation have,<lb/>
                                Must wake by Night, to compasse their desire.<lb/>
                                For, this Mercurian-Wand, doth Wit expresse;<lb/>
                                The Cornu-copia, Wealthinesse implies;<lb/>
                                Both gained by a studious Watchfulnesse;<lb/>
                                Which, here, the Bird of Athens signifies.<lb/>
                                Nor, by this Emblem, are we taught alone,<lb/>
                                That, (when great Vndertakings are intended)<lb/>
                                We Sloth, and lumpish Drowsinesse must shunne;<lb/>
                                But, Rashnesse, also, here is reprehended.<lb/>
                                Take Counsell of thy Pillow, (saith our Sawe)<lb/>
                                And, ere in waighty Matters thou proceede,<lb/>
                                Consider well upon them; lest they draw<lb/>
                                Some Afterclaps, which may thy Mischiefe breede.<lb/>
                                I, for my seriou'st Muses, chuse the Night;<lb/>
                                (More friend to Meditation, then the Day)<lb/>
                                That neither Noyse, nor Objects of the Sight,<lb/>
                                Nor bus'nesses, withdraw my Thoughts away,<lb/>
                                By Night, we best may ruminate upon<lb/>
                                Our Purposes; Then, best, we may enquire<lb/>
                                What Actions wee amisse, or well, have done;<lb/>
                                And, then, may best into our Selves retire:<lb/>
                                For, of the World-without, when most we see,<lb/>
                                Then, blindest to the World-within, are wee.<lb/>
                            </p>
                        
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SEQ 9
PARENT embstma_1903
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
ANNOT Wither's explanation also connects this emblem to the Festina Lente theme
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IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
CAPTION_EN Mercury and Minerva, both holding a cornucopia, standing next to a lance with wings, a snake coiled around it, a crown and an owl
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1903.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1903_fac009
MOTTO_LA <p>IN NOCTE CONSILIUM.</p>
                        
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
IC 23R140(+0)
; 25F3(+342)
; 25F34(+1)
; 25F42(+5253)
; 25F42(+57321)
; 25H113
; 25I2
; 44B191
; 52A23(+3)
; 52E3(+4)
; 54A46(+4)
; 92B11221
; 92B5
; 92B58(CADUCEUS)
; 92B58(PETASUS)
; 92C2
; 92C28(OWL)
; 92C281
; 86(IN NOCTE CONSILIUM)
; 86(LA NUIT A CONSEIL)
MOTTO_EN <p>Before thou bring thy Workes to Light,<lb/>
                                Consider on them, in the Night.</p>
                        
URL_IMAGE embstma_1903_pic009.jpg
ID embstma_1903_emblem009
MOTTO_LA_NORM In nocte consilium
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0