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Che le buone deliberationi si debbono mettere in opera à tempo.

Good decisions should be put into action on time.


A snake wrapped around the shaft of an arrow
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Ch’esser dobbiamo in ogni impresa nostra
Presti ad oprar, e nel discorrer lenti,
Il pesce avolto a la saetta il mostra,
Che suol nave fermar ne i maggior venti
Questi n’accrescan la prudenza nostra
O voi, che sete a riguardar intenti.
Tardo l’un l’altra veloce e leve;
Effetti, che patir l’huomo non deve.

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PRUDENS MAGIS QUAM
loquax.

Wise head, close mouth.

Emblema. 19.

A shield leaning against a tree, bearing the image of an owl
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Noctua Cecropiis[1] insignia praestat Athenis,
Inter aves sani noctua consilii,
Armiferae merito obsequiis sacrata Minervae,
Garrula quo cornix cesserat ante loco.[2]

The owl provides the symbol for Athens, Cecrops’ city, for among the birds the owl is known for wise counsel. Deservedly was it dedicated to the service of weapon-bearing Minerva, in the place vacated by the chattering crow.

Notes:

1.  Cecrops was a legendary wise early king of Athens, a city renowned as a place of learning. See above, Emblem 5 ([A15a005]), line 7.

2.  garrula quo cornix cesserat, ‘vacated by the chattering crow’. The crow was dismissed from Athena’s service for telling tales, and was replaced by the owl. See Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.562-5. This story is represented in Aneau, ‘Periculum in terra, periculum in mari’ ([FANa029]).

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