Prudence.
Prudentia.
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_Prudence_, 1.
looketh upon all things
as a _Serpent_, 2.
and doeth, speaketh, or
thinketh nothing in vain.
_Prudentia_, 1.
circumspectat omnia
ut _Serpens_, 2.
agitque, loquitur, aut
cogitat nihil incassum.
She _looks backwards_, 3.
as into a _Looking-glass_, 4.
to _things past_;
_Respicit_, 3.
tanquam in _Speculum_, 4.
ad _præterita_;
and seeth _before her_, 5.
as with a _Perspective-glass_, 7.
_things to come_,
or the _End_, 6.
& _prospicit_, 5.
tanquam _Telescopio_, 7.
_Futura_,
seu _Finem_, 6.
and so she perceiveth
what she hath done, and
what remaineth to be done.
atque ita perspicit
quid egerit, &
quid restet agendum.
She proposeth
an _Honest_, _Profitable_
Actionibus suis
præfigit _Scopum_,
_Honestum_, _Utilem_,
and withal, if it may be done,
a _Pleasant End_,
to her Actions.
simulque, si fieri potest,
_Jucundum_.
Having foreseen the _End_,
she looketh out _Means_,
as a _Way_, 8.
which leadeth to the End;
_Fine_ prospecto,
dispicit _Media_,
ceu _Viam_, 8.
quæ ducit ad finem,
but such as are certain
and easie, and fewer
rather than more,
lest anything should hinder.
sed certa
& facilia; pauciora
potiùs quàm plura,
ne quid impediat.
She watcheth _Opportunity_, 9.
(which having
a _bushy fore-head_, 10.
and being _bald-pated_, 11.
Attendit _Occasioni_, 9.
(quæ
_Fronte Capillata_, 10.
sed vertice _calva_, 11.
and moreover
_having wings_, 12.
doth quickly slip away,)
and catcheth it.
adhæc
_alata_, 12.
facile elabitur)
eamque captat.
She goeth on her way
warily,
for fear she should stumble
or go amiss.
In viâ pergit
cautè (providè)
ne impingat
aut aberret.