That _Head_, which in his _Temple_, heretofore, The well-knowne figure of old _Ianus_ bore, Retain’d the forme, which pictur’d here you finde; _A Face before him, and a Face behinde_. And this old _Hieroglyphicke_ doth comprize A multitude of Heathenish Mysteries; Which, wee omitting, will insist on what This _Emblem’s_ Motto, chiefely poynteth at. In true _Divinity_, 'tis _God_ alone, To whom, all hidden things are truely knowne. _Hee_, onely, is that _ever-present-being_, Who, by the vertue of his pow’r all-seeing, Beholds, at one aspect, all things that _are_, That ever _shall be_, and that ever _were_. But, in a Morall-sense, we may apply This _double-face_, that man to signifie, Who (whatsoere he undertakes to doe) Lookes, both _before_ him, and _behinde_ him, too. For, he shall never fruitfully forecast Affaires _to come_, who mindes not what is _past_: And, such as doe not, oft, _before_ them looke, May lose the labour, that’s already tooke. By, sometimes, looking _backward_, we behold Those things, which have been done in _times of old_; By looking wisely _forward_, we foresee Such matters, as in _future-times_ will bee: And, thus, we doe not onely fruits receive, From that short space of _time_, in which we live; But, by this meanes, we likewise have a share, In _times to come_, and, _times that passed are_. _Good =Fortune= will with him abide, That hath true =Vertue=, for his guide._ [Illustration: VIRTUTE DUCE COMITE FORTUNA ILLVSTR. V. _Book. 3_]