An _Owle_ (the _Hieroglyphicke_ us’d for _Night_) Twixt _Mercury_ and _Pallas_, here takes place, Vpon a crown’d _Caduceus_ fixt upright; And, each a _Cornucopia_ doth imbrace. Through which darke _Emblem_, I this Light perceive; That, such as would the _Wit_ and _Wealth_ acquire, Which may the _Crowne_ of approbation have, Must _wake by Night_, to compasse their desire. For, this _Mercurian-Wand_, doth _Wit_ expresse; The _Cornu-copia_, _Wealthinesse_ implies; Both gained by a studious _Watchfulnesse_; Which, here, the _Bird of Athens_ signifies. Nor, by this _Emblem_, are we taught alone, That, (when great _Vndertakings_ are intended) We _Sloth_, and lumpish _Drowsinesse_ must shunne; But, _Rashnesse_, also, here is reprehended. _Take Counsell of thy Pillow_, (saith our _Sawe_) And, ere in waighty Matters thou proceede, Consider well upon them; lest they draw Some Afterclap, which may thy Mischiefe breede. I, for my seriou’st _Muses_, chuse the _Night_; (More friend to _Meditation_, then the _Day_) That neither Noyse, nor Objects of the _Sight_, Nor bus’nesses, withdraw my _Thoughts_ away, By _Night_, we best may ruminate upon Our _Purposes_; Then, best, we may enquire What _Actions_ wee amisse, or well, have done; And, then, may best into our _Selves_ retire: For, of the _World-without_, when most we see, Then, blindest to the _World-within_, are wee. _An =Innocent= no =Danger= feares, How great soever it appeares._ [Illustration: SPERNIT PERICVLA VIRT[VS] ILLVSTR. X. _Book. 1._]