This is Isabella Cortese, who I'm quoting in the Venice thing because she's an alchemist and she gives practical instructions for beginners. I can't make out what the scroll says. Anyone with better eyes? It looks like "Prudence (preudentia) and work (neogtium) not luck (fortunum?) something, something?
Hi! Looks to me like mucat, which Google Translate tells me means "it takes". Seems to fit with your translation so far.
I am not at all certain, but I think it says
"Prudentia negotium non fortuna ducat"
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Oh, yes, that fits... Thanks!
See, Rich convinced me, now you've convinced me...
If I believe this source (found when searching the phrase "Prudentia negotium non fortuna ducat", which I take as a confirmation of the reading), that actually is the printer's device used by the publisher of I secreti della signora Isabella Cortese, not a picture of Isabella Cortese.
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Thanks for that save....
Yep. The lady with the mirror in the device is the cardinal virtue Prudentia.