Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem I
Portavit eum ventus in ventre suo.
The wind carried it in its belly.
The motto is a line of the Emerald Tablet. The child of the work is carried before it is born, by something as invisible as wind.
What are you carrying that has not been born yet?
Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (Oppenheim, 1618). Engraving in the public domain. Motto transcribed from the 1618 edition; translation and reading by The Hermetic School. All the emblems.