Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XXII
Plumbo habito candido fac opus mulierum, hoc est, coque.
Once you have white lead, do women’s work, that is: cook.
After the whitening, the instruction is not to add anything new but to cook patiently what is already there.
What needs slow cooking rather than new ingredients?
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.