Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem III
Vade ad mulierem lavantem pannos, tu fac similiter.
Go to the woman washing clothes; do the same.
The model for the work is the humblest labour there is: washing, again and again, until the stain lifts. It is the image of the albedo.
What in you needs washing rather than fixing?
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.