“Spes et patientia vincit” (Hope and patience win)

Much appreciated friends: In 1630 a book of emblems by Daniel Cramer was published called OCTOGINTA EMBLEMATA MORALIA NOVA ─'eighty new moral emblems'─. I send you the thirty-first emblem that has as its motif… …SPES ET PATIENTIA VINCIT─‘Hope and patience win’─ …