Mirum opus: at mage mira Manus; mira omnia vincit
Mens manui moderans, dum manus urget opus.
Andræus Melvinus.
Thus translated into English:
One hand dame nature’s mimic does express
Her larger figures, to the life, in less.
In the rich border of her work do stand,
Afresh created by her curious hand,
The various signs and planets of the sky,
Which seem to move and twinkle in our eye.