English translation above the image states: 'My Wit got Wings, and, high had flowne; But, Povertie did keepe mee downe'. Illustration 152 in A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : the first-[fourth] booke / by George Wither. Page 176.