Simonides Redivivus, or the Art of Memory and Oblivion

Before you have investigated, do not blame: learn first, and then rebuke.

A woodcut illustration within a rectangular border depicts three figures in a rural landscape, likely representing the three ages of man or aids to human frailty. On the left, a young child stands within a circular wooden walker on wheels. In the center, a man in Renaissance-style clothing climbs a ladder leaning against a large tree to pick fruit. On the right, an elderly man with a long beard, wearing a heavy fur-lined robe and a high hat, leans on a wooden staff. The background shows a landscape with hills, a castle on a peak to the left, and a village with a church spire in the center.