DoctorArcanus
I think the Sorbonne page is reliable, and its translations can be accepted.
In other documents, the "mit zeit" motto appeared with the correct spelling:
http://www.archive.org/stream/notiziesulmuseo00unkngoog/notiziesulmuseo00unkngoog_djvu.txt
http://www.comune.milano.it/dseserver/webcity/documenti.nsf/d38e0f65f96d36fc0125690e00465e37/96418ffdd704d4d9c1257576003fc6fc/$FILE/07_Fuori%20Porta.pdf
In the Cremona church door, the device features fruits that look like grapes and that could be blackberries or mulberries ("more" in Italian, with reference to the nickname of Lodovico). I think the motto should be interpreted as "all things need time to grow, as plants do"
About "hic verges nit", Pozzati presents a banner (at the bottm of this page) where the motto appears in the form "ch verges nit". He says the object represented on the device (the "scrolls") is a "morso" or "moraglia" i.e. a bit (the part of the bridle inserted in the mouth of a horse).
The association of the bit with this motto is not obvious to me. Ripa (who uses "freno" for bit) associates the bit to a number of concepts: obedience, temperance, self-control, religion, reason.
PS
Punishment
A winged woman dressed in white, holding a compass or a meter in her right hand and a bridle in her left.
This figure represents Goddess Nemesis ... The Bridle and the measuring Compass mean that she limits bad tongues and bad deeds, measuring in such a way that neither the guilt nor the punishment are excessive ... as is read in the ancient Law, that every one pays an eye for an eye, a foot for a foot and life for life.
Apparently, the bridle was an attribute of Nemesis since ancient times. In this context, the motto "I do not forget" makes sense.
In other documents, the "mit zeit" motto appeared with the correct spelling:
http://www.archive.org/stream/notiziesulmuseo00unkngoog/notiziesulmuseo00unkngoog_djvu.txt
http://www.comune.milano.it/dseserver/webcity/documenti.nsf/d38e0f65f96d36fc0125690e00465e37/96418ffdd704d4d9c1257576003fc6fc/$FILE/07_Fuori%20Porta.pdf
In the Cremona church door, the device features fruits that look like grapes and that could be blackberries or mulberries ("more" in Italian, with reference to the nickname of Lodovico). I think the motto should be interpreted as "all things need time to grow, as plants do"
About "hic verges nit", Pozzati presents a banner (at the bottm of this page) where the motto appears in the form "ch verges nit". He says the object represented on the device (the "scrolls") is a "morso" or "moraglia" i.e. a bit (the part of the bridle inserted in the mouth of a horse).
The association of the bit with this motto is not obvious to me. Ripa (who uses "freno" for bit) associates the bit to a number of concepts: obedience, temperance, self-control, religion, reason.
PS
Cesare Ripa said:Punitione.
Donna vestita di bianco, sarà alata, nella destra mano terrà un Passo, overo Legno da misurare, et nella destra un Freno.
Questa Figura si rappresenta per la Dea Nemesi, onde si dice esser figliuola della Giustitia, et si veste di bianco per la ragione detta. L'Ali dimostrano la velocità et la prestezza che si deve adoprare, in punire i malvagi et in premiare i meritevoli. Il Freno et il Passo da misurare significa che ella raffrena le lingue et l'opere cattive, misurando in modo che né la pena, né la colpa ecceda soverchiamente, ma che serbino insieme conveniente misura et proportione, il che si osserva nell'antica Legge, pagando ciascuno in pena l'occhio per l'occhio, il piede per lo piede et la vita per la vita.
Punishment
A winged woman dressed in white, holding a compass or a meter in her right hand and a bridle in her left.
This figure represents Goddess Nemesis ... The Bridle and the measuring Compass mean that she limits bad tongues and bad deeds, measuring in such a way that neither the guilt nor the punishment are excessive ... as is read in the ancient Law, that every one pays an eye for an eye, a foot for a foot and life for life.
Apparently, the bridle was an attribute of Nemesis since ancient times. In this context, the motto "I do not forget" makes sense.