-152. S p a n i s h D e f e a t s . 1597.
The Belgic lion, I., holding sword and arrows. Leg. s o l i .
d e o . h o n o r . e t . g l o r i a , m. m. Rose : stops, crosses saltire.
Same as No. 150.
Rev. Inscription, o r d in v m . a v s p i c i i s . p r in c e p i s . m a v r i t i i .
DVOTV . HOSTE . AD TVRNHOVTVM . G®SO DECEM . OPIDIS . ET .
TRIBVS . ARCIBVS . EXPVGNATIS . ET . TOTA CISRHENANA . DITIONB .
p a c a t a . 1597. (Under the auspices of the States, and the
leadership of Prince Maurice, the enemy was defeated at Tum-
hout, ten towns and three fortresses taken, and all the country
on this side of the Rhine reduced to submission.)
2. Yan Loon, I. 484. Bizot, p. 84.
MB. At. Not rare.
After the rout at Turnhout, Prince Maurice assembled all his
forces, and, by a series of vigorous efforts, succeeded, in the
course of three months, in securing possession of the whole of
the country north of the Rhine with the towns and fortresses.
In all these proceedings he derived great assistance from the
English troops sent by Elizabeth to support the Protestant
cause in the Provinces.
153. S p a n i s h D e f e a t s . 1597.
The Belgic lion, I., holding sword and arrows. Leg. s o l i .
DEO . HONOR . ET . GLORIA.
Rev. Inscription, o r d in u m a d s p i c i i s . p r i n c i p i s . m a u r i t i i
DUCT'D . HOSTE AD TURNHOUTU . GffiSO DECEM . OPIDIS . ET TRIBUS .
ARCIBUS EXPUGNATIS . ET TOTA . CISRHENA : DITIONE . PACA :
1597.
1-15.
MB. M.
This medalet or counter is a reduced copy of the preceding,
but of very inferior work. The previous medal has an inner
circle on the obverse, which separates the legend from the device :
but the above piece is without this circle.
154. S p a n i s h D e f e a t s . 1597.
The Belgic lion, I., holding sword and arrows. Leg. s o l i
DEO . HONOR . ET . GLORIA. m. ttl. Rose.
Rev. Inscription, o r d i n a v s p ic . p r i n m a v r i . d v c t v . h o ; s t e .
AD . TVRNHOVTVM . GffiJSO DECEM . OPIDIS . ET . TRIBVS . AECIBVS
EXPVG . ET . TOTA . CISRHE . DITIONE . PACATA . 1597.
1-15.
MB. M.
This is a counter also imitated from No. 152. There is a
variety of this piece in the British Museum with t o t o incorrectly
for t o t a . (Yan Loon, I. 484.)
155. S p a n i s h D e f e a t s . 1597.
Shields of France, England, and the United Provinces, connected
by a cord ; those of France and England crowned. Leg.
a . d om in o . f a c t v m . e s t . i s t v d , (This is the Lord’s doing.
—Peal, cxviii. 23.) m. m. Rose.
Rev. Inscription, o r d i n a v s p ic . p r i n m a v r i . d v c t v . &c. ;
same as the preceding.
1*2. Med. Hist. ix. 9. Van Loon, I. 484.
This counter was struck upon the same occasion as the preceding.
No specimen has been met with. The device of the
obverse is the same as that of the reverse of Nos. 145, 151.
156. S p a n i s h D e f e a t s . 1597.
A hand from heaven holds a cord connecting the shields of
France, England (quartering Scotland and Ireland), and the
United Provinces; those of France and England crowned. Leg.
A . DOMINO . FACTVM. EST . ISTVD.
Rev. Inscription, o r d i n a v s p ic . p r i n m a v r i . d v c t v . &c.;
same as No. 154.
1-2.
MB. M. Extremely rare.
This is another instance of the combination of the obverse
and reverse of separate pieces. The obverse of the above counter