history; and the destruction of a squadron of galleys by the
instrumentality of Sir Bobert Mansel, 22 Sept. 1602. This
gallant officer in the Hope, with the Advantage and two small
Dutch ships, fell in with six Spanish galleys, under the command
of Federigo Spinola. By a continued fire he roused the
vigilance of the Dutch ships in the Downs, and manoeuvring to
divert the galleys towards the English coast, he intercepted
them on their course round the Goodwin Sands, and so damaged
them that they fell an easy prey to the Dutch vessels, which
attacked when darkness had given them a partial shelter. Two
of them were run down, two wrecked, one got into Nieuport in
a damaged state, and Spinola with much difficulty escaped into
Dunkirk.
181. M a u r i c e , P r i n c e o r O r a n g e . 1602.
Bust of Prince Maurice, r., in armour, cloak, and ruff: on
shoulder, incuse, æ t . 34. Leg. m a v r i t t v s . p r . a v r . co .
NASS . CAT. MARC . v e r . e t . vus. (Maurice, Prince of Orange,
Count of Nassau, of Katzenellenbogen, Marquess of Yere and
Flushing.) Below, c o n . b l o c . f . (Conrad van Bloc fecit.)
Rev. Within wreath of orange, a young orange tree growing
from the trunk of an old tree. Leg. t a n d e m . f i t . s v r c v l v s .
a r b o r . a n n o . 1602. (At length the shoot becomes a tree,
in the year 1602.)
P65. Yan Loon, I. 553.
MB. At gilt. Bare.
Cast and chased. Like the preceding, this medal commemorates
the capture of Grave by Prince Maurice, as well as
his previous successes at Breda, Lingen, and Meurs. On
account of these victories Maurice, the son of William the
Silent, (who had fallen by the hand of the assassin Gérard,) is
here represented in the form of an orange shoot, which, springing
from an old trunk, has grown into a flourishing tree, under
the protection of which the United Provinces now hoped to find
repose after a long and cruel warfare.
182. M a u r i c e , P r i n c e o f O r a n g e . 1602.
Another; similar to the preceding, but beneath bust artist’s
signature, c. v. b . f . (Conrad van Bloc fecit.)
1*4.. Yan Loon, I. 553.
MB. At. Eare.
Van Loon, be. cit., gives an illustration of this medal, but
encircled by a deep border ornamented with orange branches.
183. D u k e o f W u r t e m b e r g . K n i g h t o f t h e G a r t e r . 1602.
Bust of the Duke of Wurtemberg, r., in ruff, armour, and
mantle; below, 1602. Leg. f r i d e r i c v s . d . g . d v x w i r t e m b e r g .
Rev. Arms of Wurtemberg with three crests, within the
Garter.
On both sides border formed of the collar and badge of St.
Michael in open work and surmounted by a crown.
2-25 by 1-5. Sattler, Ges. des Herz. Wiirtemb. T. V.
Tab. iii. fig. 26.
Stuttgart, At gilt. Extremely rare.
This medal is described here on account of the representation
of the Garter. For particulars of the Duke of Wiirtemberg’s
election to the Garter, see No. 139, p. 159.
184. E l i z a b e t h . S u c c e s s e s . 1602.
Half-length figure of Elizabeth, three-quarters, I., in very
rich dress, diapered with roses and fleurs-de-lis, small ruff, and
stiff collar; on her head small crown, and jewelled pins in her
hair; she holds sceptre and orb. Leg. in two lines, c a d e t .
A . LATERE . TVO . M® ET . X . M® A DEXTRIS . TVTS . ELIZ
REGINA . a . W . (A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten
thousand at thy right hand, O Elizabeth, Queen.—Psal. xci. 7.)
Rev. Female figure, Minerva, I., with flying drapery, trampling
under her feet a dragon and a snail; with right hand
she points to a crown above in clouds, between the Sun and
the Moon, and with left to the reptiles under her feet: in the