habit of the Order, adorned with more than 600 diamonds. It
is no doubt to this occasion that this medal refers. He died
29 January, 1608. (See also No. 189, p. 159, and No. 188,
p. 181.)
19. G u n p o w d e r P l o t . 1605.
A snake gliding amongst lilies and roses. Leg. d e t e c t v s .
q v i . l a t v i t . s . c . (He, who concealed himself, is dotected. By
order of the Senate.) to. to. Cinquefoil.
Rev. The name of Jehovah, in Hebrew, radiate, within a crown
of thorns. Leg. chronogrammatic, n o n D o r M I t a s t I a n t I s t e s
I a C o b I . (Thou, the keeper of James, hast not slept, m d c i i i i i .
—1605.) to. to. Cinquefoil.
1-15. Med. Hist. xi. 7. Van Loon, II. 22. Köhler, XV.
158,M
B. AI. AS. Not uncommon.
This was struck in Holland by order of the Senate, to commemorate
the discovery of the Gunpowder P lo t; and the expulsion
from Holland of the Jesuits, whose latent intrigues in
France and England are intimated by the snake amongst the
lilies and roses. The legend of the reverse is taken from the
121st Psalm, “ He that keepeth thee will not sleep.”
20. R o b e r t C e c i l , E a r l o p S a l i s b u r y . C o u n t e r . 1606.
Crest, two bundles of arrows in saltire, under a helmet,
surrounded by the Garter.
No reverse.
1-05.
MB. At. Very rare.
A counter or jeton struck after 24 April, 1606, when Salisbury
was elected a Knight of the Garter. It is stamped in
imitation of engraving. (See also No. 6, p. 189, and the
following one.)
21. R o b e r t C e c i l , E a r l o p S a l i s b u r y . C o u n t e r . 1608.
Arms of Cecil, quartering Wynston, Caerleon, Eckington,
and Walcott, within the Garter; Earl’s coronet above. Leg.
R o b e r t ’ , com’ , s a l i s b v r ’ . svmm’ . a n g l l e . t h e s a v r ’. (Robert,
Earl of Salisbury, Lord High Treasurer of England.)
Rev. Crest, two bundles of arrows in saltire, under a helmet.
Leg. Motto, s e r o . s e d . s e r i o . (Late, but in earnest.) A rose
and four pellets between each word.
.1*15. Ashmole, p. 207.
MB. At. Extremely rare.
This piece was struck by the same person as the preceding,
and probably in the year 1608, when Salisbury succeeded the
Earl of Dorset (See No. 3, p. 188) in the office of Lord High
Treasurer. (See also No. 6, p. 189.)
22. A l l i a n c e o p E n g l a n d , F r a n c e , a n d t h e U n i t e d
P r o v i n c e s . 1609.
A hand from heaven holds a cord connecting the shields of
France, England, and the United Provinces; 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.—Psal. cxviii. 23.) Stops, crosses
saltire.
Rev. Inscription, O r d . f c e d . b e l g . a . r e g e h i s p . e t .
ARCHID . LIBERI . AGNITI POST BEL . CONT . XLII . AN INDVCIAS
PACISCVNTVR . INTERV . REGVM GAL . ET . MAG . BRIT . ET . CVM
i i s d em . p o e d v s r e n o v a n t . a 0 . cio . io . cix. (The United
States of Belgium, acknowledged to be independent by the
King of Spain and the Archduke, after an uninterrupted war
of forty-two years, conclude a truce by the intervention of the
Kings of France and Great Britain, and renew with those
powers a treaty of alliance, 1609.)
2'1. Van Loon, II. 50. Bizot, p. 122.
MB. At. Advocates, At. Gotha, At. St. Petersburg, At.
Not very uncommon.
The inscription on the reverse sufficiently explains the occasion
of this medal.