This medal was executed in commemoration of the repulse
of the English from the Isle of Rhe, under the command of
20. Attack on the Isle of Rbé.
the Duke of Buckingham. The troops landed 12 July, 1627,
and after four months of irresolution and inactivity were compelled
to retire.
21. A t t a c k o n t h e I s l e o p R h e . 1628.
Arms of France, crowned, and within the collars of the Orders
of St. Michael and St. Esprit. Leg. n i l . n i s i . c o n s i l i o .
(Nothing without counsel.)
Rev. A square raft on the sea, with a distant view of an
island and a fort; on the raft a snail, which is unable to draw
in its head owing to an arrow passing through the neck. Leg.
e s t o . d om i. (Stay at home.) Ex. 1628.
1*1. De Bie, PI. 125. xciv.
Bodley, iR. Bibl. Paris, At. A3. M. Preux, At. Bare.
This and the following medal were struck in France the
year after the attack on the Isle of Rhd, and are intended to
satirize the failure of the expedition.
Bust of Louis XIII., r., laureate. Leg. l v d o v i c v s . xin .
D . G . FRANC . ET . NAV . REX . CHRISTIANIS. (Louis XIII., by
the grace of God, the most Christian King of France and
Navarre.)
Rev. A square raft on the sea, with distant view of an island
and a fort, &c. ; same as the preceding.
1-1.
De Bie, “ La France Métallique,” p. 877, describes this
variety of the preceding, but no specimen has been met with.
23. T r i b u t e t o H e n r i e t t a M a r i a . 1628.
Two shields, England and France, united : above, crown ;
below, h . m. in monogram, crowned, between olive branches.
Leg. h e n r . m a r . b o r b o n . d . g . m a g . b r i t . f r a n . e t . h i b . r e g .
(Henrietta Maria of Bourbon, by the grace of God, Queen of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland.)
Rev. A grove where one tree overtops the rest; in the
distance, sea with ships. Leg. s v p e r e m i n e t . om n e s . (She
surpasses all.) Ex. 1628. Stops, roses,
l 'l . Med. Hist. xv. 10.
Not uncommon.
24. T r i b u t e t o H e n r i e t t a M a r i a . 1628.
Another; similar; but with n . b . (Nichblas Briot) in the
exergue on the reverse instead of the date
1-1.
MB. -<R. Not uncommon.
This and the preceding piece do not appear to have been
struck upon any particular occasion ; they are only complimentary
memorials of the Queen.