executed by 0 . Müller. Holland having been defeated in a
series of terrific naval actions, sued for peace, and submitted
to terms favourable and honourable to England, and the two
republics entered into a strict league of amity, 15 April, 1654.
5 1 . P e a c e w it h H o l la n d . 1 6 5 4 .
Justice and Peace, with their appropriate symbols; each
rests a hand upon a cornucopia standing erect between them.
Above, the name of Jehovah, in Hebrew, radiate. Leg. h®
mihi ebvnt abtes. (These shall be my arts.) E x . cid io c lh ii.
(1654.)
Rev. Inscription, q . f . f . q . s. P o s t . atbox . belvm .
QVOD . INTEB . ANGLIC.® . BELGIC®QVE . BEIP . BECTOBES . BIS .
FBVSTBA . TENTATIS . PACTS . CONDITIONIBVS . ANO . CIO 10 OLII.
EXABSIT . IN . QVO . MAXIMIS . VTBINQVE . CLASSIBVS . SEX .
SEPTENTBIONALI . DVO . MEDITEB . MABI . PVGNATA . SVNT . CEV-
ENTA . PRffiLIA DEI . OPT . MAX . BENEFICIO . AVSPICJS . OLIVAEI .
M . BBITANL® . PEOTECTOEIS . ET . FCEDEE . BELGI . OBDINVM .
PAX . CVM . ANTIQVO . FCEDEEE . BESTITVTA . CVTVS . OPTIM® .
EEEVM . IN . MEMOBIAM . SEMPITEBNAM . S . P . Q . A . HOC .
monvmentvm . f . c. (May it be happy and prosperous.
After a cruel war, which raged since the year 1652 between the
Governors of the English and Dutch republics, notwithstanding
two ineffectual attempts at pacification, and during which
immense fleets of either nation had fought six bloody actions
in the North Sea and two in the Mediterranean; by the beneficence
of the most high God and under the auspices of Oliver,
Protector of Great Britain, and the States of the United Belgian
Provinces, Peace and the ancient alliance have been restored.
In perpetual memory of which most happy event the Senate
and people of Amsterdam caused this memorial to be made.)
2‘5. Van Loon, I I . 371. Bizot, p. 228.
MB. electrotype from Hague, .51. Brussels, 5 t. Bibl.
Paris, 5 t. Gotha, 5 t. Yery rare.
Two ineffectual attempts at a pacification had taken place in
1651 and 1652 before the actual outbreak of the war. The
first attempt failed because the ambassadors of the States
refused to interfere in any way in the quarrel between the
English Parliament, Charles II., or Scotland; and the second
attempt, because Admiral Tromp declined to strike his flag to
the English Admiral, Blake, and answered to the summons
with a broadside. This rupture brought about immediate
hostilities between the two countries. In the fresh negotiations
the States of Holland had taken the initiative, and two of their
representatives, Beverning and Nieuport, were chosen as ambassadors
to be sent to London.
''52. P e a c e w i t h H o l l a n d . 1654.
Britannia, with a harp on her knee, and Holland, with her
lion at her feet, are holding up a cap of Liberty.
Leg. M e n t i b u s u n i t i s p b i s c tj s p b o c t j l a b s i t am a e o b ,
PlLEA NE SUBITO PABTA CEUOBE EUANT.
(From their united minds may their former bitterness depart,
lest the caps [of Liberty], obtained by their blood, should suddenly
fall down.)
E x . C o n c l : ^ d . a p e i l . a ° . m . d c . Lrv. (Concluded, -§4
April, 1654.)
Rev. A British and a Dutch ship of war, sailing peaceably
together upon a calm sea.
Leg. L u x u e i a t g em in o n e x u t b a n q v i l l a S a l o R e s .
E x c i p i t u n a n im e s t o t i u s O e b i s A m o b .
(Commerce, tranquillized by a double alliance, flourishes on
the sea, and the Amity of the whole world welcomes the
reconciled.) On the stern of each ship, s. d . (Sebastian
Dadler.)
2‘4. Van Loon, I I . 371. Bizot, p. 228.
MB. 5 t. Brussels, 5 t. Bibl. Paris, 5L Munich, 51.
St. Petersburg, 5 t. Gotha, 5 t. Rare.
This medal, struck in Holland, commemorates the peace
lately concluded, and refers to the treaty of commerce and
alliance by which the navigation of merchant vessels of the