persistently refused to lower their flag to the ships of Great
Britain in the British seas.
■ 124. C om m er c ia l T r e a t ie s b e t w e e n H o l la n d , F r a n c e ,
and E n g la n d . 1662.
Mars prostrate beneath the feet of Peace, who holds a cornucopia
and olive branch, and stands amidst military trophies,
and has before her the crowned shields of England, France,
and Holland. Leg. d e u s n o b is h e c o t ia f e c i t . (God has
given us this reposep-Virg. Eclog. i. 6.) Ex. a. p o o l .
Rev. Inscription,
De Vre met een’ olyvenbant
Verbint het vrye Nederlant
Aen groot Britanje ent’ Franscheryck
Zoo bloeit de Staet der vromenwyck
MDCLXH.
(Peace with an olive branch unites the free Netherlands to
Great Britain and France. Thus flourishes the State, the
asylum of good men.)
2.
MB. iR. Leyden, til. Bare.
This medal was executed in Holland, and is struck. I t commemorates
the commercial treaties between Holland, France,
and Great Britain, concluded in Sept. 1662, having for their
object the cessation of the conflicts which frequently took place
between the mercantile vessels of these countries trading in
foreign waters, and also between the English and Dutch "fishing
boats. (See previous medal.)
125. C omm er c ial T r e a t ie s b e t w e e n H o l la nd, F r a n c e ,
and E n g la n d . 1662.
Mars prostrate beneath the feet of Peace, who holds an olive
branch and cornucopia, and stands amidst military trophies,
and has before her the crowned shields of Holland, France, and
England. Leg. d ev s n o b is h e c o t ia f e c i t , m. m. Bose.
Rev. Inscription incuse,
De Vree met een olyvenbant
Verbint het vrye Nederlant
Aen groot Britanje ent Franscheryck
Zoo bloeyt de Staet der Vromenwyck
MDCLXH.
2-05. Van Loon, II. 477. Bizot, p. 255.
MB. tiEt. P. H. Van Gelder, M. Bare.
This medal is cast, and is a roughly executed copy of the
preceding, but differs from it in many details, the order of the
shields being reversed, &c. It was made in Holland, where it
probably found a ready sale.
126. C e s s io n o f D u n k ir k . 1662.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., laureate, hair short, neck bare,
in armour and mantle over shoulders. Leg. lvdovicvs . xrv.
REX . CHRISTIANISSIMVS,
Rev. Dunkirk, murally crowned, with an antique galley
behind her, rests her hand on an anchor, kneels before Louis
XIV., habited as a Boman general, and presents to him the
model of a fortress : in the distance, the entrance to the
harbour. Leg. dvnqverca , r e c v p e r a ta . (Dunkirk recovered.)
Ex. p r o v id e n t ia . p r in c ip i s . m . dc . l . xn. (By the prudence
of the King. 1662.) d . l . h . (Nicolas de la Haye.)
2-5.
MB. Æ. Bibl. Paris, 2R. Æ. Bare.
One of the series of medallions of Louis XIV. The reverse
of this medal is found with a different obverse by James
Boettier. (See Trésor, Méd. Franç. Pt. III. PI. xv. 3.) The
object of the medal was to commemorate the acquisition of
Dunkirk by Louis XIV., who paid for it to Charles II. five
millions of livres. The French took possession of it 28 Nov.