Two embossed plates, chased, and united by a broad rim.
Executed in Holland by Peter van Abeele. It commemorates
on the obverse the almost perfidious attack upon the ships at
Chatham, which lay unprotected, in confidence that the terms
of peace actually agreed upon would be formally confirmed—as
they were the following month; and on the reverse the proclamation
of the peace, 6 Sept. As Sweden acted as mediator
her arms are included.
188. P roclamation o f t h e P ea c e o f B r e d a . 1667.
Neptune, in his car, decorated with olive branches, and
drawn by four horses, raises his trident to stay the progress of
a naval engagement. Leg. sic cvncttjs p e l a g i c e c id it fr a g o r .
(Thus ceased the whole tumult of the sea.— Virg. Aen. i. 154.)
to. to. Bose.
Rev. Yiew of Breda; above, two infant genii supporting
beneath the beams of heaven the crowned shields of Denmark,
France, England, and Holland, with Sweden (as mediator) in
the centre. Ex. b r e d a EJ Den. 7 Sept. 1667. g . po o l . Leg. n u l l a
sa lu s b e l l o , pa c em t e po sc im u s o m n e s . (There is no safety
in war, to Thee we all sue for peace.—Virg. Aen. xi. 362.)
2*05. Yan Loon, I l i 538. Bizot, p. 265.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, At. Hague, N . Stockholm, At.
Gotha, At. Bare.
Tolerably well executed by Jerian Pool in Holland, to commemorate
the proclamation of the peace.
184. P ea c e o f B r e d a , and A l l ia n c e o f E ng la n d and
H o l l a n d . 1667.
An English and a Dutch ship sailing amicably alongside each
other; an olive wreath decorates the main-top mast of each.
Rev. A festoon of fruit and flowers encircled by a wreath of
olive, whence are suspended the shields of Great Britain and
Holland; between them, branches of palm and laurel crossed
and tied; below, a band inscribed, b r ita n : batav : pax . (Peace
of Britain and Holland.) 1667. c. a . (Christopher Adolfszoon.)
1-75. Yan Loon, II. 538.
MB. At. Athole, At. Not rare.
Neatly executed by Christopher Adolfszoon, the same artist
who made the dies for the medal No. 176. In both he has
committed the same mistake of placing Scotland in the first
and fourth quarters of the British shield. As this medal does
not mention Breda, or give any specific date beyond the year,
it probably alludes not only to the treaty of peace, but also to
those amicable relations between the two countries, which the
French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands made urgent,
and which were cemented afterwards by a treaty arranged and
concluded in five days by De Witt and Sir William Temple.
185. P ea c e o f B r e d a . 1667. “ F a v en t e D e o . ”
Bust of Charles II., r., laureate, hair long, fringed mantle
round the shoulders. Leg. c a r o l v s . s e c v n d v s . d e i . g r a t i a .
m a g . b r i t . f r a n . e t . h i b e r . r e x . mi. m. Mullet. Similar
to No. 140.
Rev. Britannia seated, I., at the foot of a rock near the seashore,
holds her spear and shield, and contemplates her navies
Hailing on the ocean. Meridian sun. Leg. f a v e n t e d e o .
(God being propitious.) Ex. Br it a n n ia .
Edge, c a r o l v s * s e c v n d v s * p a c i s * e t * im p e r i i * r e s t i -
t u t o r * a v g v s t v s . (Charles H., august restorer of peace and
of the empire.) Cross between two roses.
2-2. Med. Hist. xxxi. 1. Van Loon, II. 522.
MB. At. Vienna, Ar. Not rare.
186. P ea c e o f B r e d a . 1667. “ F a v en t e D e o . ”
Bust of Charles II., r., laureate, hair long, no drapery.
Leg. CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI . FRAN .
e t . h ib . r e x . to. to. Mullet. Similar to No. 141.