CHARLES I I. 1678.
set the body up before him, and left the sedan in some
unfinished building in that place; whereupon Girald said,
“ I wish we had an hundred such rogues as secure as we have
this.” Then Prance, being a housekeeper, returned home,
and the other four went on, one leading the horse, Hill riding
and holding the body on before him, and the other two walking
by on each side. They carried him to a field near Primrose
Hill about two miles out of town, where they left him in a
ditch, with his own sword run through his body by Girald
himself, in the exact posture of one that had murdered himself.
(See Arch. Journ. XVII. p. 175.)
246. S ir E dm u n d b u ry G o d f r e y . 1678.
Bust of Godfrey, three-quarters, I., hair long, in falling lace
collar and doublet buttoned. Leg. m o r ie n d o r e s t i t u i t r e m
e d m u n d - b u r y 1 G o d f r e y . (Edmundbury Godfrey by his death
re-established the State.) m. m. Quatrefoil.
Rev. Two men strangling and a third stabbing Godfrey, who
is struggling upon the ground; from his mouth is the label,
Pro fide et Patria. (For my religion and country.) The Pope,
fully robed, stands near encouraging them, saying, Hereticis
non eft servanda fides. (Faith is not to be kept with Heretics.)
Leg. tantum r e l l ig io p o t e r a t su a d e r e malo rum . (To deeds
so dreadful could religion prompt.—comp. Lucr. i. 102.) m. m.
Quatrefoil.
2'7. Med. Hist. xxxv. 7.
Pinkerton does not state in whose possession this medal was
when he engraved it, and it has not since been heard;of. The
account given of the death of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey was
that Green and another strangled him, and rthat Girald
attempted to stab him, but was prevented by the others, “ for
fear it should discover; them b y the blood.” The popular
notion, that this murder was committed by the Roman
Catholics, is shown by the introduction of the Pope in this
medal.
247. S ir E dm u n d b u ry G o d f r e y . 1678.
Bust of Godfrey, r., hair long, in falling lace collar, doublet
buttoned, and mantle over shoulders; two hands strangling
him with his cravat. Leg. m o r ien d o . r e s t it v it . r em . e
GODFREY.
I Rev. Green strangling Godfrey in the presence of the Pope,
who blesses the murderer, and holds up a sealed document
inscribed b v l lo . Leg. tantvm . r e l l ig io . p o t v it . (Such
could Religion do.)
Edge, c e r v ic e . fra c ta . f id e m . sv s t v l it . atlas . x n s .
1678. (The Christian Atlas sustained the Faith with a broken
neck.)
1*55. Med. Hist. xxxv. 1. Evelyn, 172.
MB. iR. Not rare.
This and the following medal were executed by George
Bower; the sentiment is the same as that of the preceding.
The inscription on the edge compares Godfrey to Atlas, who
required his whole vigour and strength to sustain the world,
while Godfrey sustained the true faith with a broken neck.
There is a copy of this medal by , Milton (MB. Ht.). Sometimes
the obverse is from the die noticed in the next medal.
There is also a small seal, -85 inch diameter, copied from the
reverse, a lead impression of which is in the British Museum
collection.
248. S ir E dm u n d b u ry G o d f r e y . . 1678.
Bust of Godfrey, r., &c.; similar to the preceding, but not
from the same die, the bust extending entirely to the rim of
the medal.
Rev. Hill on horseback, carrying the dead body of Godfrey
before him; another murderer, pretending to be drunk, precedes
them; stars show that it is night. Primrose Hill
appears behind them. Leg. eqvo . c r e d it e . t v c r i (sic).
(Trust to the horse, Trojans.—comp. Virg. Aen. ii. 48.)
Edge. Same as the preceding.
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