Giles. In April, 1672, he was created Earl of Shaftesbury,
and in the same year appointed Lord Chancellor, from which
post he was dismissed in 1673. He supported the claims of
Monmouth to the throne, and was in consequence committed
to the Tower on the charge of high treason; but, the bill of
indictment being thrown out by -the grand jury, he was released,
24 Nov. 1681. He fled to Prance in 1682, and died
at Amsterdam in the following year. This medal was struck
by George Bower at the instigation of the popular party, who
celebrated Shaftesbury’s acquittal, 24 Nov. 1681, with great
rejoicings and with bonfires. (See Arch. Journ., XXIII. 129.)
His partisans wore these medals at their breasts, and care was
taken that this emblem should he made as general as possible;
Dryden, in his satirical poem, The Medal, in, describing this
piece, says—
“ One side is fill’d with title and with face;
And, lest the King should want a regal place,
On the reverse a Tower the town surveys,
O’er which our mounting sun his beams displays
The word, pronounced aloud by shrieval voice,
Lastamub, which, in Polish, is rejoice.”
and,
“ Five days he sat for every cast and look,
Four more than God to finish Adam took.”
260. A mbassadobs o p M abocco and B antam. 1682.
Bust of Named Hamet, Ambassador of Marocco, >.,r! in
Oriental dress with turban. Leg. h am e t b e n h a m e t b e n
ha d d v OTTOB. 1682. Below, g b . p. (George Bower fecit.)
Rev. Bust of Keay Nahee, Ambassador of Bantam, three-
quarters, r., in Oriental dress with singular head-dress. Leg.
KEAY NABEE NAIA-WI-PBAIA. 1682.
1-55.
MB. At. Advocates, AS. Munich, At. Gotha, At.
Bare.
This medal was struck to commemorate the arrival of two
embassies from distant lands, which came in the year 1682.
Named Hamet, Ambassador from the Emperor of Marocco and
Fez, made his public entry into London 5 Jan. 1682, and had
his audience on the 11th of the same month. On the 13th
May he was entertained at Oxford. He took leave of the King
on the 15th July, and on the 24th of the same month left
England. Keay Nabee was one of the principal of the eight
ambassadors from Bantam, who arrived in the port of London
on the 28th April, 1682, with presents for the King. They
made their public entry on the 9th May, and on the 13th July
they took their leave of the King, when Keay Nabee and
another were knighted.
261. N am ed H am e t , A mbassadoe o p M abocco. 1682.
Bust of Named Hamet, &c.; same as the preceding.
Rev. View of Tunis; above, Peace floating on clouds, holding
olive branch. Leg. non e g e t m au b i ia c u l is . (It needs not
the javelins of the Moor.—comp. Hor. Car. I. xxii. 2.)
1:55.
MB. electrotype from Gotha, At. Very rare.
The Ambassador of Marocco came to England to establish a
perpetual league of commerce and free trade between Charles II.
and the Emperor his master. The treaty was signed on the
23rd March, and the legend on the reverse refers to the
mutual good feeling and unanimity which characterized the
proceedings.
262. D u k e o p Oem o n d . 1682.
Bust of the Duke of Ormond, r., hair long, in lace cravat,
armour, and mantle across the breast. Leg. iacobvs . dvx .
OEMONIE. (James, Duke of Ormond.) Below, g . b o w e e s . p . ’
Rev. Sword and olive branch crossed within a coronet. Leg.
p e -e s id iv m e t d v lc e DECvs. 1682. (Our defence and sweet
glory,—Hor. Car. I. i. 2.)