pended from clouds. Leg. sic so l lu n a q u e in l ib e a . (Thus
are the Sun and Moon in the balance.) ''
2‘35. Med. Hist. xl. 4. Van Loon, III. 340. Evelyn,
154.M
B. At. Bibl. Paris, At. Gotha, At. St. Petersburg,
At. Bare.
This medal, struck in Holland, is attributed to Jan Smelt-
zing. The Bishops were committed to the Tower for opposing
the Declaration of Indulgence issued by James II., and for
refusing to allow it to be read in their churches. Their innocence
is intimated by calling the imprisonment an honour to
the good, a disgrace only to the bad. The Sun and Moon are
said to represent the King and the people equally balanced.
37. A e c h b is h o p S a n c b o f t and B is h o p s . 1688.
Bust of Sancroft, r., wearing cap and canonical robes. Leg.
GVIL . SANCEOFT . ABCHIEPISC . CANTYAE . 1688.
Rev. Medallions with portraits and names of the six imprisoned
Bishops arranged round that of the Bishop of
London; stars interspersed. Below, g b . f . (George Bower
fecit.)
Edge, si fb a c t u s il la b a t t je o b b is im pa u id o s f e e ie n t
b t j in ie . (If the shattered universe were to fall, the ruins would
strike them undismayed.—comp. Hor. Car. III. iii. 7-8.)
2. Van Loon, in . 339. Evelyn, 155. Lochner, V.
417. Old England, II I. 192.
MB. At. S. Addington, N . Not rare.
The Bishops committed to the Tower were Sancroft, Abp.
of Canterbury, Lloyd of St. Asaph, Ken of Bath and Wells,
Turner of Ely, Lake of Chichester, White of Peterborough,
and Trelawney of Bristol. To their portraits is here added
that of Compton of London, who on account of his opposition
to Popery had been removed from the Council table and
Deanery of the Chapel Boyal, and suspended from the execution
of his episcopal office.
38. A e c h b is h o p S a n c b o ft and B is h o p s . 1688.
A variety of the preceding, differing hut very slightly, has
for artist’s initials on the reverse d . w . f . (Daniel Warou
fecit), and the edge plain.
2.
MB. electrotype from Gotha, At. Extremely rare.
This medal is a very close copy of the one by George Bower.
It was executed by Daniel Warou, a native of Stockholm,
who worked at Dresden at this time, but afterwards removed
to Vienna, where he entered the service of the Emperor
Charles VI.
39. A e c h b is h o p S a n c b o f t and B is h o p s . 1688.
Another variety of No. 37, differing little from it, except
in the date, which is written m .d .c .l .x x x v ih ., in the omission
of the artist’s initials, and of the inscription on the edge.
2-05.
MB. At. Stockholm, At. St. Petersburg, At. Cas-
sel, At. Rare.
This variety was executed to supply the great demand for
the medal, and a great number of casts were also made to suit
poorer purchasers. This medal was worn round the neck,
sometimes openly, sometimes concealed, by numerous clergymen,
and also laymen, and so highly prized for the principles
of which it was considered the badge, that it descended and
was worn by successive generations. This accounts for the
worn condition in which it is very often found.
40. A e c h b is h o p S a n c b o f t and t h e P l e ia d e s . 1688.
Bust of Sancroft, r., wearing cap, &c.; same as No. 37.
Rev. Seven stars in the middle of the starry heavens. Leg.
QVIS . EESTEINGET . PLEIADVM . DELICIAS ? IOB . C. 38. (Who