will bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades ?—comp. Job,
xxxviii. 81.)
2. Med. Hist. xl. 2.
MB. 5 t. Very rare.
Executed by George Bower. The Seven Bishops are represented
by the seven stars, the Pleiades, which are supposed
to have great influence in reviving the foliage after the winter’s
decay. The Bishops are thus supposed to revive the religious
liberty of England after the oppressions of James.
41. A r c h b is h o p S a n c r o ft and C h u r c h . 1688.
Bust of Sancroft, I., wearing cap and canonical robes. Leg.
GVIL SANCROFT ARCHIEP? CANT.
Rev. Church founded upon a rock in the midst of the sea,
and assailed by the four winds. • Leg. im mo ta * * t r iv m -
p h a n s . (Triumphing unmoved.)
1-25. (See Woodcut.)
41. Archbishop Sancroft.
MB. iR. M. Very rare.
This small medal was struck upon the same occasion as the
preceding, intimating that the conduct of the Archbishop and
Bishops had shown that the Church was founded upon a rock
and could not be moved by the assaults of James.
4 2 . C h u r c h and S e v e n B is h o p s . 1688.
A Jesuit and a Monk, with spade and pickaxe, endeavouring
to undermine a church, which is supported by a hand from
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42. Trial of the Seven Bishops.
heaven. Leg. t h e g a t e s o f h e l l sh a l l n o t p r e v a il e .
(St, Matth, xvi. 18.)
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