Louis Le Grand par les Médailles, &c., 1691,” containing five
additional plates, Nos. 39-43, is a counterfeit edition of Menes-
trier’s work (Paris, 1689), and was issued in Holland, where
these plates, illustrating medals satirical of the French monarch,
were executed. Menestrier has exposed this fraud in his
second edition (Paris, 1700), and in a pamphlet entitled
“ Factum Justificatif ” (1694).
57. S a t ir ic a l M e d a l . 1688 ?
An Owl, wearing spectacles and bands, with an ink-bottle
and pen suspended round its neck, stands upon a cushion
under which is a sword ; near it is a candle surrounded by
seven stars. Leg. n o g e v e n b l in d . (Yet still blind.) Ex.
d . s. s.
Rev. Scales suspended from heaven, whence rays shine
upon the Bible, marked i. c. (Jesus Christ), which weighs
down the emblems of Popery, or perhaps episcopacy, including
a scroll inscribed fly': with seven seals attached, marked,
s. h . m . l . w. m . d . Leg. t e k e l . (Weighed in the balance
and found wanting.)
1-9. Med. Hist. xl. 3. De Yries and De Jonge, Pl. vi. 1.
MB. Æ,. Æ. Advocates, lead. Hague, Æ. Stockholm,
lead. Bare.
This medal was executed in Holland ; the design and letters
in the exergue on the obverse and on the seals have evaded all
attempts at explanation. I t may, perhaps, have no allusion to
England, though it has been considered by De Yries to relate
to the dispute between James and the Seven Bishops.
58. I n v it a t io n to W il l ia m and M ary o f Or a n g e .
1688.
Busts conjoined, r., of William and Mary. He, hair long,
is in armour and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder :
she, with lovelocks, wears mantle; her face rather more than
profile. Leg. atavum pr o l ib e r t a t e f id e q u e . (For the liberty
and faith of our ancestors.) Ex. m . w il h . h e n r . e t maria
D . G . AUR . PRINC . ETC . REFOEMATIONIS VINDICES. (William
Henry, the Great, and Mary, by the grace of God, Prince and
Princess of Orange, &c., assertors of the Reformation.)
Rev. Religion under the radiated Eye of Providence tramples
upon the emblems of Popery and discord, rests one hand on the
cap of Liberty and an open Bible, lying upon an altar inscribed,
ss f id e s . (The most holy faith.) She holds up a scroll inscribed,
l i t t e r s f a g e l i i . (The letters of Fagel.) Leg. iam
m ih i roma m inax f is t u l a d u l c e c a n it . (Haughty Rome now
sings mildly to me.) E x . r e fo rm a t io a n g l i® mdclxxxvt ii,
(The Reformation of England, 1688.)
2-5. Rapin, i. 3. Yan Loon, III. 348.
MB. At. Rare.
When Zuilestein, who had been sent by William to congratulate
James on the birth of the Prince, returned to
Holland, he brought back with him an invitation signed “ by
a great many Lords, both spiritual and temporal, and by many
gentlemen and other subjects of all ranks,” to place himself at
the head of the Protestant party in England. The reverse
alludes to the mild and seductive Declaration of Liberty of
Conscience, but intimates that the Romish mask of toleration
had not deceived, as Religion is trampling upon the insidious
snake of Discord issuing from the Papal tia ra ; it appeals to
the Bible as open and free to all readers, and to the letters of
Fagel as setting forth the principles of William and the
reformation of abuses in England in 1688.
59. E mbarkation o f W il l ia m o f Ora n g e at H e l v o e t s l u y s .
1 Nov. [0. S.] 1688.
Bust of William III. of Orange, three-quarters, r., hair long,
in lace cravat, armour, and mantle; between Prudence and
Valour, crowning him with laurel. Below, a tablet incusely
inscribed, dat h y o p d e g o lv en t r iu m p h e r e . 1688. (May he
triumph over the waves.) Leg. incuse—
DIT ’s PRINS WILLEM D’l I I WIENS OORLOGHS RAET EN DAET
d ’e e r s t e n ie t b e sw y c k t m a e r v e e l e e r t ’bo v en g a e t .