the Papacy in the kingdom. The lobster alludes to the Jesuits,
because the founder of their Order having accidentally dropped
his Bible into the sea, was presented with it the next morning,
as he was walking upon the heacli, by a lobster. Those who
disputed the legitimacy of the Prince’s birth declared he was
the son of a miller, hence his arms, and the ornament on his
head. The collar, the badge, and the cap are derived from the
Jesuit advisers of the King, and the motto denounces shame
to those who think well of this matter. The Queen and
the Prince, under the protection and care of Antonin, Comte
de Lauzun, left Gravesend on the 9th Dec. [0. S.] and landed
at Calais two days later.
72. F l ig h t o f P r in c e J am e s. 9 Dec. [0 . S.] 1688.
This medal occurs also with a slightly different die for the
reverse, in which the motto reads, h o n y . so it . qv i . non . y .
p e n s e . (Shame to him who does not think of this.)
1-25.
MB. At. Stockholm, At. Cassel, At. Yery rare.
Also struck at Gotha, and, like the previous one, a satire
upon the birth and flight of the young Prince.
73. F l ig h t o f P r in c e J am e s . 9 Dec. [0. S.] 1688.
Belgium armed and hearing the shield of William III. of
Orange is welcomed by Britannia, whose dress is richly ornamented
with roses and thistles; near her is her crowned shield
and a column decorated wjth lions’ heads as a capital, and surmounted
by the cap of Liberty. In the distance, William’s
fleet. AboYe, beams from heaven. Leg. m . b r it . e x p .
nav ba t . l ib . r e s t . a s s e r t a . (Great Britain delivered,
restored, and supported by the naval expedition of the Dutch.)
Rev. An eagle casting a young bird out of a nest, built
on the top of a rock, and in which two eaglets remain. In
the distance, William’s fleet. Leg. in d ig n u m e i ic i t . (It
ejects the unworthy one.) A wreath of roses and oranges
forms a border.
2-8. Yan Loon, III. 367.
MB. At. Hague, At. P. H. Van Gelder, At.
Gotha, At. Brussels, At. Bare.
High relief, of good but peculiar workmanship, and struck in
Holland. Britain retained the two daughters of James II.,
Mary and Anne, so two eaglets are kept in the nest, but another
bird, a gosling, is rejected, as a type of the young Prince,
here considered a changeling.
74. A b d ic a t io n o f J am e s II. 11 Dec. [0. S.] 1688.
Britannia, holding her spear and shield, is seated at the foot
of a rock, by the side of a fountain, near which is a caduceus ;
before her are two infant genii with a globe, on which one is
74. Abdication of James II.
drawing three crowns reversed and the name of iacobvs ; the
other is playing with the fragments of a broken fasces ; beneath
the globe are three sceptres : ship in the distance. Leg. qvia
vnvs a b e s t . (Because one is absent.) Ex. Br it a n n ia .