58. L it e r a r y R e w a r d , L e y d e n . 1689.
Minerva, with spear and shield, and an open book on her
knees, is seated, L, and contemplates three shields hanging
from a tree in the distance, and bearing the arms of Holland,
Nassau, and Leyden. Ex. i. s. (Jan Smeltzing.)
Rev. A wreath of ivy and bay, within which is engraved,
PUBLICA LETIT . EXPED . BRITANN . ORNATISS . ELEGIA . PUB .
RECITANTI . JOANNI JENS H . MUNUSC . GRATULARI . VOLUERUNT
c u r a t . aca d . e t coss . U R Bis l u g d . 1689. (The Curators of
the University and the Burgomasters of the city of Leyden
have desired to present this small gift to John Jens, who has
publicly recited, to the joy of the people, some very excellent
verses in praise of the expedition to Britain, 1689.)
1-9.
MB. electrotype from Hague, lead. Very rare.
This is the usual prize medal given by the University of
Leyden, the inscription being added for the occasion on the
reverse, left blank for the purpose. It was presented on this
occasion to John Jens, as the inscription says, for an Gde on
the expedition to England.
59. W i l l ia m ’s R e s i s t a n c e t o F r a n c e . About May, 1689.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair long, in armour, with
lion’s head on the shoulder, and mantle. Leg. g v il ie l m v s .
I l l . D . G . MAG . BRIT . ERAN . ET . HIB . REX.
Rev. Joshua, in the midst of his victorious army, commands
the Sun to stand still. Leg. u t e t . IOSUA . c u r s u m . SOLIS.
r e t i n e t . (Like Joshua, he also arrests the course of the Sun.)
Ex. 1689. i. l . f . (Jan Luder fecit.)
P95. Rapin, vi. 12. Yan Loon, IV. 7.
MB. iE. cast. Extremely rare.
Louis XIV. chose the Sun as his emblem. William, having
now the power of England at his command, is enabled like
another Joshua to arrest his career. At a public dinner a
French minister proposed as a toast, the Sun his Master, the
Dutch ambassador proposed his chaste mistress the Moon,
Lord Stair immediately proposed England, the Joshua, who
made the Sun and Moon to stand still.
60. S e c u r it y o f B r i t a in . About May, 1689.
Busts conjoined, r., of William and Mary. He, laureate,
hair very long, wears cravat, armour, and George of the
Garter suspended to riband: she is in lace gown and pearl
necklace. Leg. g v il ie l m v s e t m a r ia r e x e t r e g in a b r it a n -
n l e . Below, p. h . m . (Philipp Heinrich Muller.)
Rev. Britannia, holding a cross, scales, cornucopia, and staff
with the cap of Liberty, is seated, I., upon a rock under the
shadow of a united rose and orange tree, amid whose branches
is a crown, and tramples upon emblems of tyranny and anarchy;
behind her a prow and her shield. Leg. a u r e a f l o r ig e r i s
s u c c r e s c u n t po m a r o s e t i s . (Oranges grow upon flower-bearing
rose-trees.) Ex. s e c u r it a s b r it a n n ia e r e s t i t u t a . 1689. (The
security of Britain restored, 1689.) p . h . m . (Philipp Heinrich
Muller.)
Edge, e x t e r n o m a l e p r e s s a iu g o Br it a n n ia p r e d em ,
IN PRISCAS ITERUM RESPIRAT LIBERA LEGES.
(Britain, severely oppressed of late by a foreign yoke, again
breathes free under her ancient laws.) f . k . (Friedrich Kleinert.)
2-15. Rapin, ii. 2. Yan Loon, III. 883. Lochner, III.
33. Old England, II. 248.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, At. P. H. Van Gelder, At.
Vienna, At. St. Petersburg, At. Leipzig, At gilt.
Rare.
Struck at Nuremberg (See No. 50). The reverse is emblematic
of the state of England, who, being liberated from the yoke of
tyranny and slavery, is represented seated in repose under the
protection of .William and Mary.
61. F o r t it u d e a n d P r u d e n c e o f W il l ia m a n d M a r y .
About May, 1689.