95. J e a l o u s y o f L e i o e s t e b i n B e lg i u m . 1586.
A Belgian frightened at the smoke falls into the fire. Leg.
f v g i e n s . fvm vm . i n c i d i t . i n . ig n em . 86. (Avoiding the smoke
he falls into the fire, 1586.) m. m. Cinquefoil or rose.
Rev. An ape, amidst her young ones, hugs one to death.
Leg. LIBERTAS . NE . ITA , CHARA . VT . SIMIffi . CATVLI. (Let not
liberty be as dear to us as its cubs to an ape.) to. 7i'i. Cinquefoil
or rose.
1‘15. Luckius, 300.
MB. M.
A counter, not uncommon. The Belgians, to establish their
liberty, sought the aid of Elizabeth, and gave Leicester such
power, that they became jealous and suspicious of his establishing
a sovereignty for himself. In this counter they satirize
themselves, as having, from fear of Spanish smoke, fallen into
Leicester’s fire; and as having strangled their liberties in their
excessive fondness, as an ape from extreme affection sometimes
squeezes its offspring to death. It has been said that these
pieces were issued as a retort upon Leicester for the reproof
conveyed to them by his medals (Nos. 100-103), but these were
issued first, and were one mode of expressing that disapprobation,
which provoked his departure and reproof,
96. J e a l o u s y o f L e i c e s t e r i n B e lg i u m . 1586.
Another; similar, but more full of details, to. to. on obverse,
Cross ; on reverse, Lion rampant.
1- 1.
MB. At. Bodley, At.
Cast.
97. J e a l o u s y o f L e i c e s t e r i n B e lg i u m . 1587.
Another; similar, but of neater execution, and dated in full,
1587. to. to. on both sides, Cinquefoil or rose.
1-2.
Van Loon, I. p. 368, gives one of this year with the to. to. a
Lion rampant, but of the same type as No. 95.
98. M a r y , Q u e e n o f S c o t s . B e h e a d e d , 1587.
Bust of Mary, r., wearing cap, ruff, and cloak with deep fur
collar, and fastened with brooch. Leg. m a r i a . s c o t o r u m .
R e g in a . On truncation, i n . mo n . w e s t . (In Westminster
Abbey.)
Rev. Inscription, n a t a 7 d e c . m d x l h . g a l l h e r e g . 1559.
IN SCOTIAM REDIT 1561 . DARNLiEO NUPTA 1565 . ET BOTHUELLO
1567 . IN ANGLIAM FVGIT 1568 . DECAPITATA 7 FEB . MDLXXXVn.
e t . x l t v . (Born 7 Dec. 1542; Queen of France, 1559;
returned to Scotland, 1561; married Darnley, 1565, and Both-
well, 1567; fled to England, 1568; beheaded, 7 Feb. 1587,
aged 44.)
2-15.
B. W. Cochran-Patrick, A3.
One of Tassie’s series of Portraits of Scottish Sovereigns
(See No. 2, p. 13). The portrait is taken from the recumbent
figure of Mary on her tomb in Westminster Abbey.
99. P r o t e s t a n t s s u p p o r t e d i n B e lg i u m . 1587.
Elizabeth, seated facing, on her throne, tramples on a hydra :
Leicester, with his foot on its tail, seizes her robe imploringly ;
five naked boys, kneeling and bearing the shields of Guelder-
land, Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, and Friesland, indicate the Provinces
for which he intercedes. Leg. d e o . o p t . m a t . l a v s . e t .
h o n o r . i n . o e . s u m . q v o d . (To the best and greatest God
be praise and honour for ever, because.) Ex. 1587. to. to.
Bose.
Rev. Pope, bishops and other ecclesiastics, with chalice,
wafers, &e., falling from heaven, where appears the name of
Jehovah in Hebrew. Leg. q v em . d e v s . c o n f i c i e t . s p i r i t v .
o r i s . svi. (Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of
his mouth.—2 These, ii. 8.) Stops on both sides, crosses
saltire.