2-2. Nisbet’s System of Heraldry, I. PI. 6, and p. 199.
Num. Chron. N.S. XX. PI. xii. 2.
MB. At gilt. Advocates, Ait. Extremely rare.
A project for establishing a colony in the Isthmus of Darien
was enthusiastically embraced in Scotland, and two successive
parties, of about 1,200 persons each, proceeded to the proposed
settlement. Famine and disease had diminished their numbers
and destroyed their spirits, when Captain Campbell arrived
with a party from his own estate, whom he had commanded in
Flanders. Finding that 1,600 Spaniards were encamped at
Toubucan, waiting the arrival of a squadron of eleven ships,
when they intended to attack the new settlers, he determined
to strike the first blow, and to take them by surprise. He
advanced rapidly with 200 men, stormed their entrenchments,
and drove them before him with great slaughter. The settlers,
however, could not stand against the accumulated force of the
Spaniards, and capitulated, after a stout resistance, upon
highly honourable terms. When Captain Campbell returned to
Scotland, the African Company of Scotland presented him with
this medal in gold, and a grant was made to him of supporters
to his arms, a Spaniard and an Indian, and an inescutcheon of
the arms of the Company.
530. T h e S ec o n d P a r t it io n T r e a t y b r o k e n . 1700.
A Cock, plucking the Golden Fleece, placed upon the stump
of a tree, drives away the Belgic Lion and the British Leopard.
Leg. la b o r a l it is a u f e r t . (The exertion of the bird carries
off the prize.) Ex, n . pa ig n o n . 1700.
Rev. A ship in full sail before the wind; an eye at the mast
head. Leg. p r e m ie r co rp s d e s m ar ch a n ds d e p a r is . (First
company of the merchants of Paris.)
1-15. Van Loon, IV. 315.
MB. At. Cassel, At. Very rare.
The death of the Electoral Prince of Bavaria put an end to
the arrangements of the First Partition Treaty, and a new one
was completed without delay or difficulty, Louis XIV. entirely
concurring, but at the same time making every arrangement to
break it. When the King of Spain died, Louis accepted the
crown of Spain for his grandson, and France applauded the
conduct of her King, and by the eye upon the mast intimated
the opinion that he had been guided by prudence. England
and Holland remonstrated, but France seized the Golden Fleece
in spite of their discontent. Nicolas Paignon was Prevot of
the merchants of Paris, for whom this piece was struck.
531. T h e S ec o n d P a r t it io n T r e a t y b r o k e n . 1700.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, no drapery. Leg. lv d o -
v icv s . magnvs . r e x . Below, t . b . (Thomas Bernard.)
Rev. A Cock, plucking the Golden Fleece, &c.; similar to
the obverse of the preceding. Ex. Arabesque ornament in
place of name and date.
1-05.
MB. M . M. Preux, M . Bare.
There are several varieties of this counter. One has the
initial r . (Henri Koussel) under the bust, which is laureate,
and another exhibits a smaller head of the King, without the
artist s initials, and with a slightly different ornament in the
exergue. They are probably imitations of the previous and
following one, issued at Nuremberg as counters.
532. T h e S ec o n d P a r t it io n T r e a t y b r o k e n . 1700.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, in mantle. Leg. ludovtcus
MAGNUS REX. Below, monogram of t . b . (Thomas Bernard.)
Rev. A Cock, perched upon the Golden Fleece, hung across
the bianch of a tree, resists the attack of the Belgic Lion, the
Biitish Leopard, and the German Eagle. Leg. m e cu sto d e
t u t u m . (Safe under my protection.)
1-1.
MB. At. Very rare, ■
Spain threw herself into the arms of France at this juncture,
and Louis assured her he would protect her. There are also
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