Underneath is a coffin inscribed with the monogram of w e and
MONVMENTVM . GVIL . MAX . EEGIS BBITANL®. (The tomb of
■William, the very Great, King of Britain) ; out of it project
arms, and on it lie the crown, orb, and four sceptres of
England. Leg. c o e a n t i n f o e d e e a d e x t j e (sic). (May their
right hands unite in confederacy.— Virg. Aen. xi, 292.)
1‘45. , Yan Loon, IV. 391.
MB. jE. Very rare.
France rejoiced extravagantly at the death of William III.,
and immediately endeavoured to detach the States from the
general confederacy against her. This medal, executed in
Holland, exhorts the Confederates to unite over the tomb of
the deceased King in maintaining his warlike policy, and
warns them not to be seduced by the hypocritical conduct of
Louis, who is represented by a crocodile, an animal which is
said to allure travellers within its reach by moaning like a
child in distress. It is also said to weep over its victims.
Crocodiles’ tears are thus symbolical of treachery and deceit.
13. D e c l a b a t i o n o f W a b w i t h F e a n c e a n d S p a in .
tV May, 1702.
Peace, facing, holding olive branch and ring. Leg. Across
the field, a vw e y d e e f b i e d h a t s c h o n e i n c ( l ) h [ lo c h ] 1700.
(Alas ! the peace has already a hole.)
Rev. Inscription, a uw e y , a tjw e y , a uw e y , a uw e y , e y sw ic k -
c s h e b f b i e d 1s t g a e e n t z w e y . 1702. (Alas, alas, alas, alas,
the Peace of Byswick is indeed broken, 1702.) In the centre
is a ring.
1-4. Yan Loon, IV. 358. Thes. Num. 173.
No specimen has been met with.
This medal refers to the danger which threatened the peace
of Europe by the action of Louis XIY. with regard to the
Spanish Succession in 1700, and to the actual declaration of
war with France and Spain by England and the other Confederates
on the May, 1702. In the Declaration of Anne the
grounds alleged for hostilities were the encroachments of Franco
in Spain and in Italy and on the high seas, and the insult
offered to England by Louis XIV. in declaring “ the Pretended
Prince of Wales, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.”
The letter o in the word l o c h is supplied by the ring which
Peace holds in her left hand, and which encircles the letter l ,
and the ring on the reverse has the same signification as the
whole word. This piece is a rejoinder to one struck at the
Peace of Byswick, and figured in Van Loon, IV. 255. (See
No. 491, p. 188.)
14. A n n e a n d P e in c e G e o e g e o f D e nm ab k .
21 May, 1702.
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet, lovelock on the left
shoulder, ear-ring, necklace, in gown and mantle fastened with
brooch in front. Leg. a n n a . d : g : mag : b e : f b a : e t . h ib .
EEGINA,
Rev. Bust of Prince George, I., profusion of hair, in armour
and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Leg. g e o :
d a n : p e : m : adm : e t . d v x . sv p : a n g l l e . (George, Prince of
Denmark, High Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of England.)
1-65. Bapin, i. 3. Van Loon, IV. 346. Thes. Num.
168.
MB. At. (two varieties), M. ' Not rare.
Executed by John Croker. Two dies were prepared for
striking the obverse of this medal; they are easily distinguished
by the absence on one of them of the ear-ring. On
17 April, 1702, the Queen invested her husband, George, Prince
of Denmark, with the title of Generalissimo of all her forces by
sea and land, and soon afterwards, on 21 May, he was made
Lord High Admiral of England and Ireland.
15. N im e g u e n b e l i e v e d . -j~- June, 1702.
A female figure, Nimeguen, facing towards I, and wearing
a cap of Liberty, holds a book with three seals and the shield
of Minerva ; her left foot tramples on the serpent of Discord :