as he could not speak German, he replied in the Latin distich,
which forms the legend on the reverse. The account of this
festival, as given in the London Gazette, 26 Oct. 1707, differs
slightly from that in the Thes. Num., and relates that the
distich formed the conclusion of the speech made by the orator
of the sport in honour of the British Envoy, the king of the
solemnity. To commemorate this event, Queen Anne directed
this medal to be struck in gold. The dies, however, broke,
and four only were completed ; one was sent to Dresden by the
Queen, attached to a gold chain, and presented to the Society
of Archers.
The letters are the initials of Queen Anne and Augustus
Duke of Saxony; rue is the national plant of Saxony, as the
rose and thistle are of England and Scotland. The words of
the legend on the obverse were used because they all begin
with the letter A. The ancient Saxons were the ancestors of
the English, and the two countries were now united in sentiment
and arms.
127. L e r id a t a k e n , 1707.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, no drapery. Leg. l u b o -
VICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.
Rev. A warrior plants the French standard upon a rock,
and casts down the Genius of Lerida, who loses her mural
crown and shield, and clings to a broken column. Leg. nova
g l o r ia . (New glory.) Ex. il e r b a ex pu g n a ta . x i . n o v em b r is
m .b c c .v h . (Lerida taken, 11 Nov. 1707.)
2-9. Med. Louis XIV., fol. 304. Van Loon, V. 85. '
As no specimen of this medal in this size has been met with,
it is probably, as in the case of others already described, only
an enlarged copy of the following one.
■ In the beginning of September, 1707, the Duke of Orléans
advanced against Lerida, which surrendered, after a vigorous
resistance, on the upon véry favourable conditions, and
the garrison was conducted to the army of the Allies. The
broken column represents the early successes of the Allies,
now ineffectual.
f Bust of Louis XIV., r . ; similar to the preceding, but under
the bust the monogram of t b . (Thomas Bernard.)
^ Rev. A warrior plants the French standard upon a rock, &c.;
similar to the preceding. Leg. nova g l o r ia . E x . il e r b a -
ex pu g n a ta . xi . nov . MBCcvn. On the rock, B. V. (Jean
Du Vivier.)
1-6.
MB, At. M.
This belongs to the smaller series of French historical medals
of Louis XIV. The obverses of the specimens in silver and
copper are from different dies, that in copper having no artist’s
initials.
129. T h e S il e s ia n C h u r c h e s r e l i e v e s . 1708.
^ Busts, facing each other, of Anne, crowned, lovelock on the
right shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front, and of
Charles XII. of Sweden, in armour with lion’s head ’on the
shoulder, and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder.
Leg. ANNA B . G . M . BRIT . REGINA. CAROL9 XII . B . G . REX SVEC.
Ex. IN SPONSION., p a c if . r e l ig . s i l e s . (On the guarantee of
the pacification of religion in Silesia.) On the truncations
c. w. (Christian Wermuth.)
Rev. Justice and Beligion, seated, joining hands: behind are
seen m . b e r g (Miinsterberg), w o h la u , b r e s l a u , b r ie g , and
l ig n it z , cities of s il e s ia ; above are two hands united by a
third, amidst rays issuing from clouds and a triangle with
tongues of flames. Leg.^~
t r e s r eg vm s c h l e s ia m b e c o r a n t bvm l v m in e b e x t r a e
IVNGERE QVIS BVBITET IVSQVE FIBEMQVE MANVS.
(While the right hands of three monarchs adorn Silesia with
light, who can doubt that Justice and Religion will unite
hands.) Ex. f e l ic it e r p e r a c t . a? m b c c v h i. (Happily accomplished
in the year 1708.)
1-75. Rapin, v. 1. Van Loon, V. 70. Thes, Num. 859.