return home, renounce his claim, and repay what he had
taken. The terminations of the Latin verbs as well as the
a r ia itself signify the town of Aire. The note so l , also marked
in the musical notation, refers to Louis XIY. under the form
of his emblem, the Sun. Ten unsatisfactory victories, i.e.,
defeats, and ten years of discord, alluded to on the reverse, aré
sufficient to grate upon the ears of France, and to induce her, by
her emblem the Sun, to set or shelter herself behind the music
book, and to sing the air which is marked with the notes referring
to the inscription above, SOL FA LA MI. (Sol [is] calamitas.)
Gertruydenberg was deaf, or rather France was deaf, to these
notes of despair, because she would not listen to the negotiations
for peace which were carried on at that place early in this year.
The allusion of the inscription on the edge is obscure; perhaps
it sarcastically intimates that Louis was bribing the Allies to a
peace by allowing them to possess themselves of the treasures of
Spain, or else, not having any money left in his own Treasury,
he would procure from Spain the necessary means for bribing
the Allies.
222. S u c c e s s e s o f t h e A l l ie s in t h e N e t h e r l a n d s .
1710.
The Belgic Lion, I., holds a cord which unites the shields of
England, the Empire, and Holland: in the distance is a fleet.
Leg. PALMA . GAUDENS . ET . AMICTA . TROPjEIS . VICTORIA . CLAU-
d ia n . 3 . s t il . (Victory, decked with palm and clothed with
trophies.—comp. Claud. De. I I . Cons. Stilich, 205.)
Rev. Pallas, armed, is seated, amidst piles of captured arms,
on a pedestal inscribed d o u a ii, b e t h u n e , s . v en a n t , a r ie n !
(Douay, Bethune, St. Venant, Aire); in the distance is’a battle
and a triumphal arch. Leg. s p o l h s q u e . m ic a n t e s . in n ú m e r
o s . a r cu s . m dc cx. (Numberless arches glittering with spoils
1710.—Claud. De VI. Cons. Honor. 50, 51.)
3-4. Van Loon, V. 171.
No specimen of this medal, which was executed in Holland
has been met with. It intimates that Holland was the means
of keeping the three confederates united, whereas the action of
the United Provinces at this moment threatened the dissolution
of the confederacy. The reverse commemorates the events of
the campaign of 1710, and alludes to triumphal arches. This
allusion is only figurative, as, although such erections were
frequent in Holland, it does not appear that any were constructed
at this period.
223. S u c c e s s e s o f E u g e n e and M a r l b o r o u g h . 1710.
Busts, facing each other, of Eugene and Marlborough, hair
long, both in armour and scarf; Eugene wears the collar and
badge of the Golden Fleece, and Marlborough the collar of the
Garter with the George. Leg. e v g e n iv s . fr a n c . dvx . sabavd.
* io h a n n e s . dvx . d . m ar lb . s . r . i . p . * Similar to No.
198.
Rev. Five compartments: one, with a castral crown, shows
the passing of the French lines of La Bassee at Pont-a-Vendin
and Courrieres; the other four, murally crowned, represent
DOVAY, BETHVNE, S . VENANT, and ARIEN. Leg. MVNIMENTA
occvpata. (Fortresses occupied.) Ex. mdccx.
Edge, armorvm fo e d e r a t o r v m fr v c t v s . (The fruits of the
Allied arms.)
1-75. Bapin, ix. 6. Van Loon, V. 171. Lochner, I.
257.M
B. 2R. Gotha, At. Bare.
This medal is by Georg Hautsch, his private mark, a star,
occurring twice in the circle of the legend on the obverse.
It commemorates the successes of Eugene and Marlborough
during the campaign of 1710. They had begun with the
forcing of the enemy’s lines and the capture of the important
town of Douay; but on account of the skilful manner in which
Villars disposed his troops and constructed his trenches, they
were unable to effect anything more of great importance.
They therefore had to content themselves with the sieges of the
other places mentioned on this medal. The fruits of their
arms during this year were not so great as those of previous
ones.