(A pacificator should be stern not gentle, m d c c v i i i i i i = 1711.)'
In the other half is a plank balanced on a winged globe, marked
sc h u k . s c h u k '. s c h u k ., and covered with a row of bottles; at
the lower end is an Ape drinking the gurgling wine, and
uttering the words s c h l u c k , s c h l u c k , sc h lu c k , and at the other
end a Cock holding a palm branch, playing on a harp, and
singing gltjck, gLu c k , g l u c k . Before it is the Trojan Horse,
with the Holy Lamb beneath and a Box in front holding a
sword. Leg. Chronogrammatic. IM b e L L e s f r V st ra sV aD e n t
b e L L a . (The weak in vain counsel war, m d l l l l v v i = 1711.)
p. w. (P. Wermuth ?)
1‘7. Bapin, ix. 10. Van Loon, V. 208.
MB. At. Extremely rare.
This and the five following medals were struck at Gotha:
some are described in Christian Wermuth’s Catalogue of 1718.
The initials of the artist on the reverse may be those of a son
of Wermuth.
England was clandestinely treating with Brance, and was
threatening Holland to conclude a separate peace. The medal
therefore hints that, should the terms proposed by. England be
distasteful to Holland, that country would not accept them,'
but would dictate her own conditions. The Lion and the
Leopard represent the Peace and War parties, the Tories
and Whigs, in London, which is so written as to intimate
that all is wrong there. The Brench Cock sings out peace, but
the legend infers that peace is riot to be attained by weak
measures; the Whigs, therefore, take no part in the negotiations
with Brance. On the other half the Cock plays upon
the English Harp, and amuses the English Ape with the
champagne, which Louis XIV. most liberally presented to the
English negotiators, together with 800 licences for free trade
for English merchants. At the same time with its palm branch
it is checking the treacherous Trojan Horse with its deceitful
loading, g lu c k is used to coax the Horse to it, as a hen
“ clucks ” her chickens: at the same time it is an expression
of good luck, and Louis had good cause for chuckling, for
“ What a Marlborough had won yvas restored by a Harley.”
The chronogrammatic legends give the dates 1711 and 1712 ;
this medal was probably struck at the beginning of the latter
year. The date upon the obverse was originally 12 Jan., on
which day the Congress was to have met ; the figures 29 were
afterwards stamped upon each medal, as on that day the
Congress actually did assemble. The whole medal exhibits thé
very bitter feeling which existed in Germany at the time against
England, and which was more clearly marked as the negotiations
proceeded.
249. D ouay t a k e n , and t h e C o n g r e s s a t U t r e c h t . 1712.
Louis XIV., seated upon a powder barrel amidst piles of
arms within his tent, rests his elbow on his shield and slumbers
; Anne, like another Dalilah, cuts off his hair. Eugene
and Marlborough, as two Philistines, are ready to rush upon
him and to bind him with cords. In the distance is Douay
bombarded. Leg. p h i l i s t e r ü b e r d i r s im s o n . E x . p o s t
VARIAS VRBES ET DVACVM GALLIS EREPTVM D . 27 . IVN . 1710.
Similar to No. 217.
Rev. The city of Utrecht, u l t r a je c t u m , &c. ; same as the
obverse of the preceding, but the date in the exergue is x n . ia n .
1-7.
MB. electrotype from Gotha, Æ. Extremely rare.
This medal consists of the obverses of two separate ones :
one commemorating the taking of Douay, the other the Congress
at Utrecht. On the obverse dvavam has been changed
by engraving into dvacvm, and the date given on the reverse is
the original one which was fixed for the meeting of the Congress.
(See the preceding medal.)
250. V ic t o r ie s o f A n n e , and t h e C o n g r e s s a t U t r e c h t .
1712.
Louis XIV., gouty, his legs bandaged, supported by sticks, is
compelled to dance to the sound of the harp, played by Anne.
Leg. 31 faut g’accommobcr aiti Sames. Ex. lu d o v ic 9 . magn9 . anna
il l o m ajo r . Same as the reverse of No. 217.