(The Quadruple Alliance is incomplete, the Republic of Holland
vigorously and prudently delaying, 1720.)
2-25. Yan Loon, Suppl. vii. 69.
MB. JR. Very rare.
The Quadruple Alliance was formed by Austria, England,,
France, and the United Provinces, to repel the ambitious
views of Spain, and to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht. The
Provinces, after much delay, very reluctantly listened to the
persuasion of England, and joined the Alliance. This medal is
said to have been struck in Holland by the party which disliked
the proposed alliance, and applauded the hesitation which delayed
its completion.
63. J a m e s ( H I . ) , E l d e r P r e t e n d e r . A p p e a l a g a i n s t t h e
H o u s e of H a n o v e r . 1721.
Bust of Prince James, r., hair long, in armour with a sun
upon the breast, and mantle tied in a knot on the shoulder.
Leg. vnica sa lvs . (The only safeguard.)
Rev. The Hanoverian Horse trampling upon the Lion and
the Unicorn; Britannia, seated, deploring their misfortune;
fugitives carrying off their goods, and London in the distance.
Leg. qvid . gravtvs . c a pta . (What more grievous than being
in captivity.) Ex. m dc c x x i.
2. Cochran-Patrick, Scott. Med., PI. xiii. 4.
MB. At. Not uncommon.
This medal was executed by Otto Hamerani, when great
exertions were being made secretly to raise troops and to supply
arms to insurgents in Britain in order that another effort
might he made to replace the Stuarts upon the throne. It was
intended for distribution among the Jacobites. The mysterious
suppression of the Prince’s name increased the interest of hii?
cause, and the treatment of the British supporters, deemed by
the party to be the symbols of the Stuarts only, was calculated
to fan the flame of indignation against the House of
Hanover.
64. M a t t h ew P r io r . Died, 18 Sept. 1721.
Bust of Prior, I., in cap, vest, and shirt with collar open.
Leg. n eo . e l a tv s . n eo . d e j e c t v s . (Neither elated nor dejected.)
No reverse.
3. (See Woodcut.)
64. Medal of Matthew Prior.
MB. JR. Extremely rare.
This medal is embossed and chased, in very high relief and
of inferior workmanship.
Matthew Prior, poet, statesman, and diplomatist, born 21
July, 1662, was educated at Westminster and Cambridge. In
1690, through his patron, the Earl of Dorset,'he was appointed
Secretary to the Embassy which was sent in that year to the
Congress at the Hague. He was again employed as Secretary
to the English negotiators at the Treaty of Ryswick, in 1697,