in the distance guards and spectators. The monument is
inscribed, b a r t h e l e m i . d e . grandval . avro . lvdovic® o .
PERCVSSOR . EMTYS GVLIELM . I l l . M . BRIT . REG . PRYSTRA .
PERFODERE CONATYS . PARRICIDII . REVS CONVICTVS . EXTREMO .
SVPPLICIO . MULCTATUS EXEMPLYM . SYI . SACRIL . PERFIDI® .
GALLIC.® . TVRPE . RELIQVIT . PARTIB . ET . CAPITE . SYSPENSIS.
Leg. pa r s c e l e r i . (Equal to the crime.) Ex. x i i i . avg .
M.DC.XCII.
P85. Yan Loon, IV. 113.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, lead. Hague, lead. Gotha, JR.
Stockholm, lead. Rare.
Struck in Holland. The inscription on the monument is,
with very slight variations, the same as on No. 287. This
medal is probably the work of Jakob van Dishoecke.
As a series of medals were struck at Paris in honour of
Louis XIV., it was thought fit that his abetting a scheme of
assassination should not be omitted amongst the achievements
of the Grand Monarque. The legend may mean that the
punishment was commensurate with the crime, or sarcastically
that Louis was equal to the commission of the foul deed.
291. R h EINPELS RELIEVED. 169-|.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair very long, no drapery.
Leg. in v ic t is s im v s . g v il l e lm v s . in . Same as Nos. 156, 176.
Rev. The Erench army retiring from before Rheinfels. Leg.
NEC auro . NEC a rm is . (Neither by gold nor arms.) Ex. r h e in -
FEL : ET S . GOAR : OBSIDIO IRRITA . GALLIS PUG : I I JAN : MDCXCIII.
(The fruitless siege of Rheinfels and St. Goar; the French put
to flight, 2 Jan. 1693.)
1*5. Rapin, xiv. 12. Van Loon, IV. 122.
No specimen of this medal has been met with. It was made
by F. D. Winter, who took the type of the reverse from a
medal by Jan Smeltzing (See Van Loon, IV. 122).
In Dec. 1692, after a very protracted campaign, and when
the armies had partially retired into winter quarters, Tallard
re-assembled an army and invested Rheinfels and the neighbouring
town of St. Goar. The siege of the former he was
obliged to abandon after sustaining very heavy losses, and
when the large bribe which he had offered to the governor was
contemptuously refused; so neither by arms nor gold could he
accomplish his object. The raising of the siege commenced
on the 31st Dec. [N. S.] and was accomplished on the 2 Jan.
1693. In 1684 a medal was published upon the taking of
Luxembourg by Louis XIV., with the motto, f e r r o e t avro
(By steel and gold), intimating the double cause of his success
(See Van Loon, III. 292). This medal is a retort, as against
Rheinfels neither were successful.
There are several other medals (Van Loon, IV. 122) relating
to this event, but it is not necessary to describe them here, as
the connexion between this siege and the life of William III.
is scarcely traceable. The reverse of the above medal occurs
with another obverse, which may be described as follows:__
A Lily with the flowers drooping, leaves falling off: above,
the sun concealed by clouds. Leg. nu n c g l o r ia t r a n s it .
(Now its glory vanishes.)
1'9 and 1*5. Van Loon, IV. 122.
MB. M. M.
This medal was struck in two sizes, the smaller one probably
being copied from the larger, which is the work of Jan
Smeltzing.
292. T h e E l e c t o r o p S axony. K n ig h t o p t h e G a r t e r .
1693.
Bust of the Elector of Saxony, r., hair long and high, in
armour, ermine mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder,
riband and George of the Garter. Leg. io h . g eo r g . i v . d
g . dvx . sax . i . c . m . a . & . w . e l e c t . (John George IV.,
by the grace of God, Duke of Saxony, Jiilich, Cleves, Berg
[Montium], Engern, and Westphalia, Elector.) On truncation,
O .f. (Martin Heinrich Omeis fecit.)
Rev. Armorial shield of the Duke of Saxony ensigned with
the Electoral cap, within the Garter, having the motto incuse.