(The public security and the happy re-establishment of affairs.)
s. c. d . (By order of the Senate of Deventer.)
2-25. Rapin, xv. 8. Van Loon, IY. 148.
MB. ill. Extremely rare.
This medal is by B. Arondeaux. The type and legend,
imitated from the antique, are intended to symbolize the commencement
of a revival of an sera of prosperity. In former
years France had conquered half of Holland, Flanders, and
Franche-Comte without a battle, whereas now she could not,
with her utmost efforts and after the most signal victories, pass
the frontiers of the United Provinces. William is therefore
represented with a trophy of French arms, standing near the
Khine, whilst Mary, to whom the preservation of England was
committed during his absence, has under her feet a figure of
the Thames.
310. D i s t r u s t o f L o u is XIY. 1693.
Bust of William III., r., hair long, in armour with stud on
the breast, and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder.
Leg. WILHEL . I l l . D . G . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HLB . REX.
Below, I . s. (Jan Smeltzing.) Same as No. 41.
Rev. A pair of scales suspended from clouds ; one end, filled
with ships and with a label inscribed, g a l l . c la s s . d e l . AC .
in c . (The French fleet destroyed and burnt), is weighed to the
ground; near it a trident, decorated with caduceus, cornucopia,
and naval crown, and around the inscription, im p e r m a r is (The
empire of the sea); the other end, filled with fortifications of
cities, from which issue scrolls inscribed, r o s e s , f u r n a , h e id e l -
b u r g a , and namur cum, the names of towns captured by the
French, is in vain attempted to be pulled down by Louis, who
is represented with a wooden leg, and his head covered with
snakes, and from whose mouth proceed the words pax in d ie b .
n o s t r is . (Peace in our days.) On a cushion on the ground
are two united hands entwined by the serpent of Discord. Ex,
s e c u r iu s BELLUM pa c e d u b ia . MDCXCin. (War is safer than a
dubious peace, 1693.)
2-15. Rapin, xv. 4. Van Loon, IV. 153.
MB. M. cast. Hunter, At. Hague, At. Brussels, At.
Very rare.
Though France had been victorious in the field, she reaped
no solid advantage; her resources were exhausted, the population
discontented, and actual famine was slaying multitudes.
Louis tried every means to negotiate a peace separately with
the various powers, but each and all were unwilling to trust
him, satisfied that war was safer than a dubious peace, and
that Europe would never be at peace till France was quite
humbled. The medal intimates too that the empire of the
sea in the hands of England and Holland was of greater weight
than the towns captured by France, notwithstanding the efforts
of a crippled army.
311. D is t r u s t o f L o u is XIV. 1693.
Bust of William III., r., hair long, &c.; same as the preceding.
Rev. An altar, decorated with the Belgic arrows ; on it lies
the Bible and the cap of Liberty;, over it a hand holds a
sword entwined by a label inscribed, a n im is o p ib u sq : pa r a t i.
(Prepared with courage and means.—Virg. Aen. ii. 799.) A
branch of laurel, with a serpent and manacles amongst the
leaves, falls to the ground. Above are rays from heaven, and
in the distance, g en u a , pa l a t in : r h e n i , b e l g : h i s p . (Genoa,
Palatinate of the Rhine, Spanish Netherlands.) Leg. f e l ix
q u em fa c iu n t a l ie n a p e r ic : ca utum. (Happy he whom another’s
dangers make cautious.) Ex. s e c u r iu s b e l l u m pa c e
d u b ia M D e c v n n (sic). (War is safer than a dubious peace, 1709.)
2 ‘2. Rapin, xv. 7. Van Loon, IV. 153.
MB. At. Hague, lead. P. H. Van Gelder, At.
Brussels, At. Very rare.
This medal symbolizes. Holland strong in religion, liberty,
her union, and her arms, amid the fostering rays of heaven;
safer, thus prepared, than in an insidious peace with discord
and slavery concealed amidst its conditions. The barbarities