committed by France in Genoa, the Palatinate, and the Spanish
Netherlands are held out as warnings of what might be expected
from any reliance upon French treaties. The date
on the reverse is a blunder, which has been corrected in the
following one.
312. D is t r u s t o f L o u is XIY. 1698.
Louis XIV. seated, I., on a throne, beneath which a snake
and vermin are crawling, is fishing for Belgians with a hook
baited with a scroll inscribed pa x . Minerva cautions them by the
Leg. n e c r e d it s b e l g i . (Believe it not, Belgians.), and assures
them in the Ex. a l iq u is l a t e t e r r o r . (Some deception is concealed.)
The Belgians show themselves aware of the treachery
by pointing to a traitor whose back is marked by a fleur-de-lis,
and upon whose head snakes are discovered by the falling off
of his fool’s cap ; while a snake is coiled round a heart in his
hand.
Rev. An altar, decorated with the Belgic arrows, &c.; same
as the preceding, but with the date correct, m d c x c i i i .
2'2. Van Loon, IV. 153. Lochner, II. 318.
MB. At. Hague, At. Leyden, At. P. H. Van
Gelder, At. Brussels, At. Rare.
This is another satire on the attempts of Louis to delude
the confederates into separate treaties of peace. The legend
on the obverse is adapted from Virgil, Aen. ii. 48.
313. D u k e o f S a x e -G o t h a . R e t u r n f r om E n g la n d .
30 Aug. [N. S.] 1693.
A wintry landscape; sun setting behind a hill. Leg. t e non
p r a e s e n t e r ig em v s . (In your absence we congeal.)
Rev. The English ship Catharine. Leg. b r e v i c e r tvm qvo
fa t a f e r a n t . (It will soon be known where his fate will carry
him.) Ex. Katherine, 1693. c. w. (Christian Wermuth.)
Edge, f r id e r ic o . d v c i saxoniae e x a n g l ia f e l ic it e r r e -
d e v n t i . a n n o . M.DC.xcin. (To Frederick, Duke of Saxony, on
his happy return from England in the year 1693.)
1-55. Tentzel, II. PI. 73, xi.
Dresden, At. Gotha, At. Very rare.
This medal was struck in gold, silver, copper, and pewter.
(See Wermuth’s Catalogue, 1698, No. 81; p. 28.)
Frederick II., Duke of Saxe-Gotha, before he was of age
to assume the government of his country, travelled with his
brother in Holland and England, and his return home was
celebrated with great festivities and commemorated by medals.
The Catherine was the name of the ship in which the Duke
sailed from England.
314. D u k e o f S a x e -G o th a . R e t u r n fr om E n g la n d .
30 Aug. [N. S.] 1693.
■ A starry sky, amidst which are, as constellations, F crowned
within the Saxon garland of rue: on one side, the horse of
Luneburg; on the other, the harp of England; above, the
shield of Saxony; Underneath is the city of Gotha. Leg.
v id im v s s t e l l a s n o m in is e iv s in Or ie n t e . (We have seen
the stars of his name in the East.—1^comp. St. Matth. ii. 2.)
Rev. Inscription, in m em or iam f a v s t i r e d it v s e x a n g l ia
TRIPLICIQ . BELGIO FRIDERICI TRANSMARINI D . G DVCIS SAXON .
IVL . OLIV . MONT . ANGAR . ET WESTPH . MOX PATRIS PATRIAE .
m .d c .x c i i i . h i . kal . s e p t . (In memory of the happy return
from England and the triple Belgium of Frederick travelling
beyond the seas, by the grace of God, Duke of Saxony, Jülich,
Cleves, Berg, Engern, and Westphalia, and soon to be Father of
his country, 30 Aug. 1693.) is. w. (Christian Wermuth.)
1-55. Tentzel, II. PI. 73, xii.
MB. At. Gotha, M . . Very rare.
This nredal was designed by Erhard Weigel, Mathematical
Professor in Jena, who, haying found a globe whereon the
constellations were- represented by the badges of various princes,
placed here in connexion those of the Duke of Saxony, Luneburg,
and England, in token of the friendship of the princes