previous year (See No. 311) is here likened to the destruction
of Perillus, who perished in his own brazen bull, which he had
invented for the burning of the victims of Phalaris, tyrant of
Agrigentum, and which was so constructed that the cries of the
tortured resembled the bellowings of the animal.
322. H a v r e b om b a r d e d , July, 1694.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair long, in armour,
with lion’s head in front and straps on the shoulder, and
mantle with fringe round the breast. Leg. w il h e lm v s . m .
D . G . MAG . BRIT . FRANC . ET . HIB . REX. Below, I . BOSEAM . F.
Same as No. 288.
Rev. Brazen bull amid flames, &c.; same as the preceding.
2-35. Van Loon, IV. 166.
MB. JR. Rare-
323. T h e F r e n c h C oast b om b a r d e d . Sept. 1694.
William III., habited as a Roman general, holds a fulmen in
his right hand. Leg. io v i t o n a n t i. (To Jove, the Thunderer.)
Ex. GUILIELMO H I . D . G . M . BRITANN . REGI.
Rev. Ships bombarding various towns on the French coast,
under a meridian sun. Leg. u r b e s a s p ic it a c c e n sa s® n e c
ta n to s s u s t in e t A3 STL s. (He beholds the cities in flames, and
cannot bear so great a heat.—comp. Ovid, Met. ii. 227, 228.)
Ex. VIBRATA IN MARITIMAS GALLUE URBES FULMINA . 1694.
(Thunder hurled against the maritime towns of France.)
Edge, vangionvm n em e t vm q v e v r b e s v l c is c it v r a n g lv s ,
DISCE TIMERE GRAVES NVNC LVDOVICE VICES.
(The Briton avenges the cities of Worms and Spires; learn
now, Louis, to dread severe vicissitudes.) f . k . (Friedrich
Kleinert.)
1-75. Van Loon, IV. 167.
MB. M. (edge plain), At
This medal was also struck in wood for use as a draughtsman.
It commemorates the bombardment of Dunkirk, Calais,
and other places along the coast of France, by a squadron
under Sir Cloudesley Shovel, which diverted a very large
French force, and thereby weakened the main French army.
William is represented as Jupiter in his character of the
Thunderer, or punisher of the guilty. On the reverse Louis is
the false sun or Phaethon beholding the cities in flames, and
unable to bear the heat occasioned by his own bad management.
In 1689 Louis burnt and destroyed Worms, Spires, and many
other places which he had no longer the power to retain.
324. T h e F r e n c h C oast b om b a r d e d . Sept. 1694.
A cock lying on its back, and being bitten by a mouse.
Leg. in two lines—
VENERVNT GALLI . MISERI REDIERE CAPONES
QVIS CASTRAVIT EOS . MVSCVLVS VNVS ERAT.
(They came as cocks [the French] and returned wretched
capons. Who emasculated them ? It was one little mouse.)
Ex. fo e d v s avgvstanvm pr o lo n g a tym . (The treaty of Augsburg
prolonged.)
Rev. Pallas standing and pointing to a ship bombarding;
before her is Louis XIV., who, kneeling, averts his face from
her shield, which bears the Gorgon’s head. Leg. t e r r o r
max im vs e x im p r o v i s o . (The greatest terror proceeds from the
unexpected.) Ex. v r b e s g a l l i a r v m m a r i t im e f v lm i n a t a e .
m .d .c .x c iv . (The maritime towns of France bombarded, 1694.)
1-2.
MB. electrotype from Gotha, JR. M. Dulau, lead.
Stockholm, M . Very rare.
The obverse of this satirical medal by Christian Wermuth
(See his Catalogue, 1713, No. 318, p. 15) seems to have been
suggested by one struck in 1686 by Louis XIV., in ridicule of
the treaty of Augsburg, with the type, on the reverse, of a mouse
issuing from a mountain, soldiers around, and with the inscription,
PARTVRIENT MONTES NASCETVR RIDICVLVS MVS. (The
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