was gradually declining in power. He had gained nothing by
the continuous warfare in which he had involved France, and
the internal discord and suffering of his kingdom threatened
to weaken still further his importance. Whilst William’s power
had thus increased, in comparison, from the light given by a
candle to that given by the sun ; Louis’s, on the other hand,
had in like proportion decreased. Mars is represented as the
favouring divinity of William, and the Sun was the chosen
emblem of Louis.
330. T homas N e a l e . 1694.
Bust of Neale, r., hair long, slight drapery over the shoulders.
Leg. THO . NEALE a r m ig e r . (Thomas Neale, Esq.)
Rev. Fortune upon a globe, holding drapery by both hands,
which floats over her head. Leg. n o n . e a d em . s e m p e r . (Not
always the same.)
1'2. (See Woodcut.)
330. Medal of Thomas Neale.
MB. .it. (reverse plain), M ] Extremely rare.
Thomas Neale, called the Projector, was Groom-Porter to
William and Mary. According to Euding, he was Master of
the Mint from about 1678 to 1699, when he was succeeded in
that office by Sir Isaac Newton. He was famous for his system
of lotteries, which he introduced about the year 1694, and
which were established on the principle of those existing at
that time, in Venice. He built the Seven Dials in St. Giles’s
parish,, and died in 1705. The type of the reverse of this
medal evidently refers to Neale’s numerous speculations. The
portrait of Neale is very similar to those of James II. This
resemblance of features was noticed by the poet Matthew Prior,
who was Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, and who
in one of his despatches to the Earl of Halifax, in the year
1701, says, “ I faced old James and all his court the other
day at St. Cloud. Vive Guillaume! You never saw such a
strange figure as the old bully is, lean, worn, and rivelled, not
unlike Neale the projector.” (See Ellis, Letters of Eminent
Men, Camden Soc. p. 265.)
The impressions in silver have the reverse plain, and were
probably struck before the dies were finished.
331. A r c h b is h o p T il l o t s o n . Died*, 22 Nov. [O: S.] 1694.
Bust of Archbishop Tillotson, r., in clerical robes. Leg.
io h a n n e s t il l o t s o n . i. d . (J. Dassier.)
Rev. Inscription, a r c h ie p is c o p t js c a n t u a r ie n s is n a tu s sow -
ERBHE 3 . OCTOBRIS 1630 MORT . LAMBETH.® 22 .' NOVEMBRIS
1694. (John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at
Sowerby, 3 Oct. 1630, died at Lambeth, 22 Nov. 1694.) Eays
above, palm branches below.
1*1. Snelling, xxix. 7.
MB. M.
This was struck by Dassier to range with his small medals
of the Reformers, many years after the death of the Archbishop.
John Tillotson was made Dean of Canterbury in 1672, and
Dean of St. Paul’s in 1689, and on the deprival of Sancroft
was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. He was buried in
the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, where he had preached for
over thirty years.