1-6.
MB. M.
This is a variety of the preceding. The reverses of this and
the preceding medal do not appear to be by the same artist.
377. I n d ia n T r a d e m o l e s t e d . August, 1695.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, no drapery. Leg. l u d o -
VICÜS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS. Below, J . MAVGER . E.
Rev. Porters moving goods in a harbour full of shipping.
Leg. in d ic æ h o s t iu m o r e s in t e r c e p t je . (The Indian treasures
of the enemy intercepted.) Ex. m .d c .xcv. Monogram of t . b .
(Thomas Bernard.)
1‘6. ' Med. Louis XIV., 4to, 262. Trésor, Méd. Franç.
Pt. III. PL xxxiii. 6.
MB. M. Æ.
The obverses of the specimens in silver and copper are
from different dies. The medallion of the same type (Med.
Louis XIV., fol. 262) has not been met with.
France had withdrawn her fleets from the ineffectual struggles
against England and Holland, and encouraged privateers, which
made some prizes. About this time five Indiamen were taken
and destroyed, as is commemorated by these medals.
378. B r u s s e l s b om b a r d e d , - ¡y j Aug. 1695, and
N am u r r e t a k e n , 1695.
Brussels bombarded ; the city in flames. Leg. m om o r d it
l a p id em . (He bit a stone.) Ex. b r v x e l l e a g allo fr v s t r a
ig n e t e n t a t a e . avg . m .d c .vc . (Brussels in v&in attacked
with fire by the French, Aug. 1695.) c. w. (Christian
Wermuth.)
Rev. The town and castle of Namur. Above, v ic ta e s t qvae
v in c i n o n p o t e r a t . (She has been conquered who was unconquerable.)
Leg. amat v ic to r ia t e s t e s . (Victory delights in
spectators.) Ex. namvrcvm r e c e p t v m a b r ita n n o e t bavaro
SPECTANTE GALLO CVM C . L . M . ARMAT . I . SEPT . M.DC.VC.
(Namur retaken by the Briton and the Bavarian in sight of the
Frenchman with one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers 1 Sept
1695.) > u •
1-6. Rapin, xix. 1 . Van Loon, IV. 205.
MB. M . lead. Hague, lead. P. H. Van Gelder, ¿R,
Gotha, JEt. Rare.
This medal is described in Christian Wermuth’s Catalogue
1713, No. 12, p. 21.
When Villeroy perceived, in his attempt to relieve Namur,
that he had been out-manoeuvred by William, he resolved to
bombard Brussels with a view to injure, not to take it. The
bombardment began on the evening of the 13th Aug. (N. S.),
and continued till the afternoon of the 15th, when the enemy
drew off and marched to Enghien ; the lower part of the town
suffered most severely. Villeroy thus bit the stone, but derived
no nourishment. When France took Namur in 1692, a medal
(See No. 273, p. 68) was published with the same legend on the
reverse; this is now retorted, and the Frenchman is the spectator
with 150,000 soldiers. As France had boasted that she
had made Namur impregnable, she is taunted with the reply
that her impregnable fortress had been taken.
/ 379. B r u s s e l s b om b a rd ed , ^ Aug. 1695, and
N amur r e t a k e n , 1695.
Bust of William III., Z., hair long, in armour, with lion’s
head in front and short straps on the shoulder, and mantle
round the breast. Leg. g u l ie lm . i i i . g a l l . f u r . u l t . namur .
ca p . (William III., the Avenger of the fury of France by the
capture of Namur.) Below, m : sm e l Tz in g .
Rev. A fox endeavouring to set fire to a rock on which an
eagle has built her nest, and to which she has carried off
several cubs. In the distance is Brussels bombarded. Leg.
URIT . FURIT . NON . p r o f ic it . (He burns, he rages, but profits
nothing.) Ex. BRUXEL . A . FUR . GALL . INCENS . MDCXCV.
(Brussels burnt by French fury, 1695.)
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