and of King William, the Great, at Utrecht, 11 Sept. 1697.)
n . c. cym p r iv il e g io . (Nicolas Chevalier. By permission.)
1‘5. Rapin, xxii. 4. Yan Loon, IV. 278.
M. Yan der Chijs, Leyden, M. Extremely rare.
Another instance of Chevalier’s use of Smeltzing’s dies. (See
No. 425.)
This medal commemorates the visit paid to Holland by Peter
the Great of Russia, when he wished to see with his own eyes
the formation of a navy, and to work with his own hands in
the construction of a ship. This medal was struck at Utrecht,
where the Czar and William met on the date above given.
431. P ea c e o p R y sw ic k . ^ Sept. 1697.
Peace and Justice, with united hands, hold an olive branch
over a globe ; on either side repose the lions of England and
Holland. In the background appears the Palace of Ryswick.
Leg. IVRAQ . AB HAC TEEEA CiETERA TEREA PETET. (The rest of
the earth will seek their rights from this land.) Ex. pax r is v i -
c e n s is . m d c x c v h . (The Peace of Ryswick, 1697.)
Rev. Inscription, c om it ia pr o pa c e g e n e r a l i p r in c ip e s
PCEDERATOS INTER ET GALLIARÜM REGEM IN ARCE RYSWYK DOMO
REGIA GUILIBLMI I I I PRINCIP . ARAUS MAG . BRIT . REG . HOLL .
GTJBER . GENER . DITIONIS ORDINUM GENERALIUM CONSTITUTA
SUNT MENSE APRILI . MEDIATORE CAROLO XI . SUECI.® REGE .
QVO DEFUNCTO XVII . KAL . MAII . CAROLO XII FILIO EJUS SUEC .
REG . MEDIAT . APERTA SUNT VII . IDUS MALI . PACIQUE SÜB-
SCRIPTUM FUIT GALLIA . ANGLIA . HOLLAND . HISPAN . XII . KAL .
OCTOBRIS AC DENIQUE A GERMANIA H I . PAL NOVEMB . M.DC.XCVII.
(In the month of April the Congress was appointed for a general
peace between the allied Princes and the King of France
in the Palace of Ryswick, a royal residence of William III.,
Prince of Orange, King of Great Britain, Governor-General of
Holland [and] of the Dominion of the States-General, under
the mediation of Charles XI., King of Sweden, who, dying on
the 15th April, the Congress was opened under the mediation
of his son Charles XII., King of SwedeD, on the 9th May,
and the Treaty of Peace was signed by France, England,
Holland, and Spain, on the 20th September, and ultimately by
Germany, on the 30th October, 1697.)
2 ’15. Rapin, xxi. 2. Yan Loon, IV. 266.
No specimen of this medal has been met with.
The Congress for a general peace was appointed in April,
but the Ambassadors of the various Powers did not meet till
the following month, when many weeks were spent in discussing
frivolous questions cf etiquette. Irritated with these delays, and
fearing a repetition of what had occurred at Nimeguen in 1676-
1678, William opened a secret negotiation with France through
the Earl of Portland and Marshal Boufflers, and before the
end of July the terms of a peace were arranged between England
and France. This speedy settlement affronted William’s allies,
and especially Spain and the Empire, who declined to accept
the terms offered by France. In the meantime, however, the
French, under Yendome, having captured Barcelona and sacked
Carthagena, the Spanish Government gave way, and the Treaty
was signed by all the Powers Sept., with the exception of
the Emperor, who did not notify his adhesion till M Oct.
Charles XII. of Sweden acted as mediator in this peace.
432. P e a c e o f R y sw ic k . ^ Sept. 1697.
Peace, holding a caduceus, reclines at the foot of an olive-
tree. Ex. t r a n q u il l it a s r e d u x . (Tranquillity returning.)
Below, a star. Leg. nunquam v io l e t u r ab asvo. (May it
never be violated for all time.)
Rev. The globe, marked ev r o pa , with a large crack in it,
which Mercury and Peace are striving to close by placing across
it an olive branch. Leg. n e tota d e h is c a t . (Lest it break to
pieces entirely.); Ex. pax r y sw ic k . concl . m e d ia n t . sv e c ia .
1697. (Peace concluded at Ryswick, Sweden mediating.)
1‘25. Rapin, xxi. 9. Van Loon, IV. 266.
MB. JR. Stockholm, JR. Very rare.
The Peace of Ryswick concluded a war which for some years
had rent Europe asunder, and in which nearly all the Powers
had been involved.
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