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The Motto

This Motto relates to the last Coronation Medal in which the King was represented by a Jupiter with a thunderbolt in his hand. for thunder signifies warr, & that king was a Warrior all his life time.

The Device.

Pallas *(the Goddess of Wisdome) destroying a Giant with thunder.

It alludes to an ancient warr between the ancestors of the Egyptians represented by Gods (Jupiter, Pallas &c) & their enemies represented by Giants. The Giants to denote that they were not single persons but great bodies of men were painted with many heads & hands, & to express their a hostile force & terrour they had scaly & b snaky leggs as Pallas had a snaky sheild. When Jupiter was weary Pallas came in & carried on the warr.

The whole signifies that her Majesty continues the scene of the last reign.

Annotations

a. Serpents sometimes signified spirits good or bad, as where the Egyptians put Serpents for Agathodaemons or good spirits & the Serpent Cneph for God almighty, & we put the Old Serpent for the Devil. Sometimes they signified men: Be ye wise as Serpent, Mat. 10. Ye generation of vipers, Mat 23. They have also other significations & in the Sheild of Pallas they signify only hostile force & astonishin terror; & the like signification they may have on the Giants leggs & need not a reflecting signification unless any man be minded to make a reflexion. The Giant may signify any enemy with which her Majesty hath or may have warr.

b. Mille manus illis dedit et pro cruribus angues. Ovid. Fast. l. 5. Capita plurima Typhoni nata sunt et manus et alæ et ex femoribus maxima serpentum volumina Nicander apud Anton. Liberal. c. 27. Anguineos pedes habuisse produntur hi Gigates - In cruribus maximas viperarum spiras Typho continebat quarum volumina ad verticem ipsum us protendebantur, eæ viperæ ingentem sibilum excitabant. - Typho autem spirarum volumine circumplexum Jovem detinuit. Apollodor. c. 6. Terra anguineis pedibus Gigantes peperit. Isacius.

The Reverse of the Coronation Medal explained.

The Motto.

This Motto relates to the last Coronation Medal in which the King was represented by a Jupiter with a thunderbolt in his hand for thunder signifies war & that King was a warriour all his life.

The Device.

Pallas the Goddess of wisdome destroying a Gyant with thunder.

It alludes to an ancient war between the Ancestors of the Egyptians represented by Gods (Jupiter, Pallas &c) and their enemies represented by Gyants. The Gyants to denote that they were not single persons but great bodies of men were painted (b) with many heads & hands & to express their (c) hostile force & terror they had skaley & snakey leggs as Pallas had a snakey breast & sheild. Jupiter being disabled & laid aside in a cave (d) Pallas carried on the war. By a league with Hercules a mortal that is a forreigner the Gods overcame.

The Motto & Device together signify that her Majesty continues the scene of the last reign.

Annotations.

(a) Ipse Jovis rapidum jaculata e nubibus ignem. Virgil Æn. 1. Ubi sic Servius: In libris Hetruscorum lectum est certa esse numina possidentia fulminum jactus, ut Jovem, Vulcanum, Minervam.

(b) Hesiod allots to each of the Gyants fifty heads & an hundred hands, Pindar to Typhæus an hundred heads.

Terræ filius fuit Typhon, genius immenso robore, monstrosa forma: nam et capita plurima ei nata sunt & manus & alæ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν μηρῶν μέγισται δραηόντων σπεῖραι et e femoribus maxima serpentum volumina. Nicander apud Anton. Liberal. c. 28. Terra Gigantes viribus invictissimos procreavit qui terribili plane vultu ac promisso e capite crine et prolixa e mento barba præditi esse videbantur, ἐῖχον δὲ τὰς βάσεις φολίδας δρακόντων habuerunt autem ad pedes squammas draconum: in cælum saxa at accensas arbores jaculabantur. Apollodor. l. 1. c. 6. In cruribus maximas viperarum spiras Typho continebat quarum volumina ad verticem ipsum us protendebantur, ea viperæ ingentem sibilum excitabant. - Typho autem spirarum volumine circumplexum Jovem detinuit, ei harpe adempta pedum manuum nervos dissecuit impositum humeris in Ciliciam transvexit et intra Corycium antrum deposuit. Apollodor. ib. This Typho or <292v> Typhæus was the same Gyant with Enceladus & Briareus. Bochart. Canaan. l. 1. c. 28. For all these names are given to the Gyant buried under the Island Sicily. Pindar & Ovid call him Typhæus, Onomacritus & Virgil Enceladus, Callimachus Briareus, the Scholiast on Callimachus by all three names. Dicunt Typhonem quendam vel Enceladum sub Ætna monte esse ligatum, Philostratus in vita Apollon. l. 5. c. 6.

(c) In the Hieroglyphicks of the Ancients Serpents sometimes signified spirits good or bad, as when the Egyptians put serpents for Agathodæmons or good spirits, a serpent lying along the diameter of a circle for the spirit of the Universe & the serpent Cneph for the supreme God & we the Old serpent for the Prince of the air. Sometimes they signified men, as Gen 49. 10 Dan shall be a serpent by the way an Adder in the path that biteth the horse heels that his Rider shall fall backwards; Mat. 10 Be ye wise as serpents; chap 23 ye generation of Vipers. They were also put for liquors or fluid substances & a serpent biting its tail for the world. The Dragons on the Roman standards & the serpents on the breast & sheild of Pallas signified only hostile force & astonishing terror, & the like signification serpents may have on the Gyants leggs & need not a reflecting signification unless any man be minded to make a refexion. For with these Serpents Typho assaulted Jupiter. The Gyant struck down by Pallas may signify any enemy with which her Majesty hath or may have war. He is made only with two heads & four hands to avoyd confusion.

d Jupiter being disabled & laid aside in a vault the management of the war devolved upon Pallas & the Gods finding themselves too weak she advised the calling in of mortal assistance. Inter Deos rumor erat Gigantum posse neminem occidi, verum si mortalium quisquam in societatem arcessatur eos interituros esse. Pallas igitur Herculem arcessiri monuit & ejus ope Halcyoneum gigantem primò occidit, dein Dijs alijs Gigantes alios perdentibus Pallas Encelado [seu Typhœo] fugienti Siciliam insulam injecit & Pallantem gigantem jaculo interfecit, ejus pelle detracta in pugna suum sibi corpus contexit Apolllodor. l. 1. c. 6. Isacius.

Enceladus was first struck with thunder & then overwhelmed with the Island Sicily.

Whence some have attributed his destruction to Jupiter restored to his limbs & liberty, whilst others ascribed it to Pallas

The destruction of Enceladus was a fiction of the Greeks applying to their own regions the stories of the Egyptians who represented that Typhon fled from Egypt to Heropolis or as some say to mount Caucasus & being there struck with thunder (that is overcome in battel) fled hastily to Palestine & lies buried in the Lake Serbonis.

The Motto of the Coronation Medal.

This Motto relates to the last Coronation medal in which the King was represented by a Jupiter with a thunderbolt in his hand. for thunder signifies warr & that King was a warrior all his life time.

The Device

Pallas (the Goddess of wisdome ) destroying a Giant with Thunder.

It alludes to an ancient warr between the ancestors of the Egyptians represented by Gods (Jupiter Pallas &c) & their enemies represented by Giants. The Giants to denote that they were not single persons but great bodies of men, were painted with many heads & hands, and to express a their hostile force & terror they had scaly &b snaky leggs as Pallas had a snaky sheild.. When Jupiter was weary Pallas came in & carried on the warr.

The whole signifies that her Majesty continues the scene of the last reign.

Annotations

a Serpents sometimes signified spirits good or bad, as where the Egyptians put serpents for Agathadaemons or good Genij & the serpent Cneph for God Almighty & we put the Old serpent for the Devil: Sometimes they signified men: Be ye wise as Serpents Mat. 10. Ye generation of vipers. Mat. 23. In the sheild of Pallas they signify only hostile force & astonishing terror & the like signification they may have on the Giants leffs & need not a relecting signification unless any man be minded to make a reflection. The Giant may signify any enemey with which her Majesty hath or may have warr.

b. Mille munus illis dedit et pro cruribus angues. Ovid. Fast. l. 5. Capita plurima Typhoni nata sunt et manus et alæ et ex femoribus maxima serpentum volima. Nicander apud Anton. Liberal. c. 27. Anguineos pedes habuisse produntur hi Gigantes - In cruribus maximas viperarum sprias Typho continebat quarem volumina ad verticem ipsum as protendebantur, ea viperæ ingentem sibilum excitabant - Typho autem spirarem volumine circumplexum Jovem detinuit. Apollodor. c. 6. Terra anguineis pedibus Gigantes peperit. Isacius.

The Reverse of the Coronation Medal explained.

The Motto.

This Motto relates to the last Coronation Medal in which the King was represented by a Jupiter with a thunderbolt in his hand: for thunder signifies war and that King was a warriour all his life time.

The Device

Pallas the Goddess of Wisdome destroying a Giant with thunder.

It alludes to an ancient war between the Ancestors of the Egyptians represented by Gods (Jupiter Pallas &c) & their enemies represented by Gyants. The Gyants to denote that they were not single persons but great bodies of men were (b) painted with many heads & hands & to express their (c) hostile force & terrour they had skaley & snakey leggs as Pallas had a snakey breast & sheild. Jupiter being disabled & laid aside in a Cave (d) Pallas carried on the warr. SHe is irradiated from heaven to represent the divine assitance. By a league with Hercules a forreigner the Gods overcame.

The Motto & Device together signify that her Majesty continues the scene of the last Reign.

Annotations

(a) Ipsa Jovis rapidum jaculata e nubilus ignem. Virgil. Æn. 1. Ubi sic Sevius: In libris Hetruscorum lectum est certa esse numina possidnetia fulminum jactus, ut Jovem, Vulcanum, Minervam.

Hesiod allots to each of the Gyants fifty heads & an hundred hands.

Terræ filius fuit Typhon, genius immenso robore monstrosa forma: nam et capita plurima ei nata sunt & manus et alæ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν μηρῶν μέγισται δραηόντων σπεῖραι et e femoribus maxima serpentum volumina. Nicander apud Anton. Liberal. c. 28. Terra Gigantes viribus invictissimos procreavit qui terribili plane vultu ac promisso e capite crine et prolixa e mento barba præditi esse videbantur, ἐῖχον δὲ τὰς βάσεις φολίδας δρακόντων habuerunt autem ad pedes squammas draconum; in cælum saxa at accensas arbores jaculabantur. Apollodor. l. 1. c. 6. In cruribus maximas viperarum spiras Typho continebat quarum volumi <295v> ad verticem ipsum us protendebantur, ea viperæ ingentem sibilum excitabant. - Typho autem spirarum volumine circumplexum Jovem detinuit, ei harpe adempta pedum manuum nervos dissecuit, impositum humeris in Ciliciam transvexit et intra Corycium antrum deposuit. Apollodor. ib.

(c) In the Hieroglyphicks of the Ancients, Serpents sometimes signified spirits good or bad, as when the Egyptians put serpents for Agathodæmons or good spirits, a serpent lying along the diameter of a circle for the spirit of the Universe & the serpent Cneph for God almighty & we the Old serpent for the Prince of the air. Sometimes they signified men, as Gen 49. 10 Dan shall be a serpent by the way an Adder in the path that biteth the horse heels that his Rider shall fall backwards; Mat. 10 Be ye wise as serpents; chap 23 Ye generation of Vipers. They were also put for liquors or fluid substances & a serpent biting its tail for the world. The Dragons on the Roman standards & the Serpents on the breast & sheild of Pallas signified only hostile force & astonishing terror & the like signification serpents may have on the Gyants leggs & need not a reflecting signification unless any man be minded to make a refexion. For with these serpents Typho assaulted Jupiter. The Gyant stroke down by Pallas may signify any enemy with which her Majesty hath or may have war.

d Jupiter being disabled & laid aside in a Vault the management of the war devolved upon Pallas, & the Gods or Princes of Egypt finding themselves too weak she advised the calling in of mortal (that is of forreign) assistance. Inter Deos rumor erat Gigantum posse neminem occidi, verùm si mortalium quisquam in societatem arcessatur eos interituros esse. Pallas igitur Herculem arcessiri monuit et ejus ope Halcyoneum gigantem primò occidit, deinde Dijs alijs Gigantes alios perdentibus, Pallas Encelado fugienti Siciliam insulam injecit, et Pallantem gigantem jaculo interfecit, ejus pelle detracta in pugna suum sibi corpus contexit. Apolllodor. l. 1. c. 6. Isacius.

Enceladus was the same Gyant with Typho Typhæus & Briareus; for all these names are given to the Gyant buried under the Island Sicily Bochart. Canaan. l. 1. c. 28. Dicunt Typhorem quendam vel Enceladum sub Ætna monte esse ligatum. Philosotratus in vita Apollonij, l. 5. c. 6.