Brief description of his medal designs
<text in Unknown Hand (1) begins> Sir Samuel Garth
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The Device an Oak which is King of the forest
The Motto
2 Devise
An Amranthus or Love flower and the Sunn above it drying up the dew
The Motto relates to his majestys death
3 Devise
An Atlas supporting the world
Motto
Nec me labor irte gravabit. Virgil nor am I uneasy at the weight
4 Devise
A rising and setting Sunn
Motto
5 Device
An Aurora watring flowrs, with a watring pot, alluding to the Queen's modesty when she dos good
Motto
6 Device relates to the Confederacy
Three right hands joynd within a circle of lambent light.
Motto
7th Devise
A She Eagle crowned with Laurell. the Females of the Hawk kind are the best and boldest
The Motto
The 8th represents the Queen 's exact justice and fixed temper the Devise A pair of Compasses upon a CUbe
Motto
The 9 Devise
A Palm tree. The Naturalists observe this three trives best when the Male and Female are planted by one another
The Motto
<text in Unknwon Hand (2) begins>The winds distending the sea & Neptune appearing
motto
Virgil. quos ego or Silent a Laurel & an olive a hand reaching to the olive
Motto
Motto
out of virgil The Bees, and Emblem both of Monarchy & Industry
Motto
Source
MINT 19/3/310-11, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKc. April 1702., c. 351 words.