64 MEMOIR OF 



silver ore, with the most precious and remarkable 

 ornaments used in the habits of men from Siberia 

 to the Cape of Good Hope, from Japan to Peru, 

 and with both ancient and modern coins, and 

 medals in gold and silver, the lasting monuments 

 of historical facts ; as those of a Prusias, king of 

 Bythinia, who betrayed his allies; of an Alexander, 

 who, mad with ambition, overran and invaded his 

 neighbours ; of a Caesar, who enslaved his country, 

 to satisfy his own pride ; of a Titus, the delight 

 of mankind ; of a Pope Gregory the XIII. 

 recording, on a silver medal, his blind zeal for 

 religion, in perpetuating thereon the massacre of 

 the Protestants in France, as did Charles IX. the 

 then reigning king in that country. Here might be 

 seen the coins of a king of England, crowned at 

 Paris, a medal representing France and Spain 

 striving which should pay their obeisance to 

 Britannia ; others shewing the effect of popular 

 rage when overmuch oppressed by their rulers, as 

 in the case of the De Wits in Holland, the 

 deliverance of Britain by the arrival of William, 

 the glorious exploits of a Marlborough, and the 

 happy sway of the present royal family." 



" The gallery, one hundred and ten feet in length, 

 presented a most surprising prospect. The most 

 beautiful corals, crystals, and figured stones, the 

 most brilliant butterflies and other insects, shells 

 painted with as great variety, as the precious 



