322 LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED. 



from my slielves, published during the life-time of that King, at 

 Amsterdam, crowded full of very curious copperplate representations 

 of medals, inscriptions, triumphal ai"ches and other monuments, all 

 in his honoui', collected and dedicated to the King by Nicolas Cheva- 

 lier. As specimens of the innumerable medals figured in this book, 

 I point out one of the year 1690, commemorative of William's expedi- ' 

 tion to Ireland. On the obverse is William's head to the right, 

 laureated, with the legend Guilielm. III. D. G. Brit. Rex. Araus. 

 Pr. Belg. Guh. [Aransionensium Princeps, Belgii Gubernator.] On 

 the reverse is seen a large fleet approaching the shore of Ireland ; in 

 the sky above is an eagle flying, bearing in its beak an olive-branch, 

 and a branch of the orange-tree, with fruit ; in one of the talons is a- 

 sceptre. The legend is Alls non Ar-mis [for protection, not for attack]. 

 In the exergue is Trajectus in Hibern. — Lond. y\ Jun. 1690. An- 

 other medal shows William's head to the right, laureated as before, 

 with the legend G^il. III. M. Brit. R. De Jac. et Lud. triump. [Jacobo 

 et Ludovico triumphat — victorious over James and Louis XIV.] 

 On the reverse William is seen on horseback crossing the river Boyne 

 at the head of an army. The legend is Et vulnera et invia spernit 

 [He sets at nought wounds and impossibilities]. In the exergue is 

 Ejicit Jacohum : restituit Hiberniam, MDCXC. Another medal 

 shows William on horseback, an armed host in flight before him : 

 over one fugitive is inscribed Jacob. ; over another, Lansun. Over a 

 figure among the pursuers is written Walker; and over a figure 

 extended on the ground is written Schcmiberg. The legend is Appa- 

 Tuit et dissipavit. On the reverse, William is seen standing as a 

 Roman general ; before him Ireland kneels, resting on her shield, 

 which bears the harp ; over her head William holds a cap of liberty. 

 In the distance is a routed host. The leg-end is Focos servavit et Aras. ' 

 In the exergue, Expuls. Gal. et Rebel. Dublin, triwmphans intravif. 



My next relic is a book which was once the property of a great 

 scholar in the reigns of George the First, George the Second, and 

 George the Third — Jacob Bryant. But little is heard of Jacob 

 Bryant at the present time. In this respect he shares the fate of 

 the Scaligers and Casaubons, and other literary giants of a preceding 

 age. Jacob Bryant had been private secretary to the second Duke 

 of Marlborough, grandson of the great Duke, and was retained as 

 librarian at Blenheim. He wrote many learned works on mytho- 

 logioal and other subjects. He startled Homeric students by main- 



