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A27254	The triumph-royal containing a short account of the most remarkable battels, sieges, sea-fights, treaties, and famous atchievements [sic] of the princes of the House of Nassau &c. describ'd in the triumphal arches, piramids, pictures, inscriptions, and devices erected at the Hague in Honour of William III, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland ...	Beek, J., fl. 1691-1702.	1692 (1692)	Wing B1686; ESTC R32563	25,299	179

rescue Holland from the Violence of her Enemies and deliver England from the Tyranny that threaten'd her utter Desolation pass'd over into that Kingdom to Expel the Greedy Monster that began to prey upon her Bowels Fig 44. Fig 45. Fig 45. * FIGURE XLV In this Assembly of Hero's with Helmets and Plumes of Feathers on their Heads and every one a Sword in his Hand which they hold up and lay athwart one upon another according to the Manner of the Ancients who were wont to meet in the Temple of Vulcan and use this Ceremony over the Altar when they enter'd into any solemn Confederacy for the Defence of their Country You have a Prospect of the Confederacy enter'd into by the Heroick Princes of this Age and by them confirm'd by all that is most Sacred and Inviolable The two Virgins kneeling with their Hands stretch'd forth to Heaven denote the Hopes which the Hero's have of the great Advantages which this confirm'd Alliance will produce The Monster which you behold at the top of the Figure set upon on every side and wounded by several Armed Men is the Emblem of France And the most daring and most forward of those Champions with a Lyon upon his Shield represents Holland which is always the foremost and most hardy to attack the common Enemy To this Figure belong'd two Motto's of which the first was UNITI FORTIUS OBSTANT United they withstand with greater Force The Following words were set over the Figure POST MAXIMAS RES DOMI FORISQUE GESTAS ARCTISSIMO CUM PRINCIPIBUS ICTO FOEDERE SUORUM VINDEX DEFENSOR OPPRESSORUM After most Renown'd Atchievements perform'd at Home and Abroad and a strict League confirm'd with Princes unjustly wrong'd the Avenger of his own and Defender of the Oppressed Fig 46. FIGURE XLVI Presents to our View the King of England a Horseback in his return from Ireland after he had subdu'd that Kingdom to his Obedience carrying a Standard in his Hand as being an Honour which was always allow'd by the Ancients to Triumphant Victors Two Damosels also meet him and present him with a Scepter and a Crown to shew that he was no less beholden for the Possession of that Kingdom to the Good Will and Affection of his People as to his Conquering Arms and under a Cornucopia of Silver stands this Inscription PRAEMIA NON AEQUANT The Guerdons are not Equal To signifie that he has shew'd so much of Generosity Vertue and Prudence in his Conduct since his Ascending the Throne that his Three Crowns with all their Riches are but a due Reward of his Merit At the Upper End of the Figure hang a Pair of Scales with a Crown in one Balance and a Sword in the other to signifie that he has been constrain'd to make use of Force of Arms to gain the Crown which belong'd to him Which is all Epitomiz'd in the following words written over Head MARE TRANSUECTUS LIBERAT BRITANNIAM ET LATE DOMINANTIBUS ORNATUS SCEPTRIS IN PATRIAM PUBLICA CUM LAETITIA RECEPTUS EST. Crossing the Sea He sets Great Britain Free and having obtain'd a spacious Empire is welcom'd to his Native Country with the Publick Joy of the People Fig 47. FIGURE XLVII In this Figure are to be seen several Virgins going to attend a certain Priest who has rais'd an Altar by laying together a Heap of Wood with an Intention to offer up Oblations for the renowned House of Orange The Figures plac'd about the Temple represent the Four last Progenitors of the Reigning Prince Not far from whence appears a Phoenix burning in the Flames of her Nest from the Ashes of which arises a young Phoenix with this Motto PRAELUCET POSTHUMA PROLES The Posthumous Offspring outshines the Rest To shew that the Reigning King of England has advanc'd the Grandeur of his Family more than all his Ancestors Intimated in the tacit supply of these words inscrib'd upon the Figure CUM PATRIA LANGUERET PRAE TRISTITIA CUM TOTA EUROPA LACHRIMARET ET ANTIQUISSIMA NASSONIORUM DOMUS HEROIBUS MAGNISQUE FOECUNDA PRINCIPIBUS LUCTUOSIS OBRUERETUR TENEBRIS When his Native Country lay overwhelm'd with Sorrow when all Europe languish'd and the Ancient House of Nassau fertile in Hero's and great Princes suffer'd a Mournful Ecclipse FIGURE XLVIII This Figure represents the Happy and Joyful Birth of this Great Monarch The Infant grasps two Serpents one in one Hand the other in the t'other which he kills like a second Hercules To signifie that from his tender Years he gave assured Marks of that same Inbred Generosity that would enliven him one day to Triumph o'er his Enemies The Upper Part of this Figure displays a Scepter with Three Crowns and a Row of large Pearl environing an open Scallop-shell with this Inscription TENUES ORNANT DIADEMATA CUNAS The Cradle of his Infancy such DIADEMS Adorn To signifie that the Malice of his Enemies nor all their Scorn of his Princely Youth could hinder his being Crown'd Monarch of Three Kingdoms notwithstanding all their Opposition to prevent it Not far from this was another Inscription in these words GULIELMUS POSTHUMOUS BRITANNORUM ARAUSIONENSIUMQUE Fig 48. TERTIUS PATRIAE SPES REIPUBLICAE PALLADIUM William the Posthumus Third of that Name King of England Prince of Orange the Hope of his Country Palladium of the Common-weal To signifie that next under God this Prince is the Only Support upon which the United Provinces rely FIGURE XLIX This whole Piece of Workmanship is a perfect Prospect of the Roman Triumphs when their Captains and Emperors made their Pompous Entries into Rome after they had signaliz'd their Conduct and their Valour by the utter overthrow of their Enemies All the Booty the Captives the Treasures the Elephants and Camels follow'd the Triumphal Chariot in the mid'st of the Loud Acclamations of the People who Attended the Victor to the Capitol there to Pay their Vows to the Gods for all their Favours So that the Intention of this Piece of Painting was to shew the General Hopes of Europe in Honour of King WILLIAM now rang'd in the Number of those Victorious Chieftains no less amply signify'd in the following Devise ATTINGAT SOLIUM JOVIS Thus may He reach the Throne of Jove Fig. 49. FIGURE L. The Youth describ'd in this Figure is the King of England as yet very Young yet such was his Prudence at those Years that here he comes to ask Counsel The Crowns that shew themselves at a distance in the Clouds call to our Remembrance the Crowns that were seen in the Air at Orange over the Place where the States of that Principality were Assembled in the Years 1665. and 1688. Portending Heaven by that same Prodigy foretelling what afterward we saw fulfill'd by his obtaining the Three Crowns of England Scotland and Ireland The Upper Part of this Figure shews ye a young Eagle flying directly against the Beams of the Sun with this Motto TENER ADVERSIS ENITITUR ALIS Tho Young He strives against the Sun This same Eaglet

represents the King of England who though very Young with Forces far inferiour adventur'd to make Head against the King of France who is here signify'd by the scorching Rays of the Sun and over this Figure was this Inscription PUERUM EXEMPLAR CONSTITUIT Heaven sent a Youth to be our Great Exemplar Fig 51. FIGURE LI. Here Vulcan throws several pieces of Armour upon the Ground before a young Champion mounted a Horseback in order to obey the Commands of Venus Mars also gives him a Sword in Testimony of his Favour and Assistance in the Wars which he is going to undertake Which was all Embellish'd with this Inscription QUI JUVENTUTE STRENUE TRANSACTA FUNESTIS JACTATUS BELLIS AC DISSIDIIS IN TANTO RERUM DISCRIMINE The same so strenuous in his Youth that though turmoyl'd with Dismal Wars and Intestine Discords yet in this dangerous Condition of Affairs c. Which words contain an Epitome of what befel the Prince in his Youth At the Upper End of the Figure is to be seen a Castle seated upon a Mountain at the Foot of which a Pike is fix'd in the Ground with several Laurel Branches shooting from it Embellish'd with this Motto CONTORTA TRIUMPHOS PORTENDIT Lanc'd with a Vigorous Arm it Victory Portends Fig 52. FIGURE LII The 52 Figure represents a Hero holding a Battoon of Command in his Hand with a Helmet and Plume upon his Head He is supported standing upon a Shield by four other Hero's every one wearing a Helmet and Plume and environ'd with Armed Soldiers with this Inscription over head NUTANTIS BELGII QUA MARI QUA TERRA ADMOTUS IN PRISTINUM DECUS GUBERNACULI GLORIAM ARAS ET FOCOS RESTITUIT Where e'er he mov'd by Sea or Land he restor'd the Glorious Government the RELIGION and Liberty of Tottering Belgium to their Pristin Lustre This alludes to the Prince of Orange's being restor'd to the Government in the Year 1672. according to the Custom of the Ancients who when they advanc'd any Person to Supreme Dignity used to have him born upon a Shield by Four Hero's that he might be conspicuous to the People Which demonstrates to us that the Prince by vertue of his ancient Dignity restor'd became the Restorer of the United Provinces to their Liberty which was in great Jeopardy in the Year 1672. and that the Battoon of Command belong'd as well to him as to his Ancestors who had carry'd it before Fig 53. FIGURE LIII The Fifty third Figure fansies two Persons standing at the Entrance into a Temple and next to them on the one side Justice on the other Prudence which calls to our Remembrance the Marriage of the King and Queen Solemniz'd at London in the Year 1678. It farther also denotes that the Prince was a Personage who would act with Prudence in all his Undertakings and that at all Times and in all Places he would be a Maintainer of Justice MERITIS FAMAM EXSUPERANTIBUS TROPHAEIS PRINCIPI ATAVIS EDITAE REGIBUS FELICIBUS JUNCTUS HYMENAEIS Deserved Trophies far exeeeding Fames Report in happy Wedlock joyn'd him to a lovely Princess sprung from a long Race of Kings FIGURE LIV. This Figure represents the Solemnities in use among the Ancients when they granted a Triumphal Entry to those that had signaliz'd themselves in any Sea-Engagement Among the rest it was one of their Customs to take off the Prows from the Ships which they had taken and after they had hung 'em up in their Forum or Hall of Publick Judicature which was therefore call'd Rostra they Erected a Statue in perpetual Honour both of the Victor and the Victory Over head was this Inscription TRIUMPHET IN UNDIS May He also Triumph upon the Seas Fig 54. Fig 55. FIGURE LV. The Portraiture in the Upper Part of this Figure supported by two little Cupids of which the one holds a Garland of Flowers in his Hand is the Portraiture of the Queen of England Underneath she is Painted sitting on a Throne with a Crown upon her Head surrounded with Armed Souldiers At her Feet stand several other People laden with Cornucopia's and Purses of Money in their Hands To signifie That her Subjects accompting themselves Happy under her Government are ready to Sacrifice their Lives and Estates in her Defence FIGURE LVI This Figure that surpriz'd the Eyes of the Beholders represents a Lady most charmingly Beautiful yet holding a Sword in her Hand with a stern and menacing Aspect and surrounded with her Armed Guards to denote the Noble Indignation of the Queen when she understood the Miscarriage of the Fleet and the Treachery of those that suffer'd the Hollanders to bear the Brunt of the Engagement At what time one would have thought the Amazonian Age had been reviv'd while she took a Resolution to have march'd her self at the Head of her Army against her Enemies had they attempted any Invasion upon the Coasts At the Bottom of the Figure appear several Poor People to whom others are distributing Money to signifie Her Majesties extraordinary Bounty to those that were Wounded in that Engagement and to the Widows and Orphans of those that were Slain Fig 56. Fig 57. FIGURE LVII This Figure delights the Eye with one of the most Daring Actions that ever History recorded That is to say King William's forcing his Passage over the River Boyn in Ireland where his Enemies Superior to Him in Number and Commanded by King James in Person lay entrench'd upon the Banks of the River to Oppose Him But our Couragious Monarch deeply sensible that he had then a Game to Play upon the good or bad Success of which depended the Ruin or Prosperity of all Europe as well as of his own Affairs march'd with an undaunted Prowess at the Head of his Men and mauger all the Thunder of the Enemies both great and small Shot Foarded the River forced their Entrenchments and constrain'd 'em to a speedy Flight Which struck such a Terrour into the Hearts of the Vanquisht that the Victory was attended by the Surrender of the Chief City of the Kingdom and several other Towns of great Importance as also by the Flight of King James himself who durst not stand a second Tryal but hasten'd into France to save one 'T is true so great a Courage had like to have cost the Victor his life for that two Cannon Bullets very narrowly miss'd him one of which came so near him as to graze upon his Shoulder and raze the very Skin it self and the other carry'd away a piece of his Boot which was the reason that the Report of his Death was spread abroad in France with that assurance that for Joy of such welcom News they rose at Midnight in Paris to make Bonfires from whence the glad Tidings dispiercing themselves put several other Cities of that deluded Kingdom in a blaze By which Extravagant Joy for an Imaginary Death we may assuredly conclude the Dread which all France is in of such a formidable Hero Fig 58. FIGURE LVIII This

Hero that undertakes a Glorious Enterprize with a firm Assurance of Divine Assistance Fig 10. Fig 11. FIGURE XI The Eleventh Figure represents the Confederacy enter'd into by several Hero's that is to say Prince William of Nassau H. L. M. together with his Valiant Brothers out of an Unshaken and Magnanimous Resolution to Deliver the Low Countries from the Tyranny under which they groan'd and which they perform'd with an Undaunted Prowess with this Imprese RES POSCIT OPEM ET CONSPIRANT AMICE The Exigency calls for speedy Aid and friendly they Conspire to give it FIGURE XII In the Twelfth Figure was Pictured a Woman with her Hair about her Ears representing Despair a roaring Lyon at her Feet signifying Holland and the Condition to which she was reduced at that time by the Tyranny of Spain especially in the Year 1572. when she was almost hopeless of all Human Succour and under the Figure this Motto PATIENTIA LAESA FUROR EST. Patience Injur'd turns to Fury Fig 12. Fig 13. FIGURE XIII The Thirteenth Figure represents a Jupiter in the Air sitting upon an Eagle that seems to fly with a rapid swiftness At the same time the whole Sky appears to be fill'd with dusky Clouds darting nothing but Thunder and Lightning upon the Debaucheries of Babylon Underneath appears a Woman all overwhelm'd with Sorrow and Sadness representing the Miserable Condition of Holland at that time She is attended with Seven Virgins that signifie the Seven United Provinces stretching forth their Hands one to another and consulting by what means to alter the sad and lamentable State of their Affairs into a Posture of Prosperity and Gladness according to the Common Motto CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT Concord advances Low Beginnings FIGURE XIV The Fourteenth Figure describes a Person to whom is Presented a Cap or Bonnet of Freedom holding in his Hand the Arms of Holland which is a Lion To signifie the Change that happen'd in the Year 1672. at what time the States of Holland Presented to William III. now King of England the Government of the Provinces and the Administration of the Military Affairs and after what manner he accepted of them and took his Oath of Fidelity In the same Figure is also Presented to him a Sword and a Pair of Scales to shew that Justice ought to be Administred without Exception of Persons At the bottom of the Figure are a great Number of Persons of all Ages ready to assist him with Money in such a Conjuncture and Time of Need as that was And above is also to be seen the Temple of Justice Fig 14. Fig 15. FIGURE XV. The Fifteenth Figure shadows forth the Birth of William III. wherein is to be seen a Virgin holding a Shield with a Stork Painted upon it which represents the Hague the Place of the Prince's Nativity Close by the Laver stands a Lyon stedfastly beholding the Infant To shew that Holland which is signified by the Lyon was greatly concern'd for the Birth of the Prince In the middle of the Plate stand Three Figures one of which points up to Heaven with one of her Fingers having before her a little Box fill'd with pretious Odours the Perfumes of which ascend to the Sky betokening Religion and Divine Worship which engage us to render the Homage of our Thanks to God for the Birth of the Infant as a most pretious Gift bestow'd by Heav'n upon us FIGURE XVI The Sixteenth Figure represents the willing Submission of the Kingdom of England to King William and his Conquest of Ireland from King James The Standard with a Cuirass and Helmet at the Top of it denotes King William's Triumphs in England over his Enemies The other Battoon advanc'd with WILLIAM above Three Crowns and a Dove at the upper End signifies that he had no other Intention in Crossing over into England and Ireland than to Protect those that were well Affected and to deliver the Protestants of those Kingdoms from the Tyranny under which they groan'd And the Buckler with the Lyon upon it denotes That Holland had a great share in the Expedition notwithstanding the Great Damages she had sustain'd but a little before both by Sea and Land Fig 16. Fig. 17. FIGURE XVII The Seventeenth Figure sets forth the Universal Joy that all Europe received by the Truce for Twenty Years in 1684. tho' it lasted not long To which purpose you see Bacchus seated upon a large Tun to whom others make their Presents as desirous to partake in the General Jubilee Liberty Triumphs and Pallas makes one of the Number In another part of the Figure four Warriours seem to joyn their Bucklers together in token of Harmonious Unity In another part sits Hatred in a furious Posture upon the Ground and enraged to see Peace descending upon the Earth would fain cut the Band of Union with the Scissors which she holds in her Hand FIGURE XVIII The Eighteenth Figure shews an Amazon seated upon a Trophy of Arms with a Helmet and Plume of Feathers upon her Head holding in the one Hand a Pike and a Helmet in the other On the one side of her appear several Souldiers arm'd Cap-a-Pe and on the other side two Persons giving to each other their Hands with certain Ships appearing over head at a distance To signifie that after the Rupture of a Truce or Alliance it behoves a Nation to betake themselves again to their Arms without losing time for fear of exposing themselves by a pernicious delay to the Surprises of the War and to put themselves into a Posture of Action both by Sea and Land which is the good Counsel hinted in the following Motto REPETENDA QUIESCANT Lay thoughts of Peace aside And Arms and Men provide Fig 18. Fig 19. FIGURE XIX This Figure is a Prospect of the Famous Battel fought in Flanders between Prince Maurice and the Spaniards under the Leading of Duke Albert wherein after a long and obstinate Fight the Prince became the Victor and took Eight hundred Captains all Gentlemen Prisoners This Battel was fought the Second of July New Style the same Month and Day that about Three hundred and two Years before the Emperor Adolphus of Nassau was Defeated by Duke Albert of Austria Underneath was written NON UNO VIRTUS CONTENTA TRIUMPHO Not satisfied with single Triumph FIGURE XX. This Figure calls to remembrance one of the most Remarkable Combats that are to be read of in History which was called the Battel of Furnhout wherein Prince Maurice with only 800 Horse not only sustain'd the Charge of Four Veterane Regiments Germans Spaniards Walloons and Italians but charg'd 'em with that Extraordinary Vigour that he laid Two thousand Eight hundred dead upon the Place took Six hundred Prisoners and brought away Eight Colours which were all Hung up in the Great Hall at the Hague This was done uyon the 24th of January in the Year 1667. At the Bottom was this Inscription FORTIS PROMISSA JUVENTAE The Fruits of Daring Youth Fig 20. Fig

so that the Bellowing of the Cannon the Thunder of the Small shot both Musquets and Harquebuses which were the Volleys of the Regiments of Frissem and Itersum drawn up in the Vivier together with the Bounces of the Petards and the Shouts and Acclamations of the People were Testimonies so sufficient of the Publick Joy as afterwards in the Relation rung but a harsh and unpleasant Peal in the Ears of the Common Enemy Besides all these there were several Bonfires and Fireworks before the Houses of Particular Persons of Quality and divers Burghers of the Hague In the first place before the Spanish Ambassador's Palace there were a great Number of large Flambaux and Fireworks with Arms and Devises As also before the Palace of the Baron de Suasse in the Great Hoogstraet Before the House of Major Duckene in the West End Upon the Piazza before Swaen Before the House of the Sieur Ravens Apothecary Before the House of the Sieur Van Oyen upon the Kneuterdijck Before the House of the Sieur Sulendonck in the Noble Straet Monsieur Schuylenbourg Register of the Council was more particularly signal for several Rarities embellish'd with Ingenious Motto's and Devises Among the rest there was one in the form of a Lion with this Sentence GENEROSUS ABORTU Generous from his Birth Another represented a winged Pegasus that by his Strength and Agility mounted a steep Rock with this Motto SUPERAT CAELESTIBUS ALIS With Wings Celestial he surmounts In a Third was seen His Majesty holding a Lance and a Person kneeling before him to Congratulate his Return with these words REGI GULIELMO REDUCI To King William return'd In a Fourth were to be seen on the one side Armies Marching and some Battels On the other an Eagle cleaving the Air with her Wings and holding a Jupiter's Thunder in her Taloon with this Sentence TRANSITQUE FERITQUE As she makes way she strikes In a Fifth was to be seen the King and Queen with their Crowns upon their Heads and a Train of several Persons Bare attending 'em with this Motto IMPERIA AUGUSTO Empires are only to Augustus due Before the House of Advocate Henry Vander Haer were to be seen the Arms of England with this Devise VIVANT GULIELMUS ET MARIA REGINA Long live King William and Queen Mary Underneath appear'd in Writing these words TANDEM BONA CAUSA TRIUMPHAT At length the Righteous Cause Triumphs On the one side FORTITUDO On the other VICTORIA On the Right side of the said Arms was the Picture of an Orange-Tree bearing Flowers and Fruit with this Motto DAT FLORENS FRUCTUS It Blossoms and bears Fruit. On the Left side was another Picture of a Rose-Tree and the Seven United Provinces with these words SUAVIS ODOR REFICIT The fragrant Smell refreshes On the Right side between the Arms and the Orange-Tree was a Pallas with a Crown Imperial a Sword in her Hand and under her Feet an Eagle in Flames with a Cornucopia garnish'd with Arms Crowns and Scepters with this Motto REGUM DECUS THE GRACE OF REGAL DIGNITY On the Left hand between the Arms and the Rose-Tree was the Picture of the Queen holding a Mirror in her right Hand and a Cornucopia in the other trampling upon a Serpent and the Motto for this Devise was PRUDENTIA AUGUSTA Prudence Revear'd Underneath the said Arms was an Oval wherein was Painted Three Lions and an Imperial Crown and over the said Lions this Inscription LEO BRITANNICUS NASSAVIUS BELGICUS The British Nassavian Belgick Lion And under the Three Lions these words QUID TANTIS CONJUNCTIS VIRIBUS OBSTET What can withstand so great a Force UNITED In short should we go about to Enumerate here all the Illuminations Fireworks Devises Sentences Verses c. which were to be seen in the Principal Streets of the Hague it would require the Inlargement of a Volume However here is enough to shew how highly this Great Monarch is belov'd by the People of these Provinces and how Superlative their Joy appear'd to see him return Triumphant to his Native Country THE END