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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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

Figure represents the Queen standing under an Irish Harp with a Crown upon her Head another in her Right hand and a Bonnet of Freedom in her Left which she gives a Damsel kneeling at her Feet Below lyes a Captive Manacl'd and Fetter'd and another Person Slain outright On the other hand she is presented by two Seamen with Chargers of Fish suppos'd to be some Rarities of the Irish Ocean To signifie that by the Reduction of Ireland she is not only Mistress of that Kingdom but has regain'd the wonted Security for her Western Navigation To which was added this Inscription REGNA JOVIS CONJUX With Equal Power The Wife of Jove Commands FIGURE LIX The 59th Figure represents the Queen of England sitting under an Orange-Tree with a Crown upon her Head and Jupiter's Thunder in her Hand to whom several distressed Persons seem to make their hasty Addresses with Arms stretch'd forth for Succour Below them stands a Monk grinning and foaming at the Mouth and holding a flaming Torch in one hand with a Vizor in the other And lowermost of all a Sea God and a Sea Goddess both in Chains This refreshes in our Memory the Cruel Persecution of the Protestants in France where the Ecclesiasticks out of their embitter'd Rage and Malice having thrown away their Vizors shew themselves in their bloody colours Which engag'd those miserable People to fly for Sanctuary to the Queen of England whose Piety and Compassion toward the Afflicted was sufficiently known to all the World She therefore takes 'em into her Protection and Promises to defend 'em from the Cruelty of their Inhuman Persecutors The Orange-Tree is therefore aptly planted over her Head as being the perfect Emblem of the Design with this Inscription underneath TUA VOS REFRIGERET UMBRA Let thy shade refresh us Fig 59. TUA NOS REFRIGERAT UMBRA Fig 60. FIGURE LX. This Figure represents the King a Horseback attended by his Guards and by two Damsels presented with a Crown and Scepter after which he rides on through Multitudes of People welcoming him Home with loud Acclamations and filling the Air with shouts of Joy to see him so safely escap'd the Dangers he had undergon Denoting the Triumphant Return of His Majesty to London after the Reduction of Ireland and how highly he was esteem'd and belov'd by his Subjects The Motto of this Figure was VENI VIDI VICI I Went I Saw and Overcame The Fourth Great Figure Fig 61. Upon another appear'd two Men that were Hewing down a Tree with these words NUNQUAM FRACTA MALIS Never broken by Misfortune Upon a Third was to be seen a Dove with a Lawrel Branch in her Bill with this Device TANDEM EXPECTATA REDIVIT Expected long at length return'd The Fourth contain'd a Pillar of Fire with these words HINC SPESQUE SALUSQUE From Hence our Hope and Safety The Fifth was garnish'd with a Lyoness having this for her Motto NESCIA FERRE JUGUM To Servitude a Stranger Upon the Sixth was a Fish flying over the Sea with this Device TUMULO VELOCIOR ALTO Too swift for my deep Tomb to swallow Upon the same Theatre were also plac'd a Lyon a Hercules and a Sun close one by another together with four Chests of 50 Fuzees apiece representing the Kingdoms of England Scotland France and Ireland besides eight more full of Rockets some of the same some a size lesser In the Middle of the Theatre glitter'd the two Letters W. R. and above them a Crown There was also to be seen a Skipper who labour'd his way to the shore among the Ice with this short Sentence over his Head NE METUAS CAESAREM VEHIS Fear not thou carry'st Caesar And Underneath REGI EX PELAGO PER GLACIEM PER NEBULA REDUCI To the King now safe on Shore through Ice and Foggs After a Discharge of 30 Pieces of Cannon that were Planted upon the Walls of the Vivier the Cipher and Crown were lighted and at the same time the Theatre glitter'd with above 800 Flambeaux so that the Ciphers and Crown being on fire were to be distinctly discern'd which was wonderfully pleasant to the sight At the same time several other Motto's and Devises were to be distinctly read as they play'd in the Air upon different little Planks to which the Rockets were fasten'd and among others these that follow SEMPER TRIUMPHET AUGUSTUS Always may Augustus Triumph OFFENSUM METUANT HOSTES When injur'd may his Enemies dread Him CARUM VENERENTUR AMICI Dear to his Friends may he by them be Reverenc'd Soon after the Pyramids began to play their Parts At first nothing was to be seen but a gloomy Smoak which was attended with the continued Spurtings of clear quick and glittering Fire resembling the Spouts of a Fountain In the mean time the Images of Fame that stood near certain Vessels fill'd with Incense cast up flaming Balls into the Sky together with a great Number of Serpents which was a Sight most lovely to the Eye Nor were there any less than Fifty Boxes fill'd with these Serpents and the Pyramids all the while were seen burning to the very Bottom After that the Lion plaid his part casting forth fire from his Eyes and from his Throat issu'd a Beam very thick and dusky about Seven or Eight Foot long but the fire that darted from his Eyes was as quick and clear as Chrystal He also cast forth a great number of Flaming Balls and Serpents very pleasing to the Spectators Then the Hercules that was placed next the Sun that represented France began to spout from his Mouth continual Rays of Fire He also cast forth such a Number of Serpents and Artificial Fires that thereby the Sun was quite consum'd After which the Fire took hold of his Club from whence slew several Balls of Fire into the Sky as it were to render Thanks to Heaven for the Victory which he had gain'd over the Sun Afterwards they set fire to all the volant Rockets of which there was a vast Number and at the same time the Mortars that were filled with Artificial Fire-works to burn in the Water discharg'd a very great quantity of flying Rockets which together with the Dolphins that were fir'd at the same instant was a most Charming Spectacle while at the same time that the flying Rockets which were every one of 'em filled with several Petards did their Business in the Air the other Artificial Fireworks were no less wanton upon the Water so that which way soever you cast your Eye the Sight was still taken up with some new object so that 't was impossible the Spectators could be weary of gazing At length the fire took hold of the pitch'd Barrels which at first cover'd the Air with a thick smoak that at last gave way to such an extraordinary Brightness that they who were a great way off might read distinctly the smallest Character notwithstanding the fogginess of the Night 'T is farther to be observ'd that all the while the Great Guns play'd continually