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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

21. Fig 22. FIGURE XXII The 22d Figure sets before your Eyes two Indians with their Hands manacled behind their Backs On the one side stands a Soldier with a Sword in his Hand as it were Insulting over the Captive And on the other side in the same Posture another Soldier with an Ensign display'd denoting some Important Conquest And no question this Figure was set up to shevv that the Dutch had extended their Dominion by the Force of their Arms even to the remote Regions of the Indies which is fairly intimated by this Imprese ULTRA GARAMANTES Et INDOS Beyond the Garamants and Indians FIGURE XXIII The 23d Figure is the Representation of a Battel fought not far from Bergopsom between the Spaniards and Prince Maurice's Army the 4th of September 1643 wherein the Hollanders won a Considerable Victory and took above Four hundred Prisoners from the Enemy Express'd by the following Imprese CRESCUNT NUMERO CRESCENTE TROPHAEA Number of Victories augment the Trophies Fig 23. Fig 24. FIGURE XXIV This Figure Illustrates the Siege and Taking of Geertruydenbergh by Prince Maurice This Siege began the 15th of March in the Year 1653. and ended by the Surrender of the Town upon the 15th of June in the same Year The Inscription underneath was this DEOS IN PRAELIA CONFERT He joyns the Gods his Adjutants in Battel To shew how much that Renowned Prince always rely'd upon the Assistance of Heaven whose Aid he still most ardently implor'd when ever he undertook any Enterprise of Importance FIGURE XXV The 25th Figure comprehends a Pyramid erected upon a Pedestal upon which there is a Piece of Painting with this Devise THURE TUO REDOLENT ARAE Our Altars with thy Incense smoak The Ascent of the Pyramid is embellish'd with Three several Pictures of which the one is an Emblem the other two certain Trophies and Queen Mary's Name in Cipher and at the Top of the Pyramid the Queen her self is plac'd as big as the Life with this Inscription below REPRIMIT ET REFIGIT She both Represses and Refixes Fig 25. Fig 26. FIGURE XXVI The 26th Figure discovers another Pedestal containing this Inscription HANC ACCIPE MAGNE CORONAM It is also adorn'd with three more Pieces of Painting that is to say a Devise an Altar smoaking with Incense and the King's Name in Cipher The upper part of the Pyramid is adorn'd with Foliage and Grotesco work and at the top of all stands the King as big as the Life with this Inscription below QUIS GRATIOR APPULIT ORIS More welcom who to these our Coasts FIGURE XXVII This Figure shews you a Person with a Glory about his Head a Bow in his Hand and a Youth standing by him with a Quiver full of Arrows under his Arm. At his Feet sit Three of the Muses Clio Urania and Polyhimne to shew that all the Designs and Atchievements of vertuous Princes aim at Heaven and consequently that King William's Enterprises had Crown'd him with Immortality Besides that Apollo was no less famous for Killing Tyrants with his Bow and Arrows than for any of his other Vertues Fig 27. Fig 28. FIGURE XXVIII The 28th Figure exposes to our View a Hercules Trampling upon a Dragon with his Club heav'd up to knock that Furious Monster on the Head To shew the Preparations of the King of England to suppress the Tyranny of the Common Enemy that threatens the Destruction of all Europe and whom the King opposes not only by his Prudent Conduct but by Powerful Musters of his Forces FIGURE XXIX The 29th Figure is the Representation of an Armed Amazon holding a Gorgon's Head in her left Hand To shew the Fear and Dread of the Common-Enemy who now began to tremble at the formidable Countenance of the Present War much more Dreadful and Killing than it was before as also to signifie that the Confederates were resolv'd to be no less united than the Gorgons who had but one Eye and one Tooth among ' em Fig 29. Fig 30. FIGURE XXX In the 40th Figure appears a Neptune Drawn in a fair Scallop-Shell by two Horses with the Goddess Thetis sitting by him and underneath this Inscription MEA JURA TUERE Maintain my Rights FIGURE XXXI The 31st Figure is the Representation of a Woman over-whelm'd with Grief stretching forth her Hands in a Posture of Despair and crying out ERIPE RAPTORI MISERAM Rescue a Miserable Creature from the Ravisher To signifie the Unfortunate Condition of Europe environ'd on every side by Thieves and Murderers that Rob her of her Peace and Tranquillity while she lyes altogether helpless and can find no way to shelter herself from their Violences Fig 31. Fig 32. FIGURE XXXII This Figure represents the Memorable Battel which King William won over King James's Army at the Passage of the Boyne in Ireland where the Rebels were utterly defeated losing all their Baggage and a great Number of Men slain upon the Place Never was Battel of Greater Importance in regard that upon the Success of that Combat depended the Happiness of Europe Here we behold the King according to his usual Custom appearing at the Head of his Men never hesitating to expose his Life to the greatest of Dangers when he deem'd it necessary for the Welfare of his Subjects and his Allies FIGURE XXXIII The first Thing that strikes the Sight in this Piece is a Hercules half naked bearing his Club upon his Shoulders He marches along setting his Feet strongly to the Ground and with a daring Courage toward his Enemy Achelous who not finding himself able to Encounter him took upon himself the shape of a Bull. The Virgins behind him are making Garlands and Posies of various Flowers to Crown him at his Return from the Combat in token of their Joy for the Victory he had won others are to be seen Playing in Consort upon several Musical Instruments to Celebrate the Triumph of their Victorious Preserver To signifie that the Prosperous Successes of King William in England were such as merited a Triumphal Reception by the People of Holland at his Return to the Hague Fig 33. Fig 34. FIGURE XXXIV The Battel represented in this Figure seems to be very Bloody while all the Combatants fought hand to hand with Javelins and Bucklers This was the Battel which Perseus fought with his Rival that would have forc'd his Mistress Andromeda from him whom he had deliver'd but a little before from the Whale that was to have devour'd her See how he pierces the Sides of his Enemies with his Lance and at length enjoys the Possession of his Beloved by a Marriage which he had procur'd at the Price of so many Dangers FIGURE XXXV The Second large Figure is another Triumphal Arch a Piece of beautiful Architecture supported both before and behind by red Marble Pillars the rest of the Structure being of black and white Marble the Bases and Chapters are Gilt and adorn'd with four Large Pictures Painted in most Lively Colours two on the fore part and two

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