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A35770 A Description of the most glorious and most magnificent arches erected at the Hague for the reception of William III, King of Great Britain with all the motto's and Latin inscriptions that were written upon every one of the said arches / translated into English from the Dutch. 1691 (1691) Wing D1163; ESTC R90 6,178 10

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first lustre conserved our Religion and secur'd the People In the Table underneath is a Boat with some arm'd men in who row it forward with this inscription Alter erit Tithys There will be another Tithys In the fourth hollow Seat Meritis famam superantibus Trophaeis Principiatavis Regibus editae faelicibus junctis hymenaeis His merited Triumphs surmounting Fame it self more glorious still by happy Marriage with a Princess born of Royal Ancestors In the Table underneath are an Unicorn and a Lyon going side by side the Unicorn thrusting with his horn a heap of Serpents and Vipers with these words Virusque fugant viresque rep●●lunt They drive away the Venom and repel the force of it On the one side of the Pedestal where is the King on Horseback are these words written Populi Salus The Peoples Welfare Procerum decus The glory of the States Within the Arches Cieling are four different Historical representations in four Tables seperated one from another and each of them has an inscription That of the first Table is Refert Saturnia Regna He reviveth the Golden Age. In the Second Table Novos orbes nova Sceptra paramus We are preparing for new Worlds and new Soepters In the third Superare parcere vestrum est Your part it is to overcome and to forgive In the fourth Caetera transibunt All other Things are Transitory The Arch it self is Adorn'd both before and behind and at the top of the aforementioned Overtures you see the Arms of England and the Supportes withal and of the large Overture both behind and before the Arms of Holland and two Flying Fames at each side of them blowing their Trumpets Description of the Arch in the Publick Piazza This Triumphal Arch is as the other of a very fine and stately Architecture with Pillars coloured like Marble Red and White and the rest of the body of the Work of Marble Black and White the Basis and the Chapter Gilded with four great Pictures two behind and two before set between the fore-mentioned Pillars drawn in lively Colours the Two that are foremost representing a Battle of the Romans by Sea and Land and the Two that are behind One representing War and the other Peace War with a Flaming World near which several Persons represented some dead and some alive make Justice lye down in Distress Peace with a World upon which Justice and Peace standing embrace one another and by them is the God Pan and his Companions making themselves merry with some Fruits of the Earth At the upper part of the Arch in the middle is a Pedestal upon which is the King on Horseback as big as the Life Brass-like with this Motto Regi Triumphanti To the Triumphant King Above the King on Horseback are erected two Wreaths crossing and covering his Head adorned with Green and above it a Royal Crown with the Scepters a Cross underneath On each side of the Arch are two Squares wherein are Set both behind and before Transparent Pictures wrought upon Silk which were Lighted in the Evening and shew'd on one side a Cloud and a Pillar of Fire on the other the Corners being adorned with Green At the Gilded Frize of the Arch are written these Words Soloque Saeloque By Land and Sea In reprimenda tyrannide restituenda soeculi felicitate In repressing Tyranny and Restoring the Felicity of the Age. And on each side of the aforesaid Frise are these Inscriptions On the Right Heroibus priori To Him that excells the Hero's And on the Left Side Antiquis Majori To Him who is greater than any of the Ancients On each side of the forementioned Pedestal upon which is the King on Horseback are two Gilded Armors and two covered with Silver adorned with Feathers and some Trophies besides England's Coat of Arms before and the King's Cypher behind The said Arch has on every side two Wings in which are represented the Histories of Hercules Perseus Phaeton and Andromedes Deliverance with four Escutcheons of the four Kingdomes England Scotland France and Ireland Underneath round about the said Arch are these words Before Sceptris exercitibus classibus votis Behind Augusto armato parato recepto Which must be read thus Augusto Sceptris Armato exercitibus Parato classibus Recepto votis Honoured with Scepters Armed with Armies provided with Fleets and received with Acclamations On each side of the Arch are two Pictures one representing Europe Distressed and the other Neptune Ravishing with this Motto Aeripe raptori Miseram Snatch the wretched from the Ravisher The other Mea jura tuere Defend my Right Above the Door of the Arch these words are written Haga posuit Coss decreto The Town of the Hague has erected this Arch by the Decree of the Magistrates The Description of the stately Arch Erected at the Great Market-place This Arch is the highest of all without any Pillars in relief However it is filled with very large Pictures of a Grayish colour of which two that are upon the Door are drawn upon Silk to be Transparent by Torch-light in the Evening Upon that Arch is a Rainbow with three Crowns seeming to hang in the Air. There is besides upon that Arch a Sphere and upon it a Flying Fame with her Trumpet and the Horse Pegasas running by her and some Trophies on every corner of each side On the backside of the said Arch is seen the Imperial Coat of Arms of Nassau that of the Emperor Adolphus of the Family of Nassan with the eight Quarters on every side Round about the fore-mentioned Arch are these following Inscriptions Nobilium Primo Ducum Maximo Posthumo Gulielom tertio Caelitus dato To the First of Noble Hero's to the greatest of Generals WILLIAM the Third a Posthumus the Gift of Heaven Above the Pictures on the back side Victoriis Tropheis Fortissimo Imperatori Cautissimo Gubernatori destinates Erected to the Victories and Trophies design'd for a most Strenuous Leader and Prudent Commander Underneath at the bottom of the Arch upon one side Quatour Regnorum Regi faederati Belgii Gubernatori Gulielmo tertio Virtute triumphis fulgenti For William the Third King of four Kingdoms Governor of the Vnited-Provinces shining with Virtues and Triumphs On the other side Grati animi letitiae publicae siguum boe erexit Haga Comitis The Hague has Erected this as a Testimony of publick Joy and Gratitude On each side of the Arch are two Wings composing together a half Circle and in each of those Wings are seven Pictures representing the Battles and Victories of the precedent Princes of Orange by Sea and Land each pictares having its Motto Upon the first of the right Wing Patientia laesa furor fit Patience exasperated turns to Fury Upon the Second Resposcit opem conspirat amicè The Matter Requires Aid and Friendly Confederacy Upon the third Per tela per undas Through Darts and Waves Upon the fourth Audentes Deus ipse juvat God himself assists the Couragious