Exergue: "XIII. Aug'st 1692."

No. II.--Bust to the right; flowing hair: legend, "WILHELMUS III., D. G.

MAG. BRIT. FRANC. ET HIB. REX;" the breast and shoulders covered by half

of a shield, on which is written in Hebrew characters the name

"Jehovah," and round it, in Latin, thus "He whom I shield is safe."

Reverse: Six women, emblematical of Conspiracy, armed with daggers,

snakes, and torches, in dancing attitudes, ready to attempt the king's

life, and are withheld by cords issuing from a cloud, held by an

invisible hand, which encircle their necks and faces. The legend is to

this effect: "An invisible hand withholds them." Exergue: "1696, Boskam

F."

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