Brief description of his medal designs

Author: Garth, Samuel

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<text in Unknown Hand (1) begins> Sr. Samuel Garth

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The Device an Oak which is King of ye                               forest{illeg}

The Motto

Agros, ubi nastitur ornat Servat.
It both defends and adorrns its           native soyl.
Or or thus - Ornat tusetum

2 Devise

An Amranthus or Love flower and ye Sunn above it drying      up ye dew

The Motto relates to his majestys death

Excutiunt larhrymas radij -
The rays dry up ye tears.

3 Devise

An Altlas supporting ye world

Motto

Nec me labor irte gravabit.      Virgil           nor am I uneasy at ye weight

4 Devise

A rising and setting Sunn

Motto

Alter Idem
The Other is ye same

5 Device

An Aurora watring flowrs, with a watring pot, alluding to ye Queen's modesty when she dos good

Motto

               Vix abs rub rubere
                         She obliges with a Blush
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6 Device relates to ye Confederacy

Three right hands joynd within a circle of lambent light.

Motto

          Hac omina formo.    Virgil
I confirm ye omen.

7th Devise

A FemaleShe Eagle crowned with Laurell. ye Females of      ye Hawk kind are ye best and boldest

The Motto

Fæmina præstat
The Female extolls

The 8th represents ye Queen 's exact justice and fixed temper ye Devise A pair of Compasses upon a CUbe

Motto

Quorun vertitue, idem
In all circumstancys ye same.

The 9 Devise

A Palm tree. The Naturalists observe this three trives best when ye Male and Female are planted by one another

The Motto

Agrè sine Conjuge crescit
Tis with regrett t it grows without its Mate
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<text in Unknwon Hand (2) begins>The winds distending the sea & Neptune                                    appearing

motto

Virgil. quos ego         or Silent           a Laurel & an olive                a hand reaching to the olive

Motto

Te potiuì or te Malim
fortitude & justice Supporting Albion

Motto

per nos
a T trojan & Tyrian
nullo diserimme

out of virgil The Bees, and Emblem both of                          Monarchy & Industry

Motto

Agitant sub logibui Ætrim
or     Mens omnibus una,
an olive shaded by an oak
tuta sub umbra or protegit

Brittania & a ship on the
ocean     imperium sine fine
Virgil    a Fury Bound fremet horridi ore cruentus                     Vuertici Fremet