Medal struck by the Dutch, after the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Above is the name of Jehovah encompassed by a glory, from which the Pope, Cardinals, and Monks are flying in grand confusion. Motto, “Whom God will destroy with the breath of his mouth.” 86 Another medal struck by the Dutch on the same occasion, representing the Pope, Cardinals, and Catholic Princes, sitting in conclave, blindfold, and trampling upon iron spikes. There are two mottos, “It is hard to kick against the pricks.” “O the blind minds, the blind hearts of men!” 126 Bust of Miltiades, from Visconté, Iconographie Grecque 127 Bust of Themistocles, from the same 140 Bust of Thucydides 141 Pericles. From a marble bust in the British Museum 161 Medal of Boccaccio 164 Medal of Cardinal Charles Borromeo, from a cast in the British Museum 202 Medal struck to commemorate the Plague and Fire of London Obverse 220 Reverse 230 The medals have been engraved from the originals in the British Museum. INDEX Aristides, 131, 132, 139, 140, 143. Armada, Spanish, 112–126. Athens, plague of, 166, 169–177. Cid, Chronicle of, 25–28. Cimon, policy of, 143–146. Constantinople, plague of, 178–183. Drageschan, battle of, 74. Education, Athenians, 152–157. Florence, plague of, 184–197. Jaques, St., battle of, 64–69. London, plague of, 218–23. Marathon, battle of, 13–16. Milan, plague of, 98–214. Miltiades, 127–130. Morgarten, battle of, 43–52. Peloponnesian war, origin of, 158–163. Pericles, policy of, 147–152. Plague, historians who have described it, 164–166; ——principal recorded, 166–169; ——of Athens, 169–177; ——of Constantinople, 177–183; ——of Florence, 184–198; ——of Milan, 198–214; ——medical treatment and state of science, 214–218; ——of London, 218–231. Reading, Aloys, 48. Salamis, battle of, 86–103. Siege of La Valette, 69–72; ——of Leyden, 103–112; ——methods of the ancients, their rudeness and little improvement, until the use of gunpowder, 22–27, 29–32; ——Introduction of cannon, 38, 39; ——of Numantia, 19–22; ——of Tyre, 25–28; ——Syracuse, by Marcellus, 28–31; ——by Athenians, 177; ——of Jerusalem, 32–36; ——of La Réole, 37; ——of Ostend, 39–50; ——of Magdeburg, 50–62; ——of Zaragoza, 63–77. Sempach, battle of, 49–54; Law of, 68. Sobieski, John, King of Poland, 30–41. Sophists, 153–157. Themistocles, character and policy of, 133–140.