The narrative which Paradin neglects to give may be supplied from other sources. This Emblem or Symbol is, in fact, that which was appropriated to Francis I. and Francis II., kings of France from 1515 to 1560, and also to one of the Henries—probably Henry IV. The inscription on the coin, according to Paradin and Whitney’s woodcut, is “FRANCISCVS DEI GRATIA FRAN. REX;” this is for Francis I.; but in the _Hierographia Regvm Francorvm_[101] (vol. i. pp. 87 and 88), the emblem is inscribed, “Franciscus II. Valesius Rex Francorum XXV. Christianissimus.” A device similar to Paradin’s then follows, and the comment, _Coronatum aureum nummum, ad Lydium lapidem dextra hæc explicat & sic, id est, duris in rebus fidem explorandam docet_,—“This right hand extends to the Lydian stone a coin of gold which is wreathed around, and so teaches that fidelity in times of difficulty is put to the proof.” The coin applied to the touchstone bears the inscription, “FRANCISCVS II. FRANCORV. REX.” An original drawing,[102] by Crispin de Passe, in the possession of Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart., of Keir, presents the inscription in another form, “HENRICVS, D. G. FRANCORV. REX.” The first work of Crispin de Passe is dated 1589, and Henry IV. was recognised king of France in 1593. His portrait, and that of his queen, Mary of Medicis, were painted by De Passe; and so the Henry on the coin in the drawing above alluded to was Henry of Navarre. The whole number of original drawings at Keir, by Crispin de Passe, is thirty-five, of the size of the following plate,—No 27 of the series. [Illustration: _Crispin de Passe, about 1595._[103]] The mottoes in _Emblemata Selectiora_ are,— “PECUNIA SANGUIS ET ANIMA MORTALIUM. Quidquid habet mundus, regina Pecunia vincit, Fulmineoque ictu fortius una ferit.” “’T GELD VERMAG ALLES. ’t Geld houd den krygsknecht in zyn plichten, Kan meer dan’t dondertuig uit richten.” “MONEY THE BLOOD AND LIFE OF MEN. Whatever the world possesses, money rules as queen, And more strongly than by lightning’s force smites together.” “MONEY CAN DO EVERYTHING. To his duty the warrior, ’tis money can hold,— Than the thunderbolt greater the influence of gold.” Very singular is the correspondence of the last two mottoes to a scene in _Timon of Athens_ (act iv. sc. 3, lines 25, 377, vol. vii. pp. 269, 283). Timon digging in the wood finds gold, and asks,— “What is here? Gold! yellow, glittering, precious gold!” and afterwards, when looking on the gold, he thus addresses it,—