No. 13. (p. 074) PLATE XIII. _October 8, 1782._ Favstissimo foedere jvnctæ. die VII Octob. MDCCLXXXII. [Rx]. Justitiam et non temnere divos. TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED NETHERLANDS. FAVSTISSIMO FOEDERE JVNCTÆ. DIE VII OCTOB.[49] (_Octobris_) MDCCLXXXII. (_United by a most auspicious alliance, October 7, 1782._) Fame seated on the clouds is blowing a trumpet, held in her left hand; in her right she holds two shields: one bearing the arms of the United Netherlands, the other studded with thirteen stars (_the thirteen original United States_); above the two shields is a wreath, and beneath them are the lion's skin and the club of Hercules. [Footnote 49: The date should be October 8, not 7, as will be seen by the official documents below.] JUSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS.[50] (_Learn justice, and not to despise the gods._) On the face of a pyramid, the base of which is adorned with flowers, is placed the crowned shield of Amsterdam, resting on fasces; beneath, on a scroll, the inscription: PRODROMUS (_a forerunner_). A flying Mercury places a wreath on the shield; below on the right, an anchor, a basket of flowers, and a cock crowing (_France_); in the background, the sea covered with ships. Exergue: S. P. Q. AMST. SACRVM. (_Senatui populoque Amstelodamensi sacrum: Dedicated to the Senate and people of Amsterdam_). On the platform, I. G. HOLTZHEY FEC. (_fecit_).[51] [Footnote 50: Virgil, _Æneid_, Book VI, 620. This mutilated quotation is scarcely intelligible. The entire verse is: "DISCITE JUSTITIAM, MONITI, ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS." (_Admonished [by me], learn justice and not to despise the gods_).] [Footnote 51: SEE INTRODUCTION, page x.] _____ ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. (p. 075) _Treaty of Amity and Commerce between their High Mightinesses the States-General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America, to wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Concluded October 8, 1782; ratified January 22, 1783._