The Spanish Armada, 1588: The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords Representing the Several Engagements Between the English and Spanish Fleets.Pine, John
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The Spanish Armada, 1588: The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords Representing the Several Engagements Between the English and Spanish Fleets.
Chart I. and II. Above is a profile Face of Queen _Elizabeth_ (taken
from a Minute of _Is. Oliver_, in the Collection of Dr. _Mead_,)
before which sits HISTORY with an Olive-Branch, recording her great
Actions; and behind her, FAME sounding her Praises. On each Side of
the Queen are moreover several warlike Instruments taken out of the
_Spanish_ Fleet, and now preserved in the Tower. From Queen
_Elizabeth_’s Picture hangs the Anchor of Hope, the Arms of the
Admiralty, surrounded by the Winds; and below stands NEPTUNE, the God
of the Sea, in his Chariot, to denote the Queen’s Dominion of the
Narrow Seas. At the Corner of the first Chart BRITANNIA sitting upon a
Rock in the Sea, and looking scornfully upon the _Spanish_ Fleet, has
this very pertinent Motto by her,
_Maturate fugam_, _&c._
_Hence to your Lord my Royal Mandate bear,
The Realms of Ocean, and the Fields of Air,
Are mine, not his._
VIRG. _Æn. l_. I.
Chart III. and IV. At the Top is a Picture of the Lord High-Admiral,
(taken from an original Painting of _Frederico Zucchero_, in
Possession of his Grace the Duke of _Kent_) having on one Side
PRUDENCE, _Janus_ like, with a double Face; and on the other, COURAGE:
Among which are intermix’d several _Spanish_ Weapons, now in the
Tower. The Silver Coin, which was struck on this glorious Occasion by
the _Zealanders_, has on one side two Ships engag’d, and under CLASSIS
· HISP. Round the Circle, VENIT · IVIT · FVIT, 1588. _The Spanish
Fleet came, went, was_, 1588. On the Reverse, the Arms of _Zealand_,
with this Inscription, SOLI · DEO · GLORIA, _Glory to God alone_:
Under the Lord-Admiral, VICTORY fitting, holds in her right Hand a
Laurel Crown, and his Lordship’s Arms: In her left, a Chain, to which
are fastened below the Duke of _Medina_, and the other chief _Spanish_
Commanders.
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