Holograph draft memorandum suggesting alternative designs and mottoes for the Coronation medal

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/297, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Pallas directing a javelin {illeg}|a|t Briareus with this motto, Vicem geit ill Tonatis, She succeeds y^e Thunderer. Thunder signifies warr ( Sam 2. 10 & 7. 10) & y^e Thunderer is here the late King William who in his coronation medal was represented by Iupiter with a thunderbolt in his hand, & in respect of the warrs he was ingaged in during the whole course of his life may be fitly called a Thunder{illeg}|e|r that is a Warrior. The Giant with many heads & hands s{illeg}|i|gnifies not a single person but a body politic & may represent any kingdom principality nation people or body of men w^th whom her Maj^ty hath or may have warr. The device alludes to \device alludes to y^e ancient warr of y^e Golds & Giants. For/ |y^e| Egyptians commemorating the oldest of their warrs represented their Ancestors by Gold in those warrs by Gods & their enemies by Giants invading heaven, & y^e Giants they painted w^th many heads & hands to signify y^t they were not single persons but bodies poli{c}|t|ic. When Iupiter they represented thundering against the Giants & when he was weary Pallas came in & carried on the warr according to y^t Motto, Vicem geit illa Tonantis.

A Pallas armed with this Motto Virtute et Consilio. The answer denotes the present warlike preparations & the Mott{illeg}|o| alludes to the valour & wisdom of Pallas & signifies the great power & wise counsels of her Majesty.

Virgils metallic Tree with a bran{illeg}|c|h & this motto Non deficit alter. The Tree is an embleme of a kingdome (Ezek 17 & 31) & the principal branch is the {illeg}|K|ing or Queen (Ezek 19. 11, 12, 14) & the springing out of a new golden branch as often as the old one is cropt off is a type of a lasting Monarchy.