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Description: | Counter commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588. Obverse: Queen Elizabeth seated (left) in a car holding a palm branch and open prayer book with the start of the Lord's Prayer in Dutch: 'ONSE VADER IN DEN HEMEL UWEN NAEM WERD GEHEI'. Legend: 'TANDEM . BONA . CAVSA . TRIVMPHAT . 1589' (At length, the good cause triumphs). Reverse: Young birds in a nest defending themselves against a bird of prey. Legend: 'SI . NON . VIRIBUS . AT . CAVSA . POTIORES' (If not in strength, yet in our cause more powerful). Inscription: 'BELV NECESS' (Necessary war).
caption: Counter commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | I Elizabeth | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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