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with brawny Musclcs like so many Hercules’s,
flioals of naked Persons huddl’d confusedly toge-
ther, and Bodies exposed in unseemly Postures.
Michael Angelo design’d boldly, and painted what-
soever his heated Fancy suggested to him.
Since I am upon this Subject,' I cannot sorbear
taking notice of the murder of Admiral* Coligny,* parita.
the History of which is describ’d in three large ment os Paris
Pictures, which are to be seen in the Hall where ha^ ssssS
the Pope gives Audience to AmbassTadors., In ‘gM
the first Coligny is represented as he was carry’d to any Persin
his House, after he was wounded by the Ruffian that jboM ex-
Morevel; and at the bottom of the Picture is this
Motto, Gaspar Colignius Amirallius accepto vulnere wor(i -n tjje
domum resertur. Greg. XIII. Pontis. Max. I J72- that French is re-
ts, Gaspar Coligny the Admiral is carry d home presenter.
■wounded: InthePontisicateofGteg.XIII.X'j’72. The
Second exhibits him murder’d in his own House,to-
gether with his Son-in-law 7e/ig»y,and others,with
these W ords, C a des Colignii & Sociorum ejus; i. e. The
Slaughter of Coligny and his Companions. And in
the third, the News os the Execution is brought
to the King, who seems pleas’d with it, as it
appears by the Inscription, Rex Colignii necem pro-
bat ; The King approves os the Murther os Coligny.
The Pope did not content himfelf with Setting
up the History of this Massacre as a Trophy in
his Palace ; but the better to eternize the memo-
ry of so remarkable an Action, he caus’d Medals
1 to be coin’d, with this Inscription about his I-
mage, Gregorius XIII. Pont. Max. An. i. and on the
Reverse a destroying Angel, holding in one Eland
a Cross, and in the other a Sword, with which
he seems to thrust, with thefe words, Ugonottorum
| Siragts, IJ72; i.e. The Slaughter os the Hugonots,
C72« These Medals are become very Scarce,
I y etl obtain’d Some of them by the assistance of
my Friends.
I Shall
with brawny Musclcs like so many Hercules’s,
flioals of naked Persons huddl’d confusedly toge-
ther, and Bodies exposed in unseemly Postures.
Michael Angelo design’d boldly, and painted what-
soever his heated Fancy suggested to him.
Since I am upon this Subject,' I cannot sorbear
taking notice of the murder of Admiral* Coligny,* parita.
the History of which is describ’d in three large ment os Paris
Pictures, which are to be seen in the Hall where ha^ ssssS
the Pope gives Audience to AmbassTadors., In ‘gM
the first Coligny is represented as he was carry’d to any Persin
his House, after he was wounded by the Ruffian that jboM ex-
Morevel; and at the bottom of the Picture is this
Motto, Gaspar Colignius Amirallius accepto vulnere wor(i -n tjje
domum resertur. Greg. XIII. Pontis. Max. I J72- that French is re-
ts, Gaspar Coligny the Admiral is carry d home presenter.
■wounded: InthePontisicateofGteg.XIII.X'j’72. The
Second exhibits him murder’d in his own House,to-
gether with his Son-in-law 7e/ig»y,and others,with
these W ords, C a des Colignii & Sociorum ejus; i. e. The
Slaughter of Coligny and his Companions. And in
the third, the News os the Execution is brought
to the King, who seems pleas’d with it, as it
appears by the Inscription, Rex Colignii necem pro-
bat ; The King approves os the Murther os Coligny.
The Pope did not content himfelf with Setting
up the History of this Massacre as a Trophy in
his Palace ; but the better to eternize the memo-
ry of so remarkable an Action, he caus’d Medals
1 to be coin’d, with this Inscription about his I-
mage, Gregorius XIII. Pont. Max. An. i. and on the
Reverse a destroying Angel, holding in one Eland
a Cross, and in the other a Sword, with which
he seems to thrust, with thefe words, Ugonottorum
| Siragts, IJ72; i.e. The Slaughter os the Hugonots,
C72« These Medals are become very Scarce,
I y etl obtain’d Some of them by the assistance of
my Friends.
I Shall