of Shakespeare as he left it, and as we find it in the most authentic
representations of his mind and meaning.

J. PAYNE COLLIER.

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MEDAL OF THE PRETENDER.

Sir,--Possibly some one of your literary correspondents, who may be
versed in the, what D'Israeli would call _Secret_ History of the
Jacobite Court, will endeavour to answer a "Query" relative to the
following rare medal:--

_Obv._ A ship of war bearing the French flag; on the shore a
figure in the dress of a Jesuit (supposed to represent Father
Petre) seated astride of a _Lobster_, holding in his arms the
young Prince of Wales, who has a little windmill on his head.
Legend: "Allons mon Prince, nous sommes en bon chemin." In the
exergue, "Jacc: Franç: Eduard, supposé. 20 Juin, 1688."

_Rev._ A shield charged with a windmill, and surmounted by a
Jesuit's bonnet; two rows of Beads or Rosaries, for an order or
collar, within which we read "Honny soit qui _non_ y pense;" a
_Lobster_ is suspended from the collar as a badge. Legend: "Les
Armes et l'Ordre du pretendu Prince de Galles."

The difficulty in the above medal is _the Lobster_, though doubtless it
had an allusion to some topic or scandal of the day; whoever can
elucidate it will render good service to Medallic History, for hitherto