WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

28 i n large Capitals of G o l d, on i t ; His left foot, f tood firm on the Bafe, and his right, de- prefs'd a grove l ing Figure, ho l d i ng in the one hand, a Proteftant-Flai l, and in the other, a Sc rou l, wi th the word Rebellio, in l ike Letters of Go l d. On the other fide of Hercules, was the Fi gure of St. George (the tutelar Saint of England) A r i ch Helmet, and plume of red Feathers, on his head ; His Mant le, and Crofs on his Breaffc, o f the fame C o l o u r; A Sword by his fide The reft of his habit, after the o ld Roman : He ftood, t rampl ing an Hydra, which, ini tead of Serpentine, had humane heads ; her Wings di fplay'd, as en- deavour ing to get up again, vvhilft he, fallens his Lance i n one of them, more remarkable than the reft. Un d er that, in a l i ke Oval of Go l d, fupported, and adorned, as the former, was r e- prefented the River Thames, by the Figure of an o ld man extended, with a l i ke Wreath on his head,