Holograph notes on possible subjects and mottoes for George I's Coronation medal

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A Bible opened wth this Motto, Fidei Defensor & in the Exurg

A Deo coronatus       Oct. 1714.

The same wth a hand above the Bible coming out of a cloud &

a Crown.

A King in throne wth a Crown held over his head by a hand coming

out of a cloud. The Motto, Consentientibus populis.

The Exurg as before.

A Church upon a rock wth the motto Tuta est.


NB When Charles the great was crowned Emperor of the West, the People of Rome made this acclamation three times: Caralo Augusto A Deo coronato magno et pijssimo Imperator Romanorum via et victoria. And the people thereupon invo{illeg}k{illeg}ing God & the saints confirmed this title to him. And the title A Deo coronatus & divino numine coronatus was put into his L{illeg}aws & Edicts.