If Astyages did nothing glorious. Of all the kings of the Medes Cyaxeres was the greatest warrior Herodotus tells us that he was much more warlike then his ancestors & that he was the first who reduced the irregular & undisciplined forces of the Medes into discipline & therefore by the testimony of Herodotus he was that king of the Medes of whom Æschylus writes makes the first conqueror & founder of the Empire saying He that first led the army was a Mede. Darius according to Daniel was the son of Achsuerus of ytthat seed of The next the Medes, that is the son of Cyaxeres of the seed royal. He reigned by the laws of the Medes & Persians (Dan 0.8, 12, 15 & 8.20) & therefore he reigned over the Medes & Persians as well as over Babylon, & the Medes being set first were uppermost in his reign, as the for in the reign of Cyrusafterwards when yethe Persians were uppermost they were set before the Medes Dan Esther 1.3, 14, 18, 19. You may know also by the number of provinces in yethe kingdom of Darius that he re was king of the Medes & Persians For upon the conquest of Babylon he set over the whole kingdom 120 Princes & afterwards when the Provinces of Egypt Thebais & Lyybyica were added to yethe kingdomby Cambyses the whole continued but 127 Provinces Esther 1. . So then its ce Cyaxeres, Darius & Cyrus were the three first kings mentioned by Æschylus the oldest greek author who writes of these things. Herodotus has incerted the order of the kings Astyages & Cyaxeres, putting Cyaxer Astyages after Cyaxeres Xenophon has restored the right order & Daniel has insertedadded Darius whom the Greeks reigned be who reigned worst or Cyaxares & Cyruswho after them both, a man of the same age wthwith Cyrus the grandson of Astyages.

Astyages did nothing glorious. It was In his reiggn the Scy a great body of Scytheians commanded by Madyes – – – – Darius into a very great Monarchy. This Monarchy rose up by the fall of Nineveh & about 69 or 70 years after by the fall of Babylon grew to its full greatness excepting that Cambyses enlarged it into Egypt.

The great slaughters wchwhich Cyaxeres made of the nations in erecting thisis Empire of the Medes – – – – – wchwhich was about 70 years.

It is to be conceived therefore – – – beforbefore Cyrus as above.

When Cyrus had conquered Babylon – – – committed a mistake in the time & name of the king.

King IJames 1syethe 1st in tokento signify that he would unite the two kingdoms of England & Scotland stiled himself Magna Britanniæ Rex & on the Reverse of his broad pieces & xxs pieces stiled put this Motto Faciam eos in Gentem unam, I will make them one nation Ezek 37. 22. In reference to this inscription & thereby to signify that her MajtyMajesty has finished a great & difficult work ofan undertaking of an 100 years standing I propose the following Medal.

On the first side her MatiesMajesties effigies wthwith the inscription ANNA. D. G. MAG. BRITANNIÆ. REGINA, or ANNA. D. G. MAGNÆ. BRITANNIÆ. F. et. H. REGINA. On the second her MatyMajesty in royal apparel, in the posture of Britannia sitting on a Globe in Royal apparel wthwith a speare in her hand & a shield by her side to represent Britanniaboth her self wchwhich & her mystical body BRITanniaBritannia.. The sheild to beto be charged wthwith the new arms of great Britain, In her left hand a Rose & a Thistle grows upon one stalk; the Rose towards her right hand. And In the prospect below two revers (Theamesis & Boderia) unite into one common stream oOver her head two hands to signify that this is the work of heaven comeing out of yethe the Heavenclouds her wthwithholding a single crown to crown her, signifyingto signify that this is the work of heaven. And in the prospect below two rivers (the Tames & Forth (Tamesis & Boderia).) unitieng into one common stream. The motto, FECI. EOS. IN. GENTUM. UNAM. And in the Exergue I. MAII. MDCVII. /In this designe the union is represented by the single crowns in two hands by the Rose & Thistle upon one stalk, by the new arms of great Britain upon the shield, & by the two Rivers Thamesis & Boderia Forth uniting: for rivers were anciently the emblemes of Kingdom. By The Motto, wch also expresses the union the union is refered to the union to yethe Queen as God the minister of heaven in this work, & although this motto yet may at first seem flat, but being compared wthwith that on the gold coynes of KKing IJames I, & wthwith the Prophesy of Ezekiel it will appear very significant grave & compr comprehensive, pious lively, pious & majestick, & perhaps the most apposite of any that can be thought of. A poetical Motto is too lightnot so grave for such an occasion.

Two weoman hand in hand to represent England & Scotland unitesd,. sum to representsignify only a federal union, or only such an union ans is represent by the Motto on the money of K.King Charles I, Floreal concordia regnaa. After33 thise union44, England11 & Scotland22 should be remembered no more, & therefore in thies Medal they should be only glanced at & nat made too conspicuous. However for variety I have caused towo or two draughts of this kind of weoman to be made together wthwith sometwo others draughts on the next pages, but prefer that above. The Draughts were made in hast & when the designe in general is resolved upon the Graver will be more exact.