Watch List notes:

ENGLAND. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Copper medal. 4.54 gm. 30 mm. Jealousy of Leicester in Belgium. Cinquefoil i.m. 1586. A Belgian, frightened by smoke, falls into a fire; FVGIENS FVMVM INCIDIT IN IGNEM 86 around / An ape with her young hugging one to death; LIBERTA NE ITA CHARA VT SIMIÆ CATVLI ("Let no liberty be as dear to us as its cubs to an ape"). BHM I, p 138: 95. Near Extremely Fine; choice for this. (Rare and unusual; I have been unable to trace any sales. AD).This marks the Belgian fear of Spain that led them to give Leicester, a close friend of Elizabeth who was commander of English forces in the Netherlands, seemingly too much power as England assisted the Dutch in their campaign against Spain.