The lower inscription was added later. LVDOVICVS DEI GRATIA FRANCORV REX. , XLII. Taken from an illumination Done in his Life preserved in the King's library in Paris. In the events to which the War gave birth, This King was among the first, when it was necessary to give; And of his passions, always making himself master, He knows like a Lion, & To conquer, & To forgive

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