t, held in her left hand;
in her right she holds two shields: one bearing the arms of the United
Netherlands, the other studded with thirteen stars (_the thirteen
original United States_); above the two shields is a wreath, and
beneath them are the lion's skin and the club of Hercules.

[Footnote 49: The date should be October 8, not 7,
as will be seen by the official documents below.]

JUSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS.[50] (_Learn justice, and not to
despise the gods._) On the face of a pyramid, the base of which is
adorned with flowers, is placed the crowned shield of Amsterdam,
resting on fasces; beneath, on a scroll, the inscription: PRODROMUS
(_a forerunner_). A flying Mercury places a wreath on the shield;
below on the right, an anchor, a basket of flowers, and a cock crowing
(_France_); in the background, the sea covered with ships. Exergue: S.
P. Q. AMST. SACRVM. (_Senatui populoque Amstelodamensi sacrum:
Dedicated to the Senate and people of Amsterdam_). On the platform, I.
G. HOLTZHEY FEC. (_fecit_).[51]

[Footnote 50: Virgil, _AEneid_, Book VI, 620. This
mutilated quotation is scarcely intelligible. The
entire verse is: "DISCITE JUSTITIAM, MONITI, ET NON
TEMNERE DIVOS." (_Admonished [by me], learn justice
and not to despise the gods_).]

[Footnote 51: SEE INTRODUCTION, page x.]

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. (p. 075)

_Treaty of Amity and Commerce between their High Mightinesses the
States-General of the United Netherlands and the United States of
America, to wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia. Concluded October 8, 1782; ratified January 22,
1783._

Their High Mightinesses the States-General of the United
Netherlands and the United States of America, to wit: New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia, desiring to ascertain, in a permanent and equitable
manner, the rules to be observed relative to the commerce and
correspondence whi