The Lobster in the Medal of the Pretender

Your correspondent, Mr. B. NIGHTINGALE, desires an answer to his Query (in your No. 4), Why is the figure of a *Lobster* introduced into the impression upon the rare medal struck 20th June, 1688, in contempt or ridicule of Prince James Edward, the newly-born son of King James II.? A reference to the two following works will, perhaps, supply the answer:— 1st. In Philemon Holland's translation of Pliny's *Natural History* (a great authority at the time) this passage occurs in book ix. cap. 30.:— "Lobsters, so long as they are secure of any fear and danger, go directly straight, letting down thei…