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gilt . It bfeafs in the interior the following inscription , — " Gandu plera meteor cera" intended , probably , says the contributor , for the Norman French , " quant Dieuoc plevra , meleour serra ; "' or preserving the jingle of the original , —
u When God does send , The times shall mend . "
In the same magazine we have a sketch of the travels of a valuable diamond-ring , which belonged to Mary Queen of Scots . As the arms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , quartered , were engraved upon it , this was considered at the trial good proof of her pretension to the crown of England . " The history of this fatal ring is curious . It descended from Mary to her grandson Charles I ., who gave it , on the scaffold , to Archbishop Juxon , for his son Charles II ., who in his troubles nawned it in Holland for £ 300 . where it was bought \ — 7 — — ?
_ ~ ~ - - - - —c by Grovernor Tale , and sold at his sale for £ 320 , supposed for the Pretender . Afterwards it came into possession of the Earl of Mar , Duke of Argyle , and probably from him to the family of Mr . Blackford , at the sale of whose effects it was said to have been purchased for the Prince Kegent . " Sometimes rings were made in two parts , and termed joint-rings , their exact nature is explained by the following passage in Dryden ' s " Don Sebastian : "—
' A curious artist wrought them , With joints so close as not to be perceived ; Yet are they both each other ' s counterpart : Her part had Juan inscribed , and his had Zayda ( You know those names are theirs ) , and in the midst , A heart divided in two halves was placed . Now if the rivets of those rings inclosed , Fit not each other , I have forged this lye : But if they join , you must for ever part . "
Who it was that wore the first wedding-ring we know not , and would like an antiquary more learned than we have any right to pretend to be , to give us information upon this point . Certainly , the marriage contract , or rather the rites of espousal , were sealed with the ring in very early times : this was an important part of the ceremony amoug the Romans before the days of Christianity . The ring was no part of the marriage service itself ; and this is made very plain by Pope Nicolas : " Among us , " he says , " after the rites of
espousal , which are the promise of future nuptials , the marriage ties are celebrated with the consent of those who have contracted them , and of those in whose power they are ; and after the bridegroom has presented his bride with espousal gifts [ arris ] , among which he places a ring on his finger as a pledge , and then he delivers the dowry settled by both parties , this covenant being preserved in writing , openly before witnesses invited on both sides . " The writer thus continues : " Aut mox , ant apto tempore ( ne videlicet ante tempus lege definitum tale quid facereprsosumatur ) , ambo ad nuptialia federa perducuntur . "
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gilt . It bfeafs in the interior the following inscription , — " Gandu plera meteor cera" intended , probably , says the contributor , for the Norman French , " quant Dieuoc plevra , meleour serra ; "' or preserving the jingle of the original , —
u When God does send , The times shall mend . "
In the same magazine we have a sketch of the travels of a valuable diamond-ring , which belonged to Mary Queen of Scots . As the arms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , quartered , were engraved upon it , this was considered at the trial good proof of her pretension to the crown of England . " The history of this fatal ring is curious . It descended from Mary to her grandson Charles I ., who gave it , on the scaffold , to Archbishop Juxon , for his son Charles II ., who in his troubles nawned it in Holland for £ 300 . where it was bought \ — 7 — — ?
_ ~ ~ - - - - —c by Grovernor Tale , and sold at his sale for £ 320 , supposed for the Pretender . Afterwards it came into possession of the Earl of Mar , Duke of Argyle , and probably from him to the family of Mr . Blackford , at the sale of whose effects it was said to have been purchased for the Prince Kegent . " Sometimes rings were made in two parts , and termed joint-rings , their exact nature is explained by the following passage in Dryden ' s " Don Sebastian : "—
' A curious artist wrought them , With joints so close as not to be perceived ; Yet are they both each other ' s counterpart : Her part had Juan inscribed , and his had Zayda ( You know those names are theirs ) , and in the midst , A heart divided in two halves was placed . Now if the rivets of those rings inclosed , Fit not each other , I have forged this lye : But if they join , you must for ever part . "
Who it was that wore the first wedding-ring we know not , and would like an antiquary more learned than we have any right to pretend to be , to give us information upon this point . Certainly , the marriage contract , or rather the rites of espousal , were sealed with the ring in very early times : this was an important part of the ceremony amoug the Romans before the days of Christianity . The ring was no part of the marriage service itself ; and this is made very plain by Pope Nicolas : " Among us , " he says , " after the rites of
espousal , which are the promise of future nuptials , the marriage ties are celebrated with the consent of those who have contracted them , and of those in whose power they are ; and after the bridegroom has presented his bride with espousal gifts [ arris ] , among which he places a ring on his finger as a pledge , and then he delivers the dowry settled by both parties , this covenant being preserved in writing , openly before witnesses invited on both sides . " The writer thus continues : " Aut mox , ant apto tempore ( ne videlicet ante tempus lege definitum tale quid facereprsosumatur ) , ambo ad nuptialia federa perducuntur . "