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Rh The custom seems to have been general in all ranks of life.

Some years back a substantial gold wedding-ring was found inside a cod-fish, caught in Hants Harbour, Newfoundland: it bore this posy inside, cut in block letter,—

Doubtless this ring could tell a tale if it could only speak and let us know the history of its chequered career.

Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, appears to have been tolerably used to the marriage service; on marrying his fourth wife he is said to have chosen for his posy,—

Another reverend Bishop (Cokes) gave his wife a ring on her marriage, on which were represented a Hand, a Heart, a Mitre, and a Death’s Head, with posy,—