, 1874-10-17
FAMILIAR TALK.



Among tho troas,,,os Of tho Dltsh Museum Ia
the eiEnot~ring Of Mary Queen Of Boots. Inside
tho circlot Is monogram formed OF tho lotsers
N. md A., tho N. standing for Mary. and tue a.
Tor DartllcS, who. m hts marriage, wan croatod
Duke Of Albany. Sir Henry Fills Ia Of tho opin-
ion that ILLS was tho nnntal ring Of Queer, Mary.
lilo Inv. Lord JOHN Thyme wllo IL descended
froni Lady Francis Deycroux, tho daughter OF
ERHox, has Il, hs possession ring which Is gup-
roHed to DO tho ono that Queen Elizabeth gavo
to the Earl OF Essex, and which lie aont l,er bnck
from his p7iHou.coll by tho Counteaa OF Nottipg-
ham, who failed to defivor 1t. Tho RIM holds a1,
onyx on Which IL cut tho head Of tho Queen. It
Is said that Queen Etizalesl,'s coronAton-rinE
wns filed on hor finger tnnt befora l.er death,
the feth layimg grown oyor IL. Aubrey rclatcs
that QncGn Elizabeth Ind double ring con-
tanning two @ dlamonds which together formed a
Scots, In token OF friendship and slnry returned
II when ehe took refuge In England. Whcu tl,o
North Cato llouno on bedford bridge wns taken
down In l7G5, . beautiful gold ring was found
Is engraved Nitl, Q dea.l's lcad mud tho motto
".Nen,cafo a,0ri." AB JOHN 1unyan was imprIa-
onod in tue North Cato House. there III likelihood
That Tue Ens was s: Ihs aignst.nE Of o.aar
lrittsh Archaeological Association, n fes years
ago, il of cnamoled gold, With tho dato 1503, aud
the motto, 'tFays ceg"e dogs arein Gae pourra."
LII t1iB front 1OH 1B lot lha WHICH LAS EOrYia"
engraved on II: encrciod Win tho words, !" corM-
@ an @ q; t,, 1oo,, .,i n;c ~ ,ro,ns rs sa
tSn Siun ri l,is Misunderstanding vneatY, fiannihai
also carric poison In ring, al, drank lho falul
tyaught hi.naelf Wien dark despair settled down
on him. Pope Alexander VI. [Borgla) carried
POISON In kcy-fing ouch Us the old Humans
wore. Wl,on tho doom Of one Of hiu frensls wan
scaled, he but requested tho favor TINT cuakst
snoq es far him WIZ taa IE Az
CAUSED 4 concealed piu to project and tn,ilct
poisonous prick. nIngu with keys attached la7o
beeu common, tho koys being intended to open
valuable casl1ets. Ono Of tue most singular rnEs
10 oao wound that 1t would cauae pin to prick tho
wcarer At my hoar desired. Lord Los'AboroMgh
owns jewish tnarrlage'rng Ehiet, is oz1nisltcly
| wrought IN gold AluRroo mud richly onameicd,
IN oycry external.
1Luar1aArEp ar1ssALs.
| INN of tt,c n,out axon;ai+a illuminated Misse1s
T., ti,a ,or,a ID l., tio ,;hrorv or tho T,;.h,,u
- 'uo "o.,a ~ 80 "o :, .3 ~ ,a,s, J0.'' -"
Academy OF Sciences. II Formerly belonged to
| tho suppressed Convent Of Jesus, and waB tho
| work Of Esteyas aoucnlycs Eeto. Abbot OF
Sernm. In Portugal. and afterwards t,hnn,nin tf;
non Joan Manual Dsshon Of Wien, TIe oxo-
cution Of tho work occup,ed Goacalycs twelve
yenra md On itB eonnlctiop. in l6a2 i,o raye II
| M tokon of crnt,tulo to tho 1,ishop Of yixen.
thu founder Of tho Jcauit Convent, By this Inst
it ws p,aceu in the library whore 1t low ron,ans.
Tho bool ia poptlcal ltisssl, s,,cl1 M ia used
at Il Gishup's Afasa. It is fnlio size,
aud ia hNofnea WIN ele;en pictures,
% hwn Maa Srt.a, ~" ptn; ad 1,r.t;e,, " Ky
Ehouhor;s, tha Wire Mo,I of lin Eaat. tjo I,nst
Supper. Calvary, the Resurrection, Descout oi
tho noly Ghost. Assumption, scourgng ut the
pil!sT Ghfiss 1!spntiug VIII ', ihg Daetors, nn.l