999 thou short of a mill

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“The cruel seas, remember, took him in November” - inscribed on the ring’s inner surface. A woman’s “memorial poesy ring” from 1592, made of gold and rock crystal. 

-Lost at Sea exhibition at the Shakespeare Library. 

* From the NYT, via the ever lovely even*cleveland & sweetest catbird.

(via cwnerd12)