(on a curious old ring, chased with the Nortons’ motto),

i h c Naserus rex Judiorum me serere +.

My giving this begins thy bliss.

Remember Him who died for thee,
And after that remember me.

Let me wish thee full happy be.

Tibi soli

(on Beau Fielding’s ring; temp. Queen Anne).

From a Commonplace Book of the seventeenth century in Sion College Library:

There is no other, and I am he,
That loves no other, and thou art she.
Eye doth find, heart doth choose,
Faith doth bind, death doth lose.
Let us be one{To live in love
Till we are none{I love to live.
Love well, and{Virtus non vultus
Live well.{Patior ut potiar.
Sequor ut consequar.

I seek to be
Not thine, but thee.