Palatius, (Ruby,) 102.
Pallas, freed-man of Claudius, ring of, 19.
Papal ring, 76, 78.
Pearls, 28.
Pelican and young upon a ring, 225.
Pembroke, Anne, Countess Dowager of, 91.
Persians, their seal-rings, 52, 67;
bridegroom makes a present of a ring, 198.
Pharaoh’s ring given to Joseph, 66, 151.
Physicians’ rings, 49, 122.
Pierce, Franklin, ring from California presented to, 43.
Pio, Albert, anecdote of, 49.
Pius II., ring of, 79.
Plague-rings, 136.
Poison carried in rings, 38, 154.
Pompeii, marriage-ring found at, 196.
Pompey’s ring, 155.
Pope’s ring, 17, 78.
Pope the poet, bequeathed rings, 222.
Porcelain rings worn by the Egyptians, 27.
Portsmouth, Duchess of, her taking diamond rings from the hand of
Charles II. in the death throes, 183.
Power, rings connected with, 65.
Powhattan, (ship,) 224.
Prometheus, and his wearing the first ring, 15, 16.
Prussian maiden and the sacrifice of her hair, 190.
Puritans set against the wedding-ring, 208.