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Here, he alludes to pearls being added to a drink for a toast: ( In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the word, union, was frequently used for pearl.)
"The king shall drink to Hamlet's better broth;
And in the cup an union (pearl) shall he throw, John Webster's "Duchess of Malfi"(1623, Act III, sc 5:) It's long been thought that dreaming of pearls fortells of tears...as in this encounter.Duchess: ' I had a very strange dream to-night;
Antonio: 'My interpretation
Pearls on Your Wedding Day?Although wearing pearls on one's wedding day is widely practiced today...and I highly endorse this...naturally...years ago they were thought to bring tears to the marriage....and the longer the necklace...the more abudant the woes as in the following poems with pearls. Milton refers to the Marchioness of Winchester:"And those perls of dew she wears, Prove to be presaging tears."Owen Meredith: "As pure as a pearl,
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