The posy (poem) to this ring (above) – inscribed in Roman capitals In silenc and in hope [sic] – is not recorded in Joan Evan’s reference work Posy Rings.
It is possibly taken from a verse in Isaiah as published in 1610 in the Douay-Rheims bible: “For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be.”