A Parthian shot:
bequeathing to your partner
your second best bed.
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Author Notes
Parthian: (adj.) describing a shot fired in retreat; a parting shot.
It has been suggested that relations between William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway, were strained, to put it mildly. This seems to be backed up by the fact that he left each of his two surviving daughters around $500,000 (in today's equivalent). However, Anne was not included in his original bequest at all, but the will was subsequently modified to bequeath to her his "second best bed".
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