"here Lies"; Being a Collection of Ancient And Modern, Humorous And Queer Inscriptions From Tombstones
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The Bloody murderers of these men Were Major Balfour and Captain Metlaun, And with them others were i\pt frie Caused them to search in Polmadie, As soon as they had them outfound. They inurthered them with shot of guns. Scarce time to them did they allow Before th.eir Maker their knees to bow. ?^^any like in tliis land have been, "Whose b'.ood for vengeance crys to heav'n. This cruel wickedness you see Was done in Ion of Palmodie; This may a standing witness be 'Twixt Presbyterie and Prclacie. ...At St. Michael, Dumfries, ol). 1667: — John Grikrson. Underneath this stone doth lie Dust sacrificed to tyranny: Yet precious in Immanucl's sight, Since martyr'd for his kingly right; When he condemns those hellish drudges. By suffrage, saints shall be their judges. At Kilmarnock: — Si'-cred to the memoiy of Thomas Finlay, John Cuth- beri I'll, William Brown, Robert and James Anderso'.i ANCIENT AND MODERN 59 (natives of thi> parisli), who v/ere taken prisoners at Bothwell, June 22nd, 1679, sentenced to transportation for life and drowned on their passage near Orkney isles.
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