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stone or anything else remarkable was discovered. There 

 are, however, three stones lying on the window sills of the 

 parish church that adjoins the Abbey which appear to me to 

 be worthy of more attention than has hitherto been bestowed 

 upon them. They were found among the ruins some years 

 ago, and are said to be the foundation stone of the Abbey. 

 With some hesitation I venture to suggest that they may 

 have formed part of this double tomb. On one of the stones 

 may be traced without difficulty the latter letters of the 

 name Devorgilla, and the word fundatrix ; on the second is 

 what seems to be the date 1280, but as a portion of the 

 stone is broken away, it is not improbable that the original 

 date was 1289, the year in which Lady Devorgdla died. 

 The inscription on the third stone I have not been able to 

 decipher. I have submitted a copy of it to Mr Starke, who 

 supposes the first part to be Marito viro illustri, that is. To 

 my husband, illustrious man. This may be part of the in- 

 scription on the tomb when it was occupied by Baliol. The 

 1289 would be added after the interment of Devorgilla, with 

 whom is said to have been buried the heart of her husband. 

 That there were inscriptions on the tomb is known, for there 

 is record of an elegy for Devorgilla composed by Hugh de 

 Burgh, the Prior of Lanercroft, which was inscribed on the 

 tomb. It is as foUoAvs : — 



In Devorvilla moritur unsata Sibilla, 

 Cum Marthaque pia, contemplativa Maria, 

 Da Dervorville requie, rex summe potiri, 

 Quam tegit iste lapis, cor pariterque viri. 



In Dcrvorgil, a sybil sage doth die, as 



Mary contemplative, as Martha pious ; 



To her, oh deign, high King, rest to impart. 



Whom this stone covers with her husband's heart. 



The son who survived Devorgilla was John Baliol, the 

 rnmpntitnr for the crown of Scotland, to which he succeeded 



