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Twyse borne ou earth aud now is iu earth's wombe, 

 Lived loug a virgine, uow a spotles wiff ; 

 Church keepis lier godlie Hfe ; tliis tombe hir corps ; 

 And earth hir famous name. 



Who then doth lose ? Hir husband no, since heaven 

 Hir Sanle does gane. 

 Christen Makcaddam, Lady Cardynes, depairted 16 Juny, 1628, retatis 



suae 33. 



For the convenience of readers we have introduced some punctua- 

 tion marks and capitals in reproducing the epitaph ; and have so 

 far modernised the spelling as to use the ordinary chai'acters, in- 

 stead f V for u and z for y. The initials of the parties are cut in 

 bold characters on the stone in the following order, I being used 

 for J, and C as the second initial both of M'Clellan and M'Cadam : 



WG MM IG MMC IG CMC 



The burial place of the M'CuUochs of Ardwell is also in the 

 church. Built into a recess in the south wall there is a stone 

 bearing the crest of the Maxwells of Cardoness — a man's head 

 within two laurel branches- -and their motto, "Think on," and 

 beneath, along with other heraldic devices, the initials of Captain 

 William Maxwell and his wife, Nicolas Stewart, Avith an intima- 

 tion that the monument was rebuilt by them in 1710. This 

 recess formed the doorway by which Mr Rutherford entered when 

 about to ascend the pulpit, which stood against the wall on the 

 west side of the doorway. 



John Bell of Arkland is commemorated by a large tablet in 

 the outer wall, with a slightly mutilated Latin inscription, and a 

 piece of sculpture in relief, representing the skeleton figure of 

 Death bearing a scythe in one hand and discharging with the left a 

 dart at a sleeping figure. It may be his wife to whom this epitaph, 

 on a flat tombstone, is dedicated : 



Heir lyis Margrat HalUday, spouse to Johue Bel in Archland, who 

 depairted this lytFanno 1631, Jan. 27, setatis su;e 76. 



O Death, I will be thy death. Now is Christ resin from ye deid, 

 and is the First froot of them that beleive. 



These were no doubt relatives of John Bel of Whiteside, the 

 martyr, whose tragic story is told on a neighbouring stone. He 

 was a step-son of Viscount Kenmure, and his mother was a 

 M'Culloch of Ardwell. The inscription over his grave is as 

 follows : 



