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In the Church-Yard of Dumfreis upon the Grave-stone of John Grierson 
who lived in the parish of Irongray. 
Upon the Grave-stone of William Welsh in the same Church-Yard. 
In the same Church- Yard on the Grave-stone of James Kirko. 
Upon three several Grave-stones lying on John Gibson, James Bennoch, 
Robert Edgar, and Robert Mitchell, who were shot at Inglestoun in the 
Parish of Glencairn. 
On Rebert Edgar and Robert Mitchell, both under one stone. 
Upon a stone in Tynron Church-Yard lying on William Smith. 
Upon Daniel Mackmichael who was shot by Dalziel of Kirkmichael Jan- 
1685, lying in the Church-Yard of Durisdeer. 
The poetry of these epitaphs is in keeping with what is said of it 
in the introductory words already quoted from the ‘Cloud of 
Witnesses,” but although not “elegant,” or marked by neatness, 
it has a rough vigour not unsuitable to the times whose deeds of 
blood it seeks to keep in memory, and it always breathes a strong 
conviction of the righteousness of the cause for which the martyrs 
laid down their lives. One specimen will suffice to show what 
they are. It is the epitaph upon the gravestone of Daniel Mack- 
michael, in Durisdeer Churchyard :— 
As DANIEL CAST WAS INTO Lyon’s DEN 
For PRAYING unTO GoD AND Not TO MEN, 
Tuvus LYONS CRUELLY DEVOURED ME, 
For BEARING UNTO TRUTH MY TESTIMONY. 
I REST IN PEACE, TIL JESUS REND THE CLOUD 
AND JUDGE "TWIXT ME AND THOSE WHO SHED MY BLOOD, 
All these gravestones still exist. In most cases the letters have 
been re-cut. Some of them by their deep cutting show that 
they have been operated upon by Robert Paterson, the Old 
Mortality of Sir Walter Scott. In several cases, as in Dumfries 
Churchyard, the stones in recent years, for better preservation, 
have been set up on supports a foot or more from the ground, 
As a rule, they are easily found by the footpath made in the 
grass by a constant succession of visitors to the spot where they 
lie. Besides these stones whose inscriptions appear in the 
“‘Cloud of Witnesses” of 1714, there are several stones in other 
parts of Dumfriesshire. 
In Tinwald Churchyard there is a stone with a long inscrip_ 
tion to the memory of John Corbet. The first part of the 
