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htc lacct xiialte^its 



ti^^mout et nm^ ev montca qb^n 



ouibtis 



:^\lieim (c(( amen i^/rs 



anno bmn \^^:^ 



crcrc -mv 



Hie jacet Walterus Dermout et uxor ejus Monica, quorum 

 animabus, propitictur Chriftus, amen Jefus. Anno Domin. &c. 



I WILL not here difpute whether the word foWowing prop/ii'efur 

 be defigncd for Chrijius or Nion ; it has more the appearance of the 

 latter j and we know the Irifh Chriflians expreffcd fometimes the 

 name of the Mejfiah by the Chaldean word Nion *. 



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The figures on the ftone denote the Trinity, with the Mefliah 

 on the crofs. But there is an unique in this monument I have 

 not met with on any other, formed fincc the introdudion of 



* Vindkatm of the ancimt hijlory of Ireland, p. 200. 



Chriftianity. 



