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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2o<s S. VI. 140., Sept. 4. '68. 



(mais tousiours deraouroyt en la nef entieles fem- 

 nies) as well at mass and vespers as at sermon, 

 lu another (pocket) he had store of hooks with 

 which he olten coupled together the men and 

 ladies when they were close together." In the 

 same chapter other of his pranks in church are 

 narrated, and in chap. 21-22, a very disgusting^ 

 trick on another lady in church (en lecclise) is 

 told. This seems a plain proof there was no sepa- 

 ration in his day. I hope the readers of " N. & 

 Q.," will afford us some more authorities on this 

 interesting subject. F. S. A. 



MEMORIAL STONES OP THE SCOTTISH 

 COVENANTEES. 



(2"^ S. vi. 105. 126.) 



I copied the following from a broken headstone 

 in old Dailly kirkyard, Ayrshire, 1824, July 18. 

 The spelling and punctuation I give exactly ; but 

 it is scarcely worth while to cumber your pages 

 with an array of Roman capitals : — 



" Here Lyes. the. Corps of 



John. Sempl. vho. vas 



shot. by. Kelkrron. at 



Comand. of. Coruet 



James Douglas. Also 



here. lyes. Thomas 



LI'^Lorgan vho. vas 



shot, uncertain, by 



vhora. for. their, ad 



herancs. to. the 



vord. of. God. and. the 



covenanted, vork. of 



Keformation." 



The stone was broken off close below the word 

 Reformation ; indeed the "f " in the penultimate 

 word " of" was not perfect. Geo. E. Fbere. 



Royden Hall, Diss. 



The announcement in 2'"' S. vi. p. 100. of 

 the intended appearance of a " Valuable Series 

 of Inscriptions on Memorial Stones of the Scot- 

 tish Covenanters," afforded much pleasure to 

 many of the readers of " N. & Q." This has 

 been duly followed up by two notices (2°^ S. vi. 

 103. and 126.) from your correspondent G. N"., 

 who remarks that the " gravestones or tombstones 

 are most interesting historical memorials," and that 

 " the inscriptions on a few of these stones within 

 reach have been copied by him for ' N. & Q.,' " 

 suggesting that " if other Scotch correspondei ts 

 would do the same where they exist, a series might 

 be obtained well worthy of preservation." Now 

 this is very gooJ, and G. N. deserves praise for 

 what he has given, his notes and illustrative mat- 

 ter being highly interesting and instructive. But 

 I beg to be pei-mitted to remark that he appears 

 not to be aware that what he recommends has 

 already been done, aud printed by " Robert Mou- 



teith " in his Theatre of Mo7-talitij, published at 

 Edinburgh in 1704 and 171-3, which well-known 

 collection was reprinted, with considerable addi- 

 tions, under the title of a Collection of Epitaphs 

 and Monumental Inscriptions, chiefly in Scotland, 

 and was published by Macvean, Glasgow, and 

 Stevenson, Edinburgh, in 1834. Upon a reference 

 to this work I found, with one exception (p. 129.), 

 thatftZZ of those given by G. N. are printed therein 

 along with many others pertaining to the Cove- 

 nanters, and the nobility and gentry, &c. 



T. G. S. 

 Edinburgh. 



It surprises me that your correspondent G. N., 

 who appears to have read a paper before the Glas- 

 gow Archieological Society, should have over- 

 looked, in his communication to " N. & Q." (2"'^ 

 S. vi. 103.), the fact of Mr. MThun, the indefati- 

 gable Glasgow publisher, having just issued a 

 sixpenny collection of inscriptions from The 

 Tombstones of the Scntish Martyrs, by the Rev. 

 Robert M'Corkle, A.M. ; a copy whereof I now 

 forward to you, whence you will find (p. 72.) that 

 your correspondent has been so completely anti- 

 cipated, that his principal " inscriptions " are given 

 au pied de la lettre, and far more exactly arranged 

 than in his " copies." You will also find in the 

 little pamphlet far more curious and interesting 

 inscriptions than those of Glasgow. Your ac- 

 quaintance with this branch of necrology will 

 doubtless also point out to you some singular 

 omissions : such as that of the celebrated " Martyr 

 Stane" of Paisley Cemetery, and the " Curnal 

 Stane," near Renfrevir, still a pilgrimage of the 

 sect of Cameronians, it being popularly held that 

 the large red blotches or nodules in the sandstone 

 represent the blood drops of Archibald of Argyle. 

 See paper in The Revfreicshire Magazine on 

 " Memorial Stones," by the present writer, June 

 or July, 1846. Sholto Macduef. 



3&cvliti ta Minat CSucrtCiS. 

 Bishop Corrie (2"'' S. vi. 156.)— The corre- 

 spondents of " N. & Q." who have asked for and 

 supplied detail of this excellent man, may be glad 

 to learn that many simple and graphic anecdotes 

 of him are given by Mrs. Sherwood. They are to 

 be found in the Life of that lady (the well-known 

 authoress) ; and also in a small volume she pub- 

 lished many years since. The Indian Orphans. 

 Though comparatively little known among her 

 numerous works (in fact it is, or was lately, out of 

 print), it is replete with interesting anecdotes, 

 details, &c., of Corrie, Henry Martyn, Thomason, 

 and other worthies of the East Indian ecclesiasti- 

 cal establishment ; and also of Cawnpore, and many 

 places which have of late acquired a mournful 

 notoriety among us. S. M. S. 



