SIR ROBERT SIBBALI). 19 



deputy-keeper of the great seal, while the Earl 

 of Kirwiaird held the offices of Chancellor, after 

 which he lived privately upon his own fortune." 

 He died in the year 1660, being 71 years of age, 

 and was buried in the Greyfriars churchyard 

 at Edinburgh. His son describes him as "a man 

 of mild spirit, very civil, and kind to his relatives 

 and acquaintances." His widow survived him 

 twelve years, dying at her country house, the 

 Kipps, July 10, 1672, aged 66, and was buried 

 at Torphichen in the same grave with her father, 

 over which is the following inscription : 

 " Magistro Roberto Bodio a Kipps, jurisconsuho, 

 qui ad antiquam sanguinis nobilitatem, insigneir 

 pietatis, probitatis et eruditionis claritatem ac- 

 cumulavit ; bonis probatus vixit, desideratus ad 

 caelestum gloriam transiit, 10 Julii, 1645, ^Etatis 

 septuagesimo primo." 



"Sub hoc etiam conditae cippo Margareta 

 Bodia ejusdem Roberti filia primogenita et con- 

 junx Magistri Davidis Sibbaldi, fratris germani 

 Rankillorii ; in qua praeter singularem modestiam 

 et constantiam, emicuere pietas, prudentia, ct 

 quaecunque virtus matronam decebat, ab illus- 

 trissima Bodiorum genti oriundam. Nata 

 Januarii, 1606; denata, 10 Julii, 1672." She 

 appears to have been one of those numerous 

 instances on record of a pious mother carefully 

 superintending the education of her children. 



