C0HNI8H PEOTEEBS AND EHTMES. 13 



Epitaph on Mr. Keigwin, written y" 20'^ of April, 1716. 



En Tavaz Greha, Lathen Van Hebra 

 En Frenhoch ha Cornoack deshes Aha 

 Gen ol an Gormola Brez ve dotha 

 Garres eu ni, ha Niadge% e wartha. 



In Tongue Greek, Latin and the Hebrew 

 In French and Cornish learned well 

 With all the Glory of Mind [y*-] was to him 

 Has left us, and fled is he on high. 



Another, " ly the same Mr. Boson, the same occasion, as recited in a 

 letter of Wm. Gwavas, Esq., to Mr. John Boson, dated February, 

 1711." 



Dadn an mean, ma Deshes Iroaz Dean 



Eyi Tavaz Kernuak gelles ; 

 Termen vedn doaz, rag an Corfe tha thoras 

 Mez Tavaz coth Kernow ew Kellys. 



[In double rhymed verse, after the Cornish manner, the words 

 may run thus.] 



English translation ly Dr. Borlase : — 



[" Beneath this fair stone, the remains lye of one 

 In the Cornish Tongue skilled above all; 



The day shall arrive, when his bones shall revive, 

 But the Language is gone past recall." 



W. B.] 



By Mr. John Boson of Newlyn ; found among his papers, and, after 

 sent to Mr. Gwavas : — 



Eontrevak 

 Puha vedn Icavas an gwel Skians ol 

 Gwith compas do lenegas Egliz Paul 

 Gazow do gerriow zans gus Arleth Dew 

 Gen Kolon, brez, ha ena gdir es d\w, 

 Dishuetha trueth do deez guadn pleu ma, 

 Ha senzhia ol guz dethiow bownans da. 



Delia pidzhia. 



J. B. 



