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s-.TtttMi CpUaplisi ' ' i !e d-i not seem to bo s - I.: 1 'i no- writing rhyming epi- •- .i. if ib-;-l as tint Knglisli ; but ; ■■■ in s.e.a l’.-r then, that when t.: ■■■ i. i v. r ■ them they are general!'.- ■■■ ! - . A m.-.tided are a b-w collected ■■ ■ church yards throughout V • ny- avs a -g< - a .-.t robing mnsic. oi'C ;i■ ■ ’ u>-;v..ranee, of the n-nne ■: A*vrc;oi!.'>y. or *• Crnnimy,’’ as ho a, orof'iiv cake,l, was well Lamm ’■:n cu.m-v -otiand. He supported, hoi ■- 'deal Ins partn-T iiy his penny •v, o. -ill which In- had no difficulty in 'V. n;.i iu ; n-- tim-ic tl of any village. He : s : -na-i :r. *!ie churchyard of Crndeti . i Aoor,;o : ,b, i-i i. Ile composed bis own ci ;:a; a. as ioiiov.s : II i.tiiuiy I'.-'. . nch-s.-Un wood, , a . - x : ■: *ia- *an 1 !,-t: -,-r : hi ~■, f, ]. ■ |i,:i I, n|i :i >-\r kirn stood j !iI hj. :u like a hat; r. j ii - i.dn h-.v «iiliou! a boot, ! i'r ■ f: o-r. a w.-i ; i of 10. A;. I - i or ,s ( raai ny is flute And a-.vi’n- .;-y b - \vhustle. T;a- i.dio-.vdig k, copied from a toml- ■ -l-un,- ;ii th- o'aire.iya.d of (.'rail in the ivnu X, n . idfc ; H:■ . ■ .ay g. - i ami gracious aunty. v.'a a a.., j-a.-V d in hi- p..rtinanty; i a r a:a' n n vi I iod did gift her. ,i—. wna de:l daurs lift her la a skill in (‘nllen churchyard, Abcrdi eiisii i: c, is tins : " Ha- i i-j ■ .1 bancs AI-onionons's. Wa - a, ;: id ■ i iiuiehyar.l dyke at his own In tin ,an; ground is tlic following gfap.did- a- : H ' da, :: a man .■' n-.icht, d-. .. • M>ini I* i-vnie ; II ’ -- aw • market uichl I v a ia./ ':f a's p->wn:e. <-i:- : . ,ihst..;m in the old churchyard ■ I*< i-ri.c.id. Aber-leen.-’iirc. thei’e was woiir to o.- ;ji L - f.ii'.ivvitig inscription : '■-'kaa s’a-f? ' • I kn .'an, y.- n -d;n spier, :: ■. ■} ..an k- i hot yen A"a; . bn! I'm 'lead in m. Tins fi in i!u c’.d cliurc’nyard of Had’ dl-iet -U ;

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■a.a' S'cwar!, r'nu.r, DuuJu', Here \ > an 'liter IJuudec epitaph ; ;b Dundee j.allelnjoe. Again : Here lie the banes o' Tammy ilesser, twrj woo* h* was a dresser; Md mony merits, |HHMJp9P<nttkbi£ ardent spirits. roßovring is from Aberdeen Churchwhich is rather rich in rhyming and other epitaphs. It is cut in very rude characters . May. glass. Is. Run. And. Yours. Is. Hanning, lie- i-Vrd. To. Sin. For. Death. Is. Cuming. Here is another from the same place : Ad you woo doth b.hold this stone. Pray t mi 1 , bow ouickly lam gone ; l'| a'h ■ 1 ■ s not always warning give, Therefore 1-e c..r.-fed h-ov yea live. ’J’he following epitaph, perhaps the most remarkable of them all, is copied from a monument in Dunkcld Abbey, Perthshire : MAUI ON* hcorr. I';- 1 at D ink id. NAv mber -1, 1727, and Was bails 1 ill liie Aubey. Slav, p i.ger. nnt'.l my life you read; I n- living may _ t knowledge from the dead. 1 v.i t.n; -, live rear- i'v- lived a virgin life, ! :ve I mu- !-n years I was a virtuous wife, ! .'.a-. 1 im - ten y- ms i was a widow chaste; hj -w, wiai: d of ibis mortal life, 1 rest. I! tw.-.-n my cm Pe an 1 my grave I've seen )p-' 1 iinghty King- of Scotland and a Queen; i ariiiii- - :iv..- y -.0-s a e mimonwealth I saw. i-ix 1m- -In- -abi -cl- r--e against the law, Iwe--oi l I - 1 1 .- -I u prelacy palled down,

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