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Douglas of Morton did him quarters give
Yet cruel Lag could not let him survive
This martyre sought some time to recomend
His soul to God befor his dayes did end
The Tyrant said what dev'l ye've pray'd enough
This long seven yeare on mountain and in cleugh
So instantly caus'd him with other four
Be shot to death upon Kirconnel Moor
So thus did end the lives of these deare sants
For there adherence to the Covenants."
The inscription has been recut and is probably
much later than the event it commemorates.

See p. [page] 169a
In the S. [South] wall of the old church built into the
outside below a tomb of a John Bell of Archead [?]
is a representation of Death stabbing with a
spear a man in bed. I tried to get a photograph
of it. The monument within the
Church to three virtuous ladies - Lady Cardyres [,]
the goodwife of Ardwell, and the goodwife of
Cullindach, is a very handsome monument of
which MacGibbon has got an excellent photo.
I have copied into my scroll note book, the
epitaph for comparison

Cardoness Castle
This is a fine keep placed on a slight rocky
height overlooking the mouth of the Fleet. It
seems to be Cared for. Externally it shows less

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