The foresaid Epitaph turned into an Inscription

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The Above turn’dturned into the
Form of an Inscription.

Here lies Arthur Lord Balmerino,

Whose Memory will be ever dear to his Country.

Religiously strict and judicious in the Choice

Of his Principles &and Maxims of Life,

Wtwith an inflexible Constancy was he attached to ymthem.

He left yethe Service of George, in qchwhich he bore some Rank,

To join yethe sinking Cause of yethe injured James,

After yethe woeful Defeat at Dumblane.

He was a Man of great personal Courage

And remarkable Modesty.

In a corrupted Age, asham’dashamed of noygnothing but Want,

He bore unmerited Poverty wtwith a Roman Greatness ^of Soul!

In the closing Scene of Life

He behaved wtwith surprizingsurprising Dignity,

Expressing a warm Regard for his unhappy Country,

And vindicating his own Honour, &and ytthat of yethe injured Charles.

Feelingly he express’dexpressed a generous Concern for his Com-^panion

And nobly wish’dwished, he alone might suffer for yethe Cause.

He triumphed over Calumny, silenced his Enemies,

Struck wtwith AdmiraonAdmiration at his uncommon Intrepitidy,

And fell admired, lamented, esteemed by All!