Here follows the Inscription intended to have been put upon his Grave.
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Here follows the Inscription intended to have been put upon his Grave.
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Inscription intended to have been put on his grave
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Vol. 9, 1860Paton
Vol. 3, 198Credits
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the entry is in Latin, as was the custom for gravestone inscriptions.
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Forbes notes after the inscription that “Friends at Bath were afraid, and therefore would by no means use the above as desired, though no harm would have ensued in the case”.
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Here follows the Inscription, in-
tended to have been put upon his Grave.
H.Hic S.situs E.est
Joannes, MacKinnon a Skiȃ
in Scotiȃ,
Denat.Denatus May 11. 1762.
Joannes, MacKinnon a Skiȃ
in Scotiȃ,
Denat.Denatus May 11. 1762.
Vir,
Nunquam sine laude nominandus.
Filius &and Subditus fidelissimus,
Nihilo auri emendus,
Nullo periculo deterritus;
Amicus sincerus, firmus,
Maritus et Parens amantissimus;
Ut verbo omnia,
Christianus, verè orthodoxus, pius.
Marmor hoc
Mirantes posuere Amici
N.B. Friends at Bath were afraid, and,
therefore, would by no means use the above
as desired; though no harm would have en-
sued in the Case.
therefore, would by no means use the above
as desired; though no harm would have en-
sued in the Case.
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Forbes, Robert. “Here follows the Inscription intended to have been put upon his Grave.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 12v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/