Howff Memorial 1458

Inscription.

JAMES BALFOUR`S Monument.

Jacobum Balfurium, prætorem Deidonanum æquissimum, prudentia, vitæ integritate illustrem, sub hoc cippo, sepeliri nosces. Ad annum 73, vixit, mense Decembris decessit 1686. Jonetam Kinneries,

dilectam conjugem, virtute summa & probitate insignem, hic contumulari cernes; quæ obiit mense Octob. 1685. Anno ætatis suæ 74.

Prætorem insignem tumulari hoc marmore nosces,

Æquum ac ingenuum, judicioque gravem,

Conjuge cum chara ; gravitasque modestia cujus

Vitam condecorat, sobrietasque decor.

Spe, meritis Christi, clauserunt lumina morte ;

In cœlis, queis sunt gudia, vera quies.

You shall know, reader, that James Balfour, a most just Baillie of dundee,

illustrious for prudence and intergrity of life, is buried under this grave-stone:

He lived and died as above. You shall also know, that Jonet Kinneries, his beloved spouse,

notable for eminent virtue and goodness, also buried here; who died as above.

A famous baillie lies beneath this stone,

For justice, judgement, ingenuity, known;

With his dear wife: whose modesty and grace,

Sobri`ty, virtue, in her life took place:

In Christs great merits both did shut their eyed,

And now in heav`n possess eternal joys.