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Hic jacet charissimus Vir Dominus Andraas
Ainslie a Black Hill Natione Scotus Urbis
Jedburgia sapissime Consul Juris Scotiaani
Peritissimus, qui obiii xii August
MDCLXXXVIII Aetatis sua LII.
Pietas tutissima virtus.
Here lies the Most beloved of men Mr. Andrew
Ainslie of Black- Hill, a native of Scotland,
several times Chief Magistrate of Jedburgh,
who possessed the most profound knowledge of Scottish
Jurisprudence. He died 12th Aug.
1688, in the 52nd year of his age.
Piety the surest virtue.
"This was the motto of this pious man
Which he by holy practice did maintain
Whether his love to God you shall consider
Or that great love he paid unto his brother
Here he doth dye a stranger and we know
No greater reason that it happens so
Than that our God hath for his sake this aime
Even by his death to spread abroad his faime
Who took such care to glorifie his name.
Stop Christian Reader and here drop one teare
As earnest till his country once shall heare
Then thousand thousands will be payed there.'
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