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 5 taken down and sent to London, where in the following, year it was resounded by one Mears. On the outside in the following Inscription:

In the year of Grace, 1594. MARCUS KNOX,

A Merchant in Glasgow Zealous for the Interest of the reformed Religion, Caused me to be fabricated in Holland, For the use of his fellow Coizens of Glasgow, And placed me with Solemnity In the Tower of their Cathedral, My sunction Was announced by the impress on my bosom

Come, that ye may learn holy doctrine.

And I was taught to proclaim the hours of unheeded time. 195 years had I sounded these awful warnings, When I was broken By the hands of inconsiderate & unakilful men. In the year 1790 I was cast into the furnace, Resounded at London, And returned to my cred vocation, Reader, Thou also shall know aresurrection, May it be unto eternal life. Thomas Mears, fecit, London, 1790.