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 that time. she could see no blood but she was in danger to faint, and yet she was helped to be a witness to all this without either fainting or confusion, except when the shots were let off, her eyes dazzled. His corpse was buried at the end of his house, with this inscription on his grave-stone.

This murder was committed betwixt six and seven in the morning: Mr Peden was about ten miles distant, having been in the fields all night, he came to the house about eight, and desired to call in the family, that he might pray amongst them When praying, he said, "Lord when wilt thou avenge Brown's blood? Oh! let Brown's blood be precious in thy sight! and hasten the day when thou wilt avenge it, with Cameron's, Cargil's, and many others of our Martyr's names: When ended, John Muirhead enquired what he meant by Brown's blood? He said twice over. "What do I mean! Claverhouse has been at the Pres-hill this morning, and has cruelly murdered John Brown, his corpse is lying at the end of his house, and his poor wife sitting weeping by them, and not a soul to speak comfortably to her. This morning after the sun-rising. I saw a strange apparition in the firmament, the appearance of a bright, clear-shining star, fall from heaven to the earth, and indeed there is a clear shining light fallen this day, the greatest Christian that ever I conversed with."

38. After this. two day before Argyle was