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Upon the Martyrs' in the Grey-friars Church-yard in Edinburgh.

the Head of the Tomb there is an Effigy of an open Bible drawn, with these Scripture-citations, Rev. vi. 7. 10-11. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held, &c.-Rev. vii. 14.

Also the following Lines.

From May 27th, 1661, that the noble Marquis of Argyle suffered, to Feb. 1688. that Mr. James Renwick suffered, 100 Noblemen Gentlemen, Ministers and others, were executed at Edinburgh, noble Martyrs for. The most part of them lie here. It is also said, that 28,000 suffered in the late persecution in Scotland.