But upon other two stones which lie beside, may still be read in rude prose, and ruder rhyme, the history of those who sleep beneath them.

They belong, we are assured by the epitaph, to the class of persecuted Presbyterians who afforded a melancholy subject for history in the times of Charles II.

and his successor.

[Note: James, Seventh King of Scotland of that name, and Second according to the numeration of the Kings of England .-- J.

C.] In returning from the battle of Pentland Hills, a party of the insurgents had been attacked in this glen by a small detachment of the King's troops, and three or four either killed in the skirmish, or shot after being made prisoners, as rebels taken with arms in their hands.