Here lyes ane Godly and vertous man
James Pourie maltman burges in Dundie who departed this lyfe the 22 of January
98 and of his age 59 yeirs.
From dust I am thither doe returne
Who here adide, till Tribes of Earth shall mourn
While Heaven and Earth wrapt in a scroll shall be
and Christ, with saints, coming in clouds he be
When soul and body united shall again
be lifted up to Christ for to remain
__98 James Powrie, Maltman burgis in Dundie
Revised in 1832 by George Cameron Shipmaster, Dundee, in memory of Agnes Mudie
his Mother in Law.
JP. AL. MW. MG.
Source:R.T. and Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is
reproduced with kind permission.
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