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PARISH OF ECKFOKD. 241
Here lies the body of James Leydon,
In this churchyard beneath this stone ;
And Margaret Scott, his spouse alone,
Lyeth also here beneath this stone ;
And their posterity that's gone,
Lies also here beneath this stone.
William, Adam Leydon, and John,
Lie also here beneath this stone.
In Earlside they lived some years agone,
Now here they ly beneath this stone.
But this I will keep on record.
They were all such as fear'd the Lord,
For the deceased, James Leydon,
On his death-bed this he made known,
That here no more he must remain,
But to the dust return again ;
And that his soul at God's decree
For ever should a dweller be
In that most holy place above
Where nothing is but peace and love.
He was but fifty years of age
When he removed from this stage ;
The year sixteen hundred and eighty-eight,
The twelfth of March was his last night."
PARISH OF ECKFORD.
On the south bank of the Kale near Eckford Mill a mount
218 feet in circumference, and composed of artificial layers of stones
and earth, commemorates Robert or Hobbie Hall, a man remarkable
for his piety and his bodily strength. On the summit of the
mount a rude stone records a victory achieved by Hall over Ker
of Cessford, who sought illegally to appropriate his estate. The
inscription is as follows : —
" Here Hoby Hall boldly maintained his right,
'Gainst Reif plain force armed with lawless might,
For twenty pleughs harnes'd in all their gear,
Could not his valiant, noble heart make fear.