An inscription on John Bel. John Bel liv'd in Annandale, on the Scots-side, and has a stone (200 years old) on him, with this inscription. ... Imitated by Archibald Pitcairn, M.D. Scots-man.
Pitcairn, Archibald,1652-1713.
[Edinburgh,
1712?]
Pitcairn's two Latin imitations have the respective first lines "Hoc saxum mihi filij induerunt" and "Hic Belus abscondor caput objectare periclis".
Verse - The first line of the inscription, which forms part of the title, reads "I Jocky Bel o' Braiken-brow lyes under this stane".
ESTC
Foxon P382