Sacred to the memory of
Late of Merthyr Tydil
South Wales
Who departed this life
Grim Death surprised him all alone and faced him unprepared to flee; so reader we have rais'd this stope that it may not prove so with thee., Grim death surpris'd him all alone, and forc'd him unprepar'd to flee, so reader, we have rais'd this stone. That it may not prove so with thee.