BEVILLE.
41. Inscription on a Claymore out in 1745.
—On the retreat of the Highland army from England in 1746, Prince Charles Edward and his staff passed through Dumfries, and slept in a house now known as the Commercial Inn.
After their departure there was found a light claymore, apparently the property of an officer; and as it was never claimed, it remained in the house for some years, and ultimately came into my possession. It is formed of the finest tempered steel, and bears the following very curious inscription on one side,
☓ GOTT BEWAR DE;
and on the other,
☓ VERECHTE SCHOTTEN.
Some of your learned correspondents will oblige by giving a translation, and a reason for such an inscription on a Scottish sword.
T. M. W.
Liverpool.