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A60373	Theatrum Scotiæ containing the prospects of Their Majesties castles and palaces : together with those of the most considerable towns and colleges, the ruins of many ancient abbeys, churches, monasteries and convents, within the said kingdom : all curiously engraven on copper plates, with a short description of each place / by John Slezer ...	Slezer, John, d. 1714.; Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722.; Trenchard, John, Sir, 1640-1695.	1693 (1693)	Wing S3993; ESTC R19602	30,193	141

JONSTONI NObilis urbs Rosei jam gaudet nomine Montis Quae prius a Coelo dicta Coelurca fuit Proximus huic mons est quem praeterlabitur amnis Ambrosias populo praebet uterque dapes Mons lectas pecudes Salmones sufficit unda Lautius si quid stagna Neronis habent Quae recreent oculos incingunt lilia ripas Ipsaque puniceis sunt juga picta rosis Ad latus Eoum se vectigale profundum Explicat velis mille teguntur aquae Propter aquas populo praebet spectacula campus Flumine quem Boreas hinc lavat inde Notus Hic Juvenum pars flectit equos pars utitur arcu Pars rotat Herculea grandia saxa manu Sunt quos lucta juvat pars gaudet ludere disco Vel volucres curvo pellere fuste pilas Vrbs celebris te si spectet Capitolia Romae Jupiter Idalium deseret alma Venus De eadem Carmen J. JONSTONI AVreolis urbs picta rosis Mons molliter urbi Imminet Hinc urbi nomina facta canunt At veteres perhibent quondam dixisse Coelurcam Nomine sic prisco nobilitata novo est Et prisca atque nova insignis virtute Virumque Ingeniis patriae qui peperere decus To the Right Honourable JOHN Marquess of Athol Earl of Tullibardin Viscount of Balquhidder Lord Murray Balvenie and Gask c. Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle DUNKELL A Town in the Sheriffdom of Perth on the North of Tay at the Foot of the Grampian Hills being surrounded with pleasant Woods It is the chief Market-Town of the Highlands and the Bishop's Seat The Ruins of the Cathedral Church are yet to be seen but that which chiefly adorns it are the stately Buildings lately erected by the Marquess of Athol To the Right Honourable THOMAS Marquess of Carmarthen Earl of Danby Viscount of Dumblane and Latimer Baron Osborne of Kiveton c. Lord President of their Majesties Council in England and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter c. DUMBLANE DVMBLANE is a pleasant little Town on the Bank of the River Allan where the Ruines of the Bishops and Regular Canons Houses are to be seen Here the Lord William Drummond Viscount of Strathallan hath very fine Dwellings and considerable Revenues in the Circumjacent Country Here also was a Church of excellent Workman-ship a part of which remains yet intire In the Ruines whereof is an ancient Picture representing the Countess of Stratherne with her Children kneeling asking a Blessing from St. Blanus cloathed in his Pontifical Habit. Not long ago Robert Lighton was Bishop of this Place a Man of an Exemplary Life and Conversation He was afterwards translated to the See of Glasgow which he willingly resigned and gave himself wholly up to the Exercises of a pious and contemplative Life At his Death he left all his Books both Manuscripts and others to the Use of the Diocess of Dumblane and mortified a Summ of Money for erecting a Library A Salary was mortified also to the Bibliothecarius by the same Bishop's Sister 's Son It gives the Title of Viscount of Dumblane to the Family of Carmarthen in England To the Right Honourable JAMES Earl of Arran Eldest Son to the Duke of Hamilton and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle HAMILTON HAMILTON is a Town of Lower Clidsdale situated in a most pleasant Plain upon the Western Bank of Clyde It s Chief Ornament is the Palace of the Duke of Hamilton the Court whereof is on all Quarters adorned with most noble Buildings Especially the Frontispiece looking toward the East is of excellent Workman-ship and has a magnificent Avenue Upon the One Hand of this Avenue there is a Hedge and on the other fair large Gardens abundantly furnished with Fruit-Trees and pleasant Flowers of all Sorts Upon the West side of the Town there is a large Park surrounded with a very high Stone Wall which is about Seven Miles in Circuit the Brook Aven running through it This Park is also famous for its Forest of Tall Oaks and for the great Number of Harts and Buffles it abounds with There is a Church adjacent to the Palace in the Vaults whereof is the Burial Place of the Dukes of Hamilton To the Right Honourable JOHN Maister of Stairs One of the Lords of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council and Principal Secretary of State for the Kingdom of Scotland AIRE or AIRTH AIRE an ancient Town and the Chief Market-Place of the West of Scotland In it the Sheriff Courts are kept it being the head Town of that Sheriffdom which bears the same Name It was of old called St. John's Town but now that Name is antiquated This Town though it be situated in a sandy Plain yet it hath pleasant and fruitful Fields and Greens equally pleasant both Summer and Winter It hath a stately Church and a Bridge with Four Arches joins it to the New Town which is situated on the North side the Water where is to be seen the Castle of the Laird of Craigwallace A Mile North of the Town not far from the Sea-Shoar there is a Lazer-House commonly called the King's Chapel which King Robert de Bruce set apart for maintaining Lepers This Town by the King's Patent is the Sheriff's Seat and hath Thirty and Two Miles to the South and North within its Jurisdiction De Aira Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI URBS coeli contenta bonis vel ab aere puro Vel quo forte cluis nomen ab aere trahis Mole quidem parva es sed molem dotibus auges Vrbibus magnis nobilitate praeis Grandia saxa vides exili corpore gemmas Plus tamen exilis gemma nitoris habet Et Jovis exiguo surgit de semine Quercus Et septemgemini fluminis or a latent Macte animis terras sibi quae subjecit undas Tibridis urbs olim nil nisi villa fuit De eadem Carmen J. JONSTONI PArva urbs ast ingens animus in fortibus haeret Inferior nulli nobilitate Virum Aeris e campis haurit purissima coelum Incubat miti mollior aura solo Aeria hinc non Aera prius credo illa vocata est Cum duris quid enim mollia juris habent Infera cum superis quod si componere fas est Aurea fo rs dici debuit illa prius To the Right Honourable GEORGE Earl of Marischal Lord Keith and Allrie c. Hereditary Mareschal of Scotland DUNOTTER IT lies in the Shire of the Mairnes and is situated upon a high and inaccessible Rock stretcht out into the Sea and fortified with strong Walls It is one of the Dwellings of the Earls Mareschal the Chief of the Keiths who for the Warlike Valour of their Predecessors in defending their Country from Foreign Enemies were made Hereditary Mareschals of Scotland To the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of Arroll Lord Hay and Slains c. Lord High Constable of Scotland DRYBRUGH

Palace and of the Canons Houses Brechen likewise is famous for the memorable Slaughter of the Danes not far from it De Brechina Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI FErtile Brechinum geminos interjacet amnes Hic Boream spectat respecit ille notum Rupibus inclusae sternuntur pontibus undae Sunt quoque securis flumina plena vadis Hanc simul Arctoi decorat victoria Regis Perfida cum socii terga dedere Duces Praesulis hic sancti domus est pyramis aedi Proxima Phydiacae forsitan artis opus Si molem spectes nihil est exilius illa Ipsa tamen coeli culmina tangit apex Est structura teres nec raro lumina fallit Eminus hanc spectans esse putabis acum Daedula compages est ventos ridet imbres Nec metuit magni tela trisulca Jovis Si fabricam conferre lubet Brechinia turris Pyramidas superat Nile superbe tuas To the Right Honourable GEORGE Earl of Caithness Lord Biridall c. ROSLIN Chapel THIS Chapel lies in Mid-Lothian Four Miles from Edinburgh and is one of the most curious Pieces of Workman-ship in Europe The Foundation of this rare Building was laid Anno 1440 by William S t Clair Prince of Orkney Duke of Holdenburgh c. A Man as considerable for the publick Works which he erected as for the Lands which he possess'd and the Honours which were conferred upon him by several of the greatest Princes of Europe It is remarkable that in all this Work there are not two Cuts of one sort The most curious Part of the Building is the Vault of the Quire and that which is called the Prince's Pillar so much talk'd of This Chapel was possess'd by a Provost and Seven Canons Regular who were endued with several considerable Revenues through the Liberality of the Lairds of Roslin Here lies buried George Earl of Caithness who lived about the Beginning of the Reformation Alexander Earl of Sutherland great Grand-Child to King Robert de Bruce Three Earls of Orkney and Nine Barons of Roslin The last lay in a Vault so dry that their Bodies have been found intire after Fourscore Years and as fresh as when they were first buried There goes a Tradition That before the Death of any of the Family of Roslin this Chapel appears all in Fire To the Right Honourable the Earl of Dundenald Lord Cochran c. PASLEY A Monastery in the Barony of Ranfrew founded by the Steward of Scotland in the Year 1160. The Monks of Clugny were the first Possessors thereof then the Cistercians and after that the Monks of Clugny a second time who were religious Persons of the Order of St. Bennet but reformed by Odo Abbot of Clugny in Burgundy from whence they had their Name The Monks of this Place wrote a History of this Nation commonly called The Black Book of Pasley At the Reformation it was bestowed on the Duke of Chatterault Sir Robert Spotswood had this Book in his Library and after his Murder General Lambert got it and brought it to England The BASSE IS a little Island within the Forth about a Mile distant from the South Shore The Prospects of it sufficiently testifie how difficult the Access to it is Upon the Top of this Island there is a Spring which sufficiently furnishes the Garrison with Water and there is Pasturage for Twenty or Thirty Sheep 'T is also famous for the great Flocks of Fowls which resort thither in the Months of May and June the Surface of it being almost covered with their Nests Eggs and young Birds The most delicious amongst these different Sorts of wild Fowl is the Soaling Goose and the Kittie Waicke There is only one Island more in the West of Scotland called Ailsey where these Geese do breed and from these two Places the Country is furnished with them during the Months of July and August This Island of the Basse was an old Possession of the Family of Lauder and in King Charles II's Reign it was bought and annexed to the Crown ERRATA PAg. 14. l. 8. read which is p. 16. l. 10. r. Steps p. 23. l. 15. for Tower r. Town p. 34. l. 6. for Court r. Coast twice p. 64. l. 1. r. Dundonald FINIS THE PROSPECTS Facies Arcis EDENBURGEENAE The Southside of the Castle of EDINBURGH Prospectus Civitatis EDINBURGENAE a proedio DEAN dicto The Prospect of EDINBRUGH from y e DEAN Arx BRITANNODUNENSIS ab Oppido Cella Patric●● dicto The Castle of DUMBRITTON from Kilpatrick Prospectus Arcis Regiae BRITANNODUNENSIS ab Occide●● Their Malies Castle of DUMBRITTON from the West Facies Arcis BRITANNODUNENSIS ab Oriente Prospect of y e Castle of DUMBRITTON from y e East The Prospect of the Town of Sterling from the East URBIS STERLINI PROSPECTUS AB ORIENTE The Prospect of their Maties Castle of Sterling ARCIS REGIAE STERLINENSIS PROSPECTUS The Prospect of the House of the Town of Alloa PROSPECTUS ARCIS ET OPPIDI DE ALLOA Prospectus Civitatis LIMNUCHI The Prospect of the Town of LINLITHGOW Prospectus Regis Palatis LIMNUCHENSIS The Prospect of Their Maj ties Palace of LINLITHGOW Prospectus FALCOLANDIAE ab Oriente The Prospect of FALKLAND from the East Palace of FALKLAND Faeics Civitatis Sancti ANDREAE The Prospect of The Town of S t. ANDREWS Ruderae Ecclesioe Cathedraelis Sancti ANDREAE The Ruins of the Cathedrall of S t. ANDREWS Rudera Arcis Sancti ANDREAE The Ruins of the Castle of S t. ANDREWS Facies Civitatis GLASCOAE ab Austro The p●●spect of the Town of GLASGOW from y e South Facies Civitatis GLASGOW ab Oriente Estevo The Prospect of y e Town of GLASGOW from y e North East The COLLEDGE of GLASGOW Facies Civitatis Novae ABREDONIAE ut a propugnaculo Blockhous 〈◊〉 aspicitur New ABERDENE from the Block house Facies Civitaetis ABERDONIAE Veteris The Prspect of Old ABERDIEN Prospectus Civitatis HADINAE The Prospect of the Town of HADDINGTOWN Prospectus Oroe maritimoe LOTHIANAE a Prcedio de Stony hill The Coast of LOTHIAN from Stony hill Prospectus Civitatis MONTIS-ROSAR● The Prospect of the town of MONTROSE Prospectus Civitatis CALIDONIAE The Prospect of the Town of DUNKELD Ecclesia Cathedralis CALIDONIAE The Cathedrall Church of DUNKELL Prospectus Oppidi DUMBLANI The Prospect of the Town of DUMBLANE Ecclesia Cathedralis DUMBLANI The Cathedrall Church of DUMBLANE Prospectus Oppidi HAMILTONIAE Th● Prospect of the Town of HAMILTON Prospectus Civitatis AERAE ab Orientale The Prospect of the Town of AIR from the East Prospectus Civitatis AERAE a Domo de Newtown● The Town of AIRE from y e House of Newtowne PROSPECTUS ARCIS DUNOTRIE The Prospect of Dunotter Castle Prospectus Oppidi de DRYBURGH 〈◊〉 Prospect of the Town of DRYBURGH Rudera Coenobij de DRYBRUGH 〈◊〉 Ruines of the Abbey of DRYBRUGH Prospectus Civitatis INNERNESS Th● prospect of y e Town of INNERNESS Prospectus Palaty et Oppidi de SKUYN Th● Prospect of the House and Town of SKUYN Prospectus Oppidi ELGINAE The Prospect of the Town of ELGINE Rudera Templi Cathedralis ELGINI The Ruins of the Cathedrall Church of ELGIN Prospectus Civitatis TAODUNI Prospect of y e Town of DUNDEE Prospectus Civitatis TAODUNI ab Oriente The Prospect of y e Town of DUNDEE from y e East Prospectus Oppidi ABERBROTHIAE Prospect of y e Town of ABERBROTHICK Prospectus Coenobij ABERBROTHIAE The Prospect of y e Abby of ABERBROTHICK Rudera Caenoby de CORSREGAL seu crucis Sti Re●●● The Ruines of y e Abby of CORSREGAL CHANONRIA Civitatis ROSSIAE The CHANNERY Town of ROSS Prospectus Civitatis PERTHI The Prospect of y e Town of PERTH Prospectus Oppidi et Caenoby FERMELODUNENS The Prospect of y e Town Abby of DUMFERMLING Prospectus Cenoby FERMELODUNEN The Prospect of the Abby of DUMFERMLING Prospectus Palatij Oppidi CULROSSIAE The Prospect of y e House Town of COLROSS Prospectus Coenobij de CULROSS Th● Prospect of the Abby of CULROSS Prospectus Oppidi CALSONIS The Prospect of the Town of KELSO Monasterium CALSONENSE The Abby of KELSO Prospectus Arcis BOTHWELIAE The prospect of BOTHWELL Castle Rudera Coenobij de MELROSS The Ruines of the Abbie of MELROSS Prospectus Oppidi BRECHINAE The Prospect of y e Towne of BRECHIN Capella de ROSSLIN The Chappell of ROSSLIN Prospectus Caenobij et Civitatis PASLETI The Prospect of the Abbey town of PAISLAY Facies Insulae BASSAE ab ora Maris Australi The Prospect of y e BASS from y e South shore Latus Insulae BASSAE Orientale The East syde of the BASS The End of the PROSPECTS