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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

THE Abbey of Drybrugh is situate upon the Bank of the River Tweede in Tivedale 'T was founded by Hugh de Morvill High Constable of the Kingdom of Scotland for the Monks of the Order of Premontre To the Right Honourable JOHN Lord Stranever Eldest Son to the Earl of Sutherland Hereditary Sheriff Lord of Regality Admiral of Sutherland and the rest of those Seas Colonel of a Regiment of Infantry and One of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council INVERNESSE THE head Town of the Sheriffdom of Invernesse and the Sheriff's Seat where he keeps his Court. It is most commodiously situated on the South side of the Water of Nesse on the very Brink of the River a fit Place for entertaining Commerce with the neighbouring Places Of old it was the Seat of the Kings of Scotland and has a Castle standing on a pleasant Hill having a large Prospect into the circumjacent Fields and Town Near the Castle there is lately a Bridge built over the Water of Nesse consisting of Seven Arches all of hewen Work It hath a Harbour fit for smaller Vessels As also two Churches the one for the English and the other for the Irish De Innernessa Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI URBS vicina freto tu surgis in ubere campo Et prope Parrhasiae Virginis ora vides Atria te Regum decorant sanguine fuso Pictorum toties qui rubuere lacus Vela ferens Nessus vitreis interluit undis Et ratibus famulas applicat ille rates Non coit unda gelu medio sed tempore brumae Libera victrices in mare volvit aquas Nec desunt gravidae gelido sub sydere messes Nec minus est famuli fertilis unda freti Proxima te Thule vicinaque ditat Ierne Omnis arctois insula septa vadis Abstulit imperii dudum Bodotria fasces Et Dominae titulo coepit Edina frui Tu tamen emporium regni diceris honorem Hunc natura tibi dat geniusque loci To the Right Honourable the Viscount of Stormont SCOON SCOON is a Town in the Sheriffdom of Perth famous in former Ages for the Abbey which was founded by King David I. for the Monks of the Order of St. Augustine It is situated on the North Bank of Tay and is thought to be the Center of the Kingdom Here is a Church famous for the usual Coronation of the Kings of Scotland in which is the Tomb of Dav. Murray who was the first of the Family of Bavaird and was made Knight Baronet by King James VI. who also erected Stately Buildings here which are possessed by his Heirs under the Title of the Viscounts of Stormont To the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and Ailsbury Viscount Bruce of Ampthill Baron Bruce of Kinlos Wharton and Skelton c. ELGIN A Town in the Shire of Murray situated on a pleasant Plain It is the Bishop's Seat and the head Town of that Sheriffdom Upon a sandy Hill to the East of the Town are to be seen the Ruins of an old Castle It had a Cathedral Church of admirable Structure as appears by the Walls and Ruins which are yet extant It gives the Title of Earl of Elgin to the Family of Ailsbury in England De Elgina Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI LAudibus Elgini cedunt Peneia Tempe Et Bajae veteres Hesperidumque nemus Hinc Maris inde vides praedivitis aequora Campi Frugibus haec populum piscibus illa beant Huc sua Phaeaces miserunt poma Damasci Pruna nec hic desunt vel Corasuntis opes Attica mellifici liquistis tecta volucres Et juvat hic pressis cogere mella favis Aemulus argento foecundos Loxa per agros Errat obliquis in mare serpit aquis Arcibus Heroum nitidis urbs cingitur intus Plebei radiant nobiliumque lares Omnia delectant Veteris sed rudera Templi Dum spectas Lachrymis Scotia tinge genas To the Right Honourable PATRICK Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn Viscount of Tannadice Lord Lion and Glammis c. DUNDEE A Town in the Shire of Angus so called from Dun which in our old Language signifies a Hill and Tay the Name of a River it being situated at the Foot of a Hill on the North side of the River Tay not far from its Entry into the Ocean It stands on a most pleasant Plain and is adorned with excellent Buildings of all sorts It hath two Churches a high Steeple a Harbour for Ships of Burthen and a considerable Traffick with Strangers whence the Inhabitants are generally rich and those who fall into Decay have a large Hospital provided for them Of old this Town gave the Title of Earl and Dignity of Constable to the Chief of the Scrimgers but of late it gave the Title of Viscount to the Lord Dundee who was killed by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary's Forces at the Battle of Gillicrankie De Taoduno Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI URBS vetus undosi cui parent ostia Tai Et male Cimbrorum quod tegit ossa solum Genua te spectans sua ridet marmora moles Pyramidum floccii barbara Memphis habet Ipsa suas merito contemnunt Gargara messes Quasque regit damnat terra Liburna rates Et Venetum populi de paupertate quaeruntur Nec Cnidus aequoreas jactat ut ante greges Si conferre lubet pubes Spartana juventae Consulibus cedit Roma togata tuis Qui mendicatum Tai de gurgite nomen Dat tibi credatur mentis artis inops Structa deum manibus cum possis jure videri Jure dei donum te tua terra vocat De eadem Carmen J. JONSTONI QVA Notus argutis adspirat molliter auris Hac placide coeunt Taus Oceanus Hic facile excipiens Venientes littore puppes Indigenis vasti distrahit Orbis opes Saepe dolis tentata belli exercita damnis Invictis animis integra praestat adhuc Fama vetus crevit cum religione renata Locis hinc fulsit pura nitela aliis Alectum dixere prius si maxima spectes Commoda fo rs donum dixeris esse dei Tu decus aeternum gentisque urbisque Boeti Caetera dic patriae dona beata tuae To the Right Honourable CHARLES Earl of Southesk Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leachers c. ABERBROTHOCK ABERBROTHOCK or Arbroth is a Town in Angus so called from Aber which in our Ancient Language signifies a Side or Bank and Brothock the Name of a Water which runs by it It lies on the Sea-side near the Promontory called Rid-Head and has a Harbour for Ships Here was one of the Richest Monasteries of this Nation founded by King William of Scotland about 1170 in Honour of Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury with whom he was intimately acquainted It had several considerable Donations from Gillchrist Earl of Angus and his Son Gillbred It was possess'd by the Monks of St. Bennet To the Inhabitants of which Town for the Monastery's Sake at the Request of the said King

William King John of England granted the same Privileges and Liberties through all the Kingdom of England except London which the Natives did enjoy The Patent is yet to be seen among the Records of Arbroth To the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of Cassillis Lord Kennedy and Dunnur c. CORSREGAL THIS Monastery an Ancient but Stately Edifice lies in the Shire of Carrick and was founded by Donkan Earl of Carrick for the Use and Conveniency of the Cistercian Monks To the Right Honourable GEORGE Viscount of Tarbat Lord M ccloed of Castlehaven c. Lord Register and One of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council CHANNERIE A Town in the Shire of Ross so called from the College of Canons Regular that flourished there lies on the Sea side and is surrounded with pleasant Hills It had a large Cathedral Church a part of which doth yet remain and is a Bishop's Seat Here is to be seen a stately Dwelling of the Earl of Seaforth who hath considerable Revenues in that County To the Right Honourable WILLIAM Viscount of Strathallan Lord Drommond of Cromlix c. PERTH THE Head Town of the Sheriffdom of Perth and the Sheriff's Seat where he keeps his Courts For Dignity it is the second Town in Scotland and is commonly called St. John's Town from a Church built there and dedicated to St. John It is a pretty Town placed between Two Greens on the South Bank of Tay. At a full Tide small Vessels may come up to the Town Of old it had a Bridge of Stone which was carried away by an Inundation Here was also a Famous Monastery founded by King James the I. Anno Dom. 1430 for the Carthusians It gives the Title of Earl to the Family of Perth chief of the Name of Drommond De Pertho Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI BE●ta prius Perthum nunc urbs antiqua vocaris Et simul a sancto praesule nomen habes Te tua mundities commendat aura salubris Et qui foecundos irrigat amnis agros Divitias lapsi testantur fragmina pontis Et non vulgari fragmina coesa manu Hunc Jovis imperio collectis imbribus unda Subruit impositum nescia ferre jugum Hic quoque Grampigenae quam tollunt carmine vates Est tibi flumineis insula cincta vadis Insula parva quidem celebrem sed reddidit olim Monticolas inter pugna cruenta duces Hic agiles exercet equos generosa juventus Linquit alipides post sua terga notos Martius hic meruit Circus vel arena vocari Grajugenum levibus nobilitata votis Sunt tibi vicini saltus hic figere Cervos Mollibus Capreis tendere lina potes Carsia nec procul est hic redolentia poma Et pyra Crustrithis aequiparanda legis Vtile dum dulci mulces punctum omne tulisti Et tibi debetur summus honoris apex De eadem Carmen J. JONSTONI PRopter aquas tui liquidas amoena vireta Obtinet in medio regna superba solo Nobilium quondam Regum clarissima sedes Pulchra situ pingui germine dives agri Finitimis dat jura locis moremque modumque Huic dare laus illis haec meruisse dari Sola inter patrias incincta est maenibus urbes Hostibus assiduis ne vaga praeda foret Quanta Virum virtus dextrae quae praemia norunt Cimber Saxo ferox genus Hectoridum Foelix laude nova foelix quoque laude vetusta Perge recens priscum perpetuare decus To the Right Honourable DAVID Earl of Levin Lord Leslie of Balgenie Principal Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh and One of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council DUMFERMELIN A Town situated on the West end of the Sheriffdom of Fife It was of old the Kings Seat For on a little Hill near the Bridge are to be seen the Ruines of an Old Castle which is supposed to have been the Palace of Malcolm Canmois It hath a Royal Palace in it near to which are the Ruines of a stately Monastery which was founded Anno 1130 by David I. King of Scotland for the Benedictine Monks and finished by King Malcolm III. where also both he and St. Margaret his Queen are buried It is famous for the Birth of King Charles I. and gives the Title of Earl to a Branch of the Family of the Seatons To the Right Honourable ALEXANDER Earl of Kincardin Lord Bruce c. CULROSSE HATH its Name from Cul which signifies a Bank or Border and Rosse which was the ancient Name of Fife because it lies in the Western Corner of that Shire It is situated on a Descent at the side of the River of Forth its Chief Commodities being Salt and Coals That which chiefly adorns it is the stately Buildings of the Earl of Kincardin with the Gardens and Terrace Walks about it having a pleasant Prospect to the very Mouth of the River Forth Near unto these Buildings are to be seen the Ruins of an Ancient Monastery To the Right Honourable the Earl of Roxburgh Lord Kerr of Cessford and Cavertoun c. KELSO A Town in Teviotdale situated near the Mouth of the River Tweede It was lately almost wholly destroyed by Fire but is now rebuilt and adorned with most stately Buildings It is surrounded with several Noblemen's Mannors and most pleasant and fruitful Fields Here are to be seen the Ruines of an Ancient Monastery founded by King David and possess'd by the Cistercians an Order instituted about the Year 1000 under Pope Vrban the II. by Robert Abbot of the famous Monastery of Cisteaux in Burgundy whence the Observers of that Order were called Cistercians To the Right Honourable ARCHIBALD Earl of Farfor Lord Vandall and Oyd c. One of the Lords of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council The Castle of BOTHWELL IN Lower Clidsdale not far from the River of Clyde near to which is a Bridge of hewen Stone The Ruines of it only are to be seen which notwithstanding do testify its former Greatness Here of old was a Prebendary enjoy'd by a secular Priest founded by Archibald Lord Douglas To the Right Honourable CHARLES Earl of Haddington Lord Binning and Byres c. MELROSSE IT lies in Teviotdale on the Bank of the River Tweede was founded by St. David in the Year 1136 and possess'd by the Bernardines Monks so called from St. Bernard a Burgundian who entring the Monastery of Cisteaux proved so strict an Observer of Monastick Discipline that the Regulars of the foresaid Order took their Name from him and are called at this Day promicuously Bernardines or Cistercians To the Right Honourable JAMES Earl of Panmure Lord Maule Brechen and Navarr c. BRECHEN BRECHEN is a Town situated upon the Banks of the Water of Southesk in the Shire of Angus and is a Bishop's See Here is a Stately Bridge over the River Esk consisting of Two Arches It is a considerable Market-Town for Salmon Horses Oxen and Sheep Here also are to be seen the Ruins of the Bishop's