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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

cinctus Squammiger illimes Grex natat inter aquas Ista triumphales praebent vivaria caenas Grampiaco quoties sub Jove miles ovat Regius hic lacus est Lucrinus Caesaris unda Plus habet hic luxus plus habet ille dapis To the Right Honourable ANTHONY Viscount of Falkland c. One of the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England and One of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council in the said Kingdom FALKLAND FALKLAND is a pretty little Town in the Sheriffdom of Fife At the Foot of Lomon Hill there is a stately Palace which King James the V. caused to be built for a retiring Place it being most convenient also for Hunting The King's Park and a Wood are adjacent to it into which as also into the Plain towards the East it hath a most pleasant Prospect The Marquess of Athol is Hereditary Keeper of this Palace and hath a considerable Rent by the neighbouring Lands and Stewardry It gives the Title of Viscount to the Family of Falkland To the Right Honourable JAMES JOHNSTON One of the Lords of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council and Principal Secretary of State for the Kingdom of Scotland S T ANDREWS SAINT ANDREWS in Latin Andreanopolis or Fanum Sancti Andreae has its Name from St. Andrew whose Bones are said to be brought hither from Patras a Town in Peloponnesus by Regulus a Grecian Monk Anno 368. a Man in that Age much esteem'd for Piety as appears by the Church dedicated to him and called after his Name From him also as ancient Writers report this Town was at first called Regimund that is Mons sancti Reguli for we read that Oengus or Vngus King of the Picts did grant to God and Saint Andrew That he should be Head of all Churches within the Jurissdiction of the Picts Likewise it is manifest from Old Manuscripts that this was the principal See of the Culdai who had the care and management of Holy Things from the first reception of Christianity in those Parts This City is the Metropolis of the whole Kingdom and the See of an Archbishop who is Primate of all Scotland It lies towards the East with a pleasant Prospect to the Ocean having a Harbour for Ships the Sea near it plentiful in Fishes and Fields wholesome and spacious There yet remain the Marks of Venerable Antiquity the Ruines of the Cathedral Church and Monastery which do abundantly testifie their Ancient Glory and Magnificence The Town it self is situate in a Plain from East to West with a most pleasant Prospect to the German Ocean It had a very strong Castle of Old whose Rubbish and Ruines are yet to be seen upon the Rocks on the Sea-side towards the North. It has Streets straight and broad stretching East and West whereof two lead to that once famous Abbey of Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine situate toward the East and South-East the Wall surrounding this Abbey being yet intire and of hewen Stone with many Towers and Turrets which give it the Resemblance of a King's Palace The Chief Church in the Town now is that called the New Church not far from the New College In it there is to be seen a very Magnificent Monument of Archbishop Sharp There is also another Church called St. Leonard's adjacent to a College of the same Name the Rector whereof is ordinarily the Principal of the said College but the greatest Ornament of the City is the University the Athens of Scotland consisting at present of Three Colleges and was first founded by Laurentius Lindoris and Richardus Corvellus Doctors of Law and publick Professors of Philosophy The College of St. Salvator commonly called the Old College was founded by James Kennedie Bishop of St. Andrews together with a Church beautified with an high towering Steeple all of hewen Stone in which his Monument of curious Workman-ship is yet to be seen Mr. Skene Doctor of Divinity and Principal of the College has of late repaired and augmented the Fabrick thereof having made a Collection for that end He has also founded a Library which by the Donations of learned Men is now very well furnished with good Books St. Leonard's College was founded by James Hepburn Prior of St. Andrews in which are several Professors as first the Principal who is always Doctor of Divinity and Four Professors of Philosophy to whom John Scot of Scots Tarvett Knight added a Professor of Philology with a liberal Salary and augmented the Library with the Gift of several considerable Volumes It is likewise of late very much increased by Sir John Wedderburne Doctor of Physick who dying left his great Collection of Books to it Here also is the famous Manuscript of the Scottish Chronologer John Fordon The New College was founded by James Beaton Archbishop In it are two Professors always Doctors in Divinity the One stiled Principal Professor of Theology the Other only Professor of Theology to which of late is added a Professor of Mathematicks the first Professor whereof Mr. James Gregory erected a Commodious Observatory for Mathematical Observations in the College Garden having caus'd a Contribution to be made for that Purpose He also furnished it with many Mathematical Instruments much better than it had before his Time Alexander the I. King of Scotland founded a Priory here for the Monks of the Order of St. Augustine the Government of the Picts being abolished in Britain and Kenneth III. tranferred the Episcopal See from Abernethie to St. Andrews about the Year 850. ARCTURI JONSTONI Carmen de ANDREAPOLI URBS sacra nuper eras toti venerabilis Orbi Nec fuit in toto sanctior Orbe locus Jupiter erubuit tua cernens Templa sacello Et de Tarpeio multa querela fuit Haec quoque contemplans Ephesinae Conditor Vrbis Ipse suum merito ridet odit opus Vestibus aequabant Templorum marmora Mystae Cunctaque divini plena nitoris erant Ordinis hic sacri Princeps spectabilis auro Jura dabat Patribus Scotia quotquot habet Priscus honor periit traxerunt templa ruinam Nec superest Mystis qui fuit ante nitor Sacra tamen Musis Vrbs est Phoebique ministris Nec major meritis est honor ille tuis Lumine te blando Musas quae diligit eos Adspicit roseis molliter afflat equis Mane novo juxta Musarum murmurat aedes Rana Thetis somnos juvat esse breves Proximus est Campus studiis hic fessa Juventus Se recreat vires sumit inde novas Phocis amor Phoebi fuit olim Palladis arte In te jam stabilem fixit uterque Larem De ANDREAPOLI Carmen JOANNIS JONSTONI Quondam ibi Theologiae Professoris IMminet Oceano paribus descripta viarum Limitibus pingui quam bene septa solo Magnificis opibus staret dum gloria prisca Pontificum hic fulsit Pontificalis apex Musarum ostentant surrecta palatia coelo Delicias hominum Deliciasque Deum

THEATRUM SCOTIAE 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 IN DEFENCE NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET By JOHN SLEZER Captain of the Artillery Company and Surveyor of Their MAJESTIES Stores and Magazines in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND LONDON Printed by John Leake for ABELL SWALLE at the Vnicorn at the West-End of St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCXCIII MARIE R. WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of God King and Queen of England Scotland France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith c. To all our Loving Subjects of what Degree Condition and Quality soever within Our Kingdoms and Dominions Greeting Whereas Our Trusty and Well-beloved John Slezer Gent. hath represented unto Us That he hath been at considerable Charge and great Pains in finishing the First Volume of a Book Entituled Theatrum Scotiae and that he intends to Publish Two other Volumes upon the same Subject and hath humbly besought Us That in Consideration of the great Charge he will be at in perfecting the same We would be pleased to Grant him Our Royal License for the sole Printing and Publishing the said Book wherein We are pleased to Gratifie him We do therefore hereby Grant unto him the said John Slezer Our Royal License for the sole Printing and Publishing the said Three Volumes of the said Book Entituled Theatrum Scotiae or any of them and do strictly Charge Prohibit and Forbid all Our Subjects to Reprint within Our Kingdoms the said Books or any of them or any Abridgment or any part of any of them or to Import Buy Vend Utter or Distribute any Copies or Exemplaries of the same or any Part thereof Reprinted beyond the Seas for the Term of Fourteen Years next Ensuing the Publishing hereof without the Consent and Approbation of the said John Slezer his Heirs Executors or Assigns as they and every of them so Offending will answer the contrary not only by the Forfeiture of the said Books Copies or Exemplaries but at their utmost Peril whereof as well the Wardens and Company of STATIONERS of Our City of London as all and singular Our Officers of the Customs in this Port of London or any other Place within Our Dominions and all other Officers and Ministers whom it may concern are to take particular Notice That due Observance be given to this Our Royal Command Given at Our Court at White-Hall the 6th Day of June 1693. In the Fifth Year of Our Reign By Her MAJESTY's Command J. TRENCHARD TO THE KING and QUEEN May it please Your MAJESTIES THE Kingdom of SCOTLAND containing so many great and remarkable Monuments of Antiquity and nothing of this Nature being yet Published I do in all humility present this short Account of so many considerable Places to Your Majesties most gracious View May God Almighty grant unto Your Majesties a long and prosperous Reign over This and Your Other Dominions and that Your Majesties will vouchfafe Your Royal Pardon for the boldness of this Dedication is the humble Petition of Your MAJESTIES Most Loyal and Obedient Subject and Servant JOHN SLEZER TO THE READER IT 's a Matter worthy of ones enquiry how a Nation as SCOTLAND so much addicted to Military Arts and so constantly ingaged in both Foreign and Domestick Wars should have been in a Capacity to erect such superb Edifices as that Kingdom abounds with There is no Country in Europe that can brag either of greater Piles of Buildings or a more regular Architecture in its Ancient Churches and Religious Fabricks than Scotland was Mistress of about an Age or Two ago To instance One for all the Metropolitan Church of St. Andrews was probably the bigest in Christendom being Seven Foot longer and Two Foot broader than that of St. Peter at Rome and for the Heighth and Embellishing of its Pillars and Roof the Beauty of its Stones and Simetry of its parts was one of the best of the Gothick kind in the World READER You may receive this Impartial Account from me as a Foreigner who am now settled in this Nation and having met with the usual Civility and Kindness Strangers are treated with amongst them it is no wonder if I am tempted to leave some little Marks of Gratitude behind me in transmitting to Posterity those Venerable Remains of former Ages and oblige other Nations with the Prospects of so many considerable Places which I presume will be very acceptable to them It is a Work of so great Charge and will require so many Volumes that I cannot satisfy the Publick but from Time to Time in it And according to the Reception these first Endeavours shall meet with it will encourage me to go on with the rest In the mean time I hope no Person will take Exceptions though the Towns and such of the Nobility whose Arms are here inserted are not always placed conform to the Rank they keep in Parliament it being a Thing which cannot be adjusted in a Work of this Nature till the whole Design is compleated THE CONTENTS Particular Dedications The Prospects of Plates marked Number DUke of Hamilton Edinburgh 1 2. Duke of Lennox Dumbritton 3 4 5. Earl of Marr. Stirling 6 7 8. Earl of Linlithgow Linlithgow 9 10. Viscount of Falkland Falkland 11 12. Lord Secretary Johnston St. Andrews 13 14 15. Viscount of Stairs Glasgow 16 17 18. Earl of Aberdene Aberdene 19 20. Earl of Tweddale Haddington 21 22. Marquess of Montross Montross 23. Marquess of Atholl Dunkell 24 25. Marquess of Caermarthen Dumblane 26 27. Earl of Arran Hamilton 28. Lord Secretary Stairs Aire 29 30. Earl Marshal Dunotter 31. Earl of Errol Drybrugh 32 33. Lord Stranaiver Invernesse 34. Viscount of Stormont Scoon 35. Earl of Elgin Elgin 36 37. Earl of Strathmore Dundee 38 39. Earl of Southesk Aberbrothock 40 41. Earl of Cassillis Corsregal 42. Viscount of Tarbat Channerie 43. Viscount of Strathallan Perth 44. Earl of Levin Dumfermelin 45 46. Earl of Kincardin Culrosse 47 48. Earl of Roxburgh Kelso 49 50. Earl of Farfor Bothwell 51. Earl of Haddington Melrosse 52. Earl of Panmure Brechen 53. Earl of Cathnesse Roslin 54. Earl of Dundonald Pasley 55.   The Basse 56 57. Theatrum SCOTIAE To His Grace WILLIAM Duke of Hamilton Marquess of Cliddesdale Earl of Arran and Lannerick Lord Aven Machlanshire and Pomont c. Lord High Commissioner for the Kingdom of Scotland President of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter c. EDINBURGH EDINBVRGH is situated in Mid-Lothian a Shire of Scotland It is the Chief City of the Kingdom and Royal Seat It far surpasseth all the other Cities of the Kingdom in the Stateliness of its Churches the Beauty and Neatness of its publick and private Buildings the Pleasantness of its Site the

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