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 BEâ—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
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. Â 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
15 th 1624. he left in Legacy to this Hospital Two Hundred Thousand Pounds Scots Money that Youth might be maintain'd therein and instructed in Arts and Sciences till they were of mature Age having left the City of Edinburgh his Executors This Fabrick is stately like a Palace the Statue of the Founder being erected upon the inner Frontispiece Round about the Houses are most pleasant Gardens adorned with large Walks and pleasant Greens Without the Walls of the City are the Suburbs amongst which that which lies from the Netherbow to the Abbey called the Cannon-gate hath the Preheminence It is adorned with goodly Buildings and fine Gardens Upon the North-side of it is the Tolbooth where the Bayliffs of the same do convene for the Administration of Justice On the South-side is a very fine House belonging to the Earl of Murray with very pleasant Gardens adjoining At the Lower End of this Suburb is the Abbey of Holyrood-House founded by King David for the Monks of the Order of St. Augustine This was consumed by Fire and the Church only remains in which divers of our Kings and Queens are interred The Royal Palace hath four Courts The Outer Court which is as big as all the rest hath four Principal Entries besides several Inlets into the adjacent Gardens three of which are on the West and the other on the East-side The Entry of the Palace is adorned with great Pillars of hewen Stone and a fine Cupola in Fashion of a Crown above it The Forepart of the Palace is terminated by four high Towers Two of which toward the North were erected by King James the V. and the rest by King Charles the II. The Fabrick of the Inner-Court is very stately with Piazza's round about it all of fine hewen Stone From these covered Walks you have Access to the several Apartments which are most Royal and Magnificent But above all the long Gallery is remarkable being adorn'd with the Pictures of all the Kings of Scotland from Fergus I. The Palace on all Hands is bounded with lovely Gardens On the South lies the King's Park which hath great Variety of medicinal Plants Here also is an admirable Fountain which through Conduits serves the whole House His Grace the Duke of Hamilton is hereditary Keeper of this Palace ARCTURI JONSTONI Carmen in EDINBURGUM COminus ut spectet superos coeloque fruatur Montis in acclivi surgit Edina jugo Ancillatricem Cererem Nymphas que ministras Et Vectigalem despicit inde Thetin Hic ubi nascentis se pandunt lumina Phoebi Sede sub Arcturi regia tecta vides Solis ad occasum surgens arx imminens urbi Haec habet Arctoi tela tremenda Jovis Adspicis in medio Templum decus Vrbis Orbis Hac pietas stabilem fixit in aede larem Cuncta nitent intus Regalis more Coronae Plexilis aurato marmore lucet apex Virginis Astraea domus est contermina Templo Digna Polycleti Praxitelisque manu Tecta colunt cives solis heroibus apta Nullius illa minas nullius arma timet Albula Romuleam Venetam mare territat Vrbem Quas regit undarum ridet Edina minas Crede mihi nusquam vel sceptris aptior urbs est Vel rerum Domina dignior Orbe locus De EDINBURGO JOHANNIS JONSTONI Carmen MOnte sub acclivi Zephyri procurrit in auras Hinc arx celsa illinc Regia clara nitet Inter utramque patet sublimibus ardua tectis Vrbs armis animis clara frequensque viris Nobile Scotorum caput pars maxima regni Pene etiam gentis integra regna suae Rarae artes opes quod mens optaverit aut hic Invenias aut non Scotia tota dabit Compositum hic populum videas sanctumque senatum Sanctaque cum puro lumine jura Dei An quisquam Arctoi extremo in limite mundi Aut haec aut paria his cernere posse putet Dic Hospes postquam externas lustraveris oras Haec cernens oculis credis an ipse tuis To His Grace CHARLES Duke of Lennox and Richmond Duke and Peer of France Earl of Darnley and March Baron of Torbolton and Settrington Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter c. DUNBRITTON DVMBARTON or Dunbritton is a Town in the Sheriffdom of Lennox which Beda calls Allclyth others Allcluith It has its Name from Dun which in our ancient Language signifies a Hill or Rock and Bar which in the same Language signifies the Top or Height of any Thing The Town is situate in a Plain on the Bank of the River Levin near the Place where it enters into Clyde a little below the Castle which is excellently fortified by Nature owing little to Art and seems to have been built by the Ancient Brigantes This Town had its Privileges procured to it by One of the Countesses of Lennox The Castle hath a strange kind of Situation for where the Waters of Clyde and Levin meet there 's a Plain extended to the length of a Mile at the Foot of the neighbouring Hills And in the very Corner of this Meeting there rises a Rock with two Tops the higher of which looks to the West with a Watch-Tower on the Top of it having a large Prospect on all Sides The other being a little lower lies to the East Betwixt these two Tops are Steps hewen out of the Rock with great Pains and Labour which yield Passage only to one Person at a Time to the upper Part of the Castle To the South where Clyde runs by the Rock which is naturally steep it hath a little Descent and as it were with out-stretcht Arms embraces the plain Ground which partly by Nature and partly by Art is so enclosed that it furnishes Room for several Houses and a Garden It secures the Harbour by its Ordnance and obliges the smaller Boats to come up almost to the very Gate of the Castle the Chanal of the River running on that Side The middle of the Rock where the Entry to the Castle is being built up with Houses makes as it were another Castle distinct from the former This Castle as appears by its Prospects does almost stand like a Sugar-loaf upon a plain Ground The Circumference of it is but very small and yet it hath at the Top a little kind of a Lake and several other Springs Besides the natural Fortification it is bounded on the West by the Water of Levin and on the South by Clyde which are to it instead of Ditches To the East the Sea at a full Tide beats against the Foot of the Rock and when it ebbs it does not leave a Plain of Sand but of a soft Clay which is divided by a Rivulet that runs down from the neighbouring Hills To the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of Marr Lord Areskin and Garioch c. Hereditary Governour of STIRLING STIRLING STIRLING is the Chief Town of the Shire of that Name where the Sheriff keeps his Courts It hath its Name from its Situation
for the Town stands upon the Descent of a steep Rock at the Foot of which there runs a deep River call'd Boderia or Forth It takes its Name from the Saxon Word Ster which signifies a Hill and Lin a Water It was of old called Binobara which by some is judged to be Ptolomy's Vindovara For Bin in our old Language signifies a Hill and Vara a River So that the Name which the Town now retains is the Signification of the old Name thereof At the Head of the Town stands a well fortified Castle adorned with stately Buildings in the former Age by King James the V. This is the Place as Tacitus observes where Clyde and Forth being carried back divide from one another For a great way they are separated by a small Neck of Land which was then strengthned by a Garrison and all that Isthmus was possessed by Soldiers the Enemies being removed as it were into another Island the Inscription on a Stone below the Castle toward the Bridge which makes mention of a Wing of the Army that kept Watch there seeming to intimate as much And although the Romans did several times infest some Places beyond it by their Inroads yet the Strength and Glory of the Roman Name had its Bound in this Place The King's Park lies at the very Foot of the Castle and the City stands on the Back of a Hill toward the South It is enclosed with a Wall and toward the North it is bounded with the River Forth which crossed by a Bridge in that Place The Bridge is of hewen Stone and fortified with an Iron-Gate It consists of four stately Arches and lies South and North. The Ships at full Tide come up to the Bridge and the Haven is a little below the same The Church which is of hewen Stone built very artificially stands in the Upper Part of the Town toward the East adorned with a very high Tower Not far from the Church may be seen the Mansions of the Earls of Argyle and Marr notable both for their Bigness and Artifice of their Structure The Earl of Marr is Governour of this Castle by Heritage It hath a competent Number of Great Ordnance for defending the Passage of the Bridge and a sufficient Garrison established for its Security In times of Trouble the Chief Magazine of the Nation is usually transported to this Place it lying upon a considerable Pass and almost in the Center of the Kingdom As this City stands in a most commodious Place for Commerce so it hath a most delectable and pleasant Prospect by the great and various Windings of the River Forth which are so extraordinary that from the Bridge of Stirling to the Town of Allowa it is 24 Miles by Water and but 4 by Land ALLOWA a Town in Clackmannon-shire and seems to be the same Ptolomy calls Allauna is situated on a pleasant Plain to the North of Forth and hath a convenient Harbour for Ships of Burthen many of which come thither for Salt and Coals Here the Earl of Marr Chief of the Areskins hath a pleasant Dwelling with a Wood adjacent ARCTURI JONSTONI de STERLINO Carmen STERLINO quis digna canat Cunabula Reges Hic sua securis imposuere jugis Aura salutifera est facit hoc vicinia coeli Nec datur à saevo tutior hoste locus Adspicis hic geminis structas in rupibus arces Tectaque Tarpeii turribus aequa Jovis Fortha triumphales hic dum fugit excipit arcus Cogitur curvo subdere colla jugo Haud aliter Phrygiis ludit Maeander in oris Saepe fluit trepida saepe recursat aqua Orbe pererrato levis huc vestigia flectens Advena miratur ruris urbis opes Admiranda quidem sunt haec carmine digna Plus tamen hic virtus martia laudis habet Non semel Ausonios Sterlinum reppulit enses Limes imperii quem bibit amnis erat De STERLINO J. JONSTONI Carmen REgia sublimis celsa despectat ab arce Pendula sub biferis maenia structa jugis Regum augusta Parens Regum nutricula natis Hinc sibi Regifico nomine tota placet Hospita sed cuivis quovis sub nomine amicus Sive es seu non es Hospes an Hostis item Pro lucro cedit damnum disordia tristis Heu quoties procerum sanguine tinxit humum Hoc uno infaelix at faelix caetera nusquam Laetior aut coeli frons geniusve soli To the Right Honourable GEORGE Earl of Linlithgow Lord Levingston and Callander c. One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and One of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council LINLITHGOW IS the same which Ptolomy calls Lindum so named for its being situated on the side of a Lake The King's Palace stands on a little Hill towards the middle of the said Lake in which there lies an Island which ascends with several Stairs in the Form of an Amphitheater This Palace is Magnificently built of hewen Stone begun by the former Kings and perfected by King James the VI. It consists of Four Towers between which the Court the Chapel and the rest of the Buildings are extended The Porch bears the Name and Arms of King James the V. In the Inner Court there is a very artificial Fountain adorned with several Statues and Water-Works Close by the Palace is a Church commonly called St. Michael's of a most excellent Structure with a very high Steeple to which the late Earl of Linlithgow added an extraordinary neat Chapel There is a small and easie Descent from the Palace to the Town where is to be seen a large Four-square Court in the middle of which there is another curious Fountain exceeding in all Respects that which is in the Inner Court of the Palace On the South side of this Court is the Tolbooth which is very neatly built of hewen Stone having a very high Steeple with Bells and a very fine Clock In this Tolbooth the Sheriff and Town-Magistrates keep their Courts There is a large Street reaches from the one end of the Town to the other which is adorned on every Side with fair Buildings from each side of which Street divers Lanes do break out which open a Passage into several pleasant Gardens The Lake it self is a Mile in length and a quarter of a Mile over and abounds with Perch and other sorts of Fish On the North side hereof lies the King's Park This Town hath a Harbour for all sorts of Ships near the Castle of Blackness where there is a large Custom-House built with other Houses for the Use of Merchants The Earl of Linlithgow is Hereditary Keeper of the Palace and the King's Baily in that Place De LIMNUCHO Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI NObile Limnuchum est Pario de marmore templum Hic nitet impensae non mediocris opus Aemula sunt templi turrita palatia Regis Et Praetio superant Solis utramque domum Proximus est urbi nullo lacus aggere
Hic nemus umbriferum Phoebi Nymphaeque sorores Candida quas inter praenitet Vrania Quae me longinquis redeuntem Teutonis oris Suscipit excelso collocat inque gradu Vrbs nimium faelix Musarum si bona nosset Munera aetherei regna beata Dei. Pelle malas pestes Vrbe quae noxia Musis Alme Deus coeant pax pietasque simul To the Right Honourable JAMES Viscount of Stairs Lord Dalrimple Glenluce and Strenrare President of the College of Justice and One of the Lords of their Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council GLASGOW GLASGOW is the most famous Empory of all the West of Scotland Nothwithstanding that it is inferiour to many in Antiquity yet if we respect the Largeness of the City the Number and Stateliness of its publick and private Buildings its Commerce with Foreign Nations and the Opulency of its Inhabitants it is the Chief of all the Cities in the Kingdom next to Edinburgh The City stands most pleasantly upon the East Bank of Clyde which is navigable up to the very Tower by Ships of small Burden but New Glasgow which stands on the Mouth of Clyde is a Haven for Vessels of the greatest Size The City it self is joined to the Suburbs which stand on the West Brink by a beautiful Bridge of Eight Arches built of square hewen Stone The most part of the City stands on a Plain and is in a Manner four-square In the very middle of the City is the Tolbooth magnificently built of hewen Stone with a very high Tower and Bells which sound melodiously at every Hour's end At the Tolbooth Four principal Streets crossing each other do divide the City as it were into Four equal Parts every one of which is adorned with several publick Buildings In the higher Part of the City the Cathedral Church stands commonly called St. Mungo's It amazes the Eyes of the Beholders for its stupendious Bigness and Artifice of its Structure It consists of two Churches of which the one is over the other The several Rows of Pillars and exceeding high Towers do show a wonderful piece of Architecture Near to the Church is the Archbishop's Castle fenced with an exceeding high Wall of hewen Stone and looks down to the City but the chief Ornament of the City is the College which was founded by King James the II. Pope Nicholas the V. granting an Indulgence and confirming it by his Bull to have the Rights and Liberties of a College where general Learning should be taught It was erected by the great Labour and Expences of that Reverend Prelate William Turnbull Archbishop of Glasgow The Words of the Bull for the founding of it are That general Study should flourish in the same as well in Theology and the Canon and Civil Law as in all other Arts and Faculties and that the Masters and Teachers there should enjoy all and sundry the Privileges Liberties Honours Immunities and Exemptions which have been granted by the Apostolick See or others any other way to the Masters Teachers or Students of our College at Bononia The Fabrick of the College is remarkable consisting of divers Courts The fore-part of it towards the City is of an excellent Structure being of hewen Stone The Precincts of the College are enlarged by some Acres of Ground purchased by some Money granted to it of late by the King and Estates of the Kingdom It is separated from the rest of the Town by an exceeding high Wall De GLASGUA Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI GLASGUA tu socias inter caput exeris urbes Et te nil ingens pulchrius Orbis habet Sole sub occiduo Zephyri te temperat aura Frigora nec brumae nec canis ora times Glotta latus cingens electro purior omni est Hic regis imperio lintea mille tuo Pons jugat adversas operoso marmore ripas Et tibi securum per vada praebet iter Aemula Phoeacum tua sunt pomaria Sylvae Ruraque Poestanis sunt tibi plena rosis Farra Ceres armenta Pales Thetis agmina gentis Squammigerae Nemorum dat tibi diva feras Tecta nitent ipsas tangunt vertice nubes Quo commendentur plus tamen intus habent Templa domos superant radiant haec marmore puro Marmoris praetium nobile vincit opus Non procul hinc Themidos se tollunt atria patres Hic ubi purpureos dicere jura vides In medio residens sua pandit limina Phoebus Hic cum Parnass o Pegasis unda fluit Civibus ingentes animos deus armiger artes Nata Jovis stabiles Juno ministrat opes Moenia Dardanidum posuit Grynaeus Apollo Et deus aequoreis qui dominatur aquis Glasgua te fausto struxerunt sydere divi Quot mare Quot tellus Quotquot aequor habet ROBERTI MAGNI M.D. Carmen in insignia Civitatis GLASGUAE SAlmo Quercus cui insidet Rubecula avis Campana Annulus aureus salmonis ore exertus Salmo maris terraeque arbor avis aeris urbi Promittunt quicquid trina elementa ferunt Et campana frequens celebret quod numinis aras Vrbs superesse polo non peritura docet Neve quis indubitet sociari aeterna caducis Annulus id pignus conjugiale notat De GLASGUA Carmen JO ANNIS JONSTONI NON te pontificum luxus non infula tantum Ornavit diri quae tibi causa mali Glottiadae quantum decorant te Glasgua musae Quae celsum attollunt clara sub astra caput Glotta decus rerum piscosis nobilis undis Finitimis recreat jugera laeta soli Ast Glottae decus vicinis gloria terris Glasgua foecundat flumine cuncta suo To the Right Honourable GEORGE Earl of Aberdeen Viscount of Trumartin Lord Haddo Mechlick Tarvis and Kellie c. Old ABERDEEN ABERDEEN the Old is situated a Mile to the North of the New Town commonly called Bon-accord it hath its Name from its Situation being placed at the Mouth of the Water of Don. The Name of the River sufficiently shews that the Picts who inhabited this part of the Country were of a Scythian Descent for the River which by the Latins is called Danubius by the Germans is called Dunave by the Polonians Dunaum by the Turks Tuna being of the very same Name with our Don. The River is remarkable for the Multitude of Salmon and Perches which are taken in it About half a Mile from Old Aberdeen it hath a Bridge of one single Arch which is both large and stately it is made up for the most part of square hewen Stone both the Ends of it being fixed on Rocks By its crooked winding it breaks the force of the Stream so that Nature it self seems to have made way for its Situation A little below it Don enters into the Sea Above the Bridge two Miles is a heap of Stone artificially cast in the Mouth of the Chanal for the easier catching of the Salmon It is the Bishops Seat and hath a Cathedral Church commonly called St. Machars
Prison and a Work-House Besides these there is an Alms-House for the maintenance of the Old People of Aberdeen that are come to Decay with Three Hospitals Founded by several persons And adjoyning to the Custom-House lies the Port or Wharf De ABREDONIA VETERI Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI TE pius antistes colit Vrbs antiqua regitque Donaque faelicem reddit unda freti Amnis aquas uno pons admirabilis arcu Integit autores suspicor esse deos Talis erat Rhodii moles operosa Colossi Turgida quam subter vela tulere rates Hunc prope Salmonum soboles argentea Nassas Sponte subit laqueis induiturque suis Est quoque quod jactes vetus venerabile templum Caetera praedonum diripuere manus Turribus hoc surgens geminis Pharos esse putatur Puppibus tutum per vada monstrat iter Non procul hinc Phoebi surgunt Palladis arces Aurea crux illas diadema tegit Has pius erexit praesul Rex divite censu Donavit titulos prodiga Roma dedit Non tot equus pedites fudit Trojanus Achivos Lumina quot patriae protulit ista domus Nobilis urbs extra praeconem quaerere noli Hunc populum qui te praedicet intus habes De ABREDONIA NOVA Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI URBS nova piscosi quam ditant ostia Devae Vrbibus antiquis praeripit omne decus Hanc delubra beant totum cantata per Orbem Templaque mortali non fabricata manu Haec prope Romuleis aedes sacrata Camaenis Surgit Athenaeum non procul inde vides Ardua sydereis rutilant praetoria pinnis Hic ubi planities panditur ampla fori Adspicis hic procerum vicina palatia Coelo Et populi pictos aureolosque Lates Quid memorem ternos tria propugnacula Colles Qualibus urbs surgit quae Caput orbis erat Hanc quoque Lanaris mons ornat amaenior illis Hunc ferrugineis Spada colorat aquis Inde suburbanum Jamesoni despicis hortum Quem domini pictum suspicor esse manu Salmonum dat Deva greges maris aequora gazas Memphi tuas quas India jactat opes Pons septemgemino cameratus fornice Devam Integit autorem juncta Tiara notat Haec celebret Vulgus Solos ego praedico cives His collata nihil caetera laudis habent Martia mens illos commendat aurea virtus Rebus in dubiis saepe probata fides Hospita gens haec est comis aemula divum Quaeque regunt alios huic famulantur opes Si locus est meritis urbs haec Regina vocari Et Dominae titulum sumere jure potest Caetera mortales producunt oppida solos Vrbs haec Heroas semideasque parit Aliud ejusdem de eadem CVM Populo quisquis Romanam suspicis urbem Et mundi dominam deliciasque vocas Confer Aberdoniam Thetis hanc servilibus undis Alluit urbs famulo nec procul illa mari est Vtraque fulta jugis subjectos despicit amnes Vtraque fulminea spirat ab arce minas Illa suos Fabios invictaque fulmina belli Scipiadas jactat Caesareamque domum Mennesios urbs haec proceres gentemque Culenam Et Collisonios Lausoniosque patres Vrbe Quirinali minor est urbs Grampica Cives Sunt tamen hic animis ingeniisque pares De Abredonia Nova Carmen D.J. JONSTONI AD boream porrecta jugis obsessa superbis Inter Connatas eminet una Deas Mitior algentes Phoebus sic temperat auras Non aestum ut rabidum frigora nec metuat Foecundo ditat Neptunus gurgite amnes Piscosi gemmis alter adauget opes Candida mens frons laeta hilaris gratissima tellus Hospitibus Morum cultus ubique decens Nobilitas antiqua opibus subnixa vetustis Martiaque invicto pectore corda gerens Justitiae domus stadiorum mater honoris Ingenio ars certant artibus ingenia Omnia ei cedunt meritos genetricis honores Pingere non ulla ars ingeniumve valet To the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of Tweddale Lord Hay of Yester c. Lord High Chancellour of Scotland HADDINGTON HADDINGTON is situate on a pleasant Plain on the brink of the River Tyne surrounded with several Noblemens dwellings The most remarkable whereof is the House of Yester the ordinary Mansion House of the Earl of Tweddale It is one of the pleasantest Seats and hath the finest and greatest planting about it in all Scotland Of old this Town was Fortified by the English several Vestigies whereof are yet to be seen Here is a Church excellently built of hewen Stone the Ruins whereof do testifie its former splendor In a Chapel belonging to this Church there is an excellent Burial-place for the Chiefs of the Family of Maitland Chancellour Maitland and his Lady several others of the said Family and the Duke of Lawderdale are Interr'd in this place It gives the Title of Earl of Haddington to a branch of the House of Hamilton who hath large Possessions and fine Seats hard by it Henry Prince of Scotland Son to St. David and Ada his Countess Founded a Nunnery in this place Within Four Miles of Edinburgh the Earl of Tweddale hath another most pleasant House and Gardens called Pinkie No Place in Scotland is surrounded with more little Towns and Houses of the Nobility and Gentry than this is which appears chiefly from the House of Stony-hill where the Variety of so many Towns and Buildings so great a Part of the Court of Lothian the River of Forth and the Court of Fyfe give a most delightful Prospect Carmen ARCTURI JONSTONI de HADINA PRoxima Bervico caput Hadingtona periclis Obtulit Scotis aggeris instar erat Saepe Caledoniam defendit fortibus armis Nec semel hostiles est populata greges Viribus interdum nunquam virtute subacta est Et cum multa tulit vulnera plura dedit Grampigenas ne crede duces Floremve Juventae Sed tutelares hic habitasse deos J. JONSTONI Carmen de Eadem PLanities praetensa jacet prope flumina Tinae Fluminis Arguti clauditur ista sinu Vulcani Martis quae passa incendia fati Ingemit alterno vulnere fracta vires Nunc tandem sapit icta Dei praecepta sequuta Praesidio gaudet jam potiore poli To the Right Honourable JAMES Marquess of Montross Earl of Kincardin Lord Graham and Mugdock c. MONTROSS A Town in the Shire of Angus so called as some think from Moinross which in the ancient British Language signifies a Fennish Promontory and was of old called Celurra This Town is situated at the mouth of the River of Southesk on the North side of it It hath a Harbour for Ships of a considerable Burthen and has frequent correspondence with Foreigners being adorned with fine Buildings of all sorts and has an Hospital for the poorer Inhabitants It gives the Title of Marquess of that Name to the chief of the Family of the Grahams De MONTE ROSARUM Carmen ARCTURI
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 Patricâ—â— dicto The Castle of DUMBRITTON from Kilpatrick Prospectus Arcis Regiae BRITANNODUNENSIS ab Occideâ—â— 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 pâ—â—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-ROSARâ— 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 Thâ— 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 Newtownâ— 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 Thâ— prospect of y e Town of INNERNESS Prospectus Palaty et Oppidi de SKUYN Thâ— 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 Reâ—â—â— 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 Thâ— 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