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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