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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

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

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