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A Journey From Edinburgh Through Parts of North Britain
A Journey From Edinburgh Through Parts of North Britain Author:Alexander Campbell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: vity, and often the place where malefactors were hanged -f- and titled traitors beheaded J. But the chief ornament of Edinburgh is St. Giles's church, a m... more »agnificent Gothic pile, the beauties of which are almost wholly concealed by the -houses in its near neighbourhood, particularly the -Luckenbooths, which it is expected will speedily be pulled down. The cathedral church (for such it was) of St. Giles is in length from east to west two hundred and sixty feet; its breadth at the centre is one hundred and twenty-nine feet; at its west end " Upon the 13 Mail, (A. D. 1586) the king being in Holyruidhous, convenit " ye haill lords and noblemen yat had feid; and ther, in the palace of Holyruidhous, " lie causd ye haill noblemen that had deidly feid at ntliurs, to aggre togidder; and " after they had shoken hands togidder, and drunken ane to aneather, for confirming of " ye said agreement and friendschipe, yat the haill country might the better understand " yat it wes lies maiesties vork, caused them to come from the palace of Holyruidhous, " euery one in uthers hands, and his maiestie vith them, to ye crosse of Edinburghe, " quher ye city made them a very suuiptous banquett; at quhilk tyme, ther wes much " say and solemnitie, with mutual salutations of good vill one to ane uther; his maiestie " drinking peace and happiness to them all, yat the like ves never befor sein in Edin- " burghe." Birrel's Diary, p. 24. f " The same day (i. e. 27th April, ifiOl), Archibald Cornell, toune officer, bangit " at the crosse, and hung on the gallows 24. hours; and the caua qrfore he wes hangit, " he being an unmerciful greidie creator, he poyndit ane honest man's hous, and amonst " the rest he poyndit the king and quein's picturis; and quhen he came to the crosse to " compryse the sam...« less