Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . which cost the sumof 1490 merks, eight shillings, scots ; and five years after-wards, the clock which belonged to the Troue, or WeighHouse, was likewise put up. On the front of the Church,over the door, is this inscription : JEDEU HANC CHRISTO ET ECCESL^ SACRARUNT CIVIS EDINBURGENI ANNO MDCXLI. Thus, it is plainly shewn, that this edifice is properlydenominated Chiists Church, and not that of the Tron ; whichlatter appellation it received on account of its vicinity to theTrone, or public beam, for the weighing of merchandize, whichthen stood hard by. Oppo
Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . which cost the sumof 1490 merks, eight shillings, scots ; and five years after-wards, the clock which belonged to the Troue, or WeighHouse, was likewise put up. On the front of the Church,over the door, is this inscription : JEDEU HANC CHRISTO ET ECCESL^ SACRARUNT CIVIS EDINBURGENI ANNO MDCXLI. Thus, it is plainly shewn, that this edifice is properlydenominated Chiists Church, and not that of the Tron ; whichlatter appellation it received on account of its vicinity to theTrone, or public beam, for the weighing of merchandize, whichthen stood hard by. Opposite to the Church, in the middle of the High Street,is interred the body of one Merlin, a French pavior, accordingto his own desire ; probably in commemoration of his being theperson Avho first paved the High Street; his grave was for-merly known by a row of six stones laid in the pavement, inthe form of a coffin, and six feet in length ; but the pavementof the street requiring frequent repairs, this memorial has beenjvhollv tL|.^ ^1S22-TII3T £©3j3iIE©:E (SST^mSai - TRINITY COLLEGE CHURCH. Trinity Church, and tlie College to which it was appended,were founded by Mary of GuikleurSj consort to king James II.,abont the year 14G<2. The charter of foundation, is publishedat length by Maitland, in his History of Edinburgh ; it isintroduced by an address from James, the then bishop of , to all the sons of Holy Mother Church, stating, thatthe said queen Mary did humbly supplicate him, carefully toaccomplish, approve, ratify, and confirm her intention to founda college, for the praise and honour of the Holy Trinity, and ofthe ever blessed Virgin Mary, and of all the saints and elect ofGod, and for the salvation of her own and her husbands souls,and the souls of their progenitors, and of their progeny j notforgetting the soul of the priest, whose favour she was thenhumbly supplicating. The prelate further states, that in com-pliance with the devout prayers and d
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