Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . ymson had been curate of Kirkinner, in Galloway,a presentation to him by the earl of that tide, andw;is the author of an elaborate work, and mysteriouspoem of great length, issued from his printing-house at the foot of the Horse Wynd, entided,Tripatriarchicor; or thelivesof the three patriarchs,Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, extracted forth of are to be sold by him in the Cowgate, near thefoot of the Hose Wynd, Anno Dom. 1699. The Horse Wynd which once connected theCowgate with the open fields on the south of thecity, and w
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . ymson had been curate of Kirkinner, in Galloway,a presentation to him by the earl of that tide, andw;is the author of an elaborate work, and mysteriouspoem of great length, issued from his printing-house at the foot of the Horse Wynd, entided,Tripatriarchicor; or thelivesof the three patriarchs,Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, extracted forth of are to be sold by him in the Cowgate, near thefoot of the Hose Wynd, Anno Dom. 1699. The Horse Wynd which once connected theCowgate with the open fields on the south of thecity, and was broad enough for carriages in daysbefore such vehicles were known, is supposed tohave derived its name from an inn which occupiedthe exact site of the Gaelic church which waserected there in 1S15, alter the building in theCastle Wynd was abandoned, and which rankedas a ijuoad sacra parish church after 1834, thoughit was not annexed to any separate territory. Itwas seated for 1,166, and cost ^3,000, but wasswept away as being in the line of the presentChambers THE GRASS MARKET. Head of Cowgate, from Grassmarltet. 1825 (<y7?»-£a/«a«.{); 2. Grassmarkel, from Cowgale ; 3. The Vennel; 4. South Side of ia//fr Start/) ; 5. Grassmarket, looking west {ifier Sttrrtr Mui Sht/^tri^).21 The Cowgate.] LADY GALLOWAY. 257 Although the name of this wynd is as old asthe middle of the seventeeth century, none of thebuildings in it latterly were older than the middle ofthe eighteenth. They had all been removed bythose who were anxious for the benefit of such fineair as its surroundings aftbrded, for in the map of1647 the Viiiis Et/:ini-iiiii is sliown as having totlie westward gardens in plenitude, divided by fourlong hedgerows, and closed on the south by the became remarkable for piety, mingled with greatstateliness and pride; and she is thus referred toin the Ridotto of Holyrood, partly written by hersister-in-law. Lady Bruce of Kinloss :-- And there was Bob M
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