. Scotland. nner was eaten, and the courtyard where thepoor young Earl of Douglas and his brother, littleLord David, were so cruelly beheaded. You will see St. Margarets Chapel, too, the oldestbuilding in Edinburgh, which was built by QueenMargaret, wife of Malcolm Canmore, more than 900years ago ; and the old State prison, where the Earl ofArgyle lay down and went to sleep so calmly, althoughhe knew that his head was to be taken off in a fewhours. Then, when you leave the Castle and walk down theHigh Street, as the upper part of this long street iscalled, you see in front of you a large Churc
. Scotland. nner was eaten, and the courtyard where thepoor young Earl of Douglas and his brother, littleLord David, were so cruelly beheaded. You will see St. Margarets Chapel, too, the oldestbuilding in Edinburgh, which was built by QueenMargaret, wife of Malcolm Canmore, more than 900years ago ; and the old State prison, where the Earl ofArgyle lay down and went to sleep so calmly, althoughhe knew that his head was to be taken off in a fewhours. Then, when you leave the Castle and walk down theHigh Street, as the upper part of this long street iscalled, you see in front of you a large Church, with acurious tower of stone, shaped like a crown. This isthe ancient Church of St. Giles, which is as full ofmemories as the Castle or Holyrood. For there has been a Church here ever since therewas any town of Edinburgh at all ; and although theCathedral Church you see nowadays is not the originalChurch, which was built of wood, it is very old, datingfrom long before the Reformation, and it has been a 16.
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