Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . he nobility and gentry who were attached to the court 5 buttliey have long since been deserted by persons of rank, and atthe present time, display the same appearance of neglect andwretchedness, complained of by Maitland, who gives thefollowing description of the Canongate. The town of tiicCanongate, vvhich is an appendage of, and a suburb to Edin-burgh, is situated at the eastern end of the city ; it consists ofa spacious street, extending from the Netherbow Port, on the WHITE HORSE CLOSE. west, to the palace of Holyrood on the east, about half a mileiu
Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . he nobility and gentry who were attached to the court 5 buttliey have long since been deserted by persons of rank, and atthe present time, display the same appearance of neglect andwretchedness, complained of by Maitland, who gives thefollowing description of the Canongate. The town of tiicCanongate, vvhich is an appendage of, and a suburb to Edin-burgh, is situated at the eastern end of the city ; it consists ofa spacious street, extending from the Netherbow Port, on the WHITE HORSE CLOSE. west, to the palace of Holyrood on the east, about half a mileiu length, whence run a number of closes down both sides ofthe hill, with gardens below them. This place has suffered more by the union of the kingdom,than all the other parts of Scotland; for having I)efore thatperiod been the residence of the chief of the Scottish nobility,it was then in a flourishing condition ; but being deserted bythem, many of their houses are fallen down, and others in aruinous condition 3 it is in a piteous case!. WATER GATE. Near the palace of Holyrood House formerly stood the WaterGate, but its place is now only indicated by a slight woodenarch thrown across the street, and some rude masonry to whichit was attached on the western side. This Gate is renderedmemorable by the ignominious treatment which the Marquis ofMontrose received in his passage through it to the Tolbooth,in 1650, He was met here by the magistrates, the city guard,and the executioner, who conducted him along the streets ingloomy procession, placed on an elevated cart made for thepurpose. The next day being Sunday, he was visited by some
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