. The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times. stance : a bulls head was served up, a signal, inthose days, of approaching death: the Douglases grew pale at thesight, accepting the omen. In a small room in this fortress, Mary Stuart brought into theworld James VI. an event which some uncouth rhymes on the wallinform the stranger of. The Regalia of Scotland are said to be preserved here, and aroom in which they are kept, is pointed out, but made up and i
. The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times. stance : a bulls head was served up, a signal, inthose days, of approaching death: the Douglases grew pale at thesight, accepting the omen. In a small room in this fortress, Mary Stuart brought into theworld James VI. an event which some uncouth rhymes on the wallinform the stranger of. The Regalia of Scotland are said to be preserved here, and aroom in which they are kept, is pointed out, but made up and in-accessible. According to Maitland, they were acknowledged to havebeen here in 1707, as appears by a formal instrument preserved bythat historian. TLhe great cannon, called Mounts-meg, made of iron bars,bound together by iron hoops, is a curiosity preserved in thisplace. This Drawing was communicated by T. Pennant, Esq. JEDDEWORTH MONASTERY. THE Monastery of Jeddeworth in Scotland being so wasted andimpoverished by the Scottish wars, and incursions of enemies, thatit was unable to maintain the canons thereof, nor they able to reside * Whitelock, 485. f Hi*t, Gordons, ii. 606. there. Aj,..f,c^S. JKJ3U>;VV!JKrJT
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