Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ncient, and contains the roomwhere the unfortunate Queen Mary was born. Her father, who then lay<m his deathbed at Falkland, on bi ing told of her birth, replied Is it so? reflecting on the alliance which had placed the Stuart family on the throne, then Gods will be done! It came with a lass, and it will go with a these words he turned his face to the wall, and died of a brokenheart. In one of the vaults below, James III. found shelter when he was indanger of assas ination from some of his rebellious nobles. The northside of the qua rangle
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . ncient, and contains the roomwhere the unfortunate Queen Mary was born. Her father, who then lay<m his deathbed at Falkland, on bi ing told of her birth, replied Is it so? reflecting on the alliance which had placed the Stuart family on the throne, then Gods will be done! It came with a lass, and it will go with a these words he turned his face to the wall, and died of a brokenheart. In one of the vaults below, James III. found shelter when he was indanger of assas ination from some of his rebellious nobles. The northside of the qua rangle is the most modern, having been built by JanitsVI. shortly after his visit to Scotland in 1G17. In the centre of the courtare the ruins of the elaborately carved Palace Well, a once beautiful and 158 EXCURSIONS FROM EDINBTTRGH. ingenious work, erected by James V. It was destroyed by the royal armyin 1746. Ttie nucleus of the Palace seems to have been a tower or fort, firstbuilt by Edward I., who inhabited it in person a whole winter. It. was taken from the Enj^lish in 1307 in the following remarkable?^vay:—The garrison was supplied with hay by a neighbouring rustic,of the name of Binnock or Binning, who favoured the interest ofBruce. Binuock had been ordered by the English governor to furnishsome cart-loads of hay, of which they were in want. He promised to UNLITHGOW. 159 bring it accordingly; bxit the night before he drove the hay to the castlehe stationed a party of his friends, as well armed as possible, near theentrance, where they could not be seen by the garrison, and gave themdirections that they should come to his assistance as soon as they shouldhear him ciy a signal, which was to be,—Call all, call all! Then heloaded a great waggon with hay; but in the waggon he placed eight strongmen, well armed, lying flat on their breasts, and covered over with hay, sothat they could not be seen. He himself walked carelessly beside the wag-gon ; and he chose the stoutest and b
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