Traditions of Edinburgh . ishment theclose had taken its name; but it had previously been calledJTopes Close, from its being the residence of a son of the * Negroes in a servile capacity had been long before known in Scotland. Dunbar has adroll poem on a female black, whom he calls My lady with the muckle lips. In LadyMarie Stuarfs Household Book, referring to the early part of the seventeenth century,there is mention of ane inventorie of the gudes and geir whilk pertenit to Dame LiliasRuthven, Lady Drummond, which includes as an item, the black boy and the papingoe[peacock]; in so humble an a
Traditions of Edinburgh . ishment theclose had taken its name; but it had previously been calledJTopes Close, from its being the residence of a son of the * Negroes in a servile capacity had been long before known in Scotland. Dunbar has adroll poem on a female black, whom he calls My lady with the muckle lips. In LadyMarie Stuarfs Household Book, referring to the early part of the seventeenth century,there is mention of ane inventorie of the gudes and geir whilk pertenit to Dame LiliasRuthven, Lady Drummond, which includes as an item, the black boy and the papingoe[peacock]; in so humble an association was it then thought proper to place a human beingwho chanced to possess a dark skin. OLD BANK CLOSE. S3 celebrated Sir Thomas Hope, Kings Advocate in the reign ofCharles I. The house of oldest date in the close was one on the westside, of substantial and even handsome appearance, long andlofty, and presenting* some peculiarities of structure nearlyunique in our city. There was first a door for the ground-floor,. House of Robert Gourlay. about which there was nothing remarkable. Then there was adoor leading by a stair to Csxt first floor, and bearing this legendand date upon the architrave : IN THE IS AL MY TRAIST : 1569. Close beside this door was another, leading by a longer, butdistinct, though adjacent stair, to the second floor, and pre-senting on the architrave the initials R. G. From this floorthere was an internal stair contained in a projecting turret,which connected it with the higher floor. Thus, it will beobserved, there were three houses in this building, each havinga distinct access; a nicety of arrangement which, together withthe excellence of the masonry, was calculated to create a more 84 TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH. respectful impression regarding the domestic ideas of ourancestors in Queen Marys time than most persons are preparedfor. Finally, in the triangular space surmounting an atticwindow were the initials of a married couple, D. G., M. S. Our surp
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