. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. est workmanship of anything of the kind in Europe,had to that time remained inviolate, but in the year 1649 was hewed topieces, by order and with the aid of the parish minister. The carpenteremployed for this infamous purpose, awed by the sanctity ot the place, andstruck with the noble workmanship, refused to lay a tool on it, till the morethan Gothic priest took the hatchet from his hand and struck the first wainscotting was richly carved and ornamented with different kinds ofcrowns at top, admirably cut ; one of these, large
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. est workmanship of anything of the kind in Europe,had to that time remained inviolate, but in the year 1649 was hewed topieces, by order and with the aid of the parish minister. The carpenteremployed for this infamous purpose, awed by the sanctity ot the place, andstruck with the noble workmanship, refused to lay a tool on it, till the morethan Gothic priest took the hatchet from his hand and struck the first wainscotting was richly carved and ornamented with different kinds ofcrowns at top, admirably cut ; one of these, large, and of superior workman-ship, even staggered the zeal of the furious priest ; he wished to save it,perhaps, as a trophy over a fallen enemy. Whatever his motives may havebeen, his hopes were disappointed ; while the carpenter rudely hewed downthe supporting timbers, the crown fell from a great height, ploughed up thepavement of the church, and flew in a thousand pieces. t * Registrum, ^cc, Ixvi. t Douglass .Account of the East Coast of Scotland, ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND as Aberdour House, Fifeshire; 3irth Castle,Stirlingshire; Auchans House, Ayrshire
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