. The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland. r is received into a reservoir, from which itissues in a copious stream. The fountain is surrounded with full-lengthfigures in ancient costume, the most curious of which is a man beatinga drum ; around the town arms, on the front of the fount, is in-scribed My fruit is fidelity to God and the king. The w^hole ofthis architectural curiosity is surrounded by an iron palisade of lightand elegant workmanship. There are several wells of more simplearchitecture in the good old town : one is sculptured with the figure ofSt. Michael, and the mot
. The castles, palaces, and prisons of Mary of Scotland. r is received into a reservoir, from which itissues in a copious stream. The fountain is surrounded with full-lengthfigures in ancient costume, the most curious of which is a man beatinga drum ; around the town arms, on the front of the fount, is in-scribed My fruit is fidelity to God and the king. The w^hole ofthis architectural curiosity is surrounded by an iron palisade of lightand elegant workmanship. There are several wells of more simplearchitecture in the good old town : one is sculptured with the figure ofSt. Michael, and the motto, St. Michael is kind to strangers ; thewater of this well never freezes. The number of wells in Linlithgowis alluded to in the old rhyme— Linlithgow for wells ;Glasgow for bells;Falkirk for beans and peas ;Peebles for clashes and lees. We now take leave of this venerable ruin, in the laudatory languageof the Poet of the Mount :— Adieu, LiTHGOW, whose palace of plesanceMicht be ane pattern to Portugall or France ! 0^ i i THE PALACE OF ROOM IN WHICH ^USEN MaKY WA3 BORN.—N,.. 4
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