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FOOTNOTES:[1]Now St. Saviour’s.[2]Groom of the Chamber.[3]She was a sister of the Earl of Angus, and had married, first, Lord Glammis, and, second, Archibald Campbell of Skipness.[4]Chambers’sWalks in Edinburgh, p. 50.[5]Ibid.p. 49.[6]Paragon.[7]Now Prestonfield.[8]Miss Warrender’sWalks near Edinburgh. Edinburgh: David Douglas.[9]William Dunbar, by Oliphant Smeaton, “Famous Scots Series.” Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier.[10]Bergenroth,Simancas Papus, vol. i. p. 169. Quoted inEarly Travellers in Scotland, edited by Professor Hume Brown. Edinburgh: David Douglas.[11]Ibid.[12]Scott’sTales of a Grandfather.[13]W. E. Aytoun,Lays of the Cavaliers.[14]Burgh Records of Edinburgh(1403-1528), p. 144.[15]In September of that year “Maister Leonard Logy” was pensioned by James IV. for his “diligent and grate labour” in “bigging of the palace beside the Abbey of the Holy Croce.”[16]Sir David Lindsay.[17]Henry Glassford Bell.[18]FromBuchanan’s Detection(first Scots translation) quoted inMary, Queen of Scots, by Robert S. Rait, p. 108.[19]Diurnal of Occurrents in Scotland, quoted inMary, Queen of Scots, by Robert S. Rait, pp. 120-121.[20]R. S. Mylne’sThe King’s Master Masons.[21]Sir Walter Scott.[22]History of St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. James Cameron Lees, D.D. W. and R. Chambers.[23]Still called “The Albany Aisle.”[24]Walter Chepman built a chapel of the Crucifixion in the lower part of the churchyard, endowing its chaplain for the welfare of the soul of King James and those who were slain with him at Flodden. This chapel was pulled down during John Knox’s ministry to form the “Outer Tolbooth” for the Lords of Session.[25]Burgh Records of Edinburgh(1403-1528), p. 144.[26]At the end of his life, Knox preached within another division, designated “The Tolbooth Kirk.”[27]Laud’s Service-Book.[28]Gordon,Hist. of Scots Affairs(Spalding Club), i. 7.[29]History of Scotland, Professor Hume Brown, ii. 301.[30]The stream of people pouring out of a church-door is called “the church skaling” in Scotland.[31]History of St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. Dr. Cameron Lees. W. and R. Chambers.[32]“Edinburgh’s Joy,” etc. Quoted in Dr. Hill Burton’sHistory, vii. 387.[33]History of St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. Dr. Cameron Lees. W. and R. Chambers.[34]Taylor’sPennyless Pilgrimage.[35]A “land” is a house of several storeys, usually consisting of different tenements.[36]Melville’s Memoirs, p. 181.[37]The initials G. S. for the wife suggest that the formal “Egidia” was softened, after the homely Scottish fashion, into “Gidy.”[38]Scandals.[39]Byers’ Close takes its name from John Byers of Coates, and the carved lintel, “I.B: M.B: 1611 Blissit be God in al his giftis,” now on the old family mansion, Coates House, within the grounds of St. Mary’s Cathedral, was removed from Byers’ Close.[40]Wilson’sMemorials, ii. footnote to p. 12; and Grant’sOld and New Edinburgh, i. 223.[41]Sir Alexander Boswell.[42]This Robert Mylne (F.R.S.) was a great-grandson of the Robert Mylne mentioned on p. 68, and was tenth in the line of Scottish Royal Master Masons of that name. He afterwards settled in London, where he built Blackfriars Bridge over the Thames, was the successor of Wren as Superintendent of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and died in 1811.[43]Only the entries to these closes have been suffered to remain.Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 214.[44]Heroic Love, James Graham, Marquis of Montrose.[45]Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, pp. 354-356.[46]This inn must not be confused with Whitehorse Inn in Boyd’s Close (no longer existing), where Dr. Johnson went on his arrival in Edinburgh in 1773.[47]Poets.[48]Wilson’sMemorials, ii. 48.[49]Tells tales.[50]It is disputed now by some whether this house was really Knox’s.[51]Professor Masson’sEdinburgh Sketches and Memories, p. 86. A. and C. Black.[52]From Chambers’sCollection of Scottish Songs and Ballads. Authorship attributed to two young lady visitors to Edinburgh.[53]See Chapter IV., p. 63.[54]Grant’sOld and New Edinburgh.[55]Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 13.[56]Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 16.[57]VideProvost Creech, quoted in Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh.[58]Murray of Broughton, Prince Charlie’s secretary, who afterwards gave evidence against the Cause.[59]Presently Jeffrey, in his slashing review ofMarmionin theEdinburgh Review, was to accuse Scott of want of patriotism. He dined with Scott that night at Castle Street, and found Scott as hospitable and kind as ever; but from that moment Scott broke off his connection with theReview.[60]Lockhart’sLife of Scott. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1884.[61]Dalkeith Palace, the residence of the Dukes of Buccleuch, is held by them, as Craigmillar used to be held, on the understanding that the Sovereign may command it as a Royal residence.[62]“I return no more.”[63]The architect was Kemp, who, when a poor lad, trudging along the Selkirk road with his joiner’s tools on his back, had been given “a lift” by the kindly Sir Walter Scott as he drove by. Shortly after the erection of the monument Kemp was drowned.[64]Truro Cathedral, and the great Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster, both built since, are larger.[65]This is often erroneously called “Old Parliament Hall,” a name that not only limits the uses to which it was habitually put, and thus lessens its interest, but also gives the wrong impression that the Scottish Parliaments were held there, and there only. The Scottish Parliaments were held wherever the King happened to be. If the King was in Edinburgh, they were held in Edinburgh, either at this hall in the Castle, or at the Tolbooth.[66]Miss Warrender’sWalks near Edinburgh, p. 33 (footnote).

[1]Now St. Saviour’s.

[2]Groom of the Chamber.

[3]She was a sister of the Earl of Angus, and had married, first, Lord Glammis, and, second, Archibald Campbell of Skipness.

[4]Chambers’sWalks in Edinburgh, p. 50.

[5]Ibid.p. 49.

[6]Paragon.

[7]Now Prestonfield.

[8]Miss Warrender’sWalks near Edinburgh. Edinburgh: David Douglas.

[9]William Dunbar, by Oliphant Smeaton, “Famous Scots Series.” Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier.

[10]Bergenroth,Simancas Papus, vol. i. p. 169. Quoted inEarly Travellers in Scotland, edited by Professor Hume Brown. Edinburgh: David Douglas.

[11]Ibid.

[12]Scott’sTales of a Grandfather.

[13]W. E. Aytoun,Lays of the Cavaliers.

[14]Burgh Records of Edinburgh(1403-1528), p. 144.

[15]In September of that year “Maister Leonard Logy” was pensioned by James IV. for his “diligent and grate labour” in “bigging of the palace beside the Abbey of the Holy Croce.”

[16]Sir David Lindsay.

[17]Henry Glassford Bell.

[18]FromBuchanan’s Detection(first Scots translation) quoted inMary, Queen of Scots, by Robert S. Rait, p. 108.

[19]Diurnal of Occurrents in Scotland, quoted inMary, Queen of Scots, by Robert S. Rait, pp. 120-121.

[20]R. S. Mylne’sThe King’s Master Masons.

[21]Sir Walter Scott.

[22]History of St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. James Cameron Lees, D.D. W. and R. Chambers.

[23]Still called “The Albany Aisle.”

[24]Walter Chepman built a chapel of the Crucifixion in the lower part of the churchyard, endowing its chaplain for the welfare of the soul of King James and those who were slain with him at Flodden. This chapel was pulled down during John Knox’s ministry to form the “Outer Tolbooth” for the Lords of Session.

[25]Burgh Records of Edinburgh(1403-1528), p. 144.

[26]At the end of his life, Knox preached within another division, designated “The Tolbooth Kirk.”

[27]Laud’s Service-Book.

[28]Gordon,Hist. of Scots Affairs(Spalding Club), i. 7.

[29]History of Scotland, Professor Hume Brown, ii. 301.

[30]The stream of people pouring out of a church-door is called “the church skaling” in Scotland.

[31]History of St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. Dr. Cameron Lees. W. and R. Chambers.

[32]“Edinburgh’s Joy,” etc. Quoted in Dr. Hill Burton’sHistory, vii. 387.

[33]History of St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. Dr. Cameron Lees. W. and R. Chambers.

[34]Taylor’sPennyless Pilgrimage.

[35]A “land” is a house of several storeys, usually consisting of different tenements.

[36]Melville’s Memoirs, p. 181.

[37]The initials G. S. for the wife suggest that the formal “Egidia” was softened, after the homely Scottish fashion, into “Gidy.”

[38]Scandals.

[39]Byers’ Close takes its name from John Byers of Coates, and the carved lintel, “I.B: M.B: 1611 Blissit be God in al his giftis,” now on the old family mansion, Coates House, within the grounds of St. Mary’s Cathedral, was removed from Byers’ Close.

[40]Wilson’sMemorials, ii. footnote to p. 12; and Grant’sOld and New Edinburgh, i. 223.

[41]Sir Alexander Boswell.

[42]This Robert Mylne (F.R.S.) was a great-grandson of the Robert Mylne mentioned on p. 68, and was tenth in the line of Scottish Royal Master Masons of that name. He afterwards settled in London, where he built Blackfriars Bridge over the Thames, was the successor of Wren as Superintendent of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and died in 1811.

[43]Only the entries to these closes have been suffered to remain.Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 214.

[43]Only the entries to these closes have been suffered to remain.

Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 214.

[44]Heroic Love, James Graham, Marquis of Montrose.

[45]Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, pp. 354-356.

[46]This inn must not be confused with Whitehorse Inn in Boyd’s Close (no longer existing), where Dr. Johnson went on his arrival in Edinburgh in 1773.

[47]Poets.

[48]Wilson’sMemorials, ii. 48.

[49]Tells tales.

[50]It is disputed now by some whether this house was really Knox’s.

[51]Professor Masson’sEdinburgh Sketches and Memories, p. 86. A. and C. Black.

[52]From Chambers’sCollection of Scottish Songs and Ballads. Authorship attributed to two young lady visitors to Edinburgh.

[53]See Chapter IV., p. 63.

[54]Grant’sOld and New Edinburgh.

[55]Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 13.

[56]Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh, p. 16.

[57]VideProvost Creech, quoted in Chambers’sTraditions of Edinburgh.

[58]Murray of Broughton, Prince Charlie’s secretary, who afterwards gave evidence against the Cause.

[59]Presently Jeffrey, in his slashing review ofMarmionin theEdinburgh Review, was to accuse Scott of want of patriotism. He dined with Scott that night at Castle Street, and found Scott as hospitable and kind as ever; but from that moment Scott broke off his connection with theReview.

[60]Lockhart’sLife of Scott. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1884.

[61]Dalkeith Palace, the residence of the Dukes of Buccleuch, is held by them, as Craigmillar used to be held, on the understanding that the Sovereign may command it as a Royal residence.

[62]“I return no more.”

[63]The architect was Kemp, who, when a poor lad, trudging along the Selkirk road with his joiner’s tools on his back, had been given “a lift” by the kindly Sir Walter Scott as he drove by. Shortly after the erection of the monument Kemp was drowned.

[64]Truro Cathedral, and the great Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster, both built since, are larger.

[65]This is often erroneously called “Old Parliament Hall,” a name that not only limits the uses to which it was habitually put, and thus lessens its interest, but also gives the wrong impression that the Scottish Parliaments were held there, and there only. The Scottish Parliaments were held wherever the King happened to be. If the King was in Edinburgh, they were held in Edinburgh, either at this hall in the Castle, or at the Tolbooth.

[66]Miss Warrender’sWalks near Edinburgh, p. 33 (footnote).

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