ber, in that year, the sum total of their depredations stood thus, in the bloody ledger of Lord Evers: Towns, towers, barnekynes, paryshe churches, bastill houses, burned and destroyed Scots slain Prisoners taken Nolt (cattle) Shepe .. Nags and geldings Gayt .. Bolls of corn Insight gear, &c. (furniture) an incalculable quantity. 192 403 816 10,386 12,492 1,296 200 850 For these services Sir Ralph Evers was made a lord of parliament. In 1545 they again entered Scotland, and even exceeded their former cruelty. They penetrated as far as Melrose, but on their return to wards Jedburgh were followed by Angus, who defeated their army at Ancram Moor, and slew both Evers and Latoun. The spot on which the battle was fought is called Lilyard's Edge, from an Amazonian Scottish woman of that name, who is reported, by tradition, to have distinguished herself in the same manner as Squire Witherington. The old people point out her monument, now broken and defaced. So, by the black rood-stone, and by holy St. John.-P. 535. This was a crucifix of black marble, much esteemed for its superior sanctity. For to Dryburgh the way he has ta'en.-P. 536. Dryburgh Abbey is beautifully situated on the banks of the Tweed. It belonged to the order of Premonstratenses. It is now the seat of the Earl of Buchan. There is a Nun in Dryburgh bower.-P. 538. The circumstance of the nun "who never saw the day," is not entirely imaginary. About fifty years ago, an unfortunate female wanderer took up her residence in a dark vault, among the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, which, during the day, she never quitted. When night fell, she issued from this miserable habitation, and went to the house of Mr. Halliburton of Newmains, or to that of Mr. Erskine of Sheilfield, two gentlemen of the neighbourhood. From their charity she obtained such necessaries as she could be prevailed upon to accept. At twelve, each night, she lighted her candle and returned to her vault. CADYOW CASTLE. First of his troop, the chief rode on.-P, 540. The head of the family of Hamilton, at this period, was James, Earl of Arran, Duke of Chatelherault, in France, and first peer of the Scottish realm. In 1569, he was appointed by Queen Mary her lieutenant-general in Scotland, under the singular title of her adopted father. Stern Claud replied, with darkening face.-P. 540. Lord Claud Hamilton, second son of the Duke of Chatelherault, and commendator of the abbey of Paisley, acted a distinguished part during the troubles of Queen Mary's reign, and remained unalterably attached to the cause of that unfortunate rincess. Few suns have set, since Woodhorselee.-P. 541. This barony, stretching along the banks of the Eske, near Auchendinny, belonged to Bothwellhaugh, in right of his wife. The ruins of the mansion from whence she was expelled are still to be seen in a hollow glen beside the river. He dashed his carbine on the ground.-P. 541. The carbine with which the Regent was shot is preserved at Hamilton Palace. It is a brass piece of middling length, very small in the bore, and, what is rather extraordinary, appears to have been rifled or indented in the barrel. Glencairn and stout Parkhead were nigh.-P. 542. The Earl of Glencairn was a steady adherent of the Regent. George Douglas of Parkhead was a natural brother of the Earl of Morton, whose horse was killed by the same ball by which Murray fell. And haggard Lindsay's iron eye.-P. 542. Lord Lindsay of the Byres was employed to extort Mary's signa ture to the deed of resignation presented to her in Lochleven Castle. He discharged his commission with savage rigour. THE GREY BROTHER. By blast of bugle free.-P. 545. The barony of Pennycuik is held by a singular tenure, the proprietor being bound to sit upon a large rocky fragment, called the Buckstane, and wind three blasts of a horn, when the king shall come to hunt on the Borough Moor, near Edinburgh. Hence the family have adopted as their crest a demi-forester proper, winding a horn, with the motto, Free for a Blast. The beautiful mansionhouse of Pennycuik is much admired, both on account of the architecture and surrounding scenery. To Auchendinny's hazel glade.-P.545. Auchendinny, situated upon the Eske, below Pennycuik, was the residence of Henry Mackenzie, author of the "Man of Feeling," &c. Who knows not Melville's beechy grove.-P. 545. Melville Castle is delightfully situated upon the Eske, near Lasswade. It gave the title of viscount to Lord Melville. And Roslin's rocky glen.-P. 545. The ruins of Roslin Castle, the Gothic chapel, which is still in beautiful preservation, with the romantic and woody dell in which they are situated, belong to the Right Honourable the Earl of Rosslyn, the representative of the former lords of Roslin. Dalkeith, which all the virtues love.-P. 545. 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