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The old burgh of Canongate had its own Tolbooth, built 1591 (which may be known by its large clock), its own parish church and its own churchyard. The old church of Canongate was within the walls of Holyrood, but when the Chapel Royal was appropriated for Roman Catholic worship, the present Canongate Church was built. Many interesting entries may be seen in the old parish register. On 21st July 1565 Harry Duk of Albayne and Marie be ye grace of God, Queene of Scottis' were proclaimed. More tragic are the entries 'Monr Signior Dauid wes slane in Halyruidhous ye

6

o' Februar 1566.'
In those days, of
course, the
began with 25th
March, hence the
apparent

confu

sion of dates.
The Canongate
arms may be seen
represented pro-

Canongate Crominently on the

church as well as on the Tolbooth and Burgh Cross. Even more interesting than these antiquities is the long list of celebrities buried in the churchyard, which may be seen at the gate. Among these may be mentioned Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, David Allan the artist, Bishop Keith, Dr. Adam Ferguson, historian of the Roman Empire, etc. Alexander Runciman is here also. His picture of the Prodigal Son is now remembered only because the poet Fergusson sat as a model, and by a curious coincidence he too is interred here. The tombstone on his grave was erected by Fergusson's greater successor, Burns, and the lines on it are by Burns.

Not far from the churchyard, on the other side of the Canongate, is Moray House. It was built by the Dowager-Countess of Home in the early years of the reign of Charles 1. She was a daughter of Lord Dudley, and the Home and Dudley arms are still visible. It passed in 1645 to her elder daughter, Margaret, Countess of Moray. Cromwell stayed there when he came to

The Ries

ROBERT FERCUSSON POET
BORN SEP 1757
DIED Oct 1774-

No Sculphurd Marble here nor
pompeurs lay

No stoned Urn nor animated

'Bust

This simple Stone directa Pale
Scotia's way

To pour hat Sorrows o'er her
Poet's Dust

Fergusson's Tomb
nongate Gurchyard

Scotland in 1648, Holy-
and he was visited rood and
by many of the Canon-
Covenanting lead- gate
ers, though he pro-
bably did not dis-
cuss the King's
impending execu-
tion with them, in
spite of Guthrie's
statement to that
effect.

In 1650 Lady
Mary Stewart,
eldest daughter of
the Earl of Moray,
was married to
Lord Lorn, son of
Argyle. The wed-
ding festivities
were in progress
when Montrose
was brought into
Edinburgh_as
prisoner. It was
from the very bal-

a

cony, which may
still be seen, that

Argyle watched his great rival, and turned away unable to meet his gaze. It is a curious illustration of the uncertainty of political power in those days that three of the wedding party who enjoyed this triumph over Montrose in the course of a few years suffered the same death at the same place, i.e. Argyle himself, Johnston of Warriston, and the bridegroom Lord Lorn, afterwards Earl of Argyle. After Dunbar Cromwell again visited Edinburgh and stayed at Moray House, where he once more received