boforned in trees. Crofs a handfonte bridge of two arches,, of a vaft
height above the Nith, which fills the bottom o f a deep and woodetf
glen ; and,, after a long, afcent through a fine and. well-planted park
arrive at thehoufe:
A fquare building,. extending an hundred and forty-five feet in
front,, with a fqmare tower at each corner, and three fin all turret}
on each.: over the entrance is a Gwpoloy whofe top is in Ih-ape sf*
vaffc ducat eoremet r within is a court, .and at each angle a roiftfi
tower, each containing a ftair-cafe: every where is a wearyfomt
profufion of hearts carved in ftone, the Douglas arms : every window,
from, the bottom to the third ftory, is- well fecured with iron
bars •, the two principal doors have their grated guards f and the
cruel dungeon was not forgot; fo that the whole has the appearance
o f a magnificent ftatte prifon, Yet this pile rofe in eompofed times;
it was built by William Du’ke of Queenfbury, begun in 1679, aril
completed in 1689, His Grace: feemed to have regretted the eri-
penCe; for report faysthat he denounced, in a writing on the bundle
o f accounts,, a bitter curfeon any o f his-pofterity who offered to
infpeft them..
The apartments are numerous.: the gallery is a hundred and eight
feet long, with a fire-place at each end: it is ornamented with
much o f Gibbon’s carving,-and fome good portraits; obferved among,
them;
The firft Durchels of Somerfet, half length, no cap, with a fail
love-lock.
William Duke o f ^ueenjbnryi difcinguilhed in the reigns of Chart
and James 11, by many court favors, by his fervices to thole nio-
nar.chs, by his too grateful refurn in. affifting in the cruel perfecttionsfions
of his countrymen averfe to the teft, and by his honorable
lifgrace, the moment James found him demur to a requeft fubver-
gve if complied with, o f the religion and liberties of Great-
Britain.
m J o h n Earl o f Traquair, Lord High Treafurer o f Scotland in the
turbulent reign o f Charles I, a prudent friend o f the indifcreet Land,
and like him a zealous churchman ; but unlike him, waited for a
proper feafon for bringing his projeft to bear, inftead of precipitating
matters like the unfortunate prelate. A faithful fervant to the
crown; yet, from his wife advice brought under the fcandal of duplicity.
Was cleared early from the fufpicion by the noble hifto-
rian ; and foon after more indifputably by his impeachment, and by
his conviftion by the popular party; by his -imprifonment ; by his
taking arms in the royal xaufe on his releafe ; by his feeond confinement,
by the fequeftration of his eftates : and finally by the diftrefs-
ful poverty he endured till death, he gave full but unfortunate tefti-
mony of untainted loyalty.
■ John Earl Rothes, Chancellor of Scotland, in his gown, with the
foals by him. He was in power during the cruel perfecutions o f the
Sovenanters in Ch. II. time and difcharging his truft to the fatis-
feftion of the court, was created Duke o f Rothes, a title that died
with him.
■ A head of the Duke of Perth, in a bulhy wig : a poft-abdica-
fion Duke, a converted favorite o f James II. and Chancellor o f
Scotland at the time of the revolution, when he retired into
France.
|| George Douglas, Earl of Dunbarton, in armour ; a great wig and
cravat. Inftrufted in the art of war in the armies o f Louis XIV.
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