archbifhop of St. Andrew's, who was here ill of an ajihm ¡1
1552. Cardan effeded his cure but to preferve him for a mol
ignominious fate, which the phyfician, by calling the nativity r]
his patient, foretold. The prelate was afterwards hanged on
live tree at Sterling, and the following cruel farcafin compofedoi|
the occafion:
V iv e diu, felix arbor, femperque v ire ta
Frondibus,. ut nobis talia poma feras.
S e p t . 10. Leave Melvil. The country is well improved, inclofed, an$
D a i r s i e . fenced with quickfet hedges. Pafs by Dairfie church, and cartel]
lated houfe. The church is. antient, but of elegant architefturel
the tower polygonal,, terminating in a lpire. It is built at the edsei
©f an eminence, over the river Eden, which walhes a beautiful
bottom. The view from it of the bridge, the church, and houfeJ
are uncommonly pleafing. The ellate of Dairfie was once thet
property of the fee of St. Andrew-, but in 1550- was feued out tol
Lamont of Dairfie, to be held by duty paid to this day. It wasl
afterwards fold to archbifhop Spotfwoodx
After palfing over a barren moor, have a moll extenfive view!
. Beneath, on the north, is the Eden, difcharging itfelf into a f a i l
bay under Cambridge-, confining of fix arches, built by Httnji
Sr. A n d r ew’ s. Wardlaw, bilhop of St. Andrew, who died in 1440 : beyond is. die*
eltuary of the Tay, great part of the county of Angus, terminating!
with the Red-head, which, with Fifenefs in this county, forms the!
great bay of St. Andrew's. Full in front, at the bottom of a long:
defcent, appears the city, placed at the extremity of a plain at
the water’s edge. Its numerous towers and fpires give it.an air of]
vaft magnificence, and ferve to raife the expedlation. of ftrangers toj
the