O f Glafgn, Metros, and Vaijlay,
O f Nyddyfdayl, and o f Gateway,
Pray to G od and Mary baith,
A nd fweet St. John keep this haly k irk from S ia ith •
[• The fouth fide and the eaft window are elegant paft defcription ;
[he windows lofty, the tracery light, yet ftrong. The church had
teen in form of a crofs, and of confiderable dimenfions ; the pillars
fluttered; their capitals enriched with moil; beautiful foliage of
[vine leaves and grapes. A window at the north end of the tranfept
leprefents the crown of thorns. The rich work of the outfide is
Bone with uncommon delicacy and cunning. The fpires or pinna-
lles that grace the roof; the brackets and niches, that, till 1649,
pere adorned with ftatues, are matchlefs performances. But what
[he fury of the difciples of Knox had fpared, the ftupid zeal of
[covenanting bigots deftroyed. In times long prior to thefe it had
[felt the rage of impious invaders. In 1322, the baffled Edward II.
I'ented his rage on the ahbies of Mefcos and Dryburgh. Richard II.
pas not more merciful to i t ; and in the reign of Henry VIII. in 4544» two o f his captains, violating the remains of the Douglafes,
pit the Ipeedy refentment of their defcendant, Archibald Earl of
[%«, in the battle of Ancrum-moor.
[ The fide of the weft end of the church, which remains Handing,
Bs divided into five fide-chapels, once probably belonging to private
families; for (befides Alexander the II. who lay below the great altar)
lit was the place of interment of the Douglafes, and other potent fami-
Pies, James Earl of Douglas, flain at the battle of Otterbourn, was de-
Ipofited here with all the pomp that either the military or the reli-
jgious profefflon could beftow. Here too lies the lord oiLiddefdale,th<i
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