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Here, again, another gorgeous " relic of monastic times" rises in isolated 

 majesty over the subject buildings, and confers an importance and solemnity on 

 the whole scene. This Abbey is a noble specimen of the sohd and majestic style 

 of architecture, called the Saxon, or early Norman. Over the intersection of the 

 cross, in the centre of the building, rose a lofty square tower, or lantern, upon 

 four spacious arches, in the pointed style, with six windows in each of its sides, 

 and open galleries within. Only the south and west sides now remain, but these 

 are the grandest and most striking parts of the ruin. The Scottish reformers had 

 no hand in the demolition of this church ; for having been burnt by the duke of 

 Norfolk in 1542, and occupied as a place of defence by the townspeople, during 

 the invasion of Earl Hertford three years after, it was destroyed by the enemy. 

 From the state of the ruin, it may be inferred that the cannon employed in 

 battering it down, were directed against it from the north-east. The monks 

 of Kelso — as stated in the preceding note — were of a reformed class of the 

 Benedictine order, first established at Tiron, in France, a. d. 1109, and hence 

 called TiRONENSES. We cannot conclude this brief notice of Kelso in any thing 

 more appropriate than the well-known verses of Leyden : — 



" Bosomed in woods where mighty rivers run, 

 Kelso's fair vale expands before the sun ; 

 Its rising downs in vernal beauty swell, 

 And, fringed with hazel, winds each flowery dell. 

 Green spangled plains to dimpling lawns succeed, 

 And Tempe rises on the banks of Tweed ; 

 Blue o'er the river Kelso's shadow lies, 

 And copse-clad isles amid the waters rise." 



END OF APPENDIX TO VOL. I. 



R. CIAY, PRINTEIl, BREAD-STREET-HILL. 



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