c66 SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



From Eyton we arrive at Coldingham-moor, the 

 caflern extremity of a ridge of hilh, which, under 



various 



their \Vhitfnndayis fet, they ftatute and ordninc, that all theii 



tennentes plant w codes and trees, and 



broomc, alter the faculties of their maillinges, in place convenient 



therefore, vunder lik painc as law and vnlaw <>t the 1 



lord lall modific. James 11. anno 1457.'' 



" It is ftatute and ordain ci, anent policic to be haldcn in the 

 cuntrie, that cvcrilk lordc and laird, make them to haue \ 

 with deare, ftankes, cunningares, dowcattcs, Ottl ^dgcs, 



and plant, at the lea it, ane ak> odde, quhaii theie is nae 



greater wooddt-3 noi forrcltes." James IV. anno 1503. 



There is not a word in thefc i; ft one dikes. We 



may therefore luppofc Scotland r 



country, till the death of James V. in 1:542, when Hi-nry VIII. 

 and the iubfequent regency, not rinding thorpropofrUofa mar- 

 riage relifhed by the Scots, between Edu. ;,' \ I. and the young 

 queen Mary, laid the country \ Mica. In a report 



made to Henry VIII. by the Englifh wardens of the marches, 

 containing the particulars of their definitive im 

 the 2d of July and the i;th of i, 1544, is the toll' 



account : 

 Towns, towers, ftedes, barnekyns, parim-churchcs, 



baftel-houfes, caft down or burnt 192 



Scots (lain . 403 



Prifoners taken - 816 



Nolt, or homed cattle taken 10,386 



Sheep 12,492 



Nags and geldings 1,296 



Goats 200 



Bolls of corn 850 



Infight geare without meafure. 



In another inroad by the earl of Hereford, between the 8th and 

 23d of September, 1 545, that nobleman rafed and deftroyed in the 

 counties of Berwic and Roxburgh only 



Monafteries and friar-houfes .7 



Caflles, towers, and piles 16 



Market towns <; 



, e ^43 



Alilns 13 



Hofpitali 3 



But thefe were only petty exploits compared to the rough court- 

 fhip during the fubfequent regency, after Henry's death. 



The attention of the people being engrofled with ecclefiaftical 

 affairs during the fucceeding reigns, no care was taken to repair 

 tbefc misioitunej ; objedls ot national utility and ornament were 



negle/ted ; 



