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of Scotland ; which important event in the issue 

 produced the desirable union of the two kingdoms 

 under one crown. 



The queen Elizabeth did not long survive this 

 marriage of her daughter, dying shortly after in 

 child-bed ; a domestic calamity which made not 

 that impression upon the king which it merited. 



This princess was deservedly a favourite of the 

 nation ; and the general affection for her increased, 

 on account of the harsh treatment which it was 

 thought she met with from her consort. 



Leland, in speaking of this building, says, it 

 standeth in loco utcunque edito ; on a lofty and 

 elevated mound not requiring ditches. He tells us 

 also, he saw upon the front of the first area of the 

 castle, three great and high towers, of which the 

 gate-house was the middle. In the second area 

 were five or six towers ; and the hall, with the stairs 

 up to it were very magnificent. So much was the noble 

 historian struck with the remaining magnificence of 

 this building, that he avowed he saw no house in 

 the north so like a princely lodging. Indeed the 

 ruins are yet dignified ; which from their elevated 

 situation, may be seen to a great distance, display- 

 ing the remains of grandeur ; and shewing by their 

 ruinous appearance the mutability of all earthly 

 things. 



nobility ; 12 earls with many of the inferior nobility 

 and gentry. 



He left an only son a year and half old ; James V. 

 who was the father of the unfortunate Mary queen of 

 Scots, whose son James VI. on the death of queen Eli- 

 zabeth, succeeded to the throne of England by the title 

 of James I. 



