house in Broad Street, thereby leaving the demolished church stripped of anything that could signify to its former pomp and influence. A few fragments of walls, a gateway and a noble and substantial tower are all that is left of the grand old building. From the summit of the tower, which is approached by a well-preserved staircase, the imposing rock and castle of Stirling may be seen, which, in olden days, safeguarded the lives of the valley dwellers, as did the abbey of Cambuskenneth their religious interests. PART VIII--SCOTLAND (SOUTHERN COUNTIES) CHAPTER XIV EDINBURGH or MIDLOTHIAN: BERWICKSHIRE HOLYROOD: DRYBURGH HOLYROOD (_Augustine Canons_) 1128, Founded by David I. and dedicated to the Holy Rood--1322, Plundered by the English under Edward II.--1326, Robert Bruce holds a Parliament in the abbey--1333-4, A Parliament held, at which Edward Baliol renders homage to Edward III. as superior Lord of Scotland--1385, Burnt by the followers of Richard II.--_c._ 1460, Abbot Crawfurd restores the church--1469, James III. marries Margaret of Denmark in the abbey church--During the abbacy of Robert de Bellenden, successor of Abbot Crawfurd, the Papal Legate of Pope Julius II. presents James IV. with a crown and sword of state at Holyrood--1543, The Earl of Hertford’s army burn “the abbey called Holyrood House”--1547, During the English invasion, Sir William Bonham and Edward Chamberlayne assault the abbey and destroy the choir transept--This rebuilt soon afterwards and repaired--1565, Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Lord Darnley--1617, James VI. restores the church of Holyrood (which since 1559, after partial restoration, had been used as a place of worship of the Reformed Church)--1630, Charles I. crowned September 29th, Charles erected Edinburgh to a Bishopric--1636, Scottish Liturgy announced--1687-8, The chapel royal re-decorated and fitted up for Roman Catholic Ritual by James II.--1688, The church plundered by a Presbyterian mob and utterly desecrated--1758, A builder, employed by the Barons of the Exchequer, restores the roof of the nave badly, which consequently fell two years later--1816-57, The church repaired. The imposing group of buildings which constitute Holyrood Palace lie on a piece of meadow land at the foot of an eminence known as Arthur’s Seat, on the outskirts of Scotland’s metropolis. Though the greater portion of it was the former home and dwelling-place of kings, and its walls connected with many domestic associations, there is a smaller and comparatively insignificant part, which not only has been the scene of several royal coronations and marriages, but before these ever took place was the abode of Augustine canons in the 12th century. This, the only remaining fragment of the monastery founded by David I., is now known as the chapel royal, the ruined shell of which it is pitiful to behold.