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 ( 87) nation and the kingdom of England; and en- joing the all, under pain of his Holiness dies promote the national peace. Meanwhile, the time expired, and hostilities, Doced. Edward, not finding it convenient to hranother expedition in person, dispatched an army under the command of cue of his most abis officers, Johm.ile Segraye. This general took leis station at Roslin, in the vicinity of the capital. Roslin Castle is seated on a peninsulated rock, in a deep glen; and is accessible only by a bridge of great height, and was long the favourite seat of the family of St. Clair. Here is also an ancient and remark- - able chapel, founded in 1446, by St. Clair, Prince of Orkney, and Duke of Oldenburgih. The outside is ornamented with a variety of ludicrous sculpture. The inside is 69 feet by 34, supported by two rows of cinstered pillars, about eight feet high, with an airle on each side: die arches are Saxo-Gothic, and are extended across the aisles; but the centre of the chapel is one continued arch; elegantly divided into compartments and finely sculp- tured. The capitals of the pillars are enriched with foliage and a variety of figures, and are a heavenly escort appears a cherubim blowing the highland bagpipe. It has become a favou- rite amusement for strangers, and the populace of Edinburgh, to visit the place, and, by copi- ous libations to pay their respects to St. Clair. In this picturesque and delightful place, John de Segrave took his station w..ni listry, and H2