Theatrum Scotiæ containing the prospects of Their Majesties castles and palaces : together with those of the most considerable towns and colleges, the ruins of many ancient abbeys, churches, monasteries and convents, within the said kingdom : all curiously engraven on copper plates, with a short description of each place / by John Slezer ...
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Theatrum Scotiæ containing the prospects of Their Majesties castles and palaces : together with those of the most considerable towns and colleges, the ruins of many ancient abbeys, churches, monasteries and convents, within the said kingdom : all curiously engraven on copper plates, with a short description of each place / by John Slezer ...
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Slezer, John, d. 1714.
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London :: Printed by John Leake for Abell Swalle ...,
1693.
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To the Right Honourable CHARLES Earl of Had∣dington, Lord Binning and Byres, &c. (Book Melrose)
MELROSSE. (Book Melrose)
IT lies in Teviotdale on the Bank of the River Tweede, was foun∣ded by St. David, in the Year 1136, and possess'd by the Ber∣nardines, Monks so called from St. Bernard a Burgundian; who entring the Monastery of Cisteaux, proved so strict an Observer of Monastick Discipline, that the Regulars of the foresaid Order took their Name from him; and are called at this Day promicuously, Bernar∣dines or Cistercians.
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