A mile from this on our left hand we saw Kettelston Stewart, then wheir the famous city of Camelon stood built by Cruthne Camelon first King of the Picts—­330 years before Christ—­alongs the river of Carron whither the sea also came up, so that yet to this day digging deip they find tackles and anchores and other appartenances of ships.  Its thought that when the sea gained in Holland and the Netherlands it retired heir; so that now its not within 3 miles of this place now.  Vespasian in the reigne of our Caratacus, 35 years after Christ, took it and sackt it.  At last finally ransackt and ruined by Kenneth the 2d in the year of Christ 834.  Neir to this place stands Dunipace with the 2 artificiall monts before the gate called Dunnipacis.  Heir also is that old building called by some Arthurs Oven, and relicts of the great Wall of Adrian.  But of all this consult Buchanan, lib 10, pag. 16, 17, 18.

Within a mile of Falkirk stands Calendar, the residence of the Earles of Callendar, a place full of pleasure.  We lay at Falkirk 6 miles beyond Linligligow.  Nixt day on for Kilsith, 9 miles furder.  Saw Cumbernauld and that great mosse wheir that fatall battell of Kilsith[497] was fought, 6000 slayn on the place.  Past by the Water of Bony wheir John Scots mother lives.  Bayted at Kilsith, saw the old place which was burned by the Englishs, and the new place, then other 9 miles to Glascow.  Passed by Calder and a Water of the samen name.  Saw Mucdock[498] at a distance, my Lord Montrosse his residence.

    [497] Montrose defeated the Covenanters under Baillie at Kilsyth in
        1645.

    [498] Now Mugdock.

Being arrived at Glasco we lighted at my sisters[499] in the Trone gate:  then saw Old Colin at his house in the Bridge gate; then saw their Merchants Hall with its garden in the same street; then the 2 Hutchesones brether ther hospitall in the Tronegate.  The eldest brother was a Wrytter.  Then saw their bridge over Clyde, of which a man hes a most fair prospect both up the river and doune the river of all the trough of Clyde.

    [499] Mr. Laing mentions that one of Lauder’s stepsisters was married
        to Campbell of Blythswood.

Nixt day heard sermon in the Trone church:  fornoon, Mr. Robert Stirling; afternoon, Mr. Milne.  After sermon went to their Bromeylaw, wheir is their key for their boat, and a spring of most rare water.

Nixt day saw their tolbuith, Gallowgate, Saltmarket, Colledge with the priveledges of the University of Bononia; their great church, on under another,[500] with the castle, the bischops residence with the Bischops hospitall and the tradesmen their hospitall, both at the head of the toune, which comes running doun from a eminence towards the river, supposing the river to be the edge of this book, in this fashion.

    [500] The crypt.

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We went after for the Ranfield, 5 short miles from Glasco, on the south side of the river.  Saw on the way Govan, Renfrew, burgh royal.  On the other syde ware Parket,[501] Scotts-toune Stewart lately married to Roysaithes daughter, and the Barnes.  Ranfield stands most pleasantly with abondance of planting betuixt the Clyde and the Greiff[502] or Carst,[503] that comes from Pasley.