[62] These verses are to be found in a curious volume, which appeared
in London in 1618, under the title of _Essayes and Characters of
a Prison and Prisoners_, by Geffray Mynshul, of Grayes Inn, Gent.
Reprinted, 1821, by W. & C. Tait, Edinburgh. The lines were applied
specially to the King’s Bench Prison.
[63] A large white house near the Castle, on the north side of the
street, and now (1868) no more.
[64] Katherine Nairne was the niece of Sir William Nairne, later a
judge under the title of Lord Dunsinnane, and it was currently reported
that her escape from the Tolbooth was effected through his connivance.
Sir William’s clerk accompanied the lady to Dover, and had great
difficulty in preventing her recognition and arrest through her levity
on the journey.