which was no doubt similar in design to the elegant structures at
Chichester and other places. It appears to have escaped the iconoclastic
zeal of the puritans; for we learn that the old stone cross was not taken
down until the year 1705. All general proclamations, as in former times,
are still made upon this spot, whilst the reminiscences connected with it
afford a melancholy picture of feudal severity. Here David, the last of
the British Princes, underwent his cruel sentence, for defending by force
of arms the liberties of his native country; and here the Earl of
Worcester and other distinguished noblemen, after the battle of
Shrewsbury, atoned for their rebellion by the loss of their heads.
Continuing our course, we enter CASTLE STREET, which is terminated in a
picturesque manner by Laura’s tower on the Castle mount, and the
umbrageous foliage with which it is surrounded. At the extremity of this
spacious street stands