On 10th July 1598, David Weir, “ane juggler”, “playit supple tricks” on a tightrope suspended from the top of the steeple of St Giles’s Cathedral to Edinburgh’s mercat cross. King James VI gave him £20.
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Lawson, R. (1917) The Story of the Scots Stage . E.P Dutton & Co., New York. pp.87-88