"O, often have I dress'd my queen, "And put gold upon her hair; "But now I've gotten for my reward, "The gallows to be my share; "Often have I dress'd my queen, "And often made her bed; "But now I've gotten for my reward "The gallows tree to tread. "I charge ye all, ye mariners, "When ye sail ower the faem, "Let neither my father nor mother get wit, "But that I'm coming hame. "I charge ye all, ye mariners, "That sail upon the sea, "Let neither my father nor mother get wit "This dog's death I'm to die. "For if my father and mother got wit, "And my bold brethren three, "O, mickle wad be the gude red blude, "This day wad be spilt for me! "O little did my mother ken, "The day she cradled me, "The lands I was to travel in, "Or the death I was to die!" NOTES ON THE QUEEN'S MARIE. * * * * * _When she cam to the Netherbow port._--P. 93, v. 1. The Netherbow port was the gate which divided the city of Edinburgh from the suburb, called the Canongate. It had towers and a spire, which formed a fine termination to the view from the Cross. The gate was pulled down, in one of those fits of rage for indiscriminate destruction, with which the magistrates of a corporation are sometimes visited. _Yestreen the queen had four Maries,_ _The night she'll hae but three, &c._--P. 93. v. 2. The queen's Maries were four young ladies of the highest families in Scotland, who were sent to France in her train, and returned with her to Scotland. They are mentioned by Knox, in the quotation introductory to this ballad. Keith gives us their names, p. 55. "The young queen, Mary, embarked at Dunbarton for France, ... and with her went ..., and four young virgins, all of the name of Mary, viz. Livingston, Fleming, Seaton, and Beatoun." The queen's Maries are mentioned again by the same author, p. 288, and 291, in the note. Neither Mary Livingston, nor Mary Fleming, are mentioned in the ballad; nor are the Mary Hamilton, and Mary Carmichael, of the ballad mentioned by Keith. But if this corps continued to consist of young virgins, as when originally raised, it could hardly have subsisted without occasional recruits; especially if we trust our old bard, and John Knox. The following additional notices of the queen's Maries occur, in MONTEITH's _Translation of Buchanan's Epigrams, &c._ Page 60. _Pomp of the Gods at the Marriage of Queen Mary, 29th July, 1565, a Dialogue._ DIANA. "Great father, Maries[22] five late served me, "Were of my quire the glorious dignitie: "With these dear five the heaven I'd regain, "The happiness of other gods to stain; "At my lot, Juno, Venus, were in ire, "And stole away one----" P. 61. APOLLO.