"Item, for sextene elnis bukrum to the saidis gownis, price of the elne x s. Inde,viij li. "Item, twentie four pursis, and in ilk purse twentie four schelling Inde, xxciij li. xvj s. "Item, the price of ilk purse iiij d. Inde, viij s. "Item, for making of the saidis gownis viij li. " In the Account of John, Earl of Mar, Great Treasurer of Scotland, and of Sir Gideon Murray of Enbank, Treasurer-Depute, the Blue-Gowns also appear thus:— "Junij 1617. "Item, to James Murray, merchant, for fyftene scoir sex elnis and aine half elne of blew claith to be gownis to fyftie ane aigeit men, according to the yeiris of his Majesteis age, at xl s. the elne Inde,vj c xiij li. "Item, to workmen for careing the blewis to James Aikman, tailyeour, his hous xiij s. iiij d. "Item, for sex elnis and ane half of harden to the saidis gownis, at vj s. viij d. the elne Inde,xliij s. iiij d. "Item, to the said workmen for careing of the gownis fra the said James Aikman's hous to the palace of Halyrudehous xviij s. "Item, for making the saidis fyftie ane gownis, at xij s. the peice Inde,xxx li. xij s. "Item, for fyftie ane pursis to the said puire menlj s. "Item, to Sir Peter Young,li s. to be put in everie ane of the saidis ljpursis to the said poore men j cxxxl jj s. "Item, to the said Sir Peter, to buy breid and drink to the said puir men vj li. xiij s. iiij d. "Item, to the said Sir Peter, to be delt amang uther puire folk j cli. "Item, upoun the last day of Junii to Doctor Young, Deane of Winchester, Elimozinar Deput to his Majestic, twentie fyve pund sterling, to be gevin to the puir be the way in his Majesteis progress Inde,iij c li. " I have only to add, that although the institution of King's Bedesmen still subsists, they are now seldom to be seen on the streets of Edinburgh, of which their peculiar dress made them rather a characteristic feature. Having thus given an account of the genus and species to which Edie Ochiltree appertains, the author may add, that the individual he had in his eye was Andrew Gemmells, an old mendicant of the character described, who was many years since well known, and must still be remembered, in the vales of Gala, Tweed, Ettrick, Yarrow, and the adjoining country.