The reader will remark in Sir Patrick:
They had na sailed a league, a league,
A league but barely three, &c.
The rover asks:
'Now, whether are ye the queen hersel,
Or ane o' her Maries three,
Or are ye the Lass o' Lochryan,
Seeking love Gregory?' [ [20]
The queen's Maries are also introduced in Mary Hamilton, who, indeed, is represented as one of them:
Yestreen the queen she had four Maries;