"O tak example frae me, Maries,
O tak example frae me,
Nor gie your luve to courtly lords,65
Nor heed their witchin' ee.
"But wae be to the Queen hersel,
She micht hae pardon'd me;
But sair she's striven for me to hang
Upon the gallows tree.70
"Yestreen the Queen had four Maries,
The nicht she'll hae but three;
There was Mary Beatoun, Mary Seaton,
And Mary Carmichael, and me.
"Aft hae I set pearls in her hair,75
Aft hae I lac'd her gown,
And this is the reward I now get,
To be hang'd in Edinbruch town!
"O a' ye mariners, far and near,
That sail ayont the faem,80
O dinna let my father and mither ken,
But what I am coming hame.
"O a' ye mariners, far and near,
That sail ayont the sea,
Let na my father and mither ken,85
The death I am to dee.
"Sae, weep na mair for me, ladies,
Weep na mair for me,
The mither that kills her ain bairn,
Deserves weel for to dee."90
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[34]. Anciently the supreme criminal court of Scotland was composed of nine members, viz. the Justiciar, or Justice General, and his eight Deputes. Kinloch.