P. 64. To Mary Fleming, the king's valentyn—
65. To Mary Beton, queen by lot, the day before the coronation.
Sundry Verses.
The queen's Maries are mentioned in many ballads, and the name seems to have passed into a general denomination for female attendants:
Now bear a hand, my Maries a',
And busk me brave, and make me fine.
Old Ballad.
FOOTNOTES:
[20] The name should be Livingston. "John Semple, son of Robert, Lord Semple, (by Elizabeth Carlisle, a daughter of the Lord Torthorald) was ancestor of the Semples of Beltrees. He was married to Mary, sister to William Livingston, and one of the maids of honour to Queen Mary; by whom he had Sir James Semple of Beltrees, his son and heir," &c.; afterwards ambassador to England, for King James VI. in 1599.—Crawford's History of Renfrew, p. 101.
[21] One copy bears, "Mary Miles."
[22] The queen seems to be included in this number.