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MINSTRELSY. 307
And one that is tall,
And comely withal ;
Put the one as my king,
And the other as my queen,
They're welcome unto
The Isle of Skye again.
Come along, come along,
Wi' your boatie and your song,
from punishment, to the interference of Frederick, Prince of Wales,
father of his late Majesty, George III. His Royal Highness having
heard so much of the " Pretender's deliverer," as she was called,
had the curiosity to visit her while in custody. At this interview,
among other questions which he put to her, he asked how she came
to do a thing so contrary to the commands of her sovereign, and so
inimical to the interests of her country ? to which she answered in a
firm but modest style, that she conceived herself to have only obeyed
the dictates of humanity in doing what she had done, and that if ever
it were his Royal Highness's fate, or that of any of his family, to ap-
ply to her under circumstances equally distressing with those of the
Chevalier, she would, with God's blessing, act again precisely in the
same manner. Frederick was so much pleased with this reply, that
he exerted himself to get her liberated without delay.
After she had been set at large, she was taken into the house of a
distinguished female Jacobite named Lady Primrose, and there exhi-
bited to all the friends of the good cause who could make interest to
get admission. The presents which she got at this period were per-
fectly overwhelming ; and the flattering attention which was paid to
her, might have turned the heads of ninety out of a hundred such
young ladies. Instances have been known, according to the report of
her descendants, of eighteen carriages belonging to persons of quality,
ranking up before the house in which she was spending the evening.
Throughout the whole of these scenes, she conducted herself with
admirable propriety, never failing to express surprise at the curiosity
which had been excited regarding her conduct — conduct which, she
used to say, never appeared extraordinary to herself, till she saw the
notice taken of it by the rest of the world.
After retiring to her native Island, which she did with a mind
totally unaffected by her residence in London, she married Mr M'Do-
nald of Kingsburgh, the son and successor of the venerable gentle-
man to whose house she had accompanied Prince Charles, as related
n a preceding note. When past the middle of life, she went with
her husband to America, and met with many strange mischances in
he course of the Colonial war. Before the conclusion of that unfor-
unate contest, she returned with her family to Skye. It would ap-
pear that, at this advanced period of her life, she retained all the he-
oic courage which so remarkably distinguished her early years. It
is told by her venerable daughter, Mrs Major Macleod, who accompa-