 'merle'= blackbird; 'scho'= she; 'quhyt'= white; 'suffragane'= representative.In "Gladethe, thoue Queyne", Margaret is compared to the pearl as a prize above precious stones; more bright than beryl; more precious than the diamond; more beautiful than sapphire; lovelier than a green emerald; and more splendid than a famous ruby;
O precius Margreit, plesand, cleir and quhit,Mor blith and bricht na is the beriale scheme,Moir deir na is the diamaunt of delit,Mor semly na is the sapheir one to seyne,Mor gudely eik na is the emerant greyne,Moir riche na is the ruby of renoune,Fair gem of joy, Margreit, of the I meyne