Oftentimes have we laid out, Toil nor danger fearing, Hauling out the flapping sail To the weather ear-ring. _Don’t forget, etc._ When the middle watch was on, And the time went slow, boy, Who could tune a rousing stave, Who like Jack or Joe, boy? _Don’t forget, etc._ There she swings an empty hulk, Not a soul below now; Number seven, starboard mess, Misses Jack and Joe now. _Don’t forget, etc._ But the best of friends must part, Fair or foul the weather; Tip us your flipper for a shake, Now a drink together; _And don’t forget your old shipmate, etc._ NOTES P. 1. =The Battle of Sluys.= From Joseph Hall’s edition of the _Poems_ of Lawrence Minot, p. 14. The following explanations of references and words are from Mr. Hall’s notes:-- Line 1. Lithes = listen. Stanza 1.--Suth = true; sad = serious; salue = greet; bute (bote) = remedy, benefit. Stanza 2.--Sir Hugh Kyret = Hugues Quiéret, Seigneur de Tours en Vimieu; leve = believe; lare = teaching; brin (bren) = burn; unkind = unnatural; sowed = smarted; lered = taught. Stanza 3.--Buriase = burgesses; sone = soon; mekill = much, great; grame = hurt. Stanza 4.--Sergantes = sergeants, soldiers; snell = quick. Stanza 5.--Dight = ready; kene = bold; byfor = before; Blankebergh = Blanckenberghe, in West Flanders; sary = wretched; waniand = waning (moon). Stanza 6.--Sir Robard, &c. = Sir Robert Morley, Marshal of Ireland; wonnen = captured; oway = gone, worthless. Stanza 7.--Erle of Northamton = William de Bohun; wede = armour; Sir Walter the Mawnay = Sir W. Manny; bede = offer. Stanza 8.--The duc of Lankaster = Henry of Derby; drive = rush, dash on; mody = courageous, proud; stint = stopped; strive = a conflict; fone = few. Stanza 9.--Eth = easy; raw = line, order of battle; fer = far; bud = behoved. Stanza 10.--Earl of Glowcester=Hugh de Audley; glade = gladden; biker = fight; baldely = bravely; brim = sea, flood; at = to. Stanza 11.--Prest = ready. Stanza 12.--John of Aile = Jan van Eyle or Heylle; scheltron = squadron; schene = bright; Cagent = Cadzant, in Zeeland; cantly = eagerly; tene = sorrow. Stanza 13.--Swith = quickly; skrith = escape; kouth = knew; kith = show. Stanza 14.--Kogges = cogs, or cocks, ships of burden; stound = time, short time. Stanza 15.--Wall = choice; flude (flode) = sea; confort = cheer. Stanza 16.--Gert = caused; blin = cease. P. 3. =Les Espagnols sur Mer.= From Joseph Hall’s edition of the _Poems_ of Lawrence Minot, p. 33. Stanza 1.--Spede = cause to prosper; wight = stout; dale = earth, grave; fele = many; fare = brag. Stanza 2.--Taburns = tabours, small drums; weremen = warriors; holl = hull. Stanza 3.--Hurdis = bulwark; on here = on high; neghed = approached; snaper = stumble; ferr = farther; fine = come to an end, die; tyne = lose; reved = carried off.