Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Poetry; Sea songs -- Great Britain
P. 117. =The Royal Triumph.= _Bagford Ballads_, i. 297. ‘Fistula
master’ in verse 10 is an allusion to the fact that Louis XIV. was
operated upon for a fistula November 18, 1686. (Martin, _Histoire de
France_, 4th ed. xiv. 74).
P. 119. =Admiral Russell’s Scowering the French Fleet.= Printed in
_Bagford Ballads_, i. 119, from a copy in _The Midshipman’s Garland_,
published in Queen Anne’s reign. The tune and four verses of the ballad
are given in D’Urfey’s _Pills to Purge Melancholy_, iv. 333. In the
second verse D’Urfey reads ‘scupper-holes’ instead of ‘port-holes,’
and ‘king’ instead of ‘queen’ in verse 4. Verses 5 and 6 are probably
later additions to the original. For tune see _The Edinburgh Musical
Miscellany_, 1804, p. 270.
P. 120. =A Merry New Ballad.= From the Pepys collection (v. 382). A
broadside printed ‘for R. Baldwin near the Oxford Arms in Warwick
Lane,’ 1692. In the last verse ‘Petres’ refers to Edward Petre the
Jesuit, confessor of James II.
P. 125. =The Valiant Seaman’s Courage.= From the Pepys collection
(v. 385). A broadside printed for C. Bates at the White Hart in West
Smithfield.
P. 126. =England’s Glory in the Behaviour of Brave Killeygrove.=
Printed in Ashton’s _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 10. Original in British
Museum (pressmark l. 20. c. 30 [18]). See Charnock, _Biographia
Navalis_, ii. 328. In the last line ‘Marseilles’ is evidently a
misprint for ‘Messina.’
P. 128. =The Frighted French.= _Roxburghe Ballads_, vi. 446. The
original reads ‘do tide’ in verse 5.
P. 129. =The Cæsar’s Victory.= From the Pepys collection (iv. 198). A
broadside printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Giltspur Street.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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