P. 187. =A Song in Praise of Captain Hornsby.= From _The Pretty Milkmaid’s Garland_, in the British Museum (pressmark, 11621, c. 2 [59]). Several corrections have been made in the text. P. 189. =Captain Cobb’s Bravery.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, i. 119, No. 258). The text is corrupt, and several corrections have been made. P. 190. =The Princess Royal’s Escape.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, iii. 62, No. 1597). P. 192. =The Loss of the Victory.= Printed in Ashton’s _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 42*. P. 192. =Disconsolate Judy’s Lamentation.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, i. 223, No. 472). P. 193. =England’s Glory.= Ashton, _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 29; pressmark of the British Museum copy, 1876. e. 7. Date 1745; see Beatson, _Naval and Military Memoirs_, i. 280. P. 195. =The Lucky Sailor.= Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, ii, 156, No. 1034). In verse 6 the original gives ‘survive,’ instead of ‘revive.’ On Anson’s action with La Jonquière, May 3, 1757, see Clowes, iii. 125. P. 197. =Tit for Tat.= From a copy in the possession of the editor, without name or date. On the action see Clowes, iii. 127, and Burrows, _Life of Hawke_, ed. 1896, p. 67. P. 199. =A New Song on Admiral Knowls.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, ii. 312). Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles captured Port Louis in Hispaniola, March 8, 1748 (Clowes, iii. 133). P. 200. =A New Song Sung by Hannah Snell.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, ii. 333, No. 1406). The original has a cut of a woman in sailor’s dress, with long hair, a cutlass, brace of pistols, and boarding axe. Hannah Snell’s narrative of her life, entitled, _The Female Soldier, or the Surprising Adventures of Hannah Snell_, was published in 1750, and reprinted in _Women Adventurers_, 1892. Her life is contained in the _Dictionary of National Biography_, liii. 205, P. 201. =The Lighterman’s Prentice.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, ii. 137, No. 993). In line 32 ‘Portsmouth’ is a correction of ‘Plymouth.’ P. 203. =Great Britain’s Resolution to Fight the French.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, i. 87, No. 199). ‘Plods’ in verse 8 means ‘plaids,’ and ‘Charley,’ Prince Charles Edward. P. 204. =The Terrible Privateer.= From a slipsong in the possession of the editor. ‘Valance,’ in verse 3, is a popular rendering of ‘Vengeance.’ ‘Carteel,’ in verse 8, means the ship employed to exchange prisoners. ‘All into a hell’ is the last line in the original. P. 205. =Captain Death.= From a slipsong in the possession of the editor, with some corrections from Halliwell’s _Early Naval Ballads_, p. 120. Another version is in Logan’s _Pedlar’s Pack_, p. 31. For the facts see _A Faithful Narrative of the Cruel Sufferings of Captain Death and his Crew_. By Samuel Stoaks. For the tune see F. Kidson’s _Traditional Tunes_, Oxford, 1891, p. 105,