P. 217. =Hawke’s Engagement.= Two copies of this are in the British Museum (pressmarks 11621. c. 3 [81] and 11621. c. 6 [29]). Printed in Ashton’s _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 14. The original gives the month as September instead of November. The engagement was on November 20, not November 15. P. 218. =Neptune’s Resignation.= Printed in Halliwell’s _Early Naval Ballads_, from a broadside, p. 131. Said to be written by J. Wignell. P. 219. =Hearts of Oak.= It is agreed that this was first sung in the winter of 1759. The version printed here is from _The Choice Spirits Chaplet_, Whitehaven, 1771, p. 251, and is also to be found in _The London Songster_, 1773, p. 232. Tune in Chappell’s _Old English Popular Music_, ii. 189. Chappell entitles it ‘Heart of Oak,’ and gives that phrase in the singular in the chorus also. _The Choice Spirits Chaplet_ also gives it in the singular. P. 220. =Thurot’s Dream.= Printed in T. Crofton Croker’s _Popular Songs Illustrative of the French Invasions of Ireland_, published by the Percy Society, pt. ii. p. 17. Croker obtained it from Mr. Mac Skimin, author of a _History of Carrickfergus_, who got it from oral recitation. In verse 3, l. 2 there is a _varia lectio_ ‘That a spirit came unto him.’ A printed version of the ballad entitled _Thurot’s Defeat_ is in the _Garlands_ in the British Museum (pressmark, 11621. a. 2 [29]). It is excessively corrupt. Croker also prints another ballad called _The Siege of Carrickfergus_, printed in 1801, which barely mentions Thurot’s fight with Elliot. P. 222. =A New Song on Captain O’Brian.= Original in _Captain O’Brian’s Garland_ in the British Museum (pressmark, 11621, c. 5 [15]). On the action described see Charnock, v. 410. P. 223. =A New Song on the Taking of Havannah.= Printed in Ashton’s _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 15*. Original in a chapbook in the British Museum called _The Havannah’s Garland_ (pressmark, 11621. c. 5 [14]). The names of the Spanish commanders have been corrected. P. 225. =Lord Anson and Hawke.= Printed in Ashton’s Real Sailor Songs, p. 94. Original in _Lord Anson’s Garland_ in the British Museum (11621. c. 5 [34]). The original gives the title ‘_Lords Anson and Hawke_.’ As Hawke was not made a peer till 1776, this would lead to the conclusion that the ballad was written about 1779, and, if so, it should have been placed later in the volume. It is also possible that a single ship may have borne the double name. On the other hand, the Anson and Hawke privateers were cruising together about 1757. P. 226. =A New Song on the Blandford.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, ii. 316, No. 1373). P. 227. =The Sailors’ Dialogue.= From a broadside in the possession of the editor, printed by Fowler of Salisbury. P. 228. =Distressed Men-of-War.= From a broadside in the possession of the editor, printed by J. Davenport, 6 George’s Court, St. John’s Lane, West Smithfield.