Full oft the flattering marble bids renown With blazoned trophies deck the spotted name; And oft, too oft, the venal Muses crown The slaves of Vice with never-dying fame:— Yet shall Remembrance from oblivion’s veil Relieve your scene, and sigh with grief sincere; And soft Compassion at your tragic tale In silent tribute pay her kindred tear. NOTES. PAGE 17, l. 14. _A ship-boy on the high and giddy mast!_ “Wilt thou, upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy’s eyes, and rock his brains, In cradle of the rude imperious surge.” SHAKSPEARE. PAGE 30, l. 1. _O’er bar and shelf._ A _bar_ is known, in hydrography, to be a mass of earth, or sand, that has been collected by the surge of the sea, at the entrance of a river, or haven, so as to render navigation difficult, and often dangerous. A _shelf_, or _shelve_, so called from the Saxon _Schylf_, is a name given to any dangerous shallows, sand-banks, or rocks, lying immediately under the surface of the water. PAGE 37, l. 19. _And lo! the shore, with mournful prospects crown’d._ Alluding to the ever memorable siege of Candia, in 1669. PAGE 52, l. 10. The _windlass_ is a large cylindrical piece of timber used in merchant ships to heave up the anchors: it is furnished with strong iron _pauls_ to prevent it from turning back by the efforts of the cable, when charged with the weight of the anchor, or strained by the violent jerking of the ship in a tempestuous sea. As the _windlass_ is heaved about in a vertical direction, it is evident that the effort of an equal number of men acting upon it will be much more powerful than on the _capstan_. It requires, however, some dexterity and address to manage the handspec, or lever, to the greatest advantage; and to perform this the sailors must all rise at once upon the _windlass_, and, fixing their bars therein, give a sudden jerk at the same instant; in which movement they are regulated by a sort of song pronounced by one of the number. The most dexterous managers of the _handspec_, in heaving at the _windlass_, are generally supposed to be the colliers of Northumberland; and of all European mariners, the Dutch are certainly the most awkward and sluggish in this manœuvre. PAGE 53, l. 14. _The stately ship they tow._ From the Saxon _teohan_. Towing is chiefly used, as in the present instance, when a ship for want of wind is forced toward the shore by the swell of the sea. PAGE 53, l. 19, 20. _Now swelling stud-sails on each side extend,_ _Then stay-sails sidelong to the breeze ascend._