Note 1 — ADMIRAL BENBOW AND HIS TREACHEROUS CAPTAINS.

Dibdin uses his name freely: here is a specimen from his “Peter Pullhauls Medley.”

“When grown a man I soon began

To quit each boyish notion;

With old Benbow I swore to go,

And tempt the waving ocean.

“Ten years I served with him, or nigh,

And saw the gallant hero die;

Yet ’scaped each shot myself, for why?

“‘There’s a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,

To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.’”