FOOTNOTES
[Footnote 1]: Afterwards King George I. of England.--Ed.
[Footnote 2]: The drink of the Navy prior to the introduction of rum by Admiral Vernon.
[Footnote 3]: He was Astronomer Royal from 1719 to 1742, but in Phips' time had made many improvements and suggestions in the necessary apparatus for divers.--J. B.-B.
[Footnote 4]: 1st lieutenant.
[Footnote 5]: Passenger.
[Footnote 6]: Peter Martyr calls it a solid piece of gold, and says more than a thousand persons had seen and handled it.--J. B.-B.
[Footnote 7]: This would appear at first sight to be an error on the part of Nicholas Crafer. It was not so, however; Cardinal Bourbon was elected King of France by the league in 1589 (against Henri IV.), under the name of Charles X., and some coins were struck by him.--J. B.-B.