[33] Aubrey: "Gold Noble, Ed. III."
[34] Preble: "Flag of the United States."
[35] Monson.
[36] Tennyson: "The Revenge."
[37] Sir Harris Nicholas: "History of the Order of the Thistle."
[38] Perry: "Rank and Badges."
[39] In 1707, when, at the time of the completed union under Queen Anne, the whole navy of the Scots was transferred to the navy of Great Britain, it consisted of only "three small ships."
[40] Pinkerton: "History of Scotland."
[41] Sir William Monson.
[42] Hulme: "Flags of the World."