[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."