[13] Depositions relating to Mr. Stucley’s doings in Spain, August, 1571, quoted by Froude in his History of England.
[14] O. King to Burghley, 18 February, 1572. Ibid.
[15] Letter from T. Lorkin to Sir T. Puckering.
[16] The ballad, with its melody, is given in Songs of the West, 2nd ed., 1905.
[17] This play was by Charles Johnson—not the author of the Lives of the Pirates. It was acted at Drury Lane in 1713. John Dennis wrote to the Master of the Revels to expostulate with him for having licensed this play, which he considered as a prostitution of the stage, an encouragement to villainy, and a disgrace to the theatre.
[18] We might be led to suppose that we were reading of the proceedings of the Belgians in the Congo Free State.
[19] “The Early Poetry of Devonshire” in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for 1874.
[20] She was daughter of George Cain, carpenter, and was baptized 8 December, 1728.
[21] Annie Davies, died 6 February, 1815; buried in South Audley Street Church.
[22] His pupils paid him £210 each.