[a] The MS., which is a modern transcript, has “Sir Richard Haddock;” but he was not knighted until 1675, and therefore, for uniformity, the title is suppressed.
[] The blue squadron.
[c] Earl of Sandwich.
[d] Sir Joseph Jordan, Vice-Admiral of the Blue. See a defence of his conduct, as described in this letter, in Charnock’s Biographia Navalis.
[e] Sir Charles Harbord, who served as a volunteer and perished.
[f] Thomas Mayo. He was one of the few who escaped from the Royal James.
Captain Richard Haddock to his Wife.
On bord the R. Charles, this 29th May, 1673; 7 leagues of Oostend.
My dearest Love,