Thanks for the ballad, John. I had thought that the correction to Linscott's statement would be obvious after my first two posts, but maybe it was a little too tongue in cheek.
I can't make your URL work, but searching with Alta Vista on 'Thurot' or 'Manx Seafarers' turns up a website with considerable information about Thurot's exploits.
As to HTML, John, you need to put 'br' (break) between angle brackets at the ends of each line to properly format verses.