Blow High, Blow Low was credited to Charles Dibdin by W. S. Braiithwaite, 1909, "Book of Georgian Verse.," This has been copied by many including Bartleby.

"Blow high, blow low, let the tempest steer The mainmast by the board....
In hopes once more to be on shore Safe moored with thee."

The Bodleian credits the above to Charles Dibdin; others say "traditional, revised by C. Dibdin.
I cannot find it in the Admiralty edition of "Songs by Charles Dibdin, 1875, with poems also by T. Dibdin and C. Dibdin Jr.

Steve, what are the lyrics of the 1665-version?
Did the ships Prince of Luther and Prince of Wales appear in a version before the 1890s??