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commenced the circuit of the Walls by the strong tower built to 
guard the sluices of the broad and deep ditch, which protected 
the eastward wall of the town, and to act as a gaol. This tower 
is a very picturesque building, with long oillet windows widely 
splayed internally. It is now a store house, and the view from 
the leads, to which the party were graciously allowed to ascend by 
the owner, over the town and country is fair and extensive. 
Contiguous to this buttressed tower, another, more ancient, 
surmounts a narrow pointed archway defended by two _ port- 
cullises. The archway is composed of three pointed arches of 
different forms and heights. Passing through this the party were 
conducted over the “ Maison Dieu” and its chapel, which stands 
close by the inner entrance. 
This ‘hospital for old men and women was founded by two 
merchants, named Gervasius and Protasius in the reign of Henry 
IlJ. Edward III. presented the foundation to Queen’s College, 
Oxford, which was instituted by his Queen Philippa, and that 
college still retains its revenues which are said to be considerable, 
and religiously observes the letter of the original deed of donation 
which requires it to pay two shillings weekly to four aged men 
and the same number of old women, who have rooms in the 
building. The chapel has been altered out of all resemblance of 
its original condition except that the columns supporting the 
chancel arch are said to be those of the first structure. A tablet 
erected by the late Earl de la Warr records the burial therein of the 
Earl of Cambridge who was executed in 1415 with Lord Scrope 
of Masham and Sir Thomas Grey for conspiring to murder King 
Henry V. as he was about to sail from Southampton for the 
French war against Charles VI. ; 
A French service is held in this chapel of S. Julien now, 
chiefly for natives of the Channel Islands, and also an English 
service for the inmates of the hospital. 
Continuing the walk round the walls where houses do not 
impede the view at about 200 yards from the site of the destroyed 
