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ordinance of Parliament. It empowers the Mayor and his fellows 

 to muster the inhabitants who are " fitt for the warres and them 

 array, weapon, traine, exercise, and put in readines " to resist 

 attempts against the town. This ordinance is to be handed to the 

 judge at the assizes to shew why " The Souldiers do in their 

 amies watch the magazine . . . ." Daring the assizes the gates 

 and wards are to be made fast every night at 8. This was 

 entrusted to Master E. Dashwood for " Bankes his doare ; " Master 

 Bushrode for the east end of the town — viz., the East Gate and 

 Standish's Corner and Boyes' Corner ; Master J. Bray for Glip- 

 path ; Robert Manuell for the West Gate ; and T. Poole for the 

 " Fryery Lane." On Oct. 7 in this same year, 1642, fresh orders 

 Avere given. " Henry Bushrode is appoynted to keepe the key and to 

 see the two east Gates and that on Gallcwes hill shut at night and 

 opened in morning and is to have for his paines 6' 8* a quarter. 

 Henry Mory is appoynted to the like for the 2 West Gates and at 

 Glippath for the like reward. Roger Turner is appoynted for the 

 like for the 3 sowth gats at 5^ a qter. They are to open all the 

 gates at breake of day and to shut all the back gats at candle 

 lighting and the East, West, and Sowth mayne gates between 8 

 and 9 at night." Again under Jan. 11, 1642 (3), we find the 

 following order : " Keiers for the gate. It is ordered that the 

 Keyers of the Gates shall wayt at the 3 several maine Gards from 

 the time of the discharging of the ward until the Watch come in 

 place and so likewise in morning to stand at the gates betwixt the 

 Watch and the Ward. And not to deliuer the Keycs to any 

 unless to the Captaine of the Watch or to the rounders or by their 

 appointment." These two passages are those quoted in Hutchins' 

 History. It is impossible of course here to go into the questions 

 to which they naturally give rise. I can simply repeat what I have 

 more fully said elsewhere, that, patched up here " made good " there 

 as we saw, rebuilt in another place, in my humble opinion it Avas 

 yet, speaking roughly, the Roman wall that the "rounders" 

 perambulated in 1642. The latest direct mention of the gates i.s 

 on May 26, 1642— viz., "Master Steward shall pay to Henry 



