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Porter s Lodge, and disrobed of his fine clothes, which 

 was done accordingly. Next morning the experiment 

 realized all their expectations ; and the Marquis, after 

 many good exhortations to both parties, delivered unto 

 them the money that had been collected. 



During the troubles preceding the civil war, a cir 

 cumstance occurred at the castle which establishes the 

 early attachment of the Earl of Glamorgan to scientific 

 and mechanical pursuits, whilst it affords tolerably con 

 clusive proof of his having actually constructed the 

 identical invention which has immortalized his name. 



Dr. Bayly informs us, to quote his own words, that 

 &quot; At the beginning of this Parliament (Nov. 1640), 

 there were certain rustics who came into Raglan Castle 

 to search for arms, his Lordship being a Papist.&quot; The 

 Marquis met them at the castle gate, desiring to know 

 whether they came to take away his money, seeing 

 they intended to disarm him. They stated that they 

 made the application merely in consequence of his 

 being a recusant. To which he replied, u he was a peer 

 of the realm, and no convict recusant, therefore the 

 law could not in reason take notice of any such things.&quot; 

 Finding some sharp and dubious expressions coming 

 from the Marquis, they were at last willing to take his 

 word ; but he, not wishing to part with them on such 

 easy terms, had before resolved to return them one 

 fright for another. With that view he conveyed them 

 up and down the castle, until at length he &quot; brought them 

 over a high bridge that arched over the moat, that was 

 between the castle and the great tower,* wherein the 

 Lord Herbert had newly contrived certain water-works, 

 which, when the several engines and wheels were to be 



* The Citadel, or Yellow tower of Gwent. The bridge crossing the moat was 

 a gothic arched bridge, terminating with a drawbridge, leading direct from the 

 tower to the bridge. See Plan of the Castle, preceding Chapter I. 



