NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 269 



the east, whilst her southern fields are fill'd with 

 the treasures of corn ; besides the fertility of the 

 flourishing vale of Belvoir supplies her granaries ; 

 as her western fragrant meadows reach up to 

 Nottingham. So that upon the matter this town 

 of Newark (but not Noah's- Ark) is besieged with 

 plenty. 



In the center of this town is an exact pave- 

 ment, quadrangular, regular, uniform and spa- 

 cious ; and in the center of this center stands a 

 market-house, piazza'd or bolstred up with wood- 

 en props, commoded with a roof of lead and tile; 

 but the general scope of this fair pavement re- 

 quires a more exact method of pen than mine is, 

 to describe it. For that end I proceed to some 

 other particulars, as their gates ; because when 

 to consider that this town of Newark (to my ob- 

 servation) has but one fair street, which is called 

 by the name of Todman-Street ; but the gates 

 are Miln-gate, Middle-gate, Kirk-gate, Castle- 

 gate, Nor- gate, Appleton-gate, Barnby-gate, 

 Bolderton-gate and Carter-gate. There is also 

 Beamont-cross, Potter-dike, Hell-end, andCotes- 

 Bridg. 



From the south-west end of this maiden ga- 

 rison, stood the Queen's Sconce, facing the Trent, 

 but the King's Sconce (or sconce royal) was to 

 the eastward. So that the whole town seemed 

 almost invincible, (as it was defensible) because 



