88 JOUENAL OF JOHN ASTON, 1639 



The walls of the towne were not soe slighted but that with 

 small cost they were now made very strong and usefull, and 

 received to fitting purpose good store of cannon (and might 

 well have been furnished with more if neede had required). 

 Upon the line comming from the Lord Dunbarr's house was 

 one iron peece. 



The Mary Gate northward had two iron peeces over it, a 

 great chamber in the mouth of it, and a little distance from 

 the gate was a new redoubt, four square, made with pallisadoes 

 round it, and a continull watch of musquetiers lay in it. 



On the same line tending towards the east was annother 

 bulwarke with three iron peeces planted on it. 



Further eastward annother little bulwarke with three iron 

 peeces. 



On the same line eastward a watch tower. 



By it a little bulwarke new raised, with three iron peeces on it. 



Next that a greate bulwarke with seven iron peeces on it. 



Next to that allmost due east seven brasse peeces whereof 

 two were very faire gunns. 



The Cow-gate three small brass peeces in the mouth of the 

 port. 



On the bulwarke by the windmill on the same line seven 

 iron peeces. 



On the corner bulwarke south east eight iron peeces. 



The Shoare-gate southward. 



The Bridge-gate southward. 



On the great bulwarke south west neare the greate gate 

 called New-gate seven iron peeces. 



Besides the walls that encompasse the towne there runns a 

 line within, acrosse from the watch towre north east to the 

 New-gate south west, which is very strong and hath good 

 batteries on it. 



The totall of all the cannon upon the walls and in the 

 ports were, besides the murdering peece,'^^ fifty-six. 



The government of this towne was now committed to the 

 earle of Lyndsay, who had a strong regiment of 2,500 men 

 and good able captains to command, besides which the Earle 



•13 A great gun. 



