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Item, it is to be noted that the said twoo towers, beinge thus filled 

 and dampned, is a great decaye of the defence of that part of the town. 



Item, between the said Walles tower and the Bell-tower, estward 

 of the saide north parte of the town, is the distaunce of xxt, viii 

 yerds, wherof is fawllyu to the grounde xixi yerds. And th3 same 

 Bell-tower conteignith in widenes, for the gunners to occupye their 

 ordenance, xii foote. And the mayne wawll of the same tower is in 

 thikenes xi foote. And the entre into the same, fnrth of the counter 

 moore, is substanciall and good, and commyth frame above the counter 

 moore downewarte, and makith no defence hot allongs the wawlle by 

 the grounde. And the over part above the vault is filled full of erth. 



Item, fnrth of the- same Bell-tower, standings upoa the corner of 

 the wawUes, is a posteron to issue in a bullwarke adjoinynge unto 

 the same, which bullwarke was maid in haist by Maister Candish* in 

 tyme of neid, of dnffet (divot or sods) for the scoringe (succouring) and 

 defending of the said north part of the town And specially of a 

 great large castyn dyke called the Sterlinge dike, towart the see, — 

 wherein a great company of ennemeyes ells savely lye without danger 

 of th' ordenance of the town. And now the same bulwark is rotten 

 and fallen in decay, and conteigneth in length, from the said Bell-tower 

 outward, iii score x yerds ; and in widenes, in them next the wawll, xxi 

 yerds, and in the other end ix yerds. 



Item, bitwen the saide Bell-tower called the Murderer, on th' est 

 parte of the town, sonthwart from the Bell-tower, is the distaunce of 

 vi score x yerds, wherof is of laite buyldinge iiii score yerds. And the rest 

 of old buyldinge of stone and erth, frome thre yerds above the erth 

 upward. And the entre into the same Murderer, through the counter 

 moore, conteignith in length xxxii foote, maide with stoone and lyme, 

 and in bred iiii foote. And the same entre is overheled with tymber, 

 which tymber is rotten and fallith down and stoppith the entre. And 

 the same Murderer couteinith in wydnes viii foote, and in hyght 



within viii foot, and withoutf foot. The mayne wawlle in 



thikenes hot ii foote. And the same Murderer is mayd of lyme and 

 stoone, and joyned unto the tower clere without the wawlle, which 

 tower doth serve for no defence, bot for oone entre into the said 

 Murderer, and is tilled from the vault upwart with erth. 



Item, for ajainst the said Murderer, ontwart, is a bed and perticion 

 maide of erth, bitwixt two stanks of the length of xxt and viii yerds, 

 and the bred of vi yerdes, and doith lye oppyn, so as ennemyes may 

 come over the same in a dark night hard to the wawlles, and slay the 

 scoutwatch, as thei have doon befor tymes, or enterprize otlier dangers 

 which wer necessary to be mayd upe with stone and lym. 



Item, between the said Murderer and a tower called the Myddyll 

 tower, beinge dampned and filled with erth, of the same part, is the 

 distaunce of xxv yerds of old wawll. 



* Robert Candish was master of the fortifications in 1522. 

 t Blank in original MS. 



