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Item, between the same dampned tower and a tower called the 

 Rede tower, is tlie distaunce of v score and iii yerds of lyke wawll. And 

 the entre into the same Rede tower, through the coantermoyre, is in 

 Ieiifj;th xxviii footte, and in bred iiii foote and a half. The overhelinge 

 of the same, for beriiige upe the counterniore, was maid of tymber, 

 and the same is I'ofcteii, and the counterniore fallith down and stoppith 

 the entre, so as tlie gunners can not have incnrse into tlie same. The 

 same tower is in wydnes within viii footte. And the mayne wawll is 

 vi foote thike outward, and fylled with erth fronie the vaults upwart ; 

 and maykith defence oneiy by the erth allongs the wawUes, as the 

 other for said tower doith. 



Item, betwen the saide Rede tower and the Cowgaite tower, is the 

 distaunce of v score and viii yerds, whereof diverse places a [are] ruynned 

 and nedful to be repayred. And the same Cowgaite tower hath two 

 places for ordenance of either syd, one conteynynge in wydnes viii 

 foote, a pece which onely shottith by grounde allongs the wawlle so as 

 thei make no defence owtward. The mayne waulle is, in thikeness on 

 the one syde, iiii foote, and on the other syde iii foote. And the same 

 tower is covered with flaggs, wher through the weit hath issue, and 

 rottith and waistith the tymber. 



Itm, without the same gaite and tower, and streight bifor the same 

 is a bulwarke of erth and duffet (divot) m lyd for the defence of the 

 same gaite, which is soore decayed and necessary to be repayred. 



Itm, betwen the same gait and a tower of the south syd of the 

 same, on the said est parte of the town, is the dystaance of v score and 

 viii yerds. And the entre into the same tower furth of the town, 

 through the couiitermoor, is xviii foote in length, and in bred v foote. 

 And the over helinge therof, maid of tymber, ia rotten and fallyn down 

 in like forme as the other entres of towers are. The wydnes of the 

 same tower within is x foote ; and the mayne wawll of the same is vii 

 in thikenes outward, and doith mayke no defence bot by the grounde 

 allongs the waull, and is fylled from the vault upwarte with erth 

 and dampned. 



Itm, there is a posterou on the south syd of the said tower goinge 

 furth of the town to a bulwarke called the great bulwark in the 

 Snooke, the entre wherof extendith in length through the countermoyre, 

 xxii foote, and in bred v foote and a half. And the over helinge of the 

 same, mayd of tymber, is rotten and decayed in like caace as th' entres 

 of the towers be. 



Item, the bulwarke without the said posteron is mayd of erth and 

 duffet, for the great strength and defence of these part of the town, and 

 is now sore waisted and decayed, and verray nedfuU to be repayred. 



Item, betwen the tower next aforesaid and the tower next byneth 

 the same posteron sowthwart, is the distaunce of vi score and xi yerds. 

 And the entre into the same tower, through the counter moore 

 conteignith in length xxiiii foote, and in bred v foote. The over helinge 

 of the same, beinge of tymber, is rotten and fallen down, so that the 



