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connter moore fawllith and stoppith the enfcre. And the same tower 

 beinge of compas within viii foote. And the mayn wanlle of the same 

 vi foote thike owtward, is so decayed and eraysed as the gunners dare 

 not, within the same, occupy any ordenance for fere of fawllinge of tlie 

 same tower to the erth ; and doith niaike no defence hot as the other 

 for said towers doith. 



Item, betwen the same tower and a tower called the Condnyte tower, 

 is the distaunce of vi score yerds. And the entre into the same Conduyte 

 tower, through the connter moore, conteignith in length xx foote, and 

 in bred v foote. And the over helinge of the same, maid of tymbor, 

 decayed and rotten ; the counter moore fawllen down, wherby the entre 

 is stopped. The tower within is, in wydenes, ix foote ; and the mayne 

 wawUe owtwarte in thikenes iiii foote, and is filled in lyke maner 

 frome the vault upwarte with erth. 



Item, betwen the Conduyt tower and the tower against tlie Wynde 

 myll, is the distaunce of vi score x yerds. And the entre into the same 

 tower, through the countermoore, is x^ti foote in length, and in bred v 

 foote; covered and over heled with tymber, which now is rotten and 

 in like caace as the other entres afor said be. The tower within is 

 viii foote wyde, and the mayn wawUe iiii foote thike, and is filled 

 with erth from the vault upwart. 



Item, for against the same tower, without the wawUes, ther is a hede 

 or a particion of erth maid betwixt two stanks, in the maner of a 

 bulwark, which now doith lye oppyn so as eennemyes may come 

 hard to the wawlles, and danger the scowtwatch or enterprize other 

 dangers in a dark night. And the same hed doith conteign in length, 

 frome the wawU owtwart, xxviii yerds, and in bred viii yerds. 



Item, betwen the same tower, for against the Wynde myll and Sanct 

 Nicolles tower is the distaunce of vi score yerds. And the same Sanct 

 Nicolles tower conteuith in wydnes hot iiii foote, and in thickenes hot 

 two foote ; and so sorfi decayed that the gunner dare not occupie any 

 ordenance within the same. And the foundacion of a botterace, mayd 

 for the strengttinge of the same, with the foundacion of the same tower 

 self, is waisted, and by sourges of the wattir shrenkyn and fallyn down. 

 So as the same tower, beinge on of the corners of the wawlle of the 

 said town, is right lyke to fawU within breyf tyme, oneles it be the 

 rather repay red and araendyt. 



Item, ther is oone entre or a posteron to yssne yf cause should 

 requyer furth of the same town nigh above the sa[id Sanct] Nicolles 

 tower, and of the north syd of the same, throu[gh the] countermoor, 

 conteignynge in length xxx foote, and [in bred] v foote, and tymber 

 above ; of the over helinge thereof is r[otten] and fallyn down, like 

 as other entres are. 



Item, without the same posteron, ther is a hed of erthe mayd for 

 keping in of the watter to the stanke. And for issuyng of men to the 

 feldes, which hed conteignith in length xxt and viii yerds, and in bred 

 viii yerds, and is mayd with payll, which rotteth and waisteth, and 

 wer necefsary to be mayd with lyme and stone. 



