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Itm, bitwen the same Gnners tower and the Dongeon, is the 

 distannce of xxxv yerdes of slender wawll. And the same Dongeon 

 of the utter part contenith xxxvi yerds. The wydenes of the gaite 

 of the same, beinge the passage into the castell, is x foote. And the 

 same Dongeon is in wydenes within xv yerdes ; and in diverse places 

 eraysed and decayed. 



And for so ranch as ther is not within the said castell neither 

 Brewhowse, Myln, Garners for kepinge of stoore of corne ; ne howse 

 to kepe any ordenance ; so as if any haisty danger shold come unto 

 the same castell, or that the town shuld be woon, as Gode for-bed, or 

 yf tb' inhabitantts should rebell against the Oapetaign, all the King's 

 ordenance, savinge such as ar standinge upon the wawlles of the 

 Castell, should so be in ennemeyes handes, the Mylnes and Brewhowse 

 barred from the Castell, and the Capetane hie stoore of corne beinge 

 in Garners within the town, to the great danger of the same, and 

 the strength of the ennemeyes ; for the avoding of all which dangers 

 it wer verray necessary and expedient that a Myln with a Brewhowse, 

 a Garner, and a howse for the keping of th' ordenance wer mayd 

 and set upe within the said Castell. 



Itm, it is to be noted that the same Bake howse tower and Bonkill 

 tower is not covered above, by reason wherof the rayn wattir 

 discendith through the counter moore and moostith the towers, so as 

 the ordenance nor powder can no be loged dry within the same. 



Itm, it is also to be noted that the Castell standith in such forme 

 and so lowe under the Town, as yf the Town by any meanes be 

 against Castell, either woon by enemyes or by rebellinge of th' 

 inhabitaunts against the Captane, the said Castell can no waies hurte 

 or danger the Town, and the Town greatly hurte and danger the 

 Castell. 



Itm, ther is a wawll at the entringe into the Haven called Holde 

 man wawll, which was maide for savegard of the same Haven. And 

 the same wawll is now decayed, by reason wherof the mowth and 

 entringe into the same Havyn gatherich and is filled so with sand, 

 that oneles spedy remedy be provydyt for the same, the said Haven 

 shall within breve tyme to come be clerly stopped and sanded. 



Itm, over and above thes speciall noticions of decayes declayred 

 in the article above writtyn, ther ar diverse playces of the said 

 wawlles of the Town and Castell which had much neid to be pynned, 

 poyntied, and brittished (bratticed) with stoone and lym. I'he doinge 

 wherof in tyme shall save the King's heighnes the oone half of the 

 charges ; which, within breve tyme, he shal be inforced els to maike 

 for the repayringe of the same. 



[The original transcript in Mr Woodman's Collection is without date 

 or signatures. By consulting Mr Scott's History of Berwick, p. 125, 

 it may be conjectured that the date was about 1585-6. Norfolk, in 

 1535, had boasted of building citadels; yet Lawson, the paymaster, 



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