The Page ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS IN VOL. I. x, line 15, for corporal, read corporate. xxxix, in the proportion of men to be found for Tenterden, read 25; for Deal, 43; and omit the note at the bottom of the page. 20, line 12, for 1588, read 1683. 21, line 11, for 1752, read 1762. 43, line 21, for Dalfridus, read Galfridus. 116, line 28, for is, read it. 137, line 13, for 1704, read 1764. 156, line 14, for stones, read stores. 217, line 9, for 1678, read 1578. 253, line 5, from the bottom, for were, read where. 268, line 15, for that, read then. 271, line 14, for the water, read on the water. 279, line 3, from the bottom, for rose, read put. 286, line 11, from the bottom, for pail lootes, read piil-lootes. CORRECTIONS IN VOL. II. Page 14, line 11, for Cassivelans, read Cassivelan. 48, line 12, for adopted, read adapted. 51, line 21, for he, read the King. 199, line 7, for Richard, read William. 222, line 25, for was joined, read Basset was joined. 318, line 5, for sussected, read suspected. 319, line 24, for ease, read case. 344, line 8, for comonalty, read commonalty. 57, 58, 60, and 61, the references should be to plate ix, instead of plate x. DIRECTION FOR THE BINDER. pages 145 and 146, at the end of this volume, are intended to cancel the same pages in the first volume. Abbot, John, Esq. Canterbury. Allen, Mr. Richard, Lydd. Amherst, Captain, Dover. Arundell, Hon. E. Lillies, near Aylesbury. Atcheson, Mr. N. Winchester-street, London. Backhouse, Rev. Mr. Deal. Baldwin, W. Esq. Harrietsham Place, Kent. Bayley, Rev. Mr. Margate. Bazely, Capt. John, R. N. Dover. Bazely, Capt. Henry, R. N. Dover. Beck, Mr. T. B. Dover. Breeds, Mr. James, Hastings, Sussex. Brydges, Sir S. E. Knight, M. P. Bradley, S. Esq. Sandwich. Butler, Mr. P. 52d regiment, Deal. Chapman, Mr. T. Margate. Children, Mr. George, New Romney. Cobb, B. Esq. New Romney. Cobb and Son, Margate, 2 copies. Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. Dell, George, Esq. Dover. Edge, A. Esq. Essex-street, Strand. Every, Mrs. Old Park, near Dover. Farbrace, Rev. G. Eythorne. Faussett, H. G. Esq. Heppington, near Canterbury Fector, Peter, Esq. Dover. Fector, J. M. Esq. Dover. Fector, P. L. Esq. Dover. Finch, Mr. G. Dover, Finnis, Mr. G. Dover. Finnis, Mr. Robert, Hythe. Fowle, Mr. William, New Romney. Garner, Mr. William, bookseller, Margate. Gilbert, Mr. Leadenhall-street, London. Goodford, John, Esq. Yeovil, Somerset. Gravener, Mr. G. W. Dover. Guilford, Earl of, Waldershare. Gunman, James, Esq. Dover. Hammond, Mr. John, Deal. Hannam, Henry Pett, Esq. Northbourne. Henniker, Lord, Grosvenor-square, London. Hollingberry, Rev. Dr. Winchelsea. Horn, Mr. John, bookseller, Dover, 3 copies. Isham, Rev. G. Lamport, Northamptonshire. Jenkinson, C. Esq. M. P. London. Jones, Mr. Richard, 10, Aldgate, London. Kennett, Mr. Matthew, Dover. Kennett, Mr. J. J. 3d Lancashire Militia. Knocker, William, Esq. Dover. Lamb, T. P. Esq. Rye. Lamb, Mr. G. Tenterden. Lane, T. B. Esq. Dover. Latham, Henshaw, Esq. Dover. Larkins, John Pascall, Esq. Blackheath. Ledger and Shaw, booksellers, Dover, 3 copies. Ledger, George William, Buckland, near Dover. Leith, George, Esq. Walmer. Leventhorp, Mr. T. Wooburn Place, London. Lightfoot, Mr. J. Rye. Lilburne, Captain W. Dover. Longman and Co. booksellers, London: Mantell, Thomas, Esq. Dover. Matson, R. Esq. Sandwich. Marryatt, J. Esq. M. P. May, John, Esq. Oxney, near Deal: Mitchell Miss, John-street, Oxford-street. Neame, Mr. Birchington, Thanet. Osborn, Jonathan, Esq. Dover. Pain, Mr. Thomas, Dover. Pilcher, Mr. Edward, Margate. Powell, Mr. Edward, Dover. Procter, Mr. Thomas, Rye. Rice, Edward, Esq. Dover. Rouse, Kirkby, and Lawrence, booksellers, Canterbury, 2 copies. Russell, Edward, Esq. Rutherford, Mr. S. Folkstone. Rutley, Mr. Thomas, Dover. Sampson, Mr. B. G. Dover. Shipdem, John, Esq. Dover. Sibthorpe, Colonel, Canwick, Lincoln. Slater, W. Esq. Alkham. Slater, Mr. George, Margate. Slaughter, Mr. W. W. Sandwich. Slaughter, Mr. Edward, Sandwich. Starr, Thomas, Esq. Canterbury. Starr, Mr. T. L. Smithfield Bars, London. Steriker, Mr. Nicholas, Dover. Stockdale, Mr. F. W. L. East India House. Stone, Mr. Challis, Dover. Stow, Benjamin Fuller, Esq. Dover. T. Mr. Margate, 2 copies. Tappenden, Mr. James, Faversham. Teynham, Lord, Half Moon-street, London. Thatcher, Francis, M. D. Dover. Thatcher, Mr. George, Folkstone. Thompson, Edward, Esq. Dover. Tims, Rev. Mr. Walmer. Tournay, Rev. Dr. Wadham College, Oxford. Tournay, Edward, Esq. Hythe. Trevanion, W. Esq. Dover. Tritton, Mr. W. Hythe. Tyssen, Samuel, Esq. Barham Court. Walker, William, Esq. Dover. Walker, Nathaniel, Esq. River. Walsh, Mr. Parliament-street, London. Warburton, Rev. W. P. Lydd. Ward, Mr. W. Dover. Watts, D. P. Esq. Portland Place, London. Wenham, Mr. Edward, Hastings.. Weston, Mr. J. T. Tenterden. Whitten, R. Esq. James-street, Bedford Row. Wightwick, William, Esq. New Romney. Wightwick, Mr. W. jun. New Romney. Wightwick, Mr. J. H. Ramsgate. Wilson, Mr. Stratford Green, Essex. Wise, Rev. William, Reading. THE HISTORY OF DOVER CASTLE. CHAP. I. The Castle hill described. Shakespeare's description of the cliffs at Dover. Antiquity of the Castle. Observations on Julius Cæsar's expeditions. He did not build the Castle. In turning over the pages of monkish chronicles,' which contain the most early accounts of this Castle, it may be seen, that many of them were satisfied with recording the traditions of their ancestors, and in saying what others have said before them, without ever surveying the ground-works and the masonry on the spot, and comparing their observations with the annals of passed times. This has been one of the principal reasons, why the origin of this once important fortress, has remained so many ages obscured, in the mist of error and fable. Vol. ii. * Dugdale's Monast. vol. 2, p. 1, Norman French.-Cot. Lib. Vesp. 7, folio 72.- B The summit of the Castle hill is formed by nature for a place of defence; and it is very probable, that it first attracted the notice of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, and they had one of their strong holds upon it, which they occupied, until they were dispossessed of it by the Romans. The upper part of this hill may be considered as a kind of peninsula; as there is a deep valley on the south-west, and another on the north-east side of it; inclining from the cliff on the east, and the shore on the south-west, until they nearly meet, and they are separated only by a narrow track of ground, on the north part of the Castle. When Julius Cæsar made his first descent upon our island, the waves washed the foot of the perpendicular cliff, fronting the sea, which is about 280 feet above the level of low-water mark. Shakespeare, in his play of King Lear, has drawn, with his inimitable pencil, a description of the cliffs at this place, where he says, "Come on, Sir, here's the place; how fearful Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumber'd pebbles chafes, The extensive and remarkable pile of ruins remaining on this elevated situation, and which have so often employed the pencil of the artist, and arrested the attention of the traveller, are very far from |