The following year, as the civil strife was still waging fierce and hot between Royalists and Roundheads, three forts were constructed on Tyburn Road. It is quaint to think of impromptu fortresses built by an alarmed populace near Lancaster Gate and Oxford Street. The _Perfect Diurnal_, an invaluable record of the time, states that the anxiety of the citizens was such that thousands of men, women, servants, and children, many members of the Council of the City, well-known public men, and the trained bands from the Camp, together with feltmakers, shoemakers, and other tradesmen, all worked their best in throwing up these fortifications outside the City. Samuel Butler, in his _Hudibras_, refers to this: “Women, who were our first apostles, Without whose aid w’ had all been lost else; Women, that left no stone unturned In which the Cause might be concern’d: Brought in their children’s spoons and whistles, To purchase swords, carbines, and pistols; Their husbands, cullies, and sweethearts, To take the saints’ and church’s parts; Drew several gifted brethren in, That for the Bishops would have been, And fixed them constant to the Party, With motives powerful and hearty: Their husbands robb’d, and made hard shifts, T’ administer unto their gifts All they could rap, and rend, and pilfer, To scraps and ends of gold and silver; * * * * * What have they done, or what left undone, That might advance the Cause at London? March’d rank and file, with drum and ensign, T’ entrench the city for defence in; Rais’d rampires with their own soft hands, To put the enemy to stands; From ladies down to oyster-wenches Labour’d like pioneers in trenches, Fell to their pick-axes and tools, And help’d the men to dig like moles?” The women, and even ladies of rank and fortune, not only encouraged the men, but worked with their own hands. Dr. Nash mentions Lady Middlesex, Lady Foster, Lady Anne Walker, and Mrs. Dunch as having been particularly celebrated for their activity. Again in the _Perfect Diurnal_ of 4th January 1643, one reads: “Collonell Browne the Scotchman, upon some Complaints made against him by his Souldiers, for detaining their pay, was apprehended this day by the Court of Guard at Hide Park, by an order from the Close Committee, and Committed to safe custody to answere the same.” So we may conclude that all was not peace among the troops encamped in the Park. In the State Papers there are several references to Hyde Park, throwing sidelights on the life of the people of the day. For instance, after the Battle of Naseby every person of consequence who had been engaged in the struggle was strictly supervised, and it was necessary for all strangers to have a pass to enter the City of London.