17. Gateway to the Bowling-green. 18. Bridge. 19. Bowling-green. 20, 20. Cellars. 21. Steps and door leading to-- 22. Way to stable-yard. 23. One sipe of the outer wall of the Paved Court, where the first breach was made by the Parliamentary forces, 1646. 24. Ruined tower. 25. The buildings formerly here completely obliterated, having suffered most during the siege. 26. The bakery and remains of its ovens. 27. Entrance to the Wet Larder. 28. An outside high level walk. 29. Low ground. 30. Pier wall. 31. Deep space. 32. The Kitchen Tower, remarkable for its great strength, and remains of a large fire-place. 33. A draw-well. 34. A long, narrow, vertical gap through former windows and door. The building probably had a corridor at top. 35. Ruins of cellar or dry larder. 36. The uppermost window in this part indicates the situation of the apartment occupied by Charles I. 37. The Buttery. 38. The Minstrels’ gallery was probably raised here. 39. Porch leading to-- 40. The great Banqueting hall. 41. Spacious fire place, with centre window high above. 42. The large, handsome, and well-preserved bay-window, with a circular opening or ventilator in the roof. 43. The recess. 44. The arms of the Beaufort Family, carved in stone, are inserted centrally in the lofty wall on this side. 45. The Pantry. 46. Ruined entrance to the wine cellar. 47. End of the Picture Gallery, a narrow upper apartment of great length, extending over and beyond the chapel. 48. Supposed to be the Bell tower. 49. The apartments above and below here were the ladies’ women’s rooms. 50. A through passage. 51. High watch tower. 52. An ancient Arbor Vitæ grows in the Fountain Court at this point. 53. Superior officers’ quarters, on the ground and upper floors. 54. Basin of the fountain. THE CITADEL, OR KEEP, _called_ THE MELIN-Y-GWENT, OR YELLOW TOWER OF GWENT. A. There was probably a drawbridge here. B. B. Two broken bastions. C. A temporary wooden bridge. D. Site of arched bridge to the Keep. E. The Water-works side of the Keep, presenting large grooves cut into the stone work, probably to insert metal pipes, &c. F. Stone stair-case to the top, in good preservation. G. Outer entrance to F. H. I. Ruins of the massy walls varying from 4 to 10 feet high; the upper portion destroyed in 1646, by order of Parliament. L. A well. [Illustration: Plan of the Castle and Citadel of Raglan, Monmouthshire] PLAN OF THE CASTLE AND CITADEL OF RAGLAN, MONMOUTHSHIRE, THE PROPERTY OF His Grace The Duke of Beaufort, &c. &c. From Drawings by H. DIRCKS, Civil Engineer 1865. LIFE OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. CHAPTER I. MARRIAGE OF HENRY SOMERSET, LORD HERBERT OF RAGLAN.