Note 6 — THE TOWER OF LONDON. (continued 2)
Reading edition
A.D. 1190. “Sub his diebus Wˢ Eliensis Epˢ, Angliæ Justiciarius et Apostolicæ sedis legatus, fecit Turrim Londinensem fossato profundissimo circumcingi, sperans se posse Tamisiæ fluenta in urbem ducere. Sed post multos de fisco sumptus se laborare inutilita comprobavit.”—M. Paris, Ed. 1646, p. 161.