The entrance consists of a vaulted passage with many openings for the discharge of missiles upon assailants while they were endeavouring to overcome the three portcullises and the massive wooden gate defending it.
The mummy once placed inside, the workmen, as they left, removed the supports, and the portcullises fell into place, cutting off all communication with the outside.
No traces of three of the portcullises remain, if they ever existed, and the other never could reach the floor or interrupt the passage, so its use is enigmatical.
The only signs of portcullises are those in the vestibule or antechamber.
The part built of granite is interrupted thrice, at intervals of two to two and a half feet, by three enormous portcullises of granite (D).
The first chamber is decorated with panels sculptured in the stone, and was closed at the further end by three portcullises of granite.
Once inside those walls of stone, those gates of oak, and those portcullises of iron, and thou comes not out alive again, I warrant thee.
A thorough examination of the machinery of the various portcullises and drawbridges followed; next an overhauling of the bolts, chains, and other defences of the gates.
The portcullises were up, the gates wide open, the drawbridge down--all silent and deserted.
He stayed at the window until he saw the lady go away, and both the portcullises were lowered again.
The gates and portcullises were broken in pieces by his soldiers, and every other order was punctually carried out.
But the parliamentary leaders were not satisfied: they voted that he should execute his former orders; and the demolition of the gates and portcullises was effected.
Dependent from the shield 2 portcullises or, nailed az.
A dragon and a greyhound support the shield, which is ensigned with a Royal crown and flanked by two portcullises chained.
At the top a Tudor rose, and 2 portcullises dependent from the base of the shield, which is ensigned with a Royal crown, and supported by a dragon and a greyhound.
Pennington, the new mayor, had previously given orders for the gates and portcullises to be seen to, the city’s chains and posts repaired, and the usual precautions to be taken against fire.
The number of passes was reduced, and the keys of the portcullises of the city’s gates were ordered for the future to remain in the custody of the sheriffs.
M594) The recent order of parliament dissolving the Common Council of the city was declared null and void, the municipal authorities were allowed to set up the city’s gates and portcullises again, and the imprisoned citizens were liberated.
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