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A Journey srom Colen in Germany to London. 15*3
Dunkirk, is much increased of late,, and the King of France hath not
spared money, to render it considerably strong. He hath very near
finilhed a noble Cittadel, begun by the Englifh while this Town was
in their poslession, which hath the Sea on one side of it, the Haven on
another, and the Sandhills towards the Land, which when the wind
is at South-west, doth somewhat annoy it: To prevent which, the
French have made divers Cuts and Channels through the Sands, into
which the Sea entring, doth moisten and fix the Sand, so as they are
not so apt to ssy. And every Bast ion is sprucely kept and covered with-
in with green Turf. Beyond the old Wall of the Town, there are now
great Works drawn, which encompass so large a space of Ground, that
the Town is made bigger by half: And in this part Hands the Englijb
Nunnery, and many handsom Buildings. The new Fortifications are
very large ; and the Bastion towards the North the most stately. The
Port is large and capable of receiving a gnat number of Ships, but at
low water it is almost dry; and there are so many Sands befote it, that
at that time the Sea comes not in any depth within a mile of it.
From Dunkirk we travelled by Land to Graveling, where the Works
are of Earth, large and high, the Church stately, the Streets broad, but v.
the Houses low, and at present not populous. The Marquis de Bel—
fonds with the French and my Lord Ruterford with his Scotch, and
Engltfb, came before Graveling, upon the sixteenth of Auguft, i6y8. and
carried the place in twelve days time; Don Chriftopher de Manguez
yielding it upon the twenty eight, on the same terms that it was deli-
vered up by the French to the Spaniards i6$z.
From Graveling I came to Calais, from whence setting Sail in the
morning, we came to Dover, and the same day to London.
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Dunkirk, is much increased of late,, and the King of France hath not
spared money, to render it considerably strong. He hath very near
finilhed a noble Cittadel, begun by the Englifh while this Town was
in their poslession, which hath the Sea on one side of it, the Haven on
another, and the Sandhills towards the Land, which when the wind
is at South-west, doth somewhat annoy it: To prevent which, the
French have made divers Cuts and Channels through the Sands, into
which the Sea entring, doth moisten and fix the Sand, so as they are
not so apt to ssy. And every Bast ion is sprucely kept and covered with-
in with green Turf. Beyond the old Wall of the Town, there are now
great Works drawn, which encompass so large a space of Ground, that
the Town is made bigger by half: And in this part Hands the Englijb
Nunnery, and many handsom Buildings. The new Fortifications are
very large ; and the Bastion towards the North the most stately. The
Port is large and capable of receiving a gnat number of Ships, but at
low water it is almost dry; and there are so many Sands befote it, that
at that time the Sea comes not in any depth within a mile of it.
From Dunkirk we travelled by Land to Graveling, where the Works
are of Earth, large and high, the Church stately, the Streets broad, but v.
the Houses low, and at present not populous. The Marquis de Bel—
fonds with the French and my Lord Ruterford with his Scotch, and
Engltfb, came before Graveling, upon the sixteenth of Auguft, i6y8. and
carried the place in twelve days time; Don Chriftopher de Manguez
yielding it upon the twenty eight, on the same terms that it was deli-
vered up by the French to the Spaniards i6$z.
From Graveling I came to Calais, from whence setting Sail in the
morning, we came to Dover, and the same day to London.
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