... April, 1630. seventeen vessels came to the Massachusetts colony that year, bringing nearly a thousand people. England was then at war with Spain; and many Spanish cruisers made their rendezvous at Dunkirk , and other ports in the Spanish Netherlands, whence they were called Dunkirkers.] April 9.—In the morning we descried from the top, eight sail astern of us, whom Captain Lowe told us he had...