Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: The Downs bụ a roadstead (mpaghara nke echebe, mma oké osimiri) na ndịda North Oké Osimiri nso English Channel n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Kent n'ụsọ oké osimiri, n'etiti North na South Foreland na ndịda England. N'afọ 1639,
Agha nke Downs mere ebe a, mgbe ndị agha mmiri Dutch bibiri ụgbọ mmiri ndị Spain nke chọrọ ebe mgbaba na mmiri ndị England na-anọpụ iche. Site n'oge Elizabet na-aga n'ihu, ọnụnọ nke Downs nyere aka mee ka Deal bụrụ otu n'ime ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri kachasị na England, na narị afọ nke 19, a kwadebere ya na telegram nke ya na ụlọ elu oge iji mee ka ụgbọ mmiri nwee ike ịtọ oge ha.