RENE LAUDONNIERE ad. 



1564. 

 some silver, a small quantitie of golde, painted skinnes, Siher, and 

 and other things, with a thousand thankes, which the gold, and 

 Paracoussy gave me, which promised that if in any /^f»^^^ 

 enterprise of importance I should have neede of his 

 men, he would furnish mee with three hundreth and 

 above. 



While I thus travailed to purchase friends, & to practise 

 one while with one here, an other while with another 

 there, certaine Souldiers of my company were suborned 

 under hand by one named la Roquette of the Countrey La Roquettes 

 of Perigort, which put in their heads that hee was a conspiracie. 

 great Magician, and that by the secrets of Art-magicke 

 he had discovered a Mine of golde and silver farre up 

 within the River, whereby (upon the losse of his life,) 

 every Souldier should receive in ready Bullion the value 

 of tenne thousand Crownes, beside and above fifteene 

 hundred thousand which should be reserved for the 

 Kings Majestic : wherefore they allied themselves with 

 La Roquette and another of his confederates, whose 

 name was Le Genre, in whom notwithstanding I had 

 great affiance. This Genre exceeding desirous to enrich Monsieur de 

 himselfe in those parts, and seeking to be revenged, Genre. 

 because I would not give him the carriage of the Paquet 

 into France, secretly enfourmed the Souldiers that were 

 already suborned by La Roquette, that I would deprive 

 them of this great gaine, in that I did set them dayly on 

 worke, not sending them on every side to discover the 

 Countreys : therefore that it were a good deede, after they 

 had made mee understand so much, to seeke meanes to 

 dispatch mee out of the way, and to choose another 

 Captaine in my place, if I v/ould not give them victuals 

 according to their disordinate appetite. Hee also brought ^^^^^^ ^'^•^- 

 mee word hereof himselfe, making a large discourse unto ^ ^fnlere in^the 

 mee of the good affection of the Souldiers, which all be- Souldiers 

 sought mee that I would conduct them to the Countreys name. 

 where the Mine was : I made him answere that all could His answere. 

 not goe thither, and that it was necessary before their 

 departure to settle our Fortresse in such estate, that 



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