[HOWLEY ] OLD BASQUE TOMBSTONES AT PLACENTIA 89 
back of the same stone; if taken by itself it will be found altogether 
incomplete, giving neither name nor date, whereas I undertake to 
show that it forms a natural sequence to the former. ‘To begin, I 
must state that it is very much broken and obliterated, so that in a 
short time it will be altogether illegible. It commences with what 
appears to be merely an ornamental scroll or flourish, but which I 
now think is intended to contain the letter L’ with an apostrophe. 
The first word is partly destroyed. The first three letters E.N.V. 
are clearly decipherable, after which there appeared to be a portion 
of a Y, and at first I read it Hnvoyé (sent), which would make sense 
with the following words: “For the honour of my Prince I went to 
attack the enemy, etc.” But on close inspection I found the word 
Envoyé would not suit, as the letter immediately after the V proved 
unmistakably to be an I, and the last letter was discovered to be 
the remains of an X. I immediately pronounced the word to be 
“Envieux” which, in the sense of “desirous for the honour, etc.,” would 
also make good sense. But finally the true interpretation broke in 
upon me. The word is indeed Hnvieur, but in an entirely different 
sense. In my studies of the history of these times from the “ Docu- 
ments Relatifs à la Nouvelle France,’ I found the Royal Frigate 
“L’Envieux ” playing a very conspicuous part in the events of that 
troubled period. I find the earliest mention of her in a letter from 
M. de Frontenac, Governor of Quebec, to the Prime Minister of 
France, dated Quebec, 15th Sept., 1691. At this time the “ Vais- 
seau L’Envieux” was commanded by Le Sieur de Bonaventure. Le 
Sieur Le Moyne D’Iberville was aboard with some troops for the 
capture of Fort Nelson. In a letter from the King (Louis XIV.) to 
Le Sieur de Villebon, Commandant of the troops in Acadie, dated 
at Versailles, April, 1692, the King orders the “ Vaisseau L’Envieux ” 
to be sent to him (Villebon) at the River St. John (N.B.), with soldiers 
and munitions of war, provisions, money, etc. He is to make war 
on the English “ Sans relasche.’ |The Ænvieux is still commanded 
by De Bonaventure. In 1692 the “ Envieuz,” accompanied by the 
“Joly,” attacked Pemscuit (Pumkit). Shortly after this, the “ Joly ” 
was lost on the coast of Newfoundland. In 1694, the date of our 
tombstone, I find Le Sieur de Bonaventure transferred to the com- 
mand of the “ Bretonne” Though the “ Envieux ” still occupies the 
stage, unfortunately, the name of her new commander is not given. 
We find, however, that De Bonaventure, in command of “La Bre- 
tonne. left La Rochelle on the 8th of April, 1694, in company with 
Captain Baptiste, of the corvette “ La Bonne.” 
The latter was captured by the English on May 24th, 1695, at 
St. John (N.B.), the captain and crew escaped to land. On the 
