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tenglatid, and Lewis XIII. king of France ; and 

 as the -E iglish were carrying on their settle- 

 inents with e^reat appearance of success in Vir" 



f'mia and MismchusettSy it was propo»ed in the 

 /Iglish cabinet, to attack the French settlements 

 in North America. In 1629 an armament was 

 fitted out in England for this purpose, and the 

 command given to Sir David Kirk. He saile<!S 

 tip the river St. Lawrence and appeared with his 

 ships before Quebec. The city was in no con- 

 dition to resist his force, and Champlain was 

 obliged to capitulate. Agreeably to the articles 

 of capitulation, Champlain was sent to France 

 in an English vessel. If he was mortified by 

 the capitulation, he was more mortified by find- 

 ing that his new colony was an object of but 

 little consideration in France ; and that the loss 

 of it was scarcely regretted. 



Many thought it was not worth retaining^ 

 that it had already been attended with an ex- 

 ipcnce far above its value, andprob; b.y the case 

 "would be the same in future. Others were of 

 opinion that the far trade and fishery were na- 

 tional objects of real consequence, and that the 

 settlement of Canada was the sure method of 

 increasing their importance, and would serve as 

 a nursery for seamen, and thus eventually prove 

 highly beneficial to navigation and commerce. 

 The councils of Lewis XIII. were so little ac- 

 quainted with the advantages arising from colo- 

 nies,' or with the value of their settlements in 

 Canada, that they did not think it an object of 

 any consequence to demand the restitution ; 

 and it was more a sense of honor than a regard 

 to interest that led them to wish for the restora- 



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