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sion on your part, and on that of the bishop of 

 Quebec in your favor, to establish an equality be- 

 tween the governor and you. I think I have 

 already said enough to lead you to know yourself, 

 and to understand the difference between a gov- 

 ernor and an intendant; so that it is no longer 

 necessary for me to enter into particulars, which 

 could only serve to show you that you are com- 

 pletely in the wrong." ! 



Scarcely was this quarrel suppressed, when 

 another sprang up. Since the arrival of the in- 

 tendant and the return of the bishop, the council 

 had ceased to be in the interest of Frontenac. 

 Several of its members were very obnoxious to 

 him ; and chief among these was Villeray, a former 

 councillor whom the king had lately reinstated. 

 Frontenac admitted him to his seat with reluc- 

 tance. "I obey your orders," he wrote mourn- 

 fully to Colbert ; " but Villeray is the principal 

 and most dangerous instrument of the bishop and 

 the Jesuits." 2 He says, farther, that many people 

 think him to be a Jesuit in disguise, and that he 

 is an intriguing busybody, who makes trouble 

 everywhere. He also denounces the attorney- 

 general, Auteuil, as an ally of the Jesuits. An- 

 other of the reconstructed council, Tilly, meets 

 his cordial approval ; but he soon found reason to 

 change his mind concerning him. 



The king had recently ordered that the inten- 

 dant, though holding only the third rank in the 



1 Colbert a Duchesneau, 8 Mai, 1G79. 



2 Frontenac au Ministre, 14 Nov. t 1674. 



