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rejoicing. The captured flag of Phips's ship was 

 borne to the cathedral in triumph ; the bishop 

 sang Te Deum ; and, amid the firing of cannon, 

 the image of the Virgin was carried to each church 

 and chapel in the place by a procession, in which 

 priests, people, and troops all took part. The day 

 closed with a grand bonfire in honor of Fron- 

 tenac. 



One of the three ships carried back the news of 

 the victory, which was hailed with joy at Ver- 

 sailles ; and a medal was struck to commemorate 

 it. The ship carried also a despatch from Fron- 

 tenac. " Now that the king has triumphed by 

 land and sea," wrote the old soldier, " will he 

 think that a few squadrons of his navy would be 

 ill employed in punishing the insolence of these 

 genuine old parliamentarians of Boston, and crush- 

 ing them in their den and the English of New York 

 as well ? By mastering these two towns, we shall 

 secure the whole sea-coast, besides the fisheries of 

 the Grand Bank, which is no slight matter : and 

 this would be the true, and perhaps the only, way 

 of bringing the wars of Canada to an end ; for, 

 when the English are conquered, we can easily re- 

 duce the Iroquois to complete submission." l 



Phips returned crestfallen to Boston late in 

 November ; and one by one the rest of the fleet 

 came straggling after him, battered and weather- 

 beaten. Some did not appear till February, and 

 three or four never came at all. The autumn and 

 early winter were unusually stormy. Captain 

 Rainsford, with sixty men, was wrecked on the 



1 Frontenac au Ministre, 9 et 12 Nov., 1690. 



