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AMERICA 



Chap. L 





<c Lelois the XIII. Anno 1617, and 1618. Sir David IQrk and his Brethren and Rela- 

 " tions of England, did by vertue of his Majeftie's Commiffion, fend to Sea ("at their 

 u great charge) firft three, afterwards nine Ships, with Warlike Preparations for 

 " recovering of the PoiTeffion of the faid Lands, lying on either fide of the faid 

 < c River Canada^nd to expel and eject all the French Trading in thofc Parts, wherein 

 <c they had good Succefs ; and in Jnno 1 627. did there feize upon about eighteen 

 "of the French Ships, wherein were found a hundred thirty five Pieces of Ord- 

 <c nance, defign'd for relief of the G(oyal Fort in V Accadie, and Quebeck in £{py>a 

 iC Francia, under the Command of Monjieur de Q{ocmand, and Monfieur de la Tour, Fa- 

 " ther of de la Tour, Governor of the faid ^oyal Fort, whom, together with the faid 

 €C Ships and Guns, they brought into England 5 and in the year 1628. they Poffefs'd 

 " themfelves of the whole Region of Canada or ]S(pv a Francia, fituate on the North 

 " fide of the River, together 'with the Fort or Caftle of Quebeck, Sir LeVts Kjrk be- 

 " ing then conftituted Governor of the place, the French being then either expell'd 

 €e or conveyed into England, and the Arms of the King of England being publickly 

 " there erected, and every where plac'd ; and before the year 1628. it was brought 

 " to pafs by the faid Sir William Alexander, (affifted both by the advice and charge 

 " of the faid £irk) that in the parts of V Accadie, or Nova Scotia, on the South fide 

 " of the River Canada, the whole place, with the Forts thereon built, being by him 

 cl fubdu'd, prefently came under the Power of the King of England 5 that Region 

 " on the South fide falling into the PolTeflion of the faid Sir William Alexander, and 

 " that on the North fide, into the PoiTeffion of the I\irks. 



€l 4. On March 19. 1632. a Peace being concluded between King Charles the 

 H Firft, and Lewis the XIII. it was amongft other things on the part of the King of 

 *• England agreed, That all the Forts, as well in V Jccadie as in Nova Francia, fhould 

 « be reftor'd into the Poffeffion of the Subjects of the French King , which was ex- 

 u actly perform'd on the part of the Englijh, though to the great damage of the 

 (e JQrks j but on the part of the French, although it was agreed, as in the fourth and 

 iC fifth Articles of Peace is fet down, (to which reference is had) yet nothing was 

 €l ever perform'd of their parts ; fo that the fQrks did thereupon fufFer lofs, to the 

 u value of five thoufand Pounds Sterl. which were to be paid them by Monfieur dc 

 €C Cane & Frenchman, but remain unpaid to this day. 



a 5. Jnno 1 63 3. the King of England taking notice, that although the Forts and 

 "Caftles, according to the League, were delivered up into the Poffeffion of the 

 P French, (efpecially fuch as had been erected during their Poffeffion thereof) yet 

 €C that his Englijh Subjects were not to be excluded from Trade or free Commerce, 

 " in thofe Regions that were firft Difcover'd and PoiTefs'd by his Subjects, did, 

 ei with the advice of his Council, by his Letters Patents, Dated May n. 1633. upon 

 " consideration had of the Expences, which the faid Kjrks had laid out upon the re- 

 <c ducing of that Countrey with the Fort of Quebeck, to the value of 50000^ 5 and 

 " alfo of their ready obeiiance in refigning up the fame on his Royal Command, 

 " Grant unto Sir Len>is l\irk, and his Brother JohnlQrk and his AlTociates, for the 

 tc term of thirty one years (not yet expir'd) full PriYiledge, not only of Trade and 

 u Commerce in the River Canada, and places on either fide adjacent, but alfo to 

 €i Plant Colonies, and build Forts and Bulwarks where they fhould think fit. 



" 6. By vertue of which Commiffion, Sir Lew %jrk and his Brother John 

 i€ IQrk, and his AlTociates, in the Moneth of February next following, v*\. in 1633. 

 u fet forth a Ship call'd TheMerry Fortune, Laden with Goods of a confiderable va- 

 " lue, confign'd to thofe parts, where during her Trading there, without any juft 



offence given 5 and in time of Peace, flic was by the French forceably feiz'd on, 



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