SIEUR DE MONTS PUBLICATIONS 



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Sieur De Monts Commission 



De Monts and Acadia 



An Appreciation 



PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES 



CONTAYNING A HiSTOEY OF THE WoRLD IN Sea VoYAGES AND 



Lande Travells by Knglishmen and Others. 



The Patent of the French King to Monsieur de Monts for 

 the inhaJjiting of the Countries of La Caclia, Canada, 

 and other places in New France. 



Henry, by the grace of God King of France and Na- 

 varre. To onr deare and well beloved the Lord of Monts, 

 one of the ordinarie Gentlemen of onr Chamber, greeting. 

 As onr greatest care and labonr is, and hath alwayes 

 beene, since onr comming to this Crowne, to maintaine 

 and conserve it in tlie ancient dignitie, greatnesse and 

 splendonr thereof, to extend and amplifie, as mnch as 

 lawfully may bee done, the bonnds and limits of the 

 same. We being, of a long time, informed of the sitnation 

 and condition of the Lands and Territories of La Cadia, 

 moved above all tilings, with a singnlar zeale, and devont 

 and constant resolntion, which we have taken, with the 

 helpe and assistance of God, Antlior, Distribntonr, and 

 Protectonr of all Kingdomes and Estates, to cause the 

 people, which doe inhabit the Conntrey, men (at this 

 present time) Barbarous, Atheists, witliout Faith, or 

 Religion, to be converted to Ghristianitie, and to the 



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