in the exercise and profession of the same, keepe and con- 

 serve the said people, and all other Inhabitants in the 

 said i^laces, and there to command in peace, rest and 

 tranqnillitie, as well by Sea as by Land : to ordaine, de- 

 cide, and cause to bee executed all that which you shall 

 judge fit and necessarie to be done, for to maintaine, 

 keepe and conserve the said places under our Power and 

 Authoritie, by the formes, wayes and means prescribed 

 by our Lawes. And for to have there a care of the same 

 with you, to appoint, establish, and constitute all Officers, 

 as well in the affaires of Warre, as for Justice and 

 Policie, for the first time, and from thence forward to 

 name and present them unto us : for to be disposed by us, 

 and to give Letters, Titles, and such Provisoes as shall 

 be necessarie, etc. 



Given at Fountain-Bleau the eight day of November: 

 in the yeere of our Lord 1603. And of our Reigne the 

 fifteenth. Signed Llenry: and underneath by the King, 

 Potier ; And sealed upon single labell with yellow Waxe. 



De Monts and Acadia: An Appreciation 



Being portion of an address delivered by Major General 

 Joshua L. Chamherlain at the Ter -Centennial celebra- 

 tion of the founding of Acadia and first permanent 

 settlement of America to the north of Florida. 



There are things done in the world which by a certain 

 estimation are accounted failure, but which belong to an 

 eternal process turning to its appointed ends the dis- 

 continuities of baffled endeavor. We have come to this 

 little spot where broken beginnings were the signal of 

 mighty adventure, and restless spirits, lured by visions of 

 empire forecast upon the morning clouds, pressed and 

 passed like them. The great action of the times we com- 

 memorate was not the result of shrewd calculations of 

 economic advantage ; it was largely the impulse of bold 

 imagination and adventurous spirit stirred by the fore- 



5 



