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When Sir William Vhips had made an end of thefe 

 glorious Exploits, he fent to demand of Mr. deFron- 

 tenac fome Engli(h Prifoners, in exchange for the 

 Sicur Jcliet, with his Wife and his Mother, and fome 

 Sean ; which was forthwith put in execution. 

 This done, the F^ eet weighed Anchor and fteer'd 

 homeward. As foon as the three Merchantmen 

 that lay fculking in the River of Saguemy, faw the 

 Fleet running below Tadoujjac with full Sail before 

 a Wefterly Gale, they put their Guns aboard, and 

 purfuing their Voyage with great fatisfa&ion, ar- 

 rived at Quebec on the iztb of November. They had 

 fcarce put their Cargoe on fhoar, when the bitter 

 cold covered the River with Ice, which dammag'd 

 their Ships fo much, that they were forced to run 

 afhoar. This troublefom Froft was as uneafie 

 to me, as to Mr, de Frontenac ^ for I then faw that I 

 was oblig'd to pafs another Winter in Canada, and 

 Mr. de Frontenac was at a lofs, to contrive a way of 

 fending the King advice of thisEnterpriie, But by 

 good luck, there came all of a fudden a downfal of 

 Rain, which was follow cl by a Thaw, and was e- 

 qualiy acceptable to us both, Immediately theGo- 

 vernour ordered an unrigg'd Frigat to be rigg'd and 

 fitted out; which was done accordingly with fuch 

 difpatch, that the Ballad, Sails, Ropes, and Mafts, 

 were a!) in order almofl as foon as the Orders were 

 given out. When the Frigat Was ready to fail, the 

 Governour told me, that the making of France as 

 foon as ever I could, would be a piece of important 

 Service ; and that I ought rather to perifh, than to 

 fuffer my feif to be taken by the Enemy .or to put in at 

 any Port whatfoever by the way. At the fame time 

 he gave me a particular Letter to Mr. de Seignelay^ 

 the purport of which was much to my advantage. 



I put to Sea the xoth of November, the like of 

 whicti was never feen in ch*t placs before. At the 

 We of Coadres W§ Tcap'd luckily , for there the 



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