34 Relation [1670 
Admiral came out from his Lodging accompany’d by 
the Gentlemen of the Mission, by Monsieur de Grateloup, 
Quartermaster, by Monsieur de Raturierre, Aide-de-Camp 
of Monsieur de Champmargou, Lieutenant-General, by 
the Sieur la Casse, by many Officers both Naval & others, 
& by all the Officers, Guards, & the Household of Mon¬ 
sieur the Admiral; they went as far as the gate of the 
Fort, where there was erected a sort of throne; each then 
took his place according to his rank. Silence was pro¬ 
claim’d, & the Secretary of the Council read aloud the 
Commissions of the King given in favour of Monsieur de 
la Haye; by which it appear’d that His Majesty, wishing 
to keep the Oriental Countries & their people, who were 
or would be under his dominion, had found that he 
could not make a better choice than that of the person of 
Monsieur de la Haye, for the said post, His Majesty 
giving him power to command in all things, to rule, govern, 
make & ordain all whatsoever the said Sieur de la Haye 
should judge proper, for the welfare and advantage of His 
Majesty; besides power to exercise Sovereign Justice in 
the said obedient Countries, as well over the Ecclesiastics 
as over all other persons in general. 
Thereupon the Officers took the oath of fidelity to 
his Majesty, & of obedience to Monsieur de la Haye. 
After which was proclaim’d an Amnesty given by the 
King in honour of the arrival of Monsieur de la 
Haye in the Oriental Countries, by which the crimes 
of those who were then in the Island, even of the Natives, 
were remitted with general pardon & absolution for the 
past. 
There was also publish’d an Ordinance of the King, 
by which his Majesty order’d all his subjects being in the 
service of Foreigners, to enter into his service or of the 
Gentlemen of the Royal Company of the East Indies. His 
Majesty offering to give them the same wages, rights, 
