[iii] Tabvla Rervm [196]
| Pag. | ||
| I | QUID sit Nova Francia | 1 |
| II | De climate | 2 |
| III | De moribus gentivm | 4 |
| IV | De prima exploratione Novæ Franciæ | 4 |
| V | De situ, flvviis et incolis | 5 |
| VI | De promontorijs, de quinqve Francorvm domicilijs | 8 |
| De ortu domicilij Sancti Saluatoris ad ostivm amnis Pentegoetij | 9 | |
| VII | Appvlvnt nostri ad Portvm Regalem | 16 |
| VIII | De laboribus nostrorvm | 17 |
| IX | De rebvs angvstis | 25 |
| X | Patres radices legvnt et pisces ad svstentvm domicilij [iv] | 36 |
| XI | Saussæus ex Francia solvit ad novas missionis sedes collocandas et Sancti Saluatoris domicilivm inchoat | 37 |
| XII | De impetu Anglorum in missionem Sancti Saluatoris et de ruina Sanctæ Crucis et Regii Portis arcium | 41 |
| XIII | Patres in Virginiam et inde in Angliam deportati | 53 |
| XIV | Svmma rervm in Novo-Francica missione gestarvm | 59 |
[iii] Table of Contents.
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| I | WHAT New France is | 1 |
| II | Climate | 2 |
| III | Customs of the people | 4 |
| IV | First exploration of New France | 4 |
| V | Location, rivers, and inhabitants | 5 |
| VI | The capes; the five settlements of the French | 8 |
| Origin of the settlement of St. Sauveur at the mouth of the river Pentegoët | 9 | |
| VII | Our fathers land at Port Royal | 16 |
| VIII | Labors of our fathers | 17 |
| IX | Their hardships | 25 |
| X | The Fathers gather roots and fish for the support of the colony [iv] | 36 |
| XI | La Saussaye leaves France for the purpose of establishing new missionary stations, and begins the settlement of St. Sauveur | 37 |
| XII | Attack of the English upon the mission of St. Sauveur, and destruction of the forts of Ste. Croix and Port Royal | 41 |
| XIII | The Fathers are carried to Virginia and thence to England | 53 |
| XIV | Summary of occurrences, in the mission of New France | 59 |
[562] In Novam Franciam, sev Canadiam Missio. [198]
NOVA FRANCIA, Brasiliæ ac Peruuio continens ad Boream vastissima regio, Aquitanico Galliæ littori ad occasum obuersa, directas ab Occidente in Orientem, & contrà, lineas cum [563] nostra Francia communes habet; ab eaque non ita longo maris traiectu octingentarum, aut is vbi latissimus est, mille leucarum dirimitur interuallo. Ex huiusmodi oppositu & vicinitate nostratis Frãciæ, Nouam Franciam maiores eam appellarunt; cui nomenclationi & illa altera, rei maximè congruens, accessit ex euentu causa, quòd eam terrarum adhuc incognitam oram primi mortalium Franci nostrates deprehenderunt, crebrísque nauigationibus, centum eóque ampliùs abhinc annis, frequentarunt. Canadiæ verò nomen, quod vulgò vniuersam in eam regionem confertur, eius modò plagæ Septemtrionalis proprium est, quæ Canadæ fluminis, & nobilis sinus, cui à Sancto Laurentio nomen est, copiosis aquis alluitur. Enimuerò vniuersæ Nouæ Franciæ amplitudo, nunc, ad Floridæ confinia, multò licet quam nuper contractior, vndequadragesimo tamen gradu, versùs Austrum, determinatur: vltráque nostratis Franciæ latitudinem non paucis leucis porrigitur: exinde autem ignotis adhuc finibus in Aquilonem, sicut & immẽsis tractibus in Sinicum mare ad Occidentem excurrit: quà denique Eurum spectat, nostro Aquitanico Oceano, Britannicóque, ipsi linearum parallelis obiecto, definitur.
[562] The Mission in New France, or Canada.
NEW FRANCE, an immense region adjoining Brazil and Peru on the North, and opposite the coast of Aquitaine in a westerly direction, is situated between the same parallels of latitude as [563] is our France; and is separated from it by the very moderate voyage of 800 leagues, or, where the ocean is broadest, of 1,000 leagues. Because it is thus opposite and near to our France, our ancestors called it New France; and for this nomenclature another especially appropriate reason occurred in the good fortune by which our French fellow-countrymen were the first to take possession of this hitherto unknown region, and visited it in frequent voyages more than a hundred years ago. But the name of Canada, which is commonly given to this entire country, belongs only to that Northern region which is washed by the abundant waters of the river Canada,[48] and of the noble gulf which is called St. Lawrence. Indeed, the whole territory of New France, although now much more confined than formerly, towards the frontiers of Florida, is nevertheless bounded on the South by the thirty-ninth parallel, and extends many leagues beyond the breadth of our France. Moreover, it stretches with yet unknown limits towards the North, and in vast expanses to the Chinese sea on the West; finally it is bounded Eastward by our Aquitanian and Breton Ocean, lying opposite and between the same parallels.
[200] Caeli eadem omnino, quæ nostri Gallici temperatio, ex ea ratione Climatis eiusdem, quam indicauimus, inesse illi regioni debet, vti reuera inest. Soli autem quin par quoque sit ratio, nihil prohiberet, si iugis adesset campestris terræ cultura: & perpetuarum ferè siluarum abesset densa opacitas. [564] Nam opima omnino vniuersi terreni viscera, facilè prodit ingens arborum amplitudo, atque proceritas: summam quoque glebam vbertate multa pinguem, tota planitie camporum, hilariter herbescens terræ viriditas ostendit.