pro more veteri de ipsius bonis tabagiam, hoc est epulum solemne,
vt scilicet post epulas non sicut Iacob benediceret suis, [29] sed
valediceret, ac deinde cōclamaretur, & cōclamato canes præmitterentur
ad interitū. Increpaui ego, vt potui, per interpretē paganicos hos
mores in iam Christianis. Benignè respōdit pater ipse Membertou
neophytos se esse, verum imperarem; in mea potestate esse omnia. Negaui
ego licitam esse illam occisionē canum, aut deplorati derelictionem;
choreas, cantusvé funestos ægroto ipso inspectāte mihi non placere;
ipsam alioqui tabagiam, & piam in extremis agētis consalutationem ac
mandata permisi. Responderunt omnes sibi hoc satis esse, reliqua sese
reiecturos. Cæterum D. Potrincurtij nomine ipsos inuitaui, vt ægrū
in ipsius ædes deportarēt (aberat enim valde procul) sperare nos de
misericordia DEI fore, vt conualescat, quò tandē intelligant falsas
atqʒ impias esse, aut momorū suorū, hoc est fatidicorū denunciationes.
Paruerunt illi, atqʒ ad nos depositum triduo pòst, hoc est semianimē
detulerunt. Quid multa? Fecit dextera Dñi virtutem: non est mortuus,
sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera [30] Dñi. Hoc exemplo commotus
senior ipse Membertou cum eam invaletudinem sensisset, quæ postrema
illi fuit, deportari ipse vltro, ad nos voluit, atqʒ adeò in nostrum
ipsorum tuguriolū, & si placet, in lectum ipsum alterius nostrū. Ibi
decumbentem quinqʒ dies prosecuti sumus omni nō solum officio, sed
etiam famulatu. At sexto die cùm iam vxor eius aduenisset, & cerneret
ipsa vix alteri nostrū, quo miserè humi decubaret, locum esse in
tuguriolo derelictū, aliò suapte sponte demigrauit, vbi & piam mortē
obijt. Certè hunc reperimus (quippe Domini primitias ab hac gēte)
præter cæteros mirabiliter solitū intrinsecus adeò moueri, multò vt
ipse plus de nostra fide conciperet, quàm quantū potuisset auditione
accipere. Itaqʒ solebat ipse crebrò dictitare, valde optare se, vt citò
linguā nossemus. Continuò. n. postquam id perdidicisset, se futurū apud
gentem suam cœlestis verbi ac doctrinæ prædicatorem. Dederat ipse in
mādatis, vt antiquo in monumēto cū demortua prius familia (quā sciebā
paganicè obijsse) [31] sepeliretur. Ego rē improbaui, veritus scilicet,
ne vel Galli, vel etiā Gētiles hoc interpretarētur in fidei nostræ
iniuriā. Sed ille hoc respōdebat: ita sibi promissū fuisse, antequā
Christo nomen daret, fore, vt locus cōsecraretur, & exemplū proferebat
ex anteactis non dissimile; alioqui. n. cōtrà se vereri, si nostro in
cœmeterio humaretur, ne sui deinceps locū refugerent, atqʒ ita nunquā
ad nos redirent. Opposui ego contrà, ̄q potui, & mecū is, quo ferè solo
vtor interprete, D. Biencurtius, fili^{9} D. Potrincurtij. Discessi
mœstus: nihil. n. disputando profecerā. Extremā nihilominus vnctionem,
ad quā paratus erat, non denegaui. Valuit vis Sacramēti: postridie D.
Biencurtiū, mêqʒ magnopere aduocat, docet audiētibus omnib^{9} mutatā
sibi sententiā, velle se nobiscū humari, suísqʒ ̄pcipere, ne ideo locū
refugiant ex veteri errore, quin poti^{9}, è Christiani populi sapiētia
magis ob eam ipsam caussam locū adament, frequenténtque; ad pias
videlicet pro ipso preces effundēdas.
I went to visit this chief's son, who was already at death's door.
I found that, in accordance with their old custom, they were
holding a tabagie, that is, a solemn feast for the distribution of
his property, so that after the entertainment he might, not like
Jacob give them his blessing, [29] but might bid them farewell,
after which they were to bewail his death and then to offer up
a sacrifice of dogs. I rebuked as well as I could, through an
interpreter, these pagan usages among a people who were already
Christians. The father himself, Membertou, answered mildly that
they were but neophytes; that I had but to command and that
everything lay in my power. I said that this slaughtering of dogs
was wrong, as well as this abandonment of the sick man for whom
they were mourning; I added that these dances and death-songs, in
the very presence of the sick man displeased me, though I permitted
them to hold their tabagie elsewhere, as well as to visit the dying
man and learn his last wishes. All replied that this was enough
for them, and that they would dispense with the rest. Moreover, in
the name of Sieur Potrincourt I invited them to transport to his
house the sick man (who was at a very great distance), and said
that we hoped, with GOD'S mercy, for his recovery, so that they
might thus learn at last that the predictions of their medicine-men
or prophets are false and impious. They obeyed, and the third day
after brought to us the sufferer, whose life they had despaired
of, in a half-dying condition. God's right hand exerted its power;
he did not die, but lived, and now, completely recovered, relates
what [30] God has done for him. Moved by this example, the elder
Membertou himself, when he began to suffer from that sickness which
was to be his last, desired of his own accord to be brought to us
and to be received into our own cabin, and even, if it pleased us,
to occupy one of our beds. He lay there five days, during which we
performed every friendly and even every menial office. But on the
sixth day, when his wife had also come, and when she saw that there
was scarcely room left for one of us to find a wretched couch on
the ground in our cabin, he, of his own accord, went elsewhere,
and there died a pious death. We found, indeed, that this man (the
first fruits of the Lord among this people) was, beyond all others,
wont to be so wondrously moved within, that he apprehended much
more of our faith than he could have learned from hearing us. Thus
he used to say frequently that he ardently desired that we might
soon know his language. He said that as soon as he had learned
them thoroughly he would become the preacher of this heavenly word
and doctrine among his people. He himself had commanded that he
should be buried in the ancient burial-place of his family, with
those who were already dead (who, I knew, had died as pagans).
[31] I opposed this, fearing, of course, that the French and even
the Gentiles might interpret this as an affront to our faith. But
he answered that it had been promised him, before he gave himself
to Christ, that this place should be consecrated; and he cited a
past example of something of the sort, adding that he feared, on
the contrary, that if he were buried in our cemetery his people
might thenceforth avoid the place and thus never return to us. I
opposed all the reasons I could, and so did Sieur de Biencourt, the
son of Sieur de Potrincourt, he being almost my only interpreter.
I went off sadly, for I had accomplished nothing by arguing.
Nevertheless, I did not refuse him the extreme unction, for which
he was prepared. The power of the Sacrament manifested itself; the
next day he called eagerly for Sieur de Biencourt and myself, and
told us in the hearing of all the others that he had changed his
mind, and wished to be buried in our cemetery; and to teach his
people that they should not avoid the place in accordance with
their old and erroneous notion, but rather, with the wisdom of a
Christian people, should love and frequent it, in order to utter
pious prayers for him.
Pacem deinde cum Nostris iterum, [32] iterúmque commendauit, méqʒ adeò
præeunte ac manum regente, singulis suorum pio more benedixit: nec lōgè
pòst extinctus est. Funus curatum magna ad exemplum pompâ. Et certè diu
inter hos populos tantæ auctoritatis Sagamus nō fuit. Quo magis est
mirum, quomodo in eo semper inuictus consilio perstiterit, etiam ante
conuersionem, ne plures vnquam simul vxores habere vellet.
Then he recommended to them again [32] and again to maintain peace
with us, and also piously gave his blessing to certain of his
people, I dictating the words and guiding his hand. A short time
after, he died. We deemed it well to celebrate his funeral with
great pomp. And certainly there has for a long time been no Chief
of such great authority among these people. What is still more
remarkable is that he always adhered firmly to his resolution never
to have more than one wife at a time, even before his conversion.
Atque hæc domi gesta, nunc exeamus foras. Lustraui ego cum Domino
Biencurtio magnam totius regionis partem, hoc est totum id, quod
antiqui Norumbedam appellabant, flumina etiam ingressus sum præcipua.
Fructus is extitit, vt & cognosceremus, & cognosceremur; ipsique
siluatici, qui nunquam antea Sacerdotē, aut sacra nostra viderant,
inceperint aliquid nostra de Religione apprehendere. Vbicumque ac
quoties potuimus, infiniti pretij hostiam obtulimus Omnipotenti DEO,
vt scilicet altari, tanquam sede sua posita, inciperet hoc sibi
dominium seruator hominum vendicare; terrerētúrque ac fugarentur [33]
vsurpatione sua laruales tyranni. Et astiterunt frequenter Barbari
magno semper silentio ac reuerentiâ. Inuisebam postea ipsorum casulas,
orabam, ægris manus imponebam, cruciculas æneas aut imagunculas
donabam, ipsisqʒ de collo suspendebam, & quæ poteram diuina insinuabam.
Excipiebant illi omnia perlibenter, signúmque Crucis me ducente
conformabant, feréqʒ omnes pueri etiam me longè prosequebantur, vt
ipsum sæpius iterarent. Semel contigit, vt quem ægrotum altero antè
die inuiseram, propemodúmque depositum audieram, pòst cernerē vegetum,
hilarémque, cruce sua gloriantem, & mihi vultu manúque gratulantem,
vt suspicio magna sit, non solùm opem crucis sensisse, verum etiam
agnouisse. Si quando in Gallicas naues incidebamus, vt sæpe incidimus,
monita salutaria dabantur pro loci & temporis opportunitate: interdum
etiam vectores expiabantur. Semel maxima quædam complurium mala, &
animorum fortunarúmque labes auersa est per DEI gratiam: semel item
[34] exitium certissimum, cædésque non paucorum. Reconciliatus quoque
magni quidam Iuuenis & animi & spei. Is quòd sibi à D. Potrincurtio
timeret, annum iam vnum cum Siluicolis eorum more atque vestitu
pererrabat: & suspicio erat peioris quoque rei. Obtulit eum mihi DEVS,
colloquor, denique post multa Iuuenis sese mihi credit, deduco eum
ad D. Potrincurtium, non pœnituit fidei datæ, pax facta est maximo
omnium gaudio, & Iuuenis postridie, antequam ad sacram Eucharistiam
accederet, suapte ipse sponte à circumstātibus mali exempli veniam
petijt. Iam verò vti superuacaneum est de nauigantibus dicere, quòd
multa pericula mirabiliter euaserint; ita & de hîc commorantibus, quòd
multa sustineant. Quod aqua bibatur, nulla querela est: siquidem cœpit
iam nobis ante sex hebdomadas ita panis deficere, vt nunc detur in
hebdomadam, quod antè dabatur in vnum diem. Nauim expectamus subsidio
venturam. Interim Pistores ac Fabri magno scilicet nomine atque antiquo
viuimus, & [35] incidimus quibus vterque in grauem ægritudinem, sed
Dominus supposuit manū suam. Nam neque id diu fuit, & semper altero
decumbente, alter stetit. Experimur sanè, quantum sit onus vitæ
necessitas, dum lignatum, dum aquatum imus, dum coquimus ipsi nobis,
dum indumenta aut lauamus, aut reficimus, dum sarcimus tugurioli
labes, dum in reliqua corporis cura necessariò detinemur. Inter hæc
dies nobis, miserè, noctésque depereunt; illa nos spes consolatur ac
sustentat, fore, vt qui subleuat abiectos DEVS, vilitatem ipse nostram
pro sua quandoque misericordia non despiciat. Quamquā certè dum in
subsidiorum inopiam, dum in asperitatem regionis & gentis mores, dum
in difficultates rerum, & coloniæ constituendæ, dum in mille pericula
obicésqʒ vel maris vel hominum intendimus, somnium & idea Platonica
videtur quod conamur. Demonstrarem hoc sigillatim, nisi hoc esset cum
Hebræis exploratoribus magis pro humanis viribus, quàm pro diuino
auxilio, nec minus ex [36] animi languore, quàm ex rei veritate
dicere: Terra hæc deuorat habitatores suos; nos locustæ sumus, cùm hic
monstra sint de genere Giganteo. Sed enim tamen, quanticunque sint hi
Gigantes, præualebit ille Dauid in funda & lapide, qui conculcat terram
in fremitu suo, & in furore obstupefacit gentes; ille IESVS hominum
Seruator, qui benefacit terram & perficit eam, quantumcunque infirmata
sit; ille verò, ille, vti speramus, benignitatis ac potentiæ suæ ducet
esse, vt quod vaticinatus est Isaias, _Exultet solitudo & floreat sicut
lilium_: quemadmodum sapientiæ paritérqʒ potentiæ suæ reputauit id,
quod cernimus, vt cultissima imperia, atque omnibus elata viribus, &
gloriâ; suæ cruci atque humilitati subiugarentur. Amen ita sit. Atque
hoc nostrum votum adiuuent comprecatione sua cœlites omnes, atque in
primis cœlitum Regina & præses; adiuuet Ecclesia vniuersa, speciatímque
Ecclesiæ pars illa, cui Paternitas vestra nutu diuino iam diu præest,
Societas, votum meum; adiuuet oro atque obsecro [37] Paternitas vestra
omni ope, suámque nobis ad id benedictionem pijssimam, si placet,
largiatur. E portu Regali in noua Francia vltimo die Ianuarij Anni
CIↃ.IↃC.XI.
_Vestræ Paternitatis filius ac
seruus indignus_
PETRVS BIARDVS.
NOTES:
[IV.] _Sic._ pro Kinibequi.
Such are the things achieved at home; let us now consider what has
been done elsewhere. I have explored with Sieur Biencourt a large
part of this whole region--all that portion, namely, which the
old geographers called Norumbega, including the principal rivers.
The result is that not only have we come to know the country, but
also to be known ourselves, and the savages, who had never before
seen a Priest or the rites of our Religion, have begun to learn
something concerning it. Wherever and whenever we could do so,
we offered the priceless host to the Omnipotent GOD, so that the
altar might be as a seat dedicated to the savior of men, whence
he should begin to extend his dominion among this people, while
their own hobgoblin tyrants are stricken with terror and driven
[33] from their usurpation. The Savages have often been present,
always profoundly silent and reverent. Afterwards I would visit
their huts to pray and to lay hands on the sick; I gave them
little crosses of brass, or images, which I hung about their necks,
and as far as possible I infused some religious notions into their
minds. They received all these things very gladly, they made the
sign of the Cross under my guidance, and nearly all the boys
followed me a long distance in order to repeat it oftener. Once it
happened that a savage whom I had visited a couple of days before,
finding him sick and almost given up by his friends, as I heard,
met me rejoicing and well, and glorying in his cross, manifesting
his gratitude toward me with hands and countenance, so that I
strongly suspected that he had not only experienced the help of
the cross but even recognized it. Whenever we fell in with French
vessels--and this often happened--salutary counsels were given
to the men, in accordance with time and place; sometimes, too,
the passengers made their confession. Sometimes calamities that
threatened the welfare and fortune of many were averted through
the grace of GOD; sometimes, too, [34] certain destruction and the
slaughter of no small number. We have also succeeded in reclaiming
a certain Young Man[13] of great courage and hope who, through fear
of Sieur de Potrincourt, has roamed about for a whole year with
the Savages, adopting their ways and dress--not without suspicion,
too, of something worse. The LORD brought about a meeting between
us. I spoke with him, and at last he confided himself to me. I
brought him to Sieur de Potrincourt; he did not repent of having
placed faith in me; peace was made, to the great joy of all, and
next day the young man, before receiving the holy Eucharist, of
his own free will begged the pardon of those who surrounded him,
for his evil conduct. But as it would be superfluous to speak of
the many perils so miraculously escaped by our vessels, so would
it be to speak of the many sufferings of those who sojourn here.
We make no complaint of having to drink water; as for bread, in
less than six weeks the supply ran so short that now no more is
allowed for a week than formerly for a single day. We are awaiting
a ship that is to bring supplies. In the meantime, as Bakers and
Artisans, a great and ancient quality withal, [35] we continue
living here, but we have each fallen seriously ill; however, the
Lord sustained us with his hand. For this did not last long, and
whenever one of us was sick the other was well. We feel, indeed,
how great a burden it is to attend to all these household duties,
in going for wood and water, in cooking, in washing and mending our
clothes, in repairing our cabin, and in giving the necessary time
and attention to other material cares. Thus our days and nights
wretchedly slip away; but the hope consoles and sustains us that
GOD, who raises up those who are cast down, will some time in his
mercy not despise our unworthiness. Though, certainly, when we
consider our lack of resources, the trying nature of the country,
and the manners of the natives, the difficulties incident to our
undertaking and those incident to the establishing of a colony, the
thousand perils and impediments interposed by the sea or by our
fellow men, our enterprise seems but a dream and a Platonic idea.
I might set forth all these things one by one, if this were not to
imitate the Hebrew explorers, and rather with regard to our human
strength than to God's help, and no less through the [36] faintness
of our own hearts than in accordance with the truth of things, to
say: "This land devours its inhabitants; we are locusts, while
there are here monsters of the race of Giants." But yet, however
great these Giants be, that David with the sling and stone shall
prevail against them, even he who tramples the earth under foot in
his anger, and in his rage strikes terror into the senses of men;
that JESUS, the Savior of mankind, who blesses the world and leads
it toward perfection in spite of all its shortcomings; he, even he,
as we hope, will deem it a thing worthy of his love and his power
that, as Isaiah prophesied, _The solitude should exult and blossom
like a lily_; even as he deemed it good in his wisdom and his power
that, as we see, the most civilized empires in the height of power
and glory should receive the yoke of his cross and his humility.
Amen, so be it. And may all heaven with its prayers further this,
our hope, and above all the glorious Queen of heaven; and my own
prayers be aided, too, by the universal Church and especially by
that portion of the Church over which, in accordance with God's
will, your Reverence has so long presided--the Society; and I
also pray and beseech [37] your Reverence to further it with all
possible aid, and to be pleased to bestow on us toward this end in
all charity your benediction. From port Royal, in new France, the
last day of January, 1611.
_The son and unworthy servant
of Your Reverence_
PIERRE BIARD.
FOOTNOTES:
[III.] _Sic._ for Kinibequi.--[O'Callaghan.]
Index rerum ac nominum nunc primùm huic Epistolæ adjunctus
ACADIA, _duo Societatis Sacerdotes illuc missi sunt_ iii
_et ibi preveniunt_ 26
_Algonquini gerunt bella perpetua cum Irocosiis_ 9
_tribus Novæ Franciæ_ 11
_et Montagnesii iuncti, multo plus mille capitum numerare non
possunt_ 13
_Anthropophagi, Excominqui et Armonchiqui perhibentur esse_ 9, 14
_Aquitaniâ euocatus, Sacerdos ad Novam Franciam proficiscitur_ 20
_Armonchiqui terram possident â fluvio Kinibequi vsque ad
quadragesimum gradum_ 11
_Anthropophagi perhibentur_ 14
_Automoinos, vel veneficos, Barbari consulunt_ 14
_Baia Fundij._ vide, _Sinus Francicus_.
_Baptismum velut signum confœderationis cum Gallis Barbari
accipiunt_ 24
_Barbari lege ac magistratu carent_ [40] 13
_Barbari quomodo vivunt_ 13
_bella populatim gerunt_ 14
_nec templa nec ædes sacras habent_ 15
_cum corpore memoriam ac nomen mortuorum sepeliunt_ 16
_Cacodæmonem colunt_ 16
_tenuem cognitionem Dei habent_ 16
_nonnulli in Galliam deuehuntur et ibi baptizantur_ 23
_centum in Novâ Franciâ baptizati sunt_ 24
_velut signum confœderationis cum Gallis baptismum accipiunt_ 24
_Gallos Nortmannos appellant_ 25
_canes immolant cum mors cuivis suorum appropinquet_ 28
_Barbarorum Novæ Franciæ tribuum nomina_ 9
_Novæ Franciæ numeri ac nomina_ 11, 13
_pelles unicus thesaurus_ 12
_vultus color et mores_ 13
_in quo constat religio_ 14
_in conviviis consuetudo_ 17
_infantes baptizantur_ 27
_P. Biardus invisit casulas_ 23
_Bella Barbari populatim gerunt_ 14
_Biardus, P. Petrus, in Acadiâ mittitur_ iii
_casulas Barbarorum invisit_ 33
_magnam Norumbegæ partum lustrat_ 32
_quemdam iuvenem D. Potrincurtio reconciliat_ 34
_Biencurtius, Ioannes, colonos pro Novâ Franciâ deposcit_ 20
(vide _Potrincurtius_).
_Biencurtius D. Potrincurtij filius, interpretis vices gerit_ 31
_magnam Norembegæ partem cum P. Biardo lustrat_ [41] 32
_Cacodæmonem Barbari colunt_ 19
_Canadæ, Irocosii degunt ad capita magni fluminis_ 9
_S. Ioannis flumen orsum suum habet propemodum ora fluminis_ 10
_Canes, Barbari imminente morte assueti sunt immolare_ 28
_Patres Societatis hunc morem increpant_ 29
_Canoæ e cortice compinguntur_ 17
_Chorographiam Novæ Franciæ P. Biardus proponit mittere_ 18
_Choucaoët brachium est terræ quod sinum Francicum excipit_ 11
_Color Barbarorum_ 13
_Conviviorum apud Barbaros consuetudo_ 17
_Cotonus P. veniam obtinet ut Societas Iesv in Novâ Franciâ
laboret_ 19
_Dei, Barbari habent tenuem cognitionem_ 16
_Dieppam, duo Iesuitæ eunt ad conscendendum_ 20
_et solvunt ab hac portu_ 22
_Etheminquenses inter S. Ioannis et Kinibequi fluvios habitant_ 10
_tribus Novæ Franciæ_ 11
_mille capita numerare non possunt_ 13
_Excominqui fera gens est et Anthropophaga_ 9
_Excommunicati, nomen vulgus Excominquorum_ 9
_tribus Novæ Franciæ_ 9, 11
_Anthropophagi perhibentur_ 14
_Expositio seu capita hujusce Epistolæ_ 6
_Flumina Novæ Franciæ_ 9, 10
_Fœmina apud Barbaros_ 16
_locum mancipii tenet_ 17
_Francici sinûs positio_ [42] 10
_Galli, quæ regio ab illis Nova Francia usurpatur_ 8
_Novæ Franciæ regionem non incolant_ 19
_Galliam, Barbari devehuntur et baptizantur_ 23
_Gallis, Irocosii et Armonchiqui non multum noti sunt_ 11
_Gallorum numerus in Acadiâ_ 25
_Geographi antiqui erroribus pleni_ 7
_Guerchevilia, Marchionisa, pro Patribus Societatis navem emit_ 21
_Gurges S. Laurentii_ 9
_Hæretici in navem Iesuitas recipere nolunt_ 20
_Henricus Rex, veniam dat Societati in Novâ Franciâ laborandi_ 19
_mortuus est_ 20
_Infantes Barbarorum baptizati_ 27
_Insula Præsentis, Terra Nova Barbaris appellatur_ 9
_Insulæ in Nova Francia frequentes sunt_ 12
_Irocosii ad capita magni fluminis Canadæ iacent_ 9
_perpetua bella cum Montagnesiis et Algonquiniis gerunt_ 9
_tribus Novæ Franciæ_ 11
_Isthmum, gurges S. Laurentii et sinus Francicus efficiunt_ 10
_Kinibequi flumen._ vide _Rimbequi_.
_Latitudo Novæ Franciæ_ 8
_Leucas quingentas Isthmus continet_ 10
_Linguæ indigenarum Patres Societatis ignari_ 27
_Massæus, P. Enemundus, in Acadiam mittitur_ iii
_Medicæa Maria, regina regens, Societati Iesv patrocinatur_ 20
_mandat ut Patres in navem recepti sint_ [43] 21
_Membertou, Henricus, Sagamus Soricorum, cum familia ejus,
baptizatur_ 24
_filius ejus ægrotus deportatus est in ædes D. Potrincurtii_ 28, 29
_Sagamus, moritur_ 30
_magnâ pompâ sepulitur_ 32
_Moluarum, Terra nova celeberrima piscatu_ 9
_Montagnesii, ubi habitant_ 9
_tribus Novæ Franciæ_ 11
_Montes Novæ Franciæ nivosi et perpetuò rigentes sunt_ 12
_Mores Barbarorum_ 13, 16
_Mortuorum memoriam ac nomen Barbari cum corpore sepeliunt_ 16
_Nomina Barbarorum Novæ Franciæ_ 9
_Nortmannos, Barbari Gallos appellant_ 25
_Norumbega nihil est quam umbra et vox_ 8
_Norumbegæ P. Biardus magnam partem lustrat_ 32
_Nova Francia, quæ sit regio_ 8
_numeri ac nomina tribuum Barbarorum in_ 11
_quare regio perfrigida est et valdè aquosa_ 12
_Societas Iesv permissionem obtinet laborare in_ 19
_Novæ Franciæ chorographia à P. Biardo facienda_ 18
_Novam Franciam Patres Societatis appellunt ad_ 24
_Numerus Gallorum in Acadiâ_ 25
_Panis in Portu-regali cœpit deficere_ 34
_Patres Societatis Iesv in Portu-regali degunt_ 10
_necessitates ac onera eorum_ 35
_Pedunculos Barbari in deliciis habent_ 18
_Pelles unicus thesaurus Barbarorum_ 12
_Pontia, Antonia._ vide _Guerchevilia_
_Pōtugoët fluvius_ [44] 10
_Portus-regalis latitudo ac situs_ 10
_Patres Societatis ibi perveniunt_ 26