“2. In _Anno 1621._ King _James_ of _England_ looking upon the Possession gotten there by the _French_, as upon an Invasion, did by his Letters Patents Grant unto Sir _William Alexander_ a _Scotchman_ (_Created afterwards Earl of_ Sterling, _by King_ Charles _the First_) _L’Accadie_, by the Name of _Nova Scotia_; who in the year 1622, and 1623. _after Sir_ Samuel Argal _had driven out_ Biard _and_ Masse, _and demolishing their Fort, carry’d them Prisoners_ to Virginia; having obtain’d the Possession thereof, they Planted a Colony therein, and kept Possession for about two years after, until such time, as upon the Marriage of his Majesty King _Charles_ the First, with the Lady _Henrietta Maria_, the said _L’Accadie_, or _Nova Scotia_, was by Order of the King of _England_ return’d into the Possession of the _French_. “3. Afterwards a War arising between his Majesty King _Charles_ the First, and _Lewis_ the XIII. _Anno 1627._ and _1628_. Sir _David Kirk_ and his Brethren and Relations of _England_, did by vertue of his Majestie’s Commission, send to Sea (at their great charge) first three, afterwards nine Ships, with Warlike Preparations for recovering of the Possession of the said Lands, lying on either side of the said River _Canada_, and to expel and eject all the _French_ Trading in those Parts, wherein they had good Success; and in _Anno 1627._ did there seize upon about eighteen of the _French_ Ships, wherein were found a hundred thirty five Pieces of Ordnance, design’d for relief of the _Royal Fort_ in _L’Accadie_, and _Quebeck_ in _Nova Francia_, under the Command of _Monsieur de Rocmand_, and _Monsieur de la Tour_, Father of _de la Tour_, Governor of the said _Royal Fort_, whom, together with the said Ships and Guns, they brought into _England_; and in the year 1628. they Possess’d themselves of the whole Region of _Canada_ or _Nova Francia_, situate on the North side of the River, together with the Fort or Castle of _Quebeck_, Sir _Lewis Kirk_ being then constituted Governor of the place, the _French_ being then either expell’d or convey’d into _England_, and the Arms of the King of _England_ being publickly there erected, and every where plac’d; and before the year 1628. it was brought to pass by the said Sir _William Alexander_, (assisted both by the advice and charge of the said _Kirk_) that in the parts of _L’Accadie_, or _Nova Scotia_, on the South side of the River _Canada_, the whole place, with the Forts thereon built, being by him subdu’d, presently came under the Power of the King of _England_; that Region on the South side falling into the Possession of the said Sir _William Alexander_, and that on the North side, into the Possession of the _Kirks_.