favors to us, and these Gentlemen their kindness, I hope that, as soon as we shall know the language, you will see and taste the fruits of a new Church, so much sweeter and more savory as these poor barbarians are now in so pitiable a State. We have already, in our first stammerings, sent some souls to heaven, bathed in the blood of the lamb. These are a few fruits of a vine that you are planting, Monseigneur, and that you bedew with your favors. Also, it is very reasonable that this new Church should begin and progress under the authority and assistance of a Prince of the Church. But I am losing myself in the details of my discourse, forgetting that, in speaking to the Great, one must imitate the Laconian fashion, rather than the Athenian. I am following neither, but am simply relying upon your gentleness and goodness, which procure and grant me access to Your Eminence, and will permit me, if you please, to bear in this new world the title and character, Monseigneur, Of Your very humble, very obedient, and greatly obliged servant in our Lord, Paul Lejeune, of the Society of Jesus. KEBEK, NEW FRANCE, the 1st Day of August, 1635. XXV LE JEUNE'S RELATION, 1635 PARIS: SEBASTIEN CRAMOISY, 1636 SOURCE: Title-page and text reprinted from the copy of the first issue (H. 63), in Lenox Library. Chaps. i.-ii. are given in the present volume; the remainder of the document will appear in Volume VIII. RELATION DE CE QVI SEST PASSÉ EN LA NOVVELLE FRANCE +EN L'ANNÉE+ 1635. Enuoyée au +R. PERE PROVINCIAL+ de la Compagnie de +IESVS+ en la Prouince de France. _Par le P. Paul le Ieune de la mesme Compagnie, Superieur de la residence de Kebec._ [Illustration] A PARIS. Chez +SEBASTIEN CRAMOISY+, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, ruë sainct Iacques, aux Cicognes, M. DC. XXXVI. _AVEC PRIVILEGE DV ROI._ RELATION OF WHAT OCCURRED IN NEW FRANCE IN THE YEAR 1635.