A shorte and briefe narration of the two nauigations and discoueries to the northweast partes called Newe Fraunce: first translated out of French into Italian, by that famous learned man Gio: Bapt: Ramutius, and now turned into English by Iohn Florio; worthy the reading of all venturers, trauellers, and discouerers

¶ Howe Donnacona, Taignoagny, with others, deuised a pret∣tie slight or pollicie: for they caused three of theyr men to be attyred like Diuels, fayning to be sent from theyr God Cudruaigny, onely to hinder our voyage to Hoche∣laga. CHAP. 4.

THe nexte day being the eightéenth of September, these men still endeauoured themselues to séeke all meanes

possible to hinder and let our going to Hochelaga, and deuised a pretty guile, as hereafter shall he shewed. They went and dressed thrée men like Diuels, beyng wrapped in dogs skins white and blacke, theyr faces besméered as blacke as anye coales, wyth hornes on theyr heads more than a yar•• long, and caused them secreatly to be putte in one of theyr boates, but came not néere our shippes as they were wont to do, for they lay hidden wythin the wood for the space of two houres, looking for the tyde, to the end, the boate wherin the Diuels were, might approch and come neare vs, whych, when time was, came, and all the reste issued out of the wood commyng to vs, but yet not so neare as they were wonted to do. There began Taignoagny to salute oure Captaine, who asked hym if he woulde haue the boate to come for hym, he aunswered, not for that time, but after a while he woulde come vnto our shippes: then presently came that boate rushing out▪ wherein the thrée diuels were with such long hornes on theyr heades, and the middlemost came making a long Oration, & passed a long our shippes without turning or looking toward vs, but with the boate wente to strike on land••. Then dydde Don∣nacona wyth all his people pursue them, and lay holde on the boate and Diuels, who so soone as the menne were come to them, fell prostrate in the boate euen as if they hadde béene dead: then were they taken vppe and carried into the Wood, béeyng but a stones cast off, then euery one wythdr••we him∣selfe into the wood, not onely staying behinde with vs, where beyng, they beganne to make a long discourse, so lowde, that we myghte heare them in oure shippes, whiche lasted aboue halfe an houre, and beyng ended, we gan to espie Taignoag∣ny and Domagaia comming towards vs, holding their han∣des ioyned togyther, carying their hattes vnder theyr vpper garment, shewyng a greate admiration, and Taig∣noagny lookyng vppe to Heauen, cryed thrée tymes Iesus, Iesus, Iesus, and Domagaia dooyng as hys fellow had done before, cryed, Iesus Maria. Iames Carthier oure Capitaine hearing them, and séeyng their gestures & ceremonies, asked

of them what they ayled, and what was happened or chaun∣ced anew, they aunswered, that there were very ill tydyngs befallen, saying in French, Nenns est il bon, that is to saye, it was not good: our Captaine asked them again, what it was, then answered they, that theyr Lord Cudruaigny had spo∣ken in Hochelaga, and that he had sent those thrée men to shew vnto them that there was so muche Ice and Snowe by the way, that whosoeuer went thither shoulde dye, whych wor∣des when we heard, we laughed, and mocked them, saying, that their God Cudruaigny was but a foole and a noddy, for he knewe not what he did or saide: then bade we them shewe his messengers from vs, that Christ woulde defende them al from colde, if they woulde goe with him. Then did they aske of our Captaine, if he had spoken with him, he aunsweared, no, but that his ministers had, and that he had tolde them they shoulde haue fayre weather: whiche words when they had heard, they thanked our Captaine, and departed toward the woodde to tell those newes vnto their fellowes, who so∣dainely came all rushing out of the woodde, séeming to be ve∣ry glad for those wordes that our Captaine had spoken, and to shew, that therby they had had, and felt great ioy. So soone as they were before our Shippes, they altogither gaue oute thrée great shréekes, and therevpon began to sing and dance, as they were won•• to doe. But for a resolution of the matter Taignoagny and Domagaia tolde our Captaine, that theyr Lorde Donnacona woulde by no meanes permitte that any of them shoulde goe with him to Hochelaga, vnlesse he would leaue hym some hostage to stay with him, our Captaine an∣swered them, that if they would not go with him with a good will, they should stay, for he would not by any meanes leaue his going off, but woulde by all meanes possible endeauour himselfe to goe thither if he coulde.