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courage, valour, good and wise conduct of the said Sieur Denys, who has been nominated and presented to us by the said Company, we have, of our certain knowl- edge, full power and royal authority confirmed, and do confirm anew, this Sieur Denys in so far as is or may be necessary, and have ordered and established, and do order and establish by these presents, signed by our own hand, (as) Governor and our Lieutenant-General, representing our person, in all the country, territory, coasts, and confines of the Great Bay of Saint Laurens, to commence with the Cap de Canceaux as far as the Cap des Rosiers, Isles de Terre-neufve, Isles du Cap- Breton, de Saint-Jean, and other Islands adjacent, in order to re-establish our rule there and the said Com- pany of New France in its rights; to make known there our name, power, and authority, to subjugate, subdue, and bring into obedience the peoples who live there, and to have them instructed in the knowledge of the true God and in the light of the Christian faith and religion; and to command there both by sea and land, to decree and to have done everything that he may believe ought and could be done to support and keep the said places under our authority and sway, with power to appoint, establish, and institute all officers, as well of war as of justice, both for the first time and thereafter in future, to nominate and present them to us for their appoint- ments, and to give them our Letters necessary thereto; and in accordance with the trend of events, with the advice and counsel of the most prudent and capable persons, to establish laws, statutes, and ordinances conformable (so far as he may be able) to our own; to make treaties and to contract for peace alliance and confederation with the said peoples or others having power and command over them; to make open war upon