...near to it, spoke aloud as follows, in French : " ' By the most high, most powerful, invincible, most victorious Prince, Louis the Great, by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre, the fourteenth of this name. " ' Upon this day, the 9th of April, 1682, 1, by virtue...

...column was erected by M. de la Salle, who, standing near it, said, with a loud voice, in French : — ' In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible,...of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth of that name, this ninth day of April, one thousand six hundred and eighty-two, I, in virtue of the commission of...

...Louisiana, near the three mouths of the River Colbert, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the 9th of April, 1682. In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible,...of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth of that name, and of hit heirs, and the successor of his crown, we, the aforesaid Notarv, have delivered the said...

...Louisiana, near the three mouths of the River Colbert, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the 9th of April, 1682. In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible,...of God, King of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth * This curious and important historical document has never been printed. The translation here given...

...from that which was afterwards adopted. " — Note by Mr Sparks on its publication at Boston in 1844. and victorious Prince, Louis the Great, by the Grace...of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth of that name, and of his heirs, and the successor of his crown, we, the aforesaid Notary, have delivered the said...

...column was erected by M. de la Salle, who, standing near it, said with a loud voice in French, — ' In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible and...Prince, Louis the Great, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, fourteenth of that name, this ninth day of April, one thousand six hundred and...

...Louisiana, near the three mouths of the River Colbert,* in the Gulf of Mexico, on the 9th of April, 1682. " In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible,...of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth of that name, and of his heirs, and the successor of his crown, we, the aforesaid Notary, have delivered the said...

...column was erected by M. de la Salle, who, standing near it, said, with a loud voice in French ; — " ' In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible,...of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth, of that name, this ninth day of April, one thousand six hundred and eighty-two, I, in virtue of the commission of...

...the column was erected by M. de la Salle, who, standing near it, said with a loud voice in French, ' In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible,...prince, Louis the Great, by the grace of God king of France and Navarre, fourteenth of that name, this ninth day of April, one thousand six hundred and...

...near to it spoke aloud as follows, in French : — " By the most high, most powerful, invincible, most victorious Prince Louis the Great, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, the fourteenth of this name. " Upon this day, the 9th of April, 1683, I, by virtue...