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d have been too dearly purchased by the vileness of falsehood; and it was readily agreed to restore Quebec. Hazard, i. 314, 315. Perhaps an indifference to the issue prevailed in France; but the pride of honor and of religion seconded the claims to territory; and the genius of Richelieu succeeded in obtaining the restitution, 1632 Mar. 29. not of Canada only, but of Cape Breton and undefined Acadia. Charlevoix, i. 176. Winthrop, i. 13. Hazard, i. 319, 320. Williamson, i. 246, 247. Dummer's Memorial, in III. M. H. Coll. i. 232, is an ex parte statement, unworthy to be cited as of authority. The event has been frequently deplored; but misery ensued, because neither the boundaries of the rival nations were distinctly marked, nor the spirit of the compact honestly respected. While the eastern provinces of America were thus recovered by the firmness and ability of the French minister, very different causes delayed the colonization of Maine. Hardly had the little settlement,