...the great ones of the earth under their golden canopies, if they did not fear the Iroquois, who come in search of them from a distance of five and six...flames, to deliver therefrom so many poor Nations. . . . On the I7th, monseigneur of petraea [Laval, titular Bishop of Arabia Petraea, and vicar apostolic...

...them from a distance of five and six hundred leagues. But if the Iroquois goes thither, why should not we also? If there are conquests to make, why shall not the faith make them, since it mnkes them in all parts of the world? Behold countless peoples, but the way to them is closed; therefore...