Yet I fear that in the end he may be forced to give
it all up, to the great scandal and reproach of the
French name, which by such conduct is made a
laughing-stock and a byword among the nations. For as
though their wish was to oppose the conversion of
these poor Western peoples, and the glory of God and
of the King, we find a set of men full of avarice and
envy, who would not draw a sword in the service of
the King, nor suffer the slightest ill in the world
for the honour of God, but who yet put obstacles in
the way of our drawing any profit from the province,
even in order to furnish what is indispensable to the
foundation of such an enterprise; men who prefer to
see the English and Dutch win possession of it rather
than the French, and would fain have the name of God
remain unknown in those quarters. And it is such
godless people who are listened to, who are believed,
and who win their suits. O tempora, O mores!

On August 11, 1607, Port Royal was abandoned for the
second time, and its people, sailing by Cape Breton,
reached Roscou in Brittany at the end of September. The
subsequent attempt of Poutrincourt and his family to
re-establish the colony at Port Royal belongs to the
history of Acadia rather than to the story of Champlain.
But remembering the spirit in which he and De Monts
strove, one feels glad that Lescarbot spoke his mind
regarding the opponents who baffled their sincere and
persistent efforts.