On shore all was confusion. Bailleul, the pilot, went to reconnoitre, and ended by hiding among the islands. La Saussaye lost presence of mind, and did nothing for defence. La Motte, his lieutenant, with Captain Fleury, an ensign, a sergeant, the Jesuit Du Thet, and a few of the bravest men, hastened on board the vessel, but had no time to cast loose her cables. Argall bore down on them, with a furious din of drums and trumpets, showed his broadside, and replied to their hail with a volley of cannon and musket shot. "Fire! Fire!" screamed Fleury. But there was no gunner to obey, till Du Thet seized and applied the match. "The cannon made as much noise as the enemy's," writes Biard; but, as the inexperienced artillerist forgot to aim the piece, no other result ensued. Another storm of musketry, and Brother Gilbert du Thet rolled helpless on the deck.
Scarcely had Brother Gilbert du Thet arrived in France, when Madame de Guercheville and her Jesuits, strong in court favor and in the charity of wealthy penitents, prepared to take possession of their empire beyond sea. Contributions were asked, and not in vain; for the sagacious fathers, mindful of every spring of influence, had deeply studied the mazes of feminine psychology, and then, as now, were favorite confessors of the fair. It was on the twelfth of March, , that the "Mayflower" of the Jesuits sailed from Honfleur for the shores of New England. She was the "Jonas," formerly in the service of De Monts, a small craft bearing forty-eight sailors and colonists, including two Jesuits, Father Quentin and Brother Du Thet. She carried horses, too, and goats, and was abundantly stored with all things needful by the pious munificence of her patrons. A courtier named La Saussaye was chief of the colony, Captain Charles Fleury commanded the ship, and, as she winged her way across the Atlantic, benedictions hovered over her from lordly halls and perfumed chambers.
我一直相信释迦摩尼说的一句话
I have always beheveo nSakyarnuni'swords无论你遇见谁
No matter who you meet
他都是你生命该出现的人
She or He is the right person in your life
绝非偶然
Not by chance
所以我也相信
So dol
无论我走到哪里那都是我该去的地方
Wherever I go thet s where should go
经历一些我该经历的事
Experience the experence
遇见我该遇见的人
#小白瓶陪我过圣诞# Meet the person shouci meet
I have always beheveo nSakyarnuni'swords无论你遇见谁
No matter who you meet
他都是你生命该出现的人
She or He is the right person in your life
绝非偶然
Not by chance
所以我也相信
So dol
无论我走到哪里那都是我该去的地方
Wherever I go thet s where should go
经历一些我该经历的事
Experience the experence
遇见我该遇见的人
#小白瓶陪我过圣诞# Meet the person shouci meet
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