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French king, and on the invitation of the Count d'Estaing, then Governor of Martinique, they hired vessels and transported themselves to that Island.
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Besides the knowledge of several persons now living, who can attest the truth of what has been related, there are records to prove it.
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The Abbe Raynal writes in the spirit of a Frenchman disposed to :find fault with the English Government, and proud of making historical discovery. But how had he his information? From a French Acadian who complains that he had been treated as a rebellious subject, and with such lenity as is not known under the Government of France.
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ACADIAN HYMNS.
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[The three hymns which the Acadians sung on the last days of their stay in Nova Scotia, in the original French from a stray leaf in the handwriting of Dr. Brown, in the Nova Scotia manuscripts in the British Museum.]
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I.
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Faux plaisirs, vous sonneurs, bien frivoles
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Ecoutez aujourdhui nos adieux:
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Trop long temps vous futes nos idoles:
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Trop long temps vous charmetz nos yeux —
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Loin de nous la fidele esperence,
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De trouer en vous notre bonheur,
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Avec vous heureux en apparence,
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Nous portens la chagrin dans le coeur.
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II.
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Tout passe —
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Sous le firmament —
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Tout n'est que changement —
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Tout passe —
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Ainsi que sur la glise —
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Le monde va roulant,
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Et dit en s'ecoulant —
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Tout passe —
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C'est la merite
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Hormis l'eternite
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Tout passe —
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