The Pine-tree coast . and, asall idle tales, they invariablyset them down with the otherto enliven their pages. Butthese stories of demons, mer-men, sea-serpents, and othermonsters are like the wineformerly served out at fu-nerals ; they help to reconcileus to the decrees of for Andr6 Thev6t,Angoumois, the chaplain ofCatherine de Medicis, thecompanion of Villegagnon inhis voyage of 1555, to Brazil,and author of a cosmographywritten in the spirit of thetime; that is to say, quite asdestitute of science as of phi-losophy ! It is not improper toscan this writers credentialsa litt
The Pine-tree coast . and, asall idle tales, they invariablyset them down with the otherto enliven their pages. Butthese stories of demons, mer-men, sea-serpents, and othermonsters are like the wineformerly served out at fu-nerals ; they help to reconcileus to the decrees of for Andr6 Thev6t,Angoumois, the chaplain ofCatherine de Medicis, thecompanion of Villegagnon inhis voyage of 1555, to Brazil,and author of a cosmographywritten in the spirit of thetime; that is to say, quite asdestitute of science as of phi-losophy ! It is not improper toscan this writers credentialsa little. He was of an excessive credulity, says M. Weiss; to which Larousseadds, To-day the Voyages of Thevet, placed in the rank of those ofMarc Lescarbot, and become rare, are regarded only as drolleries, everywherefull of humor. And again, He speaks only after the home-made tales ofsailors or passengers, who often amused themselves at his expense. The .ship in which Thevet took passage home to France ran up the coast as. A V( ?TAGE l I NRUMBEGA. 257 far as Newfoundland, or Baccalaos, as it was oftener called by sailors. Afterspeaking t Florida, TheveM goes on to Bay thai one of the finesl rivers in thewhole world presents itself, which we call Norembegue, ami the natives Agomami which is marked «n Borne charts as the Grand River. Several other beauti-ful rivers enter into it; and upon it> hanks the French formerly erected a littleiort. aboul ten or twelve leagues from it^ mouth, which was surrounded byfresh water, ami this place was called tic Fori of Norumbegue. Notwithstanding Thev6t has been hitherto classed with those who lie notwisely, hut too well, his accounl of the more pronounced features of PenobscotBay is sufficiently accurate to disarm criticism with respeel to much more thatis either downright nonsense or bold invention. One thing, however. Thevethas said before anyone else. He was the very first person to formulate thename of New England. In speaking of Cabots v
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