Complex sentence: According to one theory, the name derives from "mont Réal", as it was spelled in Middle French ("Mont Royal " in modern French), but Cartier's 1535 diary entry, naming the mountain, refers to"le mont Royal".
Split into simpler sentences: According to one theory, the name derives from "mont Réal", as it was spelled in Middle French ("Mont Royal " in modern French). And yet, Cartier's 1535 diary entry, naming the mountain, refers to"le mont Royal".