translate English to French: It can be gleaned from this rough estimate--and we are rather below than above the real cost--that one ship of war and one regiment of soldiers would cost £194,740 sterling, for the first year, a sum equal to the annual revenue of this Colony for about four years.
It can be gleaned from this rough estimate -- and we are rather below than above the real cost -- that one ship of war and one regiment of soldiers would cost £194,740 sterling, for the first year, a sum equal to the annual revenue of this Colony for about four years.