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           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           The
           Persecution
           OF
           THE
           VALLEYS
           OF
           PIEDMONT
           .
           
             CONTAINING
          
           An
           ACCOUNT
           of
           what
           hath
           passed
           in
           the
           Dissipation
           of
           the
           Churches
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           VALLEYS
           ,
           which
           happened
           in
           the
           Year
           1686.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Newborough
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Ball
          
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           MDC
           LXXX
           VIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           THE
           PERSECUTION
           OF
           THE
           Valleys
           of
           
             PIEDMONT
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           my
           design
           at
           present
           to
           make
           a
           large
           and
           particular
           Relation
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           happened
           on
           account
           of
           this
           sad
           and
           lamentable
           Dissipation
           ,
           since
           I
           hope
           to
           treat
           of
           it
           more
           amply
           hereafter
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           I
           shall
           observe
           all
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           there
           never
           was
           a
           Persecution
           more
           cruel
           nor
           more
           unjust
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           put
           in
           execution
           this
           last
           time
           against
           the
           Churches
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ;
          
           that
           their
           Religion
           hath
           been
           the
           only
           cause
           of
           this
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           who
           have
           escaped
           from
           it
           do
           well
           deserve
           the
           compassion
           and
           charity
           of
           all
           good
           Christians
           .
        
         
           The
           Churches
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           as
           they
           are
           commonly
           called
           ,
           were
           the
           most
           ancient
           of
           all
           those
           that
           derive
           their
           Original
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           whose
           Doctrine
           they
           have
           always
           followed
           and
           taught
           .
           They
           stood
           in
           no
           need
           of
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           they
           never
           were
           partakers
           of
           those
           gross
           Errors
           and
           Idolatries
           with
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           and
           Popery
           have
           infected
           Christendom
           .
           The
           purity
           of
           their
           manners
           hath
           corresponded
           so
           well
           with
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           their
           very
           Enemies
           have
           not
           stuck
           to
           avouch
           ,
           That
           their
           moderation
           ,
           and
           the
           exemplariness
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           have
           contributed
           
           much
           to
           the
           establishment
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           They
           have
           not
           been
           content
           only
           not
           to
           enter
           into
           an
           idolatrous
           and
           superstitious
           Communion
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           always
           openly
           declared
           and
           protested
           against
           those
           Abuses
           and
           against
           the
           Papal
           Tyranny
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           neither
           
             Luther
          
           nor
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           other
           of
           our
           Reformers
           ,
           have
           pleaded
           more
           strongly
           or
           more
           boldly
           in
           confutation
           of
           the
           Heresies
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Church
           :
           as
           also
           the
           aforesaid
           great
           Men
           have
           given
           their
           approbation
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           as
           Orthodox
           and
           Apostolical
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           at
           all
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           at
           then
           ,
           that
           these
           Churches
           have
           always
           been
           the
           object
           of
           the
           hatred
           and
           rage
           of
           the
           Papists
           ;
           that
           Popes
           have
           caused
           
             Croisades
          
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           and
           engaged
           a
           part
           of
           
             Europe
          
           against
           them
           ;
           that
           divers
           famous
           Inquisitors
           have
           at
           several
           times
           made
           use
           of
           all
           that
           cruelty
           and
           subtilty
           that
           rage
           and
           malice
           could
           invent
           for
           the
           extermination
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ;
          
           and
           that
           particularly
           the
           Council
           
             de
             propaganda
             fide
             &
             extirpandis
             Haereticis
          
           hath
           left
           no
           stone
           unturn'd
           to
           effect
           their
           utter
           destruction
           :
           But
           we
           cannot
           sufficiently
           admire
           that
           special
           and
           peculiar
           Providence
           with
           which
           it
           hath
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           always
           to
           protect
           the
           Churches
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           since
           notwithstanding
           so
           many
           violent
           Persecutions
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           perfidious
           Treasons
           with
           which
           their
           Enemies
           have
           always
           repaid
           their
           Fidelity
           ,
           notwithstanding
           seven
           or
           eight
           and
           twenty
           Wars
           ,
           which
           their
           Religion
           hath
           drawn
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           Massacres
           which
           have
           so
           often
           as
           a
           torrent
           overflowed
           the
           Valleys
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           this
           great
           God
           hath
           preserved
           them
           by
           continual
           Miracles
           of
           his
           Providence
           .
        
         
           All
           Historians
           ,
           even
           they
           of
           the
           contrary
           party
           ,
           are
           agreed
           ,
           That
           these
           Churches
           have
           continued
           in
           an
           immemorial
           possession
           of
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           before
           they
           fell
           under
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Dukes
           or
           Counts
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           which
           came
           not
           to
           pass
           till
           the
           Year
           1233
           ,
           when
           
             Thomas
          
           Count
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           made
           himself
           Master
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             Pignerol
          
           and
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           under
           pretence
           that
           the
           Race
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           
             Piedmont
          
           was
           extinct
           .
           It
           is
           also
           certain
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           never
           submitted
           to
           the
           Counts
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           (
           from
           whom
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           is
           descended
           )
           but
           on
           condition
           that
           they
           should
           be
           maintained
           in
           their
           Privileges
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           it
           is
           upon
           this
           Foundation
           that
           the
           said
           Counts
           being
           become
           Princes
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           have
           defended
           and
           confirmed
           the
           
             Waldensian
          
           Churches
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           other
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           .
           They
           have
           granted
           unto
           them
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           several
           authentick
           Concessions
           ,
           
           particularly
           in
           the
           years
           1561
           ,
           1602
           ,
           and
           1603
           ;
           which
           being
           enacted
           and
           enroll'd
           in
           the
           Senate
           and
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           the
           Accompts
           of
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           1620
           ,
           on
           consideration
           of
           a
           great
           sum
           of
           money
           which
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           paid
           thereupon
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           Enrollment
           ,
           these
           Concessions
           thus
           passed
           in
           form
           of
           an
           irrevocable
           Transaction
           and
           of
           a
           perpetual
           and
           inviolable
           Law
           ,
           the
           execution
           whereof
           was
           ordained
           by
           several
           solemn
           Decrees
           of
           the
           Dukes
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           in
           the
           years
           1638
           ,
           1649
           ,
           1654
           ,
           and
           1655.
           
        
         
           The
           Council
           
             de
             propaganda
             fide
             ,
          
           which
           is
           obliged
           by
           its
           Establishment
           ,
           by
           its
           Title
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           Oath
           ,
           to
           procure
           the
           ruine
           of
           those
           whom
           it
           brands
           with
           the
           Name
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           observing
           with
           great
           regret
           the
           peaceable
           and
           quiet
           State
           which
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           enjoyed
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           these
           Laws
           ,
           put
           every
           thing
           in
           execution
           that
           might
           tend
           to
           the
           disturbance
           thereof
           .
           To
           this
           end
           it
           was
           that
           this
           Council
           which
           was
           then
           composed
           partly
           of
           the
           Principal
           Ministers
           of
           State
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           taking
           advantage
           of
           the
           minority
           of
           
             Charles
             Emanuel
             ,
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           caused
           to
           be
           published
           in
           the
           month
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           1655
           ,
           an
           Order
           which
           obliged
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           to
           quit
           the
           Plain
           within
           three
           days
           ,
           and
           to
           retire
           into
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           death
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           did
           not
           make
           proof
           that
           they
           were
           turned
           Catholicks
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           obey'd
           this
           Order
           ,
           as
           unjust
           and
           cruel
           as
           it
           was
           .
           But
           this
           their
           obedience
           that
           took
           away
           all
           pretence
           from
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           could
           not
           secure
           them
           from
           that
           horrible
           Massacre
           in
           the
           year
           1655
           ,
           of
           which
           all
           
             Europe
          
           hath
           been
           informed
           and
           astonished
           at
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           Posterity
           will
           speak
           as
           of
           an
           Action
           the
           most
           inhumane
           ,
           the
           most
           perfidious
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           infamous
           that
           ever
           was
           committed
           in
           the
           World.
           This
           Massacre
           seem'd
           in
           all
           appearance
           irrecoverably
           to
           have
           destroyed
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ;
          
           but
           there
           were
           many
           ,
           who
           having
           escaped
           the
           fury
           of
           these
           Butchers
           ,
           resolved
           to
           defend
           their
           Lives
           to
           the
           last
           gasp
           .
           They
           executed
           this
           their
           Resolution
           with
           that
           brave
           force
           and
           undaunted
           Courage
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           defeated
           in
           several
           Rencounters
           a
           considerable
           party
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           Estates
           interessed
           themselves
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             .
          
           These
           generous
           Protectors
           having
           been
           informed
           of
           this
           dreadful
           Massacre
           ,
           were
           not
           content
           only
           to
           open
           to
           them
           the
           bowels
           of
           their
           Charity
           and
           Benevolence
           ,
           but
           they
           continually
           sollicited
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           by
           their
           Intercessions
           .
           The
           reform'd
           Cantons
           of
           
             Suitzerland
          
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           sent
           on
           this
           account
           four
           Ambassadors
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             .
          
           These
           Ambassadors
           joining
           themselves
           to
           that
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           who
           had
           already
           made
           himself
           Mediator
           or
           Arbitrator
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           
           in
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Master
           ,
           laboured
           together
           to
           procure
           a
           Peace
           ,
           and
           obtained
           for
           the
           Churches
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           a
           Confirmation
           of
           their
           Privileges
           definitively
           and
           irrevocably
           ,
           by
           a
           solemn
           Patent
           which
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           gave
           the
           9th
           of
           
             August
          
           1655
           ,
           enrolled
           in
           due
           form
           in
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Accompts
           of
           
             Turin
             .
          
        
         
           One
           would
           think
           that
           after
           a
           Patent
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           that
           carries
           the
           title
           and
           character
           of
           a
           perpetual
           and
           inviolable
           Law
           ,
           granted
           in
           the
           presence
           and
           at
           the
           mediation
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           of
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Suitzerland
             ,
          
           and
           of
           which
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           was
           declared
           Garantee
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           made
           appear
           hereafter
           ;
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           might
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           fruits
           of
           a
           Peace
           which
           they
           had
           purchased
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           more
           than
           six
           thousand
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           but
           all
           this
           was
           not
           capable
           to
           cover
           them
           from
           the
           Insults
           of
           their
           Enemies
           .
           The
           Council
           of
           Propagation
           violated
           this
           Patent
           in
           its
           most
           essential
           points
           ,
           and
           persecuted
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           by
           divers
           unjust
           and
           violent
           means
           .
           But
           since
           they
           oppos'd
           their
           Persecutions
           only
           with
           complaints
           ,
           their
           Enemies
           took
           their
           patience
           for
           sloth
           ;
           and
           believing
           that
           they
           could
           oppress
           them
           without
           resistance
           ,
           they
           employed
           again
           once
           more
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           and
           renewed
           in
           1663.
           the
           mischiefs
           and
           the
           violences
           that
           they
           had
           caused
           in
           1655.
           
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           knowing
           by
           experience
           that
           to
           stand
           in
           their
           own
           defence
           was
           the
           only
           way
           to
           save
           themselves
           ,
           were
           constrained
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           ;
           and
           defended
           themselves
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           re-established
           their
           Affairs
           about
           the
           end
           of
           the
           year
           1663.
           
           It
           was
           at
           this
           time
           that
           the
           reformed
           Cantons
           sent
           again
           Ambassadors
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           to
           render
           themselves
           Mediators
           of
           the
           Peace
           :
           these
           Ambassadors
           being
           joined
           as
           the
           former
           to
           that
           of
           
             France
          
           who
           resided
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           they
           procured
           again
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           a
           solemn
           ,
           perpetual
           ,
           and
           irrevocable
           Patent
           in
           the
           month
           of
           
             February
          
           1664
           ,
           confirming
           the
           precedent
           ,
           and
           enrolled
           likewise
           in
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Accompts
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Patent
           was
           not
           executed
           with
           better
           faith
           than
           the
           former
           ,
           though
           the
           Duke
           had
           engaged
           with
           the
           Reformed
           Cantons
           in
           a
           Letter
           bearing
           date
           the
           28th
           of
           
             February
          
           1664
           ,
           to
           cause
           it
           to
           be
           punctually
           observed
           .
           It
           would
           not
           be
           easie
           to
           represent
           the
           Artifices
           which
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           Propagation
           made
           use
           of
           to
           render
           this
           Patent
           useless
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             :
          
           It
           may
           suffice
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           defend
           themselves
           against
           so
           much
           subtilty
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           malice
           ,
           if
           God
           ,
           who
           holds
           the
           hearts
           of
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           had
           not
           changed
           in
           their
           favour
           that
           of
           
             Charles
             Emanuel
          
           Duke
           of
           
           
             Savoy
             .
          
           This
           Prince
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           examined
           the
           conduct
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ;
          
           knew
           that
           it
           was
           without
           reason
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           rendered
           them
           odious
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           calling
           to
           mind
           the
           Zeal
           which
           they
           had
           shewn
           for
           his
           service
           on
           several
           occasions
           ,
           particularly
           in
           the
           years
           1638.
           and
           1640.
           when
           they
           so
           vigorously
           opposed
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           whilst
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Estates
           had
           revolted
           against
           him
           ,
           he
           resolved
           for
           the
           future
           to
           treat
           them
           as
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           well
           deserved
           his
           love
           and
           protection
           .
        
         
           The
           War
           which
           he
           had
           with
           the
           
             Genoeses
          
           in
           the
           year
           1672.
           mightily
           confirmed
           him
           in
           the
           favourable
           opinion
           he
           had
           conceived
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             .
          
           They
           served
           him
           in
           this
           War
           with
           so
           much
           Zeal
           and
           Courage
           ,
           that
           this
           Prince
           not
           satisfied
           witch
           commending
           their
           Valor
           and
           Fidelity
           in
           a
           Letter
           which
           he
           wrote
           to
           them
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           gave
           them
           continually
           assured
           marks
           of
           his
           protection
           and
           good
           will
           towards
           them
           ever
           to
           his
           Death
           .
           The
           Duchess
           ,
           his
           Widow
           ,
           after
           his
           example
           ,
           treated
           them
           not
           only
           with
           abundance
           of
           gentleness
           and
           goodness
           ,
           but
           likewise
           engaged
           with
           the
           Reformed
           Cantons
           in
           a
           Letter
           dated
           the
           28th
           .
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           1679.
           to
           maintain
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           other
           Privileges
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           touched
           but
           lightly
           on
           these
           matters
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           go
           beyond
           the
           due
           limits
           I
           have
           set
           my self
           ,
           but
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           convenient
           to
           suppress
           them
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           ,
           they
           serve
           for
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           eshablished
           on
           immovable
           foundations
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           their
           Enemies
           have
           alwaies
           violated
           the
           most
           solemn
           and
           the
           most
           authentick
           Engagements
           ,
           and
           have
           exercised
           nothing
           but
           Cruelty
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           Perfidiousness
           towards
           them
           ;
           they
           serve
           also
           to
           justifie
           the
           conduct
           which
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           at
           last
           taken
           ,
           which
           is
           properly
           the
           subject
           of
           this
           Relation
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           flattered
           themselves
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           that
           now
           reigns
           ,
           they
           might
           enjoy
           some
           Tranquillity
           .
           They
           had
           rendered
           him
           very
           considerable
           Services
           in
           the
           year
           1684.
           in
           the
           War
           of
           the
           
             Banditi
          
           of
           
             Mondovi
             .
          
           This
           Prince
           hath
           given
           them
           authentick
           assurances
           of
           his
           satisfaction
           and
           good
           will
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           that
           he
           caused
           to
           be
           written
           to
           them
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           and
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           Reign
           seemed
           to
           promise
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           that
           in
           rendering
           unto
           
             Caesar
          
           that
           which
           is
           
             Caesar's
             ,
          
           they
           should
           have
           the
           liberty
           to
           render
           to
           God
           that
           which
           is
           God's
           .
           They
           were
           disappointed
           of
           that
           hope
           ,
           when
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
          
           caused
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           about
           the
           end
           of
           the
           year
           1685.
           an
           Order
           which
           forbad
           all
           Foreiners
           to
           go
           and
           inhabit
           these
           Valleys
           ,
           and
           to
           remain
           
           there
           above
           three
           daies
           without
           his
           permission
           ,
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           to
           lodge
           or
           entertain
           them
           ,
           under
           severe
           Penalties
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           already
           heard
           of
           the
           Violencies
           which
           were
           used
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           to
           compel
           people
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           :
           They
           had
           also
           heard
           that
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           had
           made
           void
           the
           Edicts
           of
           
             Nantes
             ,
          
           and
           they
           judged
           well
           that
           the
           prohibition
           that
           was
           given
           them
           not
           to
           further
           the
           retreat
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           might
           be
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           to
           them
           .
           But
           they
           foresaw
           not
           the
           mischiefs
           that
           happened
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           by
           reason
           that
           men
           naturally
           love
           to
           flatter
           themselves
           ,
           or
           because
           their
           Enemies
           took
           all
           the
           care
           they
           possibly
           could
           to
           deceive
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           drive
           from
           them
           all
           thoughts
           that
           fear
           might
           inspire
           them
           withal
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           might
           take
           no
           precaution
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           in
           this
           condition
           when
           the
           Order
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           dated
           the
           31st
           .
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           1686.
           was
           published
           in
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           which
           prohibits
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           in
           general
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           the
           confiscation
           of
           their
           Goods
           ,
           condemneth
           all
           the
           Churches
           to
           be
           demolished
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ministers
           to
           banishment
           ,
           ordaineth
           that
           the
           Children
           that
           shall
           be
           born
           ,
           shall
           be
           baptized
           and
           educated
           in
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           under
           penalty
           that
           their
           Fathers
           shall
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           and
           contains
           almost
           the
           same
           things
           with
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           that
           annuls
           the
           Edict
           of
           
             Nantes
             .
          
           It
           is
           impossible
           to
           express
           the
           fears
           and
           grief
           with
           which
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           seized
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           an
           Order
           so
           surprizing
           ,
           so
           unjust
           and
           so
           rigorous
           ,
           as
           also
           so
           much
           more
           terrible
           than
           the
           preceding
           ,
           that
           had
           produced
           such
           tragical
           effects
           .
           For
           the
           former
           tended
           only
           to
           lock
           them
           up
           within
           streighter
           bounds
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           from
           them
           the
           right
           of
           inhabiting
           the
           Plain
           which
           they
           had
           enjoyed
           time
           out
           of
           mind
           :
           But
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           .
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ,
          
           deprives
           them
           intirely
           of
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           They
           saw
           themselves
           at
           one
           stroak
           precipitated
           into
           a
           dreadful
           abyss
           of
           misfortunes
           without
           perceiving
           any
           means
           of
           recovery
           ,
           and
           they
           found
           themselves
           exposed
           either
           to
           see
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           extinguished
           in
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           that
           had
           shone
           so
           bright
           there
           for
           so
           many
           Ages
           ,
           or
           to
           see
           those
           cruel
           Massacres
           renewed
           ,
           that
           had
           sacrificed
           so
           many
           of
           their
           Brethren
           :
           Nevertheless
           ,
           since
           they
           were
           perswaded
           that
           this
           Order
           was
           got
           by
           surprize
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Enemies
           had
           imposed
           on
           the
           equity
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           they
           had
           recourse
           to
           complaints
           and
           supplications
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           usual
           custom
           ,
           and
           presented
           four
           Petitions
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           to
           implore
           the
           revocation
           of
           this
           Order
           .
           But
           since
           they
           could
           obtain
           nothing
           but
           some
           adjournment
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           
           for
           its
           execution
           ,
           they
           saw
           that
           their
           misfortune
           was
           without
           remedy
           ;
           they
           were
           yet
           more
           certain
           of
           it
           when
           they
           understood
           that
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           who
           for
           reasons
           of
           State
           and
           Polity
           had
           hitherto
           protected
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           was
           also
           declared
           Garantee
           of
           the
           Patents
           aforesaid
           ,
           had
           not
           only
           obliged
           the
           Duke
           to
           put
           forth
           this
           Order
           ,
           but
           further
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           had
           caused
           his
           Troops
           to
           advance
           into
           
             Piedmont
          
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           it
           was
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           seeing
           themselves
           insulted
           over
           by
           the
           Papists
           of
           their
           neighbourhood
           ,
           took
           some
           Precautions
           to
           defend
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           their
           Lives
           from
           the
           danger
           that
           threatned
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Reformed
           Cantons
           having
           been
           informed
           of
           this
           order
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           measures
           that
           they
           had
           taken
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           it
           ,
           thought
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           abandon
           a
           People
           persecuted
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           appear
           on
           this
           occasion
           as
           they
           had
           before
           appeared
           on
           others
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           .
           They
           were
           resolved
           then
           ,
           in
           an
           Assembly
           held
           at
           
             Baden
             ,
          
           in
           the
           month
           of
           
             February
          
           1686
           ,
           to
           send
           again
           Ambassadors
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           to
           intercede
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
             .
          
           These
           Ambassadors
           arrived
           at
           
             Turin
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           and
           made
           their
           Propositionstending
           to
           the
           revocation
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           31th
           of
           
             Ianuary
             .
          
           They
           made
           it
           appear
           that
           the
           Reformed
           Cantons
           were
           interessed
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           Brethren
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Faith
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           Patents
           of
           1655
           and
           1663.
           which
           that
           Order
           destroyed
           ,
           were
           the
           fruits
           of
           their
           Mediation
           ,
           and
           they
           back'd
           their
           demands
           with
           many
           cogent
           and
           solid
           Considerations
           .
           The
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
          
           disputed
           not
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           contented
           it self
           to
           cause
           it
           to
           be
           told
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           That
           the
           Engagements
           wherein
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           had
           entred
           with
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           opposed
           the
           Success
           of
           their
           Negotiation
           .
           This
           obliged
           the
           Ambassadors
           to
           represent
           in
           a
           Memorial
           which
           they
           gave
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           that
           the
           Predecessors
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           having
           engaged
           their
           royal
           word
           to
           several
           Sovereigns
           ,
           and
           particularly
           to
           the
           Reformed
           Cantons
           ,
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           Patents
           granted
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           he
           could
           not
           renounce
           Engagements
           so
           formal
           and
           so
           authentick
           ,
           whether
           because
           these
           Patents
           are
           not
           simple
           Tolerations
           ,
           but
           perpetual
           Concessions
           ,
           and
           inviolable
           Laws
           ,
           or
           because
           these
           Patents
           were
           granted
           at
           the
           intercession
           of
           several
           Sovereigns
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           they
           are
           everlasting
           Monuments
           of
           the
           publick
           Faith
           ;
           or
           lastly
           ,
           because
           the
           words
           of
           Sovereigns
           ought
           to
           be
           sacred
           and
           inviolable
           .
           They
           alledged
           also
           many
           reasons
           of
           Polity
           that
           ought
           to
           oblige
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           to
           
           maintain
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           in
           their
           Privileges
           ;
           and
           the
           rules
           of
           Justice
           and
           Clemency
           did
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           carry
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           Blood
           and
           Slaughter
           into
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           nor
           to
           destroy
           a
           People
           that
           implored
           his
           grace
           and
           mercy
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           done
           nothing
           to
           draw
           upon
           themselves
           this
           severe
           Order
           which
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           despair
           .
           But
           neither
           the
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           nor
           their
           pressing
           Sollicitations
           ,
           nor
           the
           Letters
           of
           Intercession
           that
           many
           Protestant
           Princes
           wrote
           besides
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           produced
           any
           effect
           ,
           but
           served
           only
           to
           confirm
           the
           Ambassadors
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           the
           Engagements
           wherein
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           had
           entred
           with
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           for
           the
           extirpation
           of
           the
           Religion
           in
           the
           Valleys
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           were
           ignorant
           of
           that
           which
           passed
           at
           
             Turin
             :
          
           they
           had
           not
           heard
           of
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           taken
           and
           stopt
           two
           men
           on
           their
           Passage
           who
           went
           to
           carry
           the
           News
           into
           the
           Valleys
           .
           It
           is
           true
           that
           they
           had
           heard
           at
           length
           by
           a
           common
           report
           ,
           That
           these
           Ambassadors
           were
           at
           
             Turin
          
           to
           demand
           a
           Revocation
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           31th
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ;
          
           but
           they
           knew
           nothing
           certain
           of
           the
           success
           of
           their
           Negotiation
           .
           They
           could
           not
           go
           so
           much
           as
           to
           inform
           themselves
           ;
           for
           besides
           that
           none
           of
           them
           durst
           go
           to
           
             Turin
          
           since
           the
           adjournment
           that
           was
           granted
           them
           from
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           Order
           was
           expired
           ,
           the
           Court
           had
           moreover
           refused
           a
           safe
           conduct
           that
           the
           Ambassadors
           had
           demanded
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Valleys
           might
           come
           and
           defend
           their
           Rights
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           practised
           in
           the
           preceding
           Negotiations
           :
           but
           however
           things
           went
           ,
           in
           expecting
           the
           event
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           fortified
           themselves
           in
           their
           own
           Country
           with
           certain
           Entrenchments
           ,
           and
           stood
           upon
           their
           guard
           to
           hinder
           the
           entry
           of
           the
           Troops
           ,
           the
           most
           part
           of
           which
           were
           already
           encamped
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Valleys
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           returned
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           proposition
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           by
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             St.
             Thomas
             ,
          
           one
           of
           his
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           hath
           the
           management
           of
           foreign
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           who
           swore
           to
           them
           that
           the
           Duke
           could
           not
           revoke
           his
           Order
           ,
           by
           reason
           he
           was
           not
           the
           Master
           of
           it
           .
           He
           protested
           to
           them
           also
           ,
           on
           the
           part
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           that
           provided
           the
           Order
           were
           executed
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           refuse
           to
           enter
           into
           some
           Expedients
           .
           He
           gave
           them
           also
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           upon
           their
           account
           he
           would
           not
           refuse
           to
           give
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           permission
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           to
           dispose
           of
           their
           Goods
           .
           The
           Ambassadors
           were
           persuaded
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           having
           neither
           a
           Commander
           nor
           regular
           Troops
           ,
           could
           not
           sustain
           a
           War
           against
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           who
           were
           united
           
           for
           their
           Destruction
           .
           They
           thought
           therefore
           ,
           that
           to
           avoid
           the
           storm
           with
           which
           the
           People
           were
           threatned
           ,
           the
           best
           way
           would
           be
           to
           procure
           a
           Retreat
           for
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           disposition
           of
           their
           Goods
           .
           But
           because
           before
           they
           entred
           into
           this
           Negotiation
           ,
           it
           was
           necessary
           for
           them
           to
           consult
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           the
           Ambassadors
           took
           measures
           with
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
          
           to
           make
           a
           Journey
           thither
           ;
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           also
           gave
           them
           a
           Letter
           to
           this
           effect
           for
           the
           Governor
           of
           the
           Valleys
           .
           The
           Ambassadors
           arrived
           there
           the
           22th
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           and
           caused
           the
           Communities
           to
           be
           assembled
           by
           their
           Deputies
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           declared
           what
           they
           had
           done
           .
           They
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           being
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           destitute
           of
           all
           hopes
           of
           relief
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           more
           to
           do
           but
           to
           consider
           of
           a
           Retreat
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           could
           obtain
           it
           with
           leave
           to
           sell
           their
           Goods
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           they
           would
           embrace
           this
           Proposition
           ,
           they
           would
           relate
           this
           their
           disposition
           to
           it
           as
           coming
           from
           them
           .
           The
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Commons
           being
           much
           surprized
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           expect
           any
           succor
           in
           an
           occasion
           wherein
           they
           thought
           that
           all
           the
           Reformed
           part
           of
           
             Europe
          
           ought
           to
           be
           concerned
           ,
           told
           the
           Ambassadors
           that
           they
           were
           persuaded
           that
           they
           could
           not
           do
           better
           than
           to
           follow
           their
           advice
           ,
           but
           that
           to
           take
           deliberation
           in
           an
           Affair
           of
           so
           great
           importance
           ,
           it
           was
           necessary
           to
           call
           a
           General
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           The
           Orders
           being
           given
           for
           this
           ,
           the
           Ambassadors
           returned
           to
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           they
           informed
           the
           Marquess
           of
           St.
           
             Thomas
          
           of
           the
           Success
           of
           their
           Journey
           ,
           who
           assured
           them
           that
           this
           Negotiation
           was
           very
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Court.
           They
           demanded
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           a
           safe
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           might
           have
           liberty
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           bring
           the
           Deliberations
           that
           should
           be
           taken
           in
           this
           Assembly
           :
           but
           it
           was
           refused
           upon
           these
           two
           Pretences
           ;
           one
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           would
           not
           permit
           that
           any
           
             Waldenses
          
           should
           appear
           at
           the
           Court
           ;
           the
           other
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           designed
           to
           do
           nothing
           in
           this
           Affair
           but
           only
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           .
           They
           were
           forced
           then
           to
           send
           the
           Secretary
           of
           the
           Embassy
           into
           the
           Valleys
           to
           fetch
           these
           Deliberations
           .
           This
           Secretary
           found
           the
           Communities
           assembled
           at
           
             Angrogne
          
           the
           28th
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           very
           much
           unresolved
           what
           course
           to
           take
           ;
           for
           on
           one
           side
           they
           saw
           the
           lamentable
           consequences
           of
           War
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           the
           dangers
           ,
           and
           the
           almost
           unsurmountable
           difficulties
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           Retreat
           ;
           besides
           ,
           although
           they
           might
           depart
           without
           danger
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           behold
           ,
           but
           with
           extreme
           regret
           ,
           the
           hard
           necessity
           of
           being
           forced
           to
           abandon
           their
           Goods
           and
           their
           Native
           Country
           to
           go
           into
           a
           foreign
           Land
           to
           lead
           a
           miserable
           ,
           disconsolate
           ,
           and
           a
           vagabond
           
           of
           a
           life
           .
           At
           last
           they
           took
           a
           Resolution
           to
           send
           a
           Memorial
           to
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           concerning
           the
           dangers
           and
           difficulties
           that
           obstructed
           their
           Departure
           ,
           and
           to
           write
           a
           Letter
           to
           them
           signed
           by
           nine
           Ministers
           and
           eight
           Lay-men
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           after
           having
           entreated
           them
           to
           reflect
           on
           these
           Obstacles
           ,
           they
           should
           declare
           ,
           That
           they
           would
           refer
           the
           whole
           to
           their
           Prudence
           and
           Conduct
           .
           Upon
           this
           Letter
           the
           Ambassadors
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           obtain
           a
           permission
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           retire
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           and
           to
           make
           sale
           of
           their
           Goods
           ;
           but
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           this
           Proposition
           was
           referred
           ,
           gave
           it
           out
           ,
           That
           before
           he
           would
           return
           any
           Answer
           thereto
           ,
           he
           expected
           that
           the
           Communities
           of
           the
           Valleys
           should
           send
           Deputies
           to
           him
           ,
           with
           full
           power
           to
           make
           those
           Submissions
           that
           were
           due
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           beg
           leave
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           his
           Territories
           ,
           as
           a
           peculiar
           favour
           that
           they
           should
           implore
           of
           their
           Prince
           .
           The
           Ambassadors
           had
           reason
           to
           be
           surprized
           at
           these
           Preambles
           .
           They
           had
           denied
           them
           the
           safe
           Conducts
           that
           they
           had
           demanded
           for
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Valleys
           to
           
             Turin
             .
          
           They
           had
           assured
           them
           several
           times
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           should
           grant
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           leave
           to
           retreat
           ,
           it
           was
           only
           upon
           the
           account
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           intercession
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           :
           nevertheless
           ,
           they
           would
           by
           no
           means
           have
           it
           said
           that
           the
           Ambassadors
           desired
           a
           permission
           for
           them
           to
           depart
           ,
           on
           their
           own
           behalf
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           themselves
           that
           made
           this
           Request
           .
           This
           alteration
           was
           not
           made
           without
           cause
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           not
           for
           nothing
           that
           they
           took
           measures
           altogether
           different
           from
           their
           former
           .
           The
           Council
           of
           the
           
             Propagation
          
           who
           managed
           this
           Affair
           ,
           had
           without
           doubt
           respect
           to
           these
           two
           several
           regards
           ;
           one
           was
           ,
           That
           they
           would
           not
           have
           the
           Ambassadors
           named
           in
           the
           permission
           of
           departure
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           should
           have
           the
           less
           right
           to
           demand
           the
           execution
           of
           those
           things
           that
           should
           be
           promised
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ;
          
           the
           other
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           themselves
           desiring
           this
           Permission
           as
           a
           favour
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           at
           liberty
           to
           impose
           on
           them
           what
           conditions
           they
           pleased
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           making
           those
           Submissions
           that
           the
           Duke
           required
           of
           them
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Supplicants
           ,
           and
           would
           by
           consequence
           be
           forced
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ;
           otherwise
           they
           could
           not
           be
           in
           the
           condition
           of
           Petitioners
           .
           But
           however
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           Ambassadors
           being
           willing
           to
           take
           away
           all
           pretences
           from
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           took
           a
           safe
           Conduct
           to
           bring
           the
           Deputies
           whom
           they
           had
           demanded
           :
           they
           sent
           this
           safe
           Conduct
           into
           the
           Valleys
           by
           the
           Secretary
           of
           the
           Embassy
           ,
           who
           caused
           the
           Communities
           to
           be
           assembled
           to
           nominate
           their
           Deputies
           .
           
           But
           as
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           there
           were
           many
           who
           were
           never
           engaged
           in
           the
           design
           of
           departing
           ;
           and
           that
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           new
           Marches
           of
           their
           Enemies
           appeared
           suspicious
           ,
           the
           Communities
           were
           not
           all
           of
           one
           mind
           ,
           nor
           the
           Orders
           they
           gave
           to
           their
           respective
           Deputies
           conformable
           one
           with
           another
           .
           For
           the
           tenor
           of
           some
           ,
           was
           to
           beg
           leave
           to
           depart
           and
           sell
           their
           Goods
           ;
           and
           others
           required
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           their
           other
           Rights
           .
           These
           Deputies
           being
           arrived
           at
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           the
           Ambassadors
           thought
           it
           not
           convenient
           for
           them
           to
           appear
           at
           Court
           thus
           divided
           ;
           but
           sent
           them
           back
           into
           the
           Valleys
           to
           endeavour
           a
           Union
           between
           themselves
           ,
           and
           labour'd
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           to
           obtain
           a
           Truce
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           Their
           Enemies
           heard
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           the
           Communities
           were
           divided
           amongst
           themselves
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           departing
           ;
           they
           were
           so
           well
           persuaded
           that
           this
           division
           would
           be
           an
           infallible
           means
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           and
           fomented
           ever
           since
           ,
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           by
           perfidious
           persons
           whom
           they
           had
           gained
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           It
           is
           also
           to
           be
           presumed
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           had
           proposed
           the
           expedient
           of
           departing
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           prospect
           that
           it
           might
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           disunion
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             .
          
           To
           make
           advantage
           then
           of
           the
           variable
           dispositions
           of
           the
           Communities
           ,
           their
           Enemies
           changed
           their
           minds
           once
           more
           .
           They
           had
           lately
           declared
           ,
           That
           they
           expected
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           should
           themselves
           desire
           a
           permission
           to
           depart
           ,
           and
           should
           make
           their
           Submissions
           thereupon
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           not
           made
           this
           Request
           nor
           these
           Submissions
           :
           several
           of
           the
           Communities
           were
           not
           of
           the
           opinion
           to
           retire
           :
           the
           Ambassadors
           did
           not
           sollicit
           any
           longer
           a
           permission
           to
           depart
           ,
           but
           a
           Truce
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           a
           Letter
           that
           they
           wrote
           to
           the
           Marquess
           of
           S.
           
             Thomas
             ,
          
           the
           8th
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           1686.
           
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           to
           accomplish
           absolutely
           the
           division
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           to
           ruine
           them
           with
           the
           greater
           ease
           ,
           they
           published
           forthwith
           ,
           and
           unknown
           to
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           an
           Edict
           dated
           the
           9th
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           granting
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           an
           Amnesty
           ,
           and
           a
           permission
           to
           retire
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             .
          
           For
           the
           better
           judging
           of
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           
             Propagation
             ,
          
           I
           have
           inserted
           a
           Copy
           of
           this
           Edict
           ,
           translated
           from
           the
           
             Italian
             .
          
        
         
           DIvine
           Providence
           ,
           in
           establishing
           Sovereigns
           above
           the
           People
           ,
           hath
           granted
           unto
           the
           first
           the
           distribution
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           hopes
           of
           the
           one
           may
           invite
           the
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           other
           may
           restrain
           the
           wicked
           .
           The
           last
           of
           these
           
           ought
           to
           fall
           from
           our
           revenging
           hand
           on
           our
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           who
           make
           profession
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           sinee
           it
           is
           notorious
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           not
           only
           opposed
           ,
           with
           great
           obstinacy
           ,
           our
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           last
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           also
           hardened
           themselves
           in
           their
           crime
           ,
           and
           have
           fallen
           into
           the
           excesses
           of
           an
           enormous
           and
           consummated
           Rebellion
           :
           nevertheless
           ,
           our
           natural
           Clemency
           surpassing
           their
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           not
           suffering
           us
           to
           be
           content
           with
           that
           paternal
           forbearance
           ,
           with
           which
           we
           have
           so
           long
           time
           in
           vain
           waited
           for
           their
           Repentance
           ;
           it
           is
           our
           good
           pleasure
           again
           to
           leave
           it
           to
           their
           will
           ,
           that
           hath
           hitherto
           followed
           evil
           counsel
           ,
           the
           choice
           of
           a
           happy
           or
           a
           miserable
           condition
           ,
           and
           to
           open
           to
           them
           this
           last
           time
           the
           gate
           of
           our
           Grace
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           make
           their
           best
           advantage
           thereof
           in
           manner
           following
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           do
           not
           accept
           by
           a
           ready
           obedience
           ,
           they
           cannot
           but
           impute
           to
           their
           rashness
           the
           chastisements
           which
           they
           shall
           deserve
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           shall
           receive
           from
           our
           exasperated
           patience
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           our
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           last
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           we
           have
           by
           vertue
           of
           these
           Presents
           ,
           of
           our
           certain
           knowledge
           ,
           full
           power
           and
           absolute
           authority
           ,
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           our
           Council
           ,
           ordained
           ,
           That
           all
           our
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Lucerne
          
           making
           profession
           of
           the
           Protestant
           and
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           shall
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           retire
           into
           their
           Houses
           within
           the
           time
           herein
           afterwards
           prescribed
           .
        
         
           We
           command
           them
           also
           to
           make
           no
           Associations
           nor
           Assemblies
           in
           any
           manner
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           following
           our
           direction
           ,
           the
           Judges
           of
           those
           places
           may
           have
           free
           access
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Fathers
           Missionaries
           ,
           and
           other
           religious
           Orders
           ,
           may
           return
           into
           the
           Churches
           from
           whence
           they
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           depart
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           have
           turn'd
           Catholicks
           ,
           may
           possess
           the
           houses
           that
           they
           have
           abandoned
           .
        
         
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           it
           is
           not
           reasonable
           that
           the
           Religious
           Missionaries
           ,
           Catholicks
           and
           made
           Catholicks
           ,
           should
           suffer
           by
           so
           many
           damages
           that
           they
           have
           received
           from
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           we
           will
           ,
           require
           ,
           and
           ordain
           ,
           that
           the
           necessary
           sums
           to
           indemnifie
           them
           ,
           shall
           be
           levied
           without
           distinction
           ,
           and
           generally
           upon
           the
           Goods
           of
           the
           said
           Professors
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           shall
           be
           justified
           and
           summarily
           made
           appear
           before
           the
           Chevalier
           
             Monroux
             ,
          
           Intendant
           of
           Justice
           in
           the
           Valleys
           ;
           declaring
           nevertheless
           ,
           that
           in
           proving
           by
           the
           said
           Religious
           that
           the
           damages
           they
           sustained
           were
           caused
           by
           private
           Persons
           ,
           they
           shall
           have
           their
           Redress
           and
           Satisfaction
           from
           the
           said
           private
           persons
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           demonstrate
           to
           our
           said
           Subjects
           how
           great
           our
           Clemency
           is
           towards
           them
           ,
           we
           give
           permission
           to
           those
           that
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           go
           out
           
           of
           our
           Estates
           ,
           to
           do
           it
           within
           the
           term
           and
           upon
           the
           conditions
           hereafter
           prescribed
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           reason
           that
           their
           ill
           disposition
           is
           but
           too
           manifest
           by
           their
           past
           carriage
           and
           conduct
           ,
           and
           that
           several
           may
           cloak
           their
           wicked
           designs
           ,
           under
           a
           false
           pretence
           of
           obedience
           ,
           we
           do
           reserve
           ,
           besides
           those
           that
           shall
           go
           out
           of
           our
           Estates
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           ,
           to
           order
           such
           others
           as
           we
           shall
           think
           fit
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           most
           expedient
           to
           ascertain
           the
           repose
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           remain
           ,
           unto
           whom
           we
           shall
           prescribe
           such
           rules
           as
           they
           shall
           observe
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           an
           augmentation
           of
           our
           Favours
           ,
           we
           grant
           as
           well
           to
           those
           who
           shall
           retire
           voluntarily
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           who
           shall
           depart
           by
           our
           orders
           ,
           power
           to
           carry
           away
           with
           them
           what
           moveables
           and
           Effects
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           to
           sell
           their
           Goods
           and
           Effects
           that
           they
           shall
           leave
           behind
           ;
           nevertheless
           after
           the
           manner
           hereafter
           prescribed
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           shall
           be
           understood
           of
           Foreigners
           and
           those
           descended
           from
           Foreigners
           ,
           who
           shall
           conform
           themselves
           to
           the
           last
           Article
           but
           one
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           above-mentioned
           .
        
         
           The
           abovesaid
           sale
           of
           Goods
           shall
           be
           made
           to
           Catholicks
           and
           those
           that
           are
           converted
           Catholicks
           :
           But
           because
           it
           may
           happen
           that
           there
           may
           not
           be
           found
           Buyers
           enough
           within
           the
           term
           hereafter
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           since
           we
           are
           not
           willing
           that
           the
           Religious
           ,
           who
           shall
           go
           out
           of
           our
           Estates
           ,
           should
           be
           deprived
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           our
           present
           concession
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           lawful
           for
           them
           to
           agree
           with
           four
           or
           six
           persons
           to
           whom
           they
           shall
           give
           their
           Commissions
           ,
           and
           who
           shall
           remain
           ,
           by
           our
           permission
           ,
           in
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           with
           all
           freedom
           ,
           during
           three
           months
           ,
           to
           treat
           and
           negotiate
           with
           any
           ,
           and
           to
           sell
           the
           Goods
           of
           those
           that
           are
           retired
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           shall
           be
           permitted
           to
           prescribe
           in
           their
           Commissions
           the
           precautions
           with
           which
           they
           would
           have
           their
           Goods
           sold
           for
           their
           greater
           security
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           the
           price
           of
           them
           where
           they
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           have
           it
           sent
           them
           ,
           without
           fraud
           or
           malversation
           of
           the
           appointed
           Commissioners
           ,
           over
           whom
           the
           Chevalier
           and
           Intendant
           
             Monroux
          
           shall
           have
           the
           charge
           to
           inspect
           .
        
         
           They
           who
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           retire
           ,
           shall
           be
           obliged
           to
           appear
           respectively
           on
           the
           days
           and
           places
           hereafter
           specified
           ,
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           depart
           without
           Fire-arms
           by
           the
           way
           that
           shall
           be
           marked
           out
           for
           them
           ,
           either
           by
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           or
           by
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Aoste
             :
          
           To
           this
           effect
           a
           Pasport
           and
           a
           free
           safe
           Conduct
           shall
           be
           given
           them
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           not
           receive
           any
           evil
           treatment
           or
           hindrance
           in
           our
           Estates
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           receive
           all
           aid
           and
           assistance
           ;
           and
           because
           ,
           that
           being
           in
           great
           numbers
           ,
           they
           may
           
           be
           exposed
           to
           some
           inconveniencies
           in
           the
           roads
           and
           in
           the
           places
           through
           which
           they
           must
           pass
           ,
           being
           overloaded
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           formed
           into
           three
           Brigades
           ,
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           The
           first
           that
           shall
           be
           composed
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           shall
           rendezvous
           at
           the
           Tower
           ,
           to
           depart
           immediately
           the
           day
           after
           the
           term
           hereafter
           appointed
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           21st
           .
           of
           the
           month
           of
           
             April
             .
          
           The
           second
           Brigade
           composed
           of
           these
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           S.
           
             Bartholomew
             ,
             Rocheplate
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prurustin
             ,
          
           shall
           rendezvous
           at
           S.
           
             Second
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           depart
           the
           day
           following
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           22d
           .
           of
           this
           month
           .
           And
           the
           third
           and
           last
           Brigade
           formed
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           and
           about
           
             Perouse
             ,
          
           shall
           rendezvous
           at
           
             Miradol
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           depart
           the
           third
           day
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           23d
           .
           of
           this
           month
           .
        
         
           The
           term
           limited
           wherein
           our
           said
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           inhabiting
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           obliged
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           expressed
           in
           the
           first
           Article
           of
           this
           present
           Order
           ,
           is
           eight
           days
           after
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           published
           in
           the
           place
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           during
           which
           they
           must
           obey
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           the
           fruits
           of
           our
           Clemency
           ,
           the
           motions
           of
           which
           we
           follow
           as
           well
           as
           those
           of
           a
           paternal
           affection
           ,
           with
           which
           we
           regard
           our
           said
           Subjects
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           heinousness
           and
           enormity
           of
           their
           Crimes
           .
           And
           provided
           all
           that
           is
           above
           said
           ,
           be
           punctually
           observed
           ,
           we
           grant
           our
           grace
           ,
           pardon
           ,
           remission
           ,
           abolition
           ,
           and
           an
           ample
           oblivion
           to
           our
           said
           Subjects
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           excesses
           ,
           defaults
           ,
           crimes
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           that
           they
           may
           have
           committed
           since
           the
           publication
           of
           our
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           .
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           last
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           general
           as
           in
           particular
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           they
           may
           never
           be
           called
           to
           an
           account
           under
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           prohibiting
           all
           Judges
           ,
           Fiscals
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           whom
           it
           may
           appertain
           to
           make
           any
           enquiry
           thereinto
           .
           But
           because
           if
           they
           should
           render
           themselves
           unworthy
           of
           such
           grace
           ,
           in
           not
           observing
           every
           point
           as
           is
           above
           said
           ,
           within
           the
           time
           prescribed
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           of
           too
           pernicious
           a
           consequence
           to
           delay
           any
           longer
           the
           chastisement
           that
           they
           have
           deserved
           ,
           after
           we
           have
           been
           so
           prodigal
           of
           our
           favours
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           waited
           so
           long
           time
           for
           their
           repentance
           ,
           we
           will
           put
           in
           execution
           those
           means
           that
           God
           hath
           put
           into
           our
           hands
           to
           reduce
           the
           obstinate
           to
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           undergo
           the
           punishment
           of
           their
           unheard
           of
           rashness
           .
        
         
           We
           deliver
           it
           to
           our
           Senate
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Given
           at
           
             Turin
          
           the
           9th
           .
           of
           
             April
          
           1686.
           
           Enrolled
           the
           10th
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Edict
           was
           published
           in
           the
           Valleys
           the
           11th
           .
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           the
           same
           day
           the
           Ambassadors
           wrote
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Communities
           to
           know
           their
           resolution
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           they
           gave
           a
           very
           pressing
           Memorial
           to
           the
           Marquess
           of
           S.
           
             Thomas
             ,
          
           to
           have
           some
           assurance
           that
           the
           Troops
           should
           not
           enter
           into
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           and
           to
           obtain
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           certain
           Conditions
           more
           favourable
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Edict
           :
           But
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
          
           certified
           them
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           to
           be
           expected
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           till
           they
           had
           laid
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Ambassadors
           gave
           advice
           to
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Valleys
           who
           had
           been
           at
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           by
           a
           Letter
           dated
           the
           13th
           .
           that
           they
           wrote
           to
           them
           on
           that
           subject
           .
           The
           14th
           .
           the
           Communities
           held
           a
           general
           assembly
           at
           
             Rocheptate
             ,
          
           wherein
           after
           having
           examined
           the
           terms
           and
           conditions
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           they
           were
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           their
           Enemies
           thought
           of
           nothing
           less
           than
           in
           reality
           to
           permit
           their
           departure
           ,
           which
           they
           seemed
           to
           grant
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Edict
           was
           nothing
           but
           a
           snare
           that
           they
           had
           laid
           to
           entangle
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           them
           with
           more
           ease
           :
           They
           resolved
           then
           not
           to
           accept
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           follow
           the
           example
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           to
           refer
           the
           event
           of
           it
           to
           Providence
           .
           Insomuch
           that
           this
           Edict
           which
           was
           designed
           altogether
           to
           divide
           them
           ,
           wrought
           a
           quite
           contrary
           effect
           ,
           and
           served
           to
           unite
           them
           all
           in
           the
           same
           judgment
           .
        
         
           The
           principal
           reasons
           that
           hindered
           them
           from
           accepting
           this
           Edict
           ,
           were
           ,
           First
           ,
           That
           since
           it
           ordains
           the
           entire
           execution
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           .
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ,
          
           that
           condemns
           all
           the
           Churches
           to
           be
           demolished
           ,
           they
           must
           of
           necessity
           demolish
           all
           the
           Churches
           within
           eight
           days
           ,
           because
           the
           Edict
           declareth
           expresly
           ,
           that
           if
           all
           that
           is
           contained
           in
           it
           be
           not
           executed
           within
           the
           space
           of
           eight
           days
           ,
           they
           are
           deprived
           of
           and
           forfeit
           those
           favours
           that
           are
           granted
           in
           it
           .
           It
           must
           follow
           then
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           either
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           themselves
           should
           demolish
           their
           Churches
           ,
           or
           that
           their
           Enemies
           should
           do
           it
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           could
           not
           resolve
           to
           demolish
           them
           themselves
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           sent
           then
           Troops
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           this
           demolishing
           ,
           would
           have
           infallibly
           oppressed
           the
           
             Waldenses
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           they
           designed
           to
           permit
           them
           to
           retire
           without
           disturbance
           ,
           why
           did
           they
           not
           defer
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           31st
           .
           of
           
             Ianuary
             ,
          
           till
           after
           their
           departure
           ?
           Why
           should
           they
           oblige
           them
           to
           demolish
           their
           Churches
           within
           the
           eight
           days
           that
           were
           given
           them
           ,
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           to
           abandon
           for
           ever
           their
           native
           Country
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           to
           render
           their
           retreat
           impossible
           ?
           Thirdly
           ,
           This
           Edict
           requires
           further
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           open
           their
           Country
           to
           Monks
           ,
           Missionaries
           ,
           
           and
           Catholicks
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           had
           thrown
           away
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           opened
           their
           Country
           before
           their
           departure
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           exposed
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           Troops
           who
           would
           not
           have
           failed
           to
           enter
           into
           their
           Country
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           retreat
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           to
           torment
           them
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           had
           changed
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           practised
           elsewhere
           :
           But
           their
           fear
           was
           so
           much
           the
           more
           justifiable
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           they
           gave
           them
           no
           assurance
           that
           their
           Troops
           should
           not
           enter
           into
           the
           Valleys
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           are
           also
           obliged
           to
           retire
           in
           three
           separate
           Brigades
           ,
           and
           to
           rendezvouz
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           where
           the
           Troops
           being
           encamped
           ,
           they
           must
           consequently
           surrender
           themselves
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           deliver
           themselves
           up
           to
           be
           butchered
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           The
           permission
           that
           the
           same
           Edict
           gives
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           sell
           their
           Goods
           ,
           was
           altogether
           useless
           to
           them
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           the
           sale
           could
           not
           be
           made
           till
           after
           their
           departure
           ,
           to
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           management
           of
           Commissioners
           ,
           they
           were
           bound
           out
           of
           the
           price
           of
           the
           same
           Goods
           ,
           to
           indemnifie
           the
           Monks
           ,
           the
           Missionaries
           ,
           the
           ancient
           ,
           the
           modern
           ,
           and
           the
           future
           Catholicks
           ,
           from
           those
           damages
           and
           interests
           which
           they
           should
           pretend
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           have
           enhanced
           above
           the
           value
           of
           their
           Goods
           .
           Sixthly
           ,
           The
           Edict
           also
           ordereth
           ,
           that
           besides
           those
           that
           shall
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           ,
           the
           Prince
           should
           reserve
           to
           himself
           a
           power
           to
           banish
           whom
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           ,
           for
           the
           securing
           the
           repose
           of
           those
           that
           remain
           ,
           which
           supposes
           not
           only
           that
           the
           conditions
           of
           the
           Edict
           were
           so
           disadvantageous
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           be
           many
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           who
           would
           not
           accept
           them
           ,
           nor
           depart
           out
           of
           their
           Station
           ;
           but
           also
           that
           their
           departure
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           a
           Favour
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Punishment
           that
           they
           intended
           to
           inflict
           on
           several
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           since
           they
           reserved
           to
           themselves
           a
           power
           to
           banish
           those
           who
           should
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           stay
           .
           Seventhly
           ,
           The
           Ambassadors
           were
           not
           named
           in
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           no
           security
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           those
           things
           that
           are
           therein
           contained
           .
           They
           had
           good
           reason
           then
           very
           much
           to
           mistrust
           these
           proceedings
           ,
           since
           the
           many
           sad
           experiences
           that
           they
           had
           made
           on
           several
           occasions
           ,
           how
           ill
           their
           Enemies
           kept
           their
           word
           ,
           especially
           in
           this
           juncture
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           broke
           the
           most
           inviolable
           Laws
           ,
           were
           but
           too
           just
           a
           ground
           for
           their
           suspicions
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Since
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           had
           declared
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           Master
           of
           this
           affair
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           engagements
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           with
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           it
           was
           not
           to
           be
           presumed
           that
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           on
           whom
           this
           matter
           depended
           ,
           would
           take
           any
           other
           measures
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           than
           those
           he
           had
           taken
           with
           regard
           
           to
           his
           own
           Subjects
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           also
           several
           other
           reasons
           grounded
           on
           the
           impossibility
           of
           their
           departure
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           upon
           other
           obstacles
           .
        
         
           The
           Communities
           sent
           their
           resolution
           to
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           who
           used
           all
           the
           diligence
           imaginable
           ,
           to
           procure
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           Conditions
           more
           certain
           and
           more
           advantageous
           than
           those
           that
           are
           contained
           in
           the
           Edict
           ;
           but
           neither
           their
           reasons
           nor
           their
           sollicitations
           produced
           any
           effect
           .
           They
           were
           always
           told
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           in
           Arms
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           agree
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           promise
           any
           thing
           positively
           .
           As
           also
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           being
           perswaded
           that
           they
           would
           not
           disarm
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           destroy
           them
           without
           trouble
           and
           without
           resistance
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           means
           yield
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           persisted
           in
           their
           resolution
           to
           defend
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           came
           to
           attack
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           happened
           a
           thing
           that
           served
           much
           to
           confirm
           them
           in
           this
           resolution
           .
           Two
           or
           three
           days
           after
           the
           publication
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           several
           persons
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             Tholozan
             ,
             Gaurier
             ,
             Gauanre
             ,
             Chabrict
             ,
          
           and
           ten
           or
           twelve
           other
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           went
           to
           the
           Intendant
           ,
           to
           declare
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           and
           their
           Families
           intended
           to
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           conformably
           to
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           to
           desire
           of
           him
           safe
           Conducts
           ,
           which
           he
           refused
           them
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           they
           should
           stay
           till
           they
           went
           out
           with
           the
           rest
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           because
           there
           were
           several
           who
           resisted
           his
           sollicitations
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           he
           caused
           them
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Prison
           ,
           where
           some
           of
           them
           languished
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           died
           miserably
           ,
           and
           others
           remained
           there
           above
           nine
           months
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           till
           the
           time
           when
           all
           the
           other
           Prisoners
           were
           discharged
           .
           There
           is
           no
           need
           of
           any
           further
           proof
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           their
           design
           was
           to
           destroy
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           who
           would
           not
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           However
           ,
           the
           Communities
           of
           the
           Valleys
           having
           received
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           made
           another
           Assembly
           at
           
             Rocheptate
             ,
          
           the
           19th
           .
           of
           
             April
             :
          
           They
           persisted
           in
           their
           resolution
           not
           to
           accept
           the
           Edict
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           themselves
           .
           It
           was
           then
           ordered
           in
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Ministers
           should
           preach
           ,
           and
           administer
           the
           Sacrament
           the
           
             Sunday
          
           following
           ,
           which
           was
           
             Easter-day
             .
          
           The
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           entered
           into
           this
           deliberation
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           put
           it
           not
           in
           execution
           .
           Some
           of
           that
           Valley
           changed
           their
           mind
           ,
           without
           acquainting
           the
           other
           Valleys
           .
           And
           the
           Rectors
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Villeseche
          
           wrote
           to
           the
           Ambassadors
           who
           were
           yet
           at
           
             Turin
          
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           their
           departing
           ,
           a
           Letter
           dated
           the
           20th
           .
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           wherein
           they
           declared
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           execute
           the
           Edict
           ,
           they
           entreated
           them
           for
           that
           reason
           ,
           to
           procure
           for
           them
           a
           safe
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           some
           time
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           retreat
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           
           took
           the
           pains
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Camp
           to
           demand
           a
           safe
           Conduct
           ;
           but
           they
           deni'd
           it
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           they
           had
           not
           desired
           it
           in
           time
           .
           It
           was
           always
           too
           soon
           or
           too
           late
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           was
           never
           convenient
           to
           obtain
           safe
           Conducts
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           was
           come
           into
           the
           Camp
           some
           days
           after
           the
           publication
           of
           the
           Edict
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           strike
           terrour
           into
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           by
           his
           presence
           ,
           and
           force
           them
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Conditions
           that
           he
           had
           imposed
           on
           them
           ;
           he
           had
           made
           a
           review
           of
           his
           Troops
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           that
           were
           encamped
           on
           the
           Plain
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           
             Alps
             ;
          
           his
           Army
           was
           composed
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Cava'rie
           and
           Infantry
           ,
           and
           the
           Militia
           of
           
             Mondovi
             ,
          
           of
           
             Barjes
             ,
          
           of
           
             Bagnols
             ,
          
           and
           of
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Foragers
           .
           And
           the
           Army
           of
           
             France
          
           consisted
           of
           several
           Regiments
           of
           Horse
           and
           Dragoons
           ,
           of
           seven
           or
           eight
           Battalions
           of
           Foot
           ,
           that
           had
           passed
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           and
           a
           Party
           of
           the
           Garison
           of
           
             Pignerol
          
           and
           
             Casal
             ,
          
           he
           had
           also
           prepared
           all
           things
           to
           attack
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Truce
           that
           was
           granted
           them
           should
           be
           expired
           ,
           having
           appointed
           his
           own
           Army
           to
           storm
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
          
           and
           the
           Community
           of
           
             Angrogne
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Army
           of
           
             France
          
           to
           attack
           the
           Valleys
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           and
           
             Peirouse
             .
          
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           on
           the
           other
           side
           had
           taken
           some
           care
           to
           defend
           themselves
           ;
           they
           possessed
           but
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             .
          
           For
           the
           Tower
           that
           gives
           the
           Name
           to
           this
           
             Valley
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           considerable
           places
           were
           in
           the
           Enemies
           hand
           .
           The
           Community
           of
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           from
           which
           some
           call
           the
           Valley
           by
           the
           same
           Name
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           large
           extent
           ,
           was
           not
           wholly
           occupied
           by
           the
           
             Waldenses
             .
          
           In
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Peirouse
          
           they
           took
           up
           only
           certain
           Posts
           in
           the
           places
           that
           depend
           on
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ;
          
           for
           this
           Valley
           is
           divided
           by
           the
           
             Cluson
          
           between
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ;
          
           but
           they
           were
           in
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           being
           the
           strongest
           of
           all
           by
           its
           situation
           .
           They
           had
           fortified
           themselves
           in
           every
           one
           of
           those
           Valleys
           with
           several
           Retrenchments
           of
           Earth
           and
           dry
           Stones
           .
           They
           were
           about
           2500.
           
           Men
           bearing
           Arms
           ;
           they
           had
           made
           Captains
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           chiefest
           among
           themselves
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           no
           Foreigners
           ,
           and
           they
           expected
           the
           approach
           of
           the
           Enemies
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           resolution
           .
           But
           since
           on
           the
           one
           side
           they
           had
           neither
           regular
           Troops
           ,
           nor
           Captains
           ,
           nor
           experienced
           Officers
           ;
           and
           that
           on
           the
           other
           side
           there
           were
           several
           
             Waldenses
          
           who
           had
           been
           corrupted
           ,
           or
           that
           had
           relented
           during
           the
           Negotiation
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondered
           if
           they
           took
           not
           all
           the
           necessary
           precautions
           that
           were
           in
           their
           power
           .
           One
           of
           the
           greatest
           faults
           they
           committed
           was
           ,
           their
           striving
           to
           maintain
           all
           their
           Posts
           ;
           For
           if
           they
           had
           abandoned
           the
           most
           advanced
           ,
           and
           had
           retired
           withing
           the
           Retrenchments
           they
           had
           
           made
           in
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           likely
           that
           they
           would
           have
           been
           beaten
           out
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           22d
           .
           of
           
             April
          
           being
           the
           day
           appointed
           for
           the
           attack
           ▪
           the
           
             French
          
           Army
           commanded
           by
           
             Catinat
          
           Governor
           of
           
             Casal
             ,
          
           march●●
           two
           hours
           before
           day
           by
           Torch-light
           against
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Peirouse
          
           and
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           having
           for
           some
           time
           followed
           the
           River
           
             Cluson
          
           on
           the
           Kings
           Territories
           .
           
             Catinat
          
           sent
           out
           a
           Detachment
           of
           Infantry
           ,
           commanded
           by
           
             Vellevieille
          
           Lieutenant
           Colonel
           in
           
             Limosin
             ,
          
           who
           having
           passed
           the
           River
           over
           a
           Bridge
           ,
           entered
           into
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Peirouse
          
           on
           the
           side
           of
           
             Piedmont
             .
          
           He
           seized
           on
           S.
           
             Germain
          
           a
           Village
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           abandoned
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           attack
           a
           Retrenchment
           that
           they
           had
           made
           hard
           by
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           were
           two
           hundred
           Men.
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           quitted
           this
           Post
           after
           some
           resistance
           ,
           and
           took
           possession
           of
           another
           more
           advantageous
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           a
           new
           Detachment
           of
           Horse
           and
           of
           yellow
           Dragoons
           having
           again
           passed
           the
           River
           ,
           came
           to
           relieve
           the
           Foot
           who
           had
           began
           the
           Engagement
           .
           They
           used
           their
           utmost
           efforts
           to
           gain
           the
           Entrenchments
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           which
           they
           thought
           easily
           to
           be
           Masters
           of
           ,
           since
           they
           were
           six
           to
           one
           ;
           but
           they
           found
           so
           stout
           a
           resistance
           ,
           that
           after
           having
           lost
           abundance
           of
           their
           Soldiers
           ,
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           entrench
           themselves
           at
           a
           Pistol
           shot
           distance
           ;
           continual
           Fires
           were
           made
           on
           both
           sides
           for
           more
           than
           ten
           hours
           together
           ;
           but
           at
           length
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           went
           out
           of
           their
           Entrenchments
           with
           their
           Swords
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           surprized
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           who
           little
           expected
           so
           bold
           an
           action
           ,
           and
           drove
           them
           even
           into
           the
           Plain
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           
             Cluson
             ,
          
           where
           opportunely
           they
           found
           a
           Bridge
           that
           kept
           them
           from
           being
           drowned
           .
           There
           were
           on
           this
           occasion
           more
           than
           five
           hundred
           
           French-men
           killed
           and
           wounded
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           several
           Officers
           of
           note
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           but
           two
           men
           killed
           and
           some
           few
           wounded
           .
           The
           account
           that
           the
           contrary
           Party
           hath
           given
           of
           this
           Action
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Relation
             of
             the
             War
             against
             the
             Religious
             ,
          
           called
           
             Barbets
             ,
          
           agrees
           in
           this
           ,
           concerning
           the
           great
           loss
           the
           
             French
          
           then
           sustained
           ;
           for
           it
           affirms
           that
           the
           Fire
           of
           the
           revolted
           put
           a
           great
           Party
           of
           them
           into
           disorder
           .
           It
           confirmeth
           also
           the
           routing
           of
           the
           
             French
             ;
          
           for
           it
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           fell
           violently
           upon
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           drove
           them
           out
           to
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           
             Cluson
             .
          
           In
           this
           rout
           
             Villevieille
          
           threw
           himself
           into
           the
           Church
           of
           S.
           
             Germain
          
           with
           threescore
           and
           ten
           Soldiers
           and
           some
           Officers
           :
           They
           summoned
           him
           to
           surrender
           himself
           ,
           and
           offered
           him
           good
           Quarter
           ;
           but
           he
           refused
           it
           ,
           and
           shewed
           great
           courage
           ,
           although
           they
           had
           killed
           and
           wounded
           a
           Party
           of
           his
           men
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           nevertheless
           infallibly
           forced
           him
           ;
           but
           the
           night
           being
           come
           ,
           they
           found
           themselves
           so
           harrassed
           with
           the
           
           fatigue
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           constrained
           ,
           having
           left
           a
           few
           behind
           to
           guard
           at
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           go
           seek
           for
           some
           refreshment
           .
           
             Villevieille
          
           was
           disengaged
           at
           break
           of
           day
           by
           certain
           Troops
           that
           the
           G●vernor
           of
           
             Pignerol
          
           had
           caused
           to
           march
           all
           night
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           retreated
           into
           their
           Intrenchments
           ,
           thinking
           that
           they
           would
           come
           and
           attack
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           Enemies
           being
           gathered
           together
           in
           greater
           numbers
           than
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           were
           content
           to
           encamp
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           a
           Pistol-shot
           ,
           without
           shooting
           on
           either
           side
           but
           at
           random
           for
           two
           days
           together
           .
           Whilst
           things
           passed
           thus
           in
           
             Peirouse
             ,
          
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Kings
           Army
           repassed
           the
           
             Cluson
          
           to
           the
           Fort
           of
           
             Peirouse
          
           on
           the
           side
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           then
           
             Catinat
          
           made
           a
           Detachment
           of
           Horse
           commanded
           by
           
             Melac
             ,
          
           who
           having
           passed
           the
           River
           on
           two
           Bridges
           ,
           fetch'd
           a
           compass
           about
           to
           gain
           the
           high
           grounds
           that
           separate
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           from
           
             Dauphine
             .
          
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Army
           having
           likewise
           passed
           the
           River
           ,
           went
           to
           encamp
           with
           
             Catinat
          
           at
           
             Bolards
          
           part
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           day
           attack'd
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           at
           a
           Village
           called
           
             Rioclaret
             .
          
           But
           since
           those
           that
           had
           the
           command
           in
           that
           Valley
           ,
           did
           not
           think
           that
           they
           would
           molest
           them
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           shewn
           their
           inclination
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Amnesty
           ,
           especially
           since
           the
           day
           appointed
           for
           their
           departure
           out
           of
           that
           Valley
           was
           not
           prefixed
           :
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           not
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           defend
           themselves
           nor
           to
           make
           any
           resistance
           ,
           but
           yielded
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           the
           pity
           and
           compassion
           of
           the
           Conqueror
           .
           But
           the
           
             French
          
           being
           heated
           and
           vexed
           with
           what
           had
           passed
           before
           S.
           
             Germain
             ,
          
           were
           not
           content
           only
           to
           burn
           ,
           to
           ravish
           ,
           and
           to
           pillage
           ,
           but
           they
           massacred
           without
           distinction
           of
           Age
           or
           Sex
           ,
           with
           an
           unparallel'd
           fury
           all
           those
           that
           could
           not
           escape
           their
           barbarous
           Cruelty
           .
           
             Catinat
          
           having
           ravaged
           all
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Rioclaret
          
           after
           a
           most
           horrible
           manner
           ,
           left
           some
           Troops
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           traversed
           with
           the
           Body
           of
           his
           Army
           the
           mountains
           that
           separate
           this
           Valley
           from
           that
           of
           
             Peirouse
             ,
          
           and
           encamped
           without
           any
           opposition
           ,
           in
           the
           Community
           of
           
             Pramol
          
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Peirouse
             ;
          
           the
           Soldiers
           notwithstanding
           put
           to
           the
           edg
           of
           the
           Sword
           all
           that
           fell
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           Women
           nor
           Children
           ,
           to
           the
           old
           nor
           the
           sick
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Detachment
           that
           
             Melac
          
           commanded
           ,
           having
           encamped
           one
           night
           on
           the
           eminencies
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           entered
           through
           divers
           passages
           into
           that
           Valley
           ,
           having
           certain
           
             Waldenses
          
           for
           their
           Guides
           ,
           who
           were
           so
           base
           and
           treacherous
           as
           to
           conduct
           them
           through
           ways
           unknown
           to
           any
           but
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Country
           .
           He
           left
           wheresoever
           he
           passed
           the
           marks
           of
           an
           unheard
           of
           rage
           ,
           and
           joyned
           the
           main
           
           Body
           of
           the
           Army
           that
           was
           encamped
           at
           
             Pramol
             .
          
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Cruelties
           that
           were
           exercised
           here
           on
           these
           occasions
           and
           many
           others
           :
           It
           shall
           be
           sufficient
           to
           report
           in
           the
           sequel
           of
           this
           Relation
           ,
           some
           Examples
           whereby
           one
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           interrupt
           the
           Relation
           of
           the
           Actions
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Peirouse
             ,
          
           because
           their
           happened
           things
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
          
           and
           
             Angrogne
          
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           known
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           Army
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           having
           had
           their
           Rendezvouz
           at
           the
           Plain
           of
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           22d
           .
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           was
           divided
           the
           next
           day
           into
           several
           Bodies
           ,
           that
           attack'd
           divers
           Entrenchments
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           made
           in
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Lucerne
          
           and
           
             Angrogne
             .
          
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           not
           being
           able
           to
           resist
           the
           Enemies
           Cannon
           in
           the
           Post
           that
           were
           too
           open
           ,
           where
           the
           Horse
           might
           also
           draw
           up
           ,
           were
           forced
           after
           some
           resistance
           to
           abandon
           a
           part
           of
           these
           Entrenchments
           ,
           and
           to
           withdraw
           into
           a
           Fort
           that
           was
           more
           advantageous
           above
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           where
           they
           found
           themselves
           to
           be
           near
           five
           hundred
           Men.
           The
           Enemy
           having
           burnt
           all
           the
           Houses
           that
           they
           found
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           came
           to
           storm
           the
           Fort
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           who
           received
           them
           so
           warmly
           with
           their
           Muskets
           and
           Stones
           ,
           and
           defended
           themselves
           so
           vigorously
           against
           this
           great
           Body
           ,
           that
           they
           kept
           their
           Post
           all
           that
           day
           without
           the
           loss
           of
           above
           five
           men
           ;
           the
           Enemy
           lost
           above
           three
           hundred
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           covered
           with
           an
           Intrenchment
           beyond
           Pistol
           shot
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           fearing
           that
           they
           should
           not
           be
           able
           to
           keep
           this
           Fort
           any
           longer
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           Troops
           encreased
           ,
           passed
           into
           another
           distant
           an
           hundred
           paces
           beyond
           it
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           convenient
           place
           ,
           there
           they
           expected
           with
           great
           resolution
           the
           Army
           that
           advanced
           to
           attack
           them
           ;
           when
           the
           next
           day
           being
           the
           24th
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           they
           were
           informed
           that
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           was
           surrendered
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           
             French
          
           were
           coming
           on
           their
           backs
           ;
           for
           from
           that
           Valley
           there
           is
           an
           easie
           passage
           to
           those
           of
           
             Lucerne
          
           and
           
             Angrogne
             .
          
           This
           news
           obliged
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           treat
           with
           Don
           
             Gabriel
          
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           Uncle
           to
           and
           General
           of
           the
           Armies
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           and
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           General
           Officers
           ,
           who
           having
           understood
           the
           mind
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           promised
           positively
           on
           his
           part
           and
           on
           their
           own
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           should
           be
           absolutely
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           be
           remitted
           to
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           9th
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           provided
           they
           would
           yield
           themselves
           up
           to
           his
           Clemency
           :
           But
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           making
           some
           difficulty
           to
           confide
           in
           this
           promise
           ,
           Don
           
             Gabriel
          
           who
           had
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           sent
           them
           a
           Note
           written
           and
           signed
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           in
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             Lay
             down
             your
             Arms
             immediately
             ,
             and
             submit
             your selves
             to
             his
             Royal
             Highness's
             Clemency
             ,
             in
             so-doing
             ,
          
           
           
             assure
             your selves
             that
             he
             will
             pardon
             you
             ,
             and
             that
             your
             persons
             and
             those
             of
             your
             Wives
             and
             Children
             shall
             not
             be
             touched
             .
          
           An
           assurance
           of
           this
           nature
           might
           give
           full
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           for
           the
           security
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           liberties
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           this
           promise
           was
           made
           in
           the
           name
           and
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           Duke
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           though
           it
           had
           been
           made
           only
           by
           Don
           
             Gabriel
          
           and
           the
           General
           Officers
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           the
           less
           inviolable
           .
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           then
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           relying
           on
           his
           promise
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           purt
           of
           them
           went
           and
           surrendred
           themselves
           to
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           believing
           that
           they
           should
           be
           quickly
           released
           .
           But
           all
           those
           that
           yielded
           themselves
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           were
           made
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           the
           City
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           under
           pretence
           of
           leading
           them
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           to
           make
           their
           submissions
           .
           The
           Enemies
           seized
           also
           all
           the
           ●osts
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           possessed
           in
           the
           Community
           of
           
             Angrogne
             ;
          
           they
           were
           not
           content
           only
           to
           plunder
           ,
           to
           pillage
           and
           to
           burn
           the
           Houses
           of
           these
           poor
           People
           ,
           but
           they
           also
           caused
           a
           great
           number
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           of
           what
           Age
           or
           Sex
           soever
           ,
           to
           be
           put
           to
           the
           edg
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           they
           ravished
           abundance
           of
           Women
           and
           Virgins
           ,
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           committed
           Actions
           so
           barbarous
           and
           brutish
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           enough
           to
           strike
           horror
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           those
           that
           have
           any
           shame
           or
           sense
           of
           humanity
           lef●
           .
           There
           were
           nevertheless
           many
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           who
           after
           this
           composition
           dispersed
           themselves
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           heard
           what
           became
           of
           the
           first
           that
           did
           :
           seeing
           then
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           Army
           exercised
           all
           manner
           of
           outrages
           whithersoever
           they
           came
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           that
           had
           surrendered
           themselves
           were
           detained
           ,
           they
           hid
           themselves
           in
           the
           Woods
           ,
           and
           sent
           a
           Petition
           to
           Don
           
             Gabriel
          
           by
           a
           man
           of
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           named
           
             Bartholomew
             Fraschie
             ,
          
           to
           entreat
           the
           release
           of
           their
           Brethren
           whom
           they
           kept
           in
           hold
           contrary
           to
           their
           word
           ,
           and
           to
           cause
           a
           cessation
           of
           those
           Acts
           of
           Hostility
           that
           the
           Army
           executed
           after
           so
           barbarous
           a
           manner
           .
           Don
           
             Gabriel
          
           returned
           no
           answer
           to
           this
           request
           ;
           but
           certain
           Officers
           replyed
           to
           
             Fraschie
             ,
          
           that
           they
           carried
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           for
           no
           other
           cause
           ,
           but
           to
           ask
           forgiveness
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           and
           that
           afterwards
           they
           should
           be
           released
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           Don
           
             Gabriel
          
           caused
           the
           highest
           places
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Angrogne
          
           to
           be
           gained
           by
           part
           of
           his
           Army
           ,
           who
           finding
           no
           more
           opposition
           ,
           came
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Tower
           ,
           being
           the
           most
           considerable
           Fort
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           in
           which
           they
           had
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Cattle
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
          
           who
           commanded
           this
           Body
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           gave
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           a
           Peace
           being
           concluded
           by
           the
           Capitulation
           of
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           he
           offered
           to
           them
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           the
           frui●s
           
           of
           the
           said
           Peace
           .
           He
           assured
           them
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           on
           the
           Word
           and
           Honour
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           would
           deliver
           themselves
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           their
           Persons
           and
           those
           of
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           should
           be
           preserved
           harmless
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           carry
           away
           with
           them
           what
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           ,
           without
           fear
           of
           having
           any
           thing
           taken
           from
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           but
           to
           come
           to
           
             Lucerne
          
           to
           make
           their
           Submissions
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           this
           condition
           ,
           those
           that
           were
           willing
           to
           turn
           Catholicks
           ,
           might
           return
           with
           all
           Safety
           to
           their
           Houses
           and
           Goods
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           would
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           should
           have
           Liberty
           to
           depart
           ,
           conformably
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           
             9th
          
           of
           
             April
             .
          
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Field
           and
           in
           the
           Tower
           yielded
           themselves
           again
           ,
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           these
           Promises
           ,
           that
           were
           no
           better
           performed
           than
           the
           other
           :
           for
           the
           Enemies
           were
           no
           sooner
           entred
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           when
           not
           only
           all
           that
           belonged
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           was
           left
           to
           the
           plunder
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Banditi
          
           of
           
             Mondovi
          
           their
           mortal
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           enriched
           themselves
           with
           their
           spoils
           :
           but
           those
           poor
           people
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           whom
           consisted
           of
           old
           Men
           ,
           of
           sick
           Persons
           ,
           and
           of
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           were
           made
           Prisoners
           ,
           with
           some
           Ministers
           who
           were
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           hurried
           along
           so
           violently
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           through
           Age
           or
           Infirmity
           could
           not
           march
           so
           fast
           as
           the
           Soldiers
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           had
           their
           Throats
           cut
           ,
           or
           were
           flung
           headlong
           down
           Precipices
           .
        
         
           To
           return
           to
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           whom
           we
           left
           at
           
             Pramol
          
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Peirouse
             ,
          
           they
           committed
           almost
           the
           same
           Outrages
           that
           the
           Dukes
           Troops
           had
           done
           at
           
             Angrogne
          
           and
           at
           the
           Tower
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             .
          
           They
           were
           encamped
           in
           a
           Quarter
           of
           the
           Community
           of
           
             Pramol
             ,
          
           called
           
             la
             Rua
             ,
          
           distant
           about
           half
           an
           hours
           march
           from
           another
           Quarter
           called
           
             Peumian
             ,
          
           where
           a
           Party
           of
           the
           Communities
           of
           
             Pramol
             ,
             St.
             Germain
             ,
             Prarustia
          
           and
           
             Rocheplate
          
           were
           retreated
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           1500
           persons
           ,
           as
           well
           Men
           as
           Women
           and
           Children
           .
           The
           
             French
          
           might
           easily
           make
           a
           descent
           from
           their
           Quarters
           to
           St.
           
             Germain
             ,
          
           and
           carry
           away
           the
           two
           hundred
           
             Waldenses
          
           who
           had
           so
           valiantly
           defended
           themselves
           before
           ,
           and
           were
           retreated
           within
           their
           Retrenchments
           :
           but
           they
           being
           informed
           of
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           St.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           Enemies
           March
           ,
           quitted
           this
           Intrenchment
           ,
           fearing
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           surprized
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           went
           into
           
             Peumian
          
           with
           their
           Brethren
           .
           They
           were
           consulting
           how
           they
           might
           defend
           themselves
           against
           the
           
             French
          
           who
           prepared
           to
           attack
           them
           ,
           when
           certain
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           who
           had
           revolted
           to
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           came
           and
           assured
           them
           that
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Angrogne
          
           and
           
             Lucerne
          
           
           had
           already
           submitted
           to
           their
           Prince's
           discretion
           ,
           who
           had
           pardoned
           them
           ,
           and
           referred
           them
           to
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           9th
           of
           
             April
             .
          
           They
           told
           them
           also
           ,
           That
           he
           only
           offer'd
           them
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           a
           War
           ,
           the
           weight
           whereof
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           sustain
           alone
           ,
           and
           to
           procure
           for
           themselves
           an
           advantageous
           Peace
           .
           This
           News
           having
           in
           part
           broke
           the
           measures
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           they
           sent
           Deputies
           and
           a
           Drummer
           to
           treat
           with
           the
           General
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           Army
           ,
           who
           desired
           nothing
           more
           than
           a
           Proposition
           of
           Peace
           .
           He
           told
           them
           that
           his
           Royal
           Highness's
           Intention
           was
           to
           pardon
           them
           ,
           and
           promised
           them
           positively
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           on
           his
           own
           behalf
           ,
           the
           Lives
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           with
           a
           permission
           to
           return
           with
           all
           security
           to
           their
           Houses
           and
           Goods
           ,
           provided
           they
           would
           readily
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           :
           and
           whereas
           the
           Deputies
           represented
           to
           him
           that
           they
           feared
           lest
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           being
           exasperated
           with
           what
           had
           passed
           at
           St.
           
             Germain
             ,
          
           should
           revenge
           themselves
           on
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           when
           they
           were
           disarmed
           ;
           he
           made
           great
           Protestations
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           them
           with
           Oaths
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           whole
           Army
           should
           pass
           by
           their
           Houses
           ,
           yet
           they
           should
           not
           kill
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Chicken
           .
           This
           Proposition
           being
           made
           ,
           
             Catinat
          
           detained
           with
           him
           one
           of
           the
           Deputies
           ,
           and
           sent
           back
           the
           others
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           to
           oblige
           all
           them
           that
           were
           dispersed
           to
           meet
           together
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           being
           the
           25th
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           at
           
             Peumian
             ,
          
           to
           the
           end
           that
           every
           one
           might
           return
           to
           his
           House
           after
           they
           were
           informed
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           while
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           gathering
           together
           their
           scattered
           Families
           at
           
             Peumian
             ,
             Catinat
          
           gave
           an
           account
           of
           this
           Capitulation
           to
           Don
           
             Gabriel
             ,
          
           who
           sent
           a
           Courier
           to
           him
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           who
           passing
           through
           
             Peumian
          
           assured
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           he
           brought
           Peace
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           day
           at
           his
           Return
           ,
           he
           told
           them
           that
           the
           Peace
           was
           concluded
           .
           They
           were
           so
           well
           persuaded
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           laid
           down
           their
           Arms
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           observing
           the
           conditions
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           confiding
           wholly
           in
           
           Catinat's
           Promises
           .
           In
           these
           Circumstances
           they
           were
           expecting
           the
           News
           at
           
             Peumian
             ,
          
           when
           there
           arrived
           a
           person
           named
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           Captains
           in
           the
           Garrison
           of
           the
           Fort
           of
           
             Peirouse
             ,
          
           with
           several
           Dragoons
           with
           him
           .
           This
           Captain
           ,
           who
           was
           very
           well
           known
           by
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           repeated
           to
           them
           the
           assurances
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           Men
           to
           be
           put
           in
           one
           Quarter
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           and
           Children
           in
           another
           .
           The
           
             French
          
           Troops
           being
           arrived
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           told
           the
           Men
           that
           they
           had
           Orders
           to
           lead
           them
           to
           their
           own
           Houses
           ,
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           march
           four
           by
           four
           .
           These
           poor
           people
           being
           forced
           to
           leave
           their
           Wives
           and
           their
           Daughters
           exposed
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           were
           conducted
           ,
           not
           to
           their
           Houses
           ,
           
           as
           they
           were
           told
           ,
           but
           to
           
             Don
             Gabriel
          
           who
           was
           encamped
           on
           the
           Mountain
           
             de
             la
             Vachiere
             ,
          
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           be
           carried
           Prisoners
           to
           
             Lucerne
             .
          
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           Women
           suffer'd
           all
           the
           abominable
           usage
           and
           cruelty
           that
           the
           rage
           of
           brutish
           Soldiers
           could
           invent
           ;
           for
           these
           Barbarians
           were
           not
           satisfied
           with
           rifling
           them
           of
           all
           the
           money
           they
           had
           about
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           ravished
           many
           Women
           and
           Virgins
           after
           a
           manner
           that
           modesty
           forbids
           to
           relate
           ,
           and
           murther'd
           several
           of
           them
           that
           offer'd
           to
           resist
           in
           defence
           of
           their
           Honour
           .
           
             Catinat
          
           was
           not
           present
           at
           this
           that
           was
           acted
           at
           
             Peumian
             .
          
           He
           left
           the
           management
           of
           this
           Affair
           to
           certain
           Officers
           ,
           without
           doubt
           that
           he
           might
           be
           out
           of
           the
           hearing
           of
           those
           Complaints
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           might
           justly
           have
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           a
           spectator
           of
           these
           villanous
           Actions
           .
           Howsoever
           it
           were
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           besides
           the
           Women
           that
           were
           killed
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           escaped
           by
           flight
           from
           the
           persecution
           of
           these
           Monsters
           ,
           and
           saved
           themselves
           in
           the
           neighbouring
           Woods
           ,
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           killed
           by
           the
           Musquets
           they
           shot
           to
           stop
           them
           :
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           them
           were
           dragged
           to
           divers
           Prisons
           after
           a
           most
           inhuman
           manner
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           needless
           here
           to
           alledge
           any
           reasons
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           broke
           in
           these
           Rencounters
           the
           most
           sacred
           and
           most
           inviolable
           Laws
           .
           This
           Relation
           of
           what
           hath
           passed
           is
           sufficient
           to
           confirm
           the
           truth
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           fallen
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Sacrifices
           to
           the
           false
           promises
           of
           their
           Enemies
           .
           And
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           that
           they
           pretend
           to
           excuse
           themselves
           from
           this
           Treachery
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           rebellious
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           had
           taken
           up
           Arms
           against
           their
           lawful
           Prince
           ;
           for
           besides
           that
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           demonstrate
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           accused
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           since
           they
           have
           only
           made
           use
           of
           a
           natural
           and
           warrantable
           Defence
           against
           the
           unjust
           and
           violent
           oppression
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           
             Propagation
             ,
          
           and
           of
           their
           other
           Enemies
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Question
           is
           not
           whether
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           a
           right
           to
           do
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ?
           The
           case
           is
           precisely
           concerning
           the
           execution
           of
           those
           Promises
           that
           have
           been
           made
           to
           them
           notwithstanding
           this
           pretended
           Rebellion
           ,
           since
           this
           is
           the
           only
           Foundation
           of
           those
           Promises
           that
           they
           made
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           the
           breaking
           of
           their
           Word
           in
           this
           nature
           can
           never
           be
           justified
           but
           by
           those
           that
           follow
           this
           pernicious
           Maxim
           ,
           
             That
             Faith
             is
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Hereticks
             .
          
           It
           is
           certain
           also
           ,
           That
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           are
           so
           much
           the
           more
           obliged
           to
           condemn
           this
           Maxim
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           they
           are
           the
           lively
           Images
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           who
           hath
           never
           failed
           to
           keep
           his
           faithful
           Promises
           ,
           and
           who
           hath
           always
           punished
           Perjury
           and
           Perfidiousness
           
           either
           in
           the
           person
           of
           those
           that
           have
           committed
           it
           ,
           or
           in
           that
           of
           their
           Posterity
           .
           It
           is
           also
           in
           vain
           that
           they
           would
           say
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           surrendred
           themselves
           ,
           they
           only
           promised
           them
           their
           Lives
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           relation
           of
           the
           contrary
           party
           ;
           for
           it
           hath
           been
           justified
           that
           they
           had
           positively
           promised
           them
           their
           Liberty
           .
           But
           supposing
           that
           they
           had
           only
           promised
           them
           their
           Lives
           ,
           can
           it
           be
           said
           in
           good
           truth
           that
           they
           have
           kept
           their
           Word
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           true
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           That
           they
           have
           caused
           almost
           all
           to
           expire
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           an
           unsupportable
           misery
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           hardest
           Captivity
           that
           ever
           was
           ?
        
         
           The
           Valley
           of
           
             Peirouse
          
           being
           reduced
           as
           the
           others
           ,
           by
           the
           Capitulation
           of
           
             Peumian
             ,
          
           a
           Party
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           Army
           quitted
           this
           Valley
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           joyn
           
             Don
             Gabriel
          
           at
           
             la
             Vachiere
             :
          
           then
           it
           was
           that
           they
           gathered
           together
           the
           poor
           
             Waldenses
          
           from
           all
           Parts
           ,
           and
           dragged
           them
           into
           divers
           Prisons
           or
           Castles
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           leading
           them
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           to
           ask
           his
           pardon
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           was
           most
           afflicting
           and
           most
           lamentable
           ,
           was
           this
           ,
           That
           they
           refused
           ,
           upon
           their
           earnest
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           ,
           to
           put
           their
           Families
           together
           .
           They
           separated
           a
           Father
           from
           his
           Child
           ,
           and
           a
           Husband
           from
           his
           Wife
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           from
           them
           all
           means
           of
           supporting
           and
           comforting
           one
           another
           .
           They
           broke
           the
           sacred
           bonds
           of
           Nature
           and
           Consanguinity
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           might
           be
           the
           less
           able
           to
           withstand
           those
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           to
           undergo
           those
           Evils
           that
           they
           had
           prepared
           for
           them
           ;
           they
           would
           have
           those
           who
           could
           not
           bear
           the
           sufferings
           and
           miseries
           of
           a
           close
           Confinement
           ,
           to
           be
           consumed
           with
           the
           corroding
           anguish
           and
           regret
           of
           being
           separated
           so
           far
           from
           their
           Kindred
           .
           There
           was
           a
           great
           number
           of
           young
           Boys
           and
           Girls
           whom
           they
           put
           not
           in
           prison
           ,
           but
           dispersed
           through
           
             Piedmont
          
           in
           private
           Houses
           ;
           yet
           this
           was
           not
           done
           upon
           point
           of
           Equity
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           make
           them
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           to
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           instructed
           in
           the
           Catholick
           ,
           and
           to
           ravish
           them
           from
           their
           Parents
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           also
           a
           considerable
           number
           of
           
             Waldenses
          
           who
           had
           not
           surrendred
           themselves
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           taken
           .
           For
           those
           of
           
             Villars
             ,
          
           of
           
             Boby
             ,
          
           and
           some
           other
           Places
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           would
           not
           come
           to
           composition
           as
           the
           rest
           did
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           partake
           of
           the
           same
           fortune
           .
           Several
           of
           those
           of
           
             Angrogne
          
           had
           joyned
           with
           them
           ,
           having
           seen
           the
           Enemies
           break
           their
           word
           ;
           and
           several
           
             Waldenses
          
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
          
           had
           took
           Sanctuary
           ,
           and
           retreated
           into
           the
           Woods
           and
           in
           the
           Rocks
           ,
           to
           escape
           the
           barbarous
           fury
           of
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           who
           gave
           no
           Quarter
           .
           The
           Enemies
           were
           resolved
           to
           become
           Masters
           of
           these
           
             Waldenses
          
           by
           force
           or
           by
           craft
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           done
           to
           the
           
           others
           .
           For
           the
           effecting
           this
           ,
           while
           a
           body
           of
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           was
           engaged
           against
           those
           that
           remained
           in
           Arms
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           the
           
             French
          
           returned
           into
           that
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
          
           with
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           Person
           well
           known
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           very
           fit
           to
           persuade
           them
           .
           He
           knew
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           Policy
           was
           a
           more
           certain
           means
           to
           gain
           his
           ends
           than
           open
           Force
           .
           He
           made
           use
           of
           then
           certain
           
             Waldenses
          
           who
           had
           yielded
           themselves
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           People
           had
           much
           confidence
           .
           He
           caused
           them
           to
           march
           at
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           with
           Pistols
           presented
           to
           their
           Breasts
           ,
           forced
           them
           not
           only
           to
           serve
           as
           Guides
           to
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           to
           discover
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           in
           their
           most
           hidden
           Recesses
           ;
           but
           also
           to
           write
           several
           Letters
           to
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
             ,
          
           to
           exhort
           their
           Country-men
           to
           submit
           themselves
           to
           the
           Clemency
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           Pardon
           was
           offer'd
           to
           all
           those
           who
           would
           accept
           it
           :
           and
           because
           the
           measures
           that
           they
           had
           taken
           with
           respect
           to
           those
           that
           had
           surrendred
           themselves
           ,
           might
           take
           away
           the
           credit
           of
           this
           Sollicitation
           ,
           they
           added
           ,
           in
           many
           of
           these
           Letters
           ,
           That
           the
           Prisoners
           should
           be
           suddenly
           released
           ;
           whereupon
           ,
           on
           the
           sight
           of
           these
           Letters
           ,
           the
           Writing
           and
           Character
           whereof
           they
           knew
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           assurance
           that
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           general
           Officers
           ,
           gave
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           concerning
           the
           Peace
           and
           Favour
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           a
           great
           number
           of
           these
           poor
           people
           delivered
           themselves
           into
           their
           hands
           within
           a
           few
           days
           :
           many
           others
           were
           taken
           or
           butcher'd
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           ;
           but
           those
           that
           yielded
           themselves
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           taken
           ,
           had
           the
           same
           fate
           ;
           and
           were
           equally
           carried
           Prisoners
           into
           divers
           Prisons
           or
           Castles
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           Subtilty
           or
           Cruelty
           depopulated
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
          
           of
           its
           Inhabitants
           ,
           let
           us
           fee
           what
           happens
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             .
          
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           possessed
           among
           others
           two
           Posts
           ,
           one
           called
           
             Iaimis
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           
             Chamroma
             ,
          
           beyond
           the
           Tower
           ,
           wherein
           a
           Party
           of
           those
           that
           had
           escaped
           at
           
             Angrogne
          
           had
           cast
           themselves
           .
           These
           two
           Posts
           covered
           
             Villars
             ,
          
           where
           there
           were
           about
           a
           thousand
           Persons
           ,
           as
           well
           old
           Men
           as
           Women
           and
           Children
           .
           A
           detachment
           of
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           enforced
           by
           the
           
             Banditi
          
           of
           
             Mondovi
             ,
          
           came
           to
           attack
           these
           two
           Posts
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           defended
           themselves
           a
           whole
           day
           with
           extraordinary
           Courage
           :
           They
           killed
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Soldiers
           and
           considerable
           Officers
           ,
           among
           whom
           was
           the
           Commander
           of
           the
           
             Banditi
             .
          
           They
           had
           but
           six
           men
           killed
           and
           as
           many
           wounded
           .
           The
           Enemies
           were
           extreamly
           wearied
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           more
           Ammunition
           left
           ,
           began
           to
           think
           of
           a
           Retreat
           ;
           but
           since
           they
           might
           have
           been
           easily
           pursued
           ,
           and
           defeated
           in
           Retreating
           ,
           they
           made
           use
           of
           this
           
           Stratagem
           :
           Several
           Officers
           having
           laid
           their
           Arms
           and
           their
           Hats
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           approached
           in
           the
           Evening
           to
           the
           Intrenchment
           of
           
             Chamrama
             ,
          
           with
           a
           Handkerchief
           tied
           to
           the
           top
           of
           a
           Stick
           ,
           and
           demanded
           a
           Parley
           ,
           to
           make
           Propositions
           of
           Peace
           :
           they
           shewed
           a
           Paper
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           they
           had
           just
           now
           received
           Letters
           ,
           the
           purport
           of
           which
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Peace
           was
           concluded
           in
           all
           the
           Valleys
           ;
           that
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           had
           given
           a
           General
           Pardon
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           that
           were
           still
           in
           Arms
           were
           comprehended
           as
           well
           as
           the
           others
           :
           they
           added
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           Orders
           not
           to
           fight
           any
           more
           ,
           but
           to
           retreat
           ;
           and
           exhorted
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           to
           accept
           of
           this
           favour
           that
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           had
           offer'd
           them
           ,
           whereof
           the
           
             Podesta
             Prat
             ,
          
           who
           was
           there
           present
           ,
           might
           assure
           them
           .
           This
           
             Podesta
          
           being
           well
           known
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           having
           joyned
           his
           Protestations
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           and
           all
           together
           having
           positively
           promised
           them
           their
           Lives
           and
           Liberty
           provided
           that
           they
           would
           retire
           :
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           of
           
             Chamrama
          
           confiding
           in
           their
           Promises
           ,
           left
           off
           firing
           ,
           and
           gave
           their
           Enemies
           opportunity
           of
           retreating
           ,
           and
           retreated
           also
           themselves
           ,
           being
           all
           persuaded
           that
           the
           Peace
           was
           made
           .
           There
           were
           several
           of
           the
           Community
           of
           
             Angrogne
          
           who
           met
           at
           the
           Tower
           to
           enjoy
           the
           fruits
           of
           this
           Peace
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           presently
           committed
           to
           Prison
           .
           The
           Credulity
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           made
           them
           lose
           a
           fair
           opportunity
           of
           revenging
           themselves
           on
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           for
           they
           might
           without
           trouble
           or
           danger
           have
           vanquished
           those
           Troops
           that
           had
           no
           Ammunition
           of
           War
           left
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           whom
           were
           in
           disorder
           .
           The
           Enemy
           that
           feigned
           to
           retreat
           ,
           only
           to
           cause
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           retire
           ,
           and
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           abandon
           the
           Post
           of
           
             Chamrama
          
           that
           was
           so
           advantageous
           ,
           being
           reinforced
           with
           some
           Succors
           ,
           immediately
           seized
           on
           the
           said
           Post.
           Those
           that
           were
           at
           
             Iaimet
             ,
          
           and
           had
           made
           no
           Composition
           ,
           were
           thereupon
           forced
           to
           quit
           their
           Post
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           commanded
           by
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           to
           wheel
           off
           to
           the
           Hills
           of
           
             Villars
             .
          
           The
           Enemy
           marched
           on
           after
           them
           ,
           and
           encamped
           at
           
             Bonnet
          
           on
           the
           Avenues
           of
           
             Villars
          
           and
           
             Boby
             ;
          
           they
           remained
           there
           two
           days
           without
           storming
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           who
           were
           got
           together
           ,
           and
           might
           make
           four
           or
           five
           hundred
           men
           .
           The
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           spent
           this
           time
           in
           making
           Propositions
           of
           Peace
           to
           them
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           fair
           Promises
           if
           they
           yielded
           ,
           and
           terrible
           Threatnings
           if
           they
           refused
           ,
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           replied
           to
           these
           Propositions
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           desirous
           of
           nothing
           more
           than
           Peace
           ,
           but
           that
           that
           which
           they
           offer'd
           them
           was
           more
           lamentable
           than
           War
           ,
           since
           they
           could
           not
           purchase
           it
           but
           at
           the
           price
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ;
           that
           notwithstanding
           
           the
           Peace
           that
           they
           had
           promised
           to
           those
           of
           
             Chamrama
             ,
          
           in
           pursuance
           of
           which
           they
           had
           quitted
           their
           Post
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           left
           imprisoning
           those
           that
           surrendred
           themselves
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Example
           of
           their
           Brethren
           had
           sufficiently
           instructed
           them
           what
           they
           were
           to
           expect
           from
           such
           Propositions
           :
           however
           this
           hindred
           not
           a
           great
           number
           of
           
             Waldenses
          
           from
           going
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           that
           they
           had
           sworn
           to
           them
           ,
           those
           who
           would
           submit
           should
           return
           quickly
           to
           their
           Houses
           ,
           without
           being
           carried
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           to
           beg
           his
           Pardon
           ,
           but
           these
           also
           were
           clap'd
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           treated
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           the
           others
           .
           There
           is
           great
           reason
           to
           admire
           the
           easiness
           with
           which
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           suffer'd
           themselves
           so
           often
           to
           be
           deceived
           .
           But
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           many
           who
           could
           not
           believe
           that
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           resist
           after
           the
           reddition
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           others
           feared
           lest
           Resistance
           would
           be
           of
           mischievous
           consequence
           to
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           that
           were
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           could
           not
           be
           persuaded
           that
           their
           Enemies
           would
           be
           so
           cruel
           as
           to
           cause
           those
           to
           perish
           in
           Prison
           who
           had
           surrendred
           themselves
           .
           They
           imagined
           that
           they
           should
           be
           discharged
           for
           a
           few
           Weeks
           Captivity
           ,
           and
           that
           afterwards
           they
           should
           obtain
           their
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           being
           very
           much
           weakned
           ,
           left
           
             Villars
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Enemies
           seised
           .
           They
           gave
           them
           respit
           till
           the
           
             4th
          
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Troops
           being
           re-inforced
           ,
           went
           to
           attack
           
             Boby
             ,
          
           where
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           retired
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           vigorously
           repulsed
           by
           150
           
             Waldenses
          
           who
           were
           on
           the
           Mountain
           of
           
             Subjusque
             ,
          
           and
           without
           the
           loss
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           killed
           some
           Officers
           and
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Soldiers
           .
           Eight
           days
           after
           ,
           the
           Army
           of
           
             France
          
           joined
           that
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             .
          
           The
           Enemies
           then
           made
           their
           last
           Effort
           to
           gain
           
             Boby
             ;
          
           but
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           defended
           themselves
           so
           resolutely
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           Fight
           that
           lasted
           all
           the
           day
           ,
           they
           forced
           the
           Army
           to
           retire
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           and
           encamp
           at
           
             Sarsena
             ,
          
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           abundance
           of
           their
           men
           .
           The
           next
           day
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
             ,
          
           who
           came
           from
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
             ,
          
           with
           a
           great
           Detachment
           passed
           the
           Mountain
           of
           
             Iulian
             ,
          
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
             Alpes
             ,
          
           that
           was
           thought
           ,
           till
           then
           ,
           inaccessible
           ,
           and
           prepared
           to
           take
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           from
           above
           .
           This
           obliged
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           abandon
           
             Bobi
             ,
          
           and
           to
           convey
           themselves
           into
           the
           Woods
           and
           Rocks
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Birchanteau
             ,
          
           having
           occupied
           the
           Posts
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           had
           quitted
           ,
           sent
           after
           them
           in
           their
           Retreat
           divers
           Persons
           to
           exhort
           them
           to
           submit
           ,
           and
           to
           offer
           them
           favour
           :
           several
           of
           these
           poor
           People
           being
           worn
           out
           with
           
           the
           Fatigue
           ,
           and
           fore
           pressed
           with
           Hunger
           and
           Misery
           ,
           yielded
           to
           this
           Offer
           ,
           but
           they
           lost
           their
           Liberty
           into
           the
           bargain
           .
           Others
           surrendred
           themselves
           to
           the
           Governor
           of
           
             Mireboue
             ,
          
           on
           an
           assurance
           that
           he
           had
           given
           them
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Liberty
           ;
           but
           he
           rewarded
           their
           Faith
           with
           a
           rigorous
           Imprisonment
           .
           There
           were
           several
           who
           had
           withdrawn
           themselves
           into
           the
           Mountain
           of
           
             Vandalin
             ,
          
           and
           fought
           for
           some
           time
           with
           much
           Courage
           and
           good
           Fortune
           :
           but
           at
           last
           they
           did
           as
           the
           others
           ,
           and
           let
           themselves
           be
           seduced
           by
           the
           Count
           
             de
             la
             Roche
             ,
          
           Governor
           of
           the
           Valleys
           .
           He
           promised
           them
           positively
           ,
           by
           a
           Letter
           wrote
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           return
           to
           their
           Houses
           with
           all
           freedom
           ;
           but
           they
           had
           no
           sooner
           quitted
           their
           Post
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           caused
           them
           to
           be
           carried
           to
           Prison
           ,
           and
           took
           from
           them
           the
           Letter
           that
           he
           had
           given
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Enemies
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           having
           thus
           by
           the
           means
           aforementioned
           taken
           away
           the
           Lives
           of
           a
           multitude
           of
           People
           ,
           deprived
           more
           than
           twelve
           thousand
           
             Waldenses
          
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           and
           dispersed
           two
           thousand
           Children
           ,
           thought
           that
           they
           had
           no
           more
           to
           do
           .
           They
           proceeded
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           Injustice
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           caused
           all
           the
           Goods
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           be
           confiscated
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           manner
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
          
           have
           been
           depopulated
           of
           their
           ancient
           Inhabitants
           ;
           that
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           hath
           been
           extinguished
           in
           a
           Country
           where
           it
           hath
           shone
           so
           bright
           for
           so
           many
           Ages
           ;
           that
           Perfidiousness
           and
           Treachery
           hath
           triumphed
           over
           the
           good
           Faith
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ;
          
           that
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           
             Propagation
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           have
           executed
           the
           design
           they
           had
           formed
           for
           their
           Extirpation
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           unjustly
           suffer'd
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sole
           cause
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           this
           horrible
           Persecution
           and
           lamentable
           Dissipation
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           draw
           Tears
           from
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           good
           Christians
           .
           But
           for
           the
           more
           perfect
           knowledge
           of
           what
           Spirit
           their
           Persecutors
           have
           been
           animated
           with
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           requisite
           to
           take
           a
           prospect
           of
           the
           Outrages
           and
           Cruelties
           they
           have
           committed
           on
           these
           occasions
           .
        
         
           Although
           it
           is
           my
           design
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           only
           of
           those
           dismal
           effects
           of
           their
           rage
           that
           were
           produced
           after
           the
           Capitulations
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           mention
           the
           barbarous
           Enormities
           where
           with
           the
           
             French
          
           signalized
           their
           entry
           into
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
             ;
          
           not
           only
           because
           they
           exceed
           those
           bounds
           that
           Christians
           ought
           to
           set
           to
           their
           Victories
           ,
           but
           also
           because
           they
           were
           committed
           on
           Persons
           not
           capable
           of
           defending
           themselves
           :
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           expose
           to
           publick
           view
           the
           Massacre
           of
           so
           many
           old
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           little
           Children
           that
           were
           sacrificed
           
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           the
           desolation
           of
           those
           poor
           Women
           and
           Maidens
           ,
           who
           after
           they
           had
           been
           ravished
           ,
           were
           constrained
           to
           march
           stark
           naked
           at
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           serve
           for
           Guides
           to
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           and
           the
           monstrous
           and
           diabolical
           actions
           of
           those
           enraged
           Soldiers
           that
           satiated
           their
           infamous
           Lusts
           on
           the
           very
           Bodies
           of
           those
           whom
           they
           had
           deprived
           of
           Life
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           pass
           by
           all
           those
           things
           ,
           to
           produce
           some
           examples
           of
           Cruelties
           and
           Oppressions
           executed
           after
           the
           subduing
           of
           the
           Valleys
           .
        
         
           The
           Soldiers
           committed
           several
           Massacres
           at
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           specifie
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           engaged
           in
           too
           tedious
           a
           recital
           .
           They
           ravished
           many
           Women
           and
           Maidens
           ,
           whose
           Names
           (
           for
           modesty
           sake
           )
           I
           shall
           spare
           by
           reason
           that
           several
           of
           them
           are
           yet
           living
           .
           They
           would
           also
           have
           deflowered
           
             Margaret
             Maraude
          
           who
           was
           not
           fourteen
           years
           old
           ,
           and
           because
           
             Iames
             Maraude
          
           her
           Father
           ,
           and
           
             Margaret
             Maraude
          
           made
           some
           opposition
           to
           this
           Violence
           ,
           they
           were
           most
           inhumanly
           butchered
           .
           
             Susanna
             Oliviette
          
           and
           
             Margaret
             Baline
          
           endeavouring
           to
           preserve
           their
           Chastity
           lost
           their
           Lives
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           these
           Barbarians
           .
           
             Ioseph
             David
          
           being
           wounded
           at
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           was
           carried
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           into
           a
           neighbouring
           House
           ,
           where
           they
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           burnt
           .
           Four
           Women
           and
           three
           Children
           of
           
             Prarustin
          
           were
           murthered
           in
           a
           Cave
           in
           a
           Rock
           where
           they
           had
           hid
           themselves
           .
           
             Daniel
          
           Fourneron's
           Mother
           aged
           fourscore
           years
           was
           tumbled
           down
           a
           Precipice
           coming
           from
           the
           Tower-field
           ,
           because
           she
           did
           not
           go
           fast
           enough
           .
           M.
           
             Deumian
          
           kill'd
           the
           Wife
           of
           
             Iames
             Fourneron
          
           and
           
             Magdalen
             Roche
             ,
          
           with
           a
           Back
           Sword
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           not
           delivered
           soon
           enough
           the
           Mony
           that
           they
           had
           about
           them
           .
           
             Mary
             Romain
          
           a
           handsom
           young
           Woman
           espoused
           to
           
             Iames
             Griot
          
           was
           massacred
           for
           striving
           to
           maintain
           her
           Honour
           .
           Another
           Maid
           for
           keeping
           hers
           ,
           being
           cast
           into
           a
           River
           ,
           was
           killed
           with
           a
           Musket-shot
           .
           Several
           Women
           and
           Maidens
           who
           are
           yet
           living
           ,
           were
           dragged
           by
           the
           Hair
           into
           Houses
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           ravished
           with
           abominable
           circumstances
           ;
           there
           was
           one
           of
           these
           who
           through
           despair
           flung
           herself
           headlong
           out
           at
           Window
           .
           
             Honoria
             Iayer
          
           a
           young
           Child
           ,
           being
           found
           with
           the
           Woman
           ,
           was
           shot
           to
           death
           with
           a
           Fuzee
           :
           A
           great
           number
           of
           Women
           and
           Virgins
           trying
           to
           save
           themselves
           in
           the
           Woods
           to
           get
           out
           of
           danger
           of
           the
           Violences
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           were
           dispatched
           with
           Muskets
           that
           were
           shot
           off
           to
           stop
           them
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
          
           and
           several
           
             Waldenses
          
           whom
           he
           caused
           to
           march
           to
           serve
           him
           for
           Guides
           ,
           passing
           through
           
             Plumian
          
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           found
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           of
           many
           little
           Children
           cut
           in
           pieces
           ,
           several
           naked
           Women
           massacred
           with
           Swords
           ,
           among
           whom
           there
           were
           
           some
           that
           had
           Stones
           thrust
           into
           their
           Privy
           Parts
           :
           They
           saw
           also
           several
           Soldiers
           that
           carried
           in
           their
           Hats
           the
           mark
           of
           an
           horrible
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           diabolical
           Impudicity
           ,
           at
           the
           sight
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Parelle
          
           was
           offended
           .
           In
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
          
           there
           were
           six
           men
           ,
           twenty
           Women
           ,
           and
           some
           Children
           ,
           who
           went
           to
           surrender
           themselves
           in
           the
           City
           of
           
             Peirouse
             ,
          
           upon
           promise
           that
           was
           made
           them
           that
           they
           should
           receive
           no
           harm
           .
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           come
           they
           shot
           these
           six
           men
           to
           death
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           their
           Wives
           .
           
             Iohn
             Ribet
          
           of
           
             Macel
          
           being
           apprehended
           ,
           they
           caused
           his
           Arms
           and
           Legs
           to
           be
           burnt
           ,
           to
           oblige
           him
           to
           change
           his
           Religion
           ;
           but
           God
           gave
           him
           the
           Grace
           to
           obtain
           the
           Crown
           of
           Martyrdom
           ,
           in
           constantly
           suff●ring
           the
           Death
           that
           these
           Butchers
           put
           him
           to
           .
           They
           also
           inhumanly
           murthered
           
             Bartholomew
             Ribet
             ,
             Iames
             Breus
          
           and
           his
           Son.
           They
           tyed
           a
           poor
           infirm
           Person
           to
           a
           Horses
           Tail
           ,
           and
           drag'd
           him
           along
           till
           he
           expired
           .
           They
           hung
           up
           an
           old
           blind
           Woman
           before
           her
           own
           House
           .
           They
           found
           a
           Woman
           at
           the
           point
           of
           being
           brought
           to
           bed
           ,
           and
           committed
           two
           Murthers
           at
           one
           blow
           ,
           taking
           away
           her
           Life
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Child
           in
           her
           Belly
           .
           They
           pursued
           after
           two
           young
           Maids
           from
           a
           place
           called
           
             le
             Colet
          
           to
           another
           quarter
           named
           
             Bonniot
             ,
          
           where
           having
           overtook
           them
           they
           ravished
           them
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           shot
           them
           to
           death
           and
           hack'd
           them
           in
           pieces
           .
           Four
           Women
           falling
           at
           the
           same
           time
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           these
           Barbarians
           ,
           had
           the
           same
           fortune
           ,
           with
           this
           difference
           only
           ,
           that
           before
           they
           were
           ravished
           and
           massacred
           ,
           they
           saw
           their
           Childrens
           Throats
           cut
           ,
           at
           a
           place
           called
           the
           
             Fountains
             .
          
           They
           cut
           open
           the
           Body
           of
           a
           Mother
           and
           her
           Child
           ,
           and
           tore
           out
           their
           Entrails
           which
           they
           burned
           in
           the
           Fire
           .
           They
           killed
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Children
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           sick
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           strength
           to
           follow
           them
           into
           the
           Prisons
           where
           they
           would
           have
           carried
           them
           .
           Twenty
           two
           Persons
           who
           were
           for
           a
           long
           time
           hid
           in
           the
           Woods
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           whom
           were
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           were
           found
           by
           these
           Murtherers
           on
           the
           Mountain
           of
           
             Pelue
             ,
          
           and
           flung
           down
           headlong
           into
           dreadful
           Abysses
           cross
           the
           points
           of
           the
           Rocks
           ,
           where
           the
           Entrails
           of
           these
           Martyrs
           were
           seen
           a
           great
           while
           after
           .
           In
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
             Susanna
          
           the
           Wife
           of
           
             Daniel
             Violin
             ,
             Katharine
          
           the
           Wife
           of
           
             Iames
             Negrin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Anne
             Melanote
          
           and
           her
           Daughter
           ,
           had
           their
           Throats
           cut
           with
           a
           Baionet
           .
           Some
           Soldiers
           having
           used
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           flea
           
             Daniel
             Pellene
          
           alive
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           able
           to
           pull
           the
           Skin
           over
           his
           Shoulders
           ,
           laid
           him
           along
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           put
           a
           great
           Stone
           upon
           his
           Belly
           ,
           and
           caused
           him
           to
           expire
           in
           this
           condition
           .
           
             Daniel
             Blumerol
          
           lost
           his
           life
           by
           the
           means
           of
           a
           Cord
           that
           
           they
           tied
           violently
           about
           his
           Head
           ,
           his
           Belly
           ,
           and
           his
           Privy
           Members
           .
           
             Anne
          
           and
           
             Magdalen
             Vittorie
             ,
          
           and
           several
           others
           were
           burnt
           .
           The
           Wife
           of
           
             Daniel
             Monin
          
           was
           massacred
           with
           a
           Back-Sword
           ,
           and
           had
           her
           Head
           chopt
           in
           pieces
           .
           
             Anne
             Bastianne
          
           was
           tumbled
           down
           the
           Precipices
           .
           
             David
             Moudon
          
           had
           his
           Head
           cleft
           asunder
           with
           a
           broad
           Sword.
           
             Margaret
             Salvajote
          
           being
           stript
           stark
           naked
           ,
           was
           run
           through
           with
           a
           Dagger
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           her
           Body
           ,
           but
           she
           did
           not
           suffer
           only
           this
           cruel
           Death
           in
           her
           own
           person
           ;
           for
           before
           they
           cut
           her
           Throat
           ,
           these
           Russians
           mortified
           her
           little
           Daughter
           about
           seven
           months
           old
           before
           her
           face
           ,
           and
           dashed
           her
           Head
           against
           the
           Rock
           ,
           till
           all
           her
           Brains
           flew
           out
           .
           They
           cut
           
             Mary
             Salvajot
          
           in
           pieces
           with
           a
           Scimeter
           .
           They
           pierced
           
             Mary
             Duraud
          
           through
           with
           a
           Dagger
           because
           she
           resisted
           their
           design
           to
           ravish
           her
           .
           They
           cut
           the
           Throat
           of
           the
           Mother
           of
           the
           Sieur
           
             Bertrand
          
           a
           Minister
           ,
           a
           Person
           that
           was
           80
           years
           old
           ,
           and
           lay
           Bed-rid
           through
           extreme
           old
           Age.
           A
           certain
           Maiden
           of
           
             Boby
          
           was
           tyed
           stark
           naked
           cross
           a
           Mule
           ,
           with
           her
           Privy-parts
           exposed
           to
           publick
           view
           ,
           and
           was
           led
           about
           in
           this
           condition
           through
           the
           City
           of
           
             Lucerne
             .
          
           Amongst
           a
           great
           number
           of
           
             Waldenses
          
           whom
           they
           hanged
           at
           
             Boby
             ,
          
           there
           was
           one
           called
           
             Anthony
             Malanot
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           Soldiers
           shot
           at
           several
           times
           after
           he
           was
           dead
           ,
           taking
           for
           their
           Mark
           those
           parts
           of
           his
           Body
           that
           modesty
           forbids
           to
           name
           .
           The
           Soldiers
           having
           found
           a
           Woman
           named
           
             Iaimonate
          
           in
           a
           hole
           in
           a
           Rock
           on
           the
           Mountain
           of
           
             Carbonnieres
             ,
          
           brought
           her
           to
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Bevil
          
           Colonel
           of
           the
           Regiment
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           who
           demanded
           of
           her
           how
           long
           she
           had
           been
           in
           that
           Cavern
           ,
           and
           what
           Food
           she
           got
           there
           :
           she
           made
           Answer
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           been
           there
           eight
           days
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           nourished
           her self
           with
           a
           little
           Milk
           of
           a
           Shee-Goat
           that
           shee
           took
           along
           with
           her
           :
           They
           would
           force
           her
           at
           length
           to
           discover
           where
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           that
           hid
           themselves
           in
           the
           Rocks
           ;
           but
           she
           protesting
           that
           she
           knew
           nothing
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           Soldiers
           having
           put
           her
           to
           a
           sort
           of
           Torture
           by
           fastening
           their
           Matches
           to
           her
           fingers
           to
           make
           her
           speak
           ,
           tied
           her
           Feet
           to
           her
           Head
           backwards
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           posture
           hurled
           her
           down
           a
           Precipice
           :
           but
           as
           she
           was
           stopped
           in
           falling
           ,
           the
           Soldiers
           flinging
           Stones
           and
           Brick-bats
           at
           her
           ,
           caused
           her
           Bowels
           to
           drop
           out
           of
           her
           Belly
           ,
           and
           thrust
           her
           down
           headlong
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Bevil
             .
          
           A
           young
           Lad
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           by
           name
           
             David
             Magnot
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           said
           Marquess
           took
           for
           his
           Domestick
           Servant
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           afterwards
           made
           his
           escape
           ,
           was
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           ,
           and
           related
           this
           horrible
           Action
           .
           
             Daniel
             Moudon
          
           an
           Elder
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Roras
             ,
          
           after
           he
           had
           been
           spectator
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           two
           Sons
           
             Iohn
          
           and
           
             Iames
             Moudon
             ,
          
           whose
           Heads
           the
           Soldiers
           cut
           off
           ,
           having
           seen
           
           Iohn's
           Wife
           cleaved
           
           asunder
           from
           her
           Breast
           to
           the
           bottom
           of
           her
           Belly
           ,
           her
           Child
           also
           knock'd
           on
           the
           Head
           that
           was
           but
           six
           weeks
           old
           ,
           and
           
             Iames's
          
           two
           Children
           cut
           in
           pieces
           ,
           one
           whereof
           was
           four
           years
           old
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           but
           fourteen
           months
           ,
           was
           constrained
           by
           these
           Butchers
           to
           carry
           the
           Heads
           of
           his
           two
           Sons
           on
           his
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           to
           travel
           thus
           bare-foot
           two
           hours
           ,
           till
           they
           came
           to
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           where
           he
           was
           hanged
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           these
           Heads
           that
           were
           stuck
           upon
           the
           Gibbet
           .
           I
           shall
           pass
           over
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           examples
           of
           Barbarity
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           miserable
           Death
           of
           so
           many
           old
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           young
           Infants
           and
           sick
           persons
           that
           died
           with
           cold
           and
           hunger
           in
           the
           Woods
           or
           in
           the
           clefts
           of
           the
           Rocks
           :
           Not
           to
           mention
           an
           incredible
           number
           of
           Prisoners
           that
           were
           hanged
           without
           form
           of
           Justice
           on
           the
           branches
           of
           Trees
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           ,
           among
           whom
           there
           was
           one
           
             Paul
             Megle
          
           aged
           27
           years
           ,
           whom
           they
           carried
           from
           his
           Bed
           to
           the
           Gallows
           .
           At
           present
           I
           shall
           content
           my self
           with
           what
           I
           have
           already
           related
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           how
           far
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           proceeded
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           here
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Sieur
           
             Leidet
          
           that
           equally
           deserves
           pity
           and
           admiration
           :
           He
           was
           Minister
           of
           
             Pr●be
          
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           who
           had
           escaped
           at
           the
           subduing
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           and
           had
           hid
           himself
           for
           some
           time
           within
           the
           Caverns
           of
           the
           Rocks
           ;
           He
           was
           taken
           by
           a
           Detachment
           of
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           
             Lucerne
          
           into
           the
           Palace
           of
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             Angrogne
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           was
           at
           that
           time
           :
           He
           was
           put
           in
           prison
           within
           a
           Tower
           of
           this
           Palace
           ,
           and
           fetter'd
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           Stocks
           that
           were
           made
           with
           two
           thick
           pieces
           of
           Timber
           ,
           between
           which
           they
           lock'd
           his
           Legs
           :
           He
           remained
           a
           great
           while
           in
           this
           condition
           ,
           fed
           with
           Bread
           and
           Water
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           lie
           down
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           weight
           of
           those
           Shackles
           ;
           it
           was
           reported
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           up
           Arms
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           a
           false
           Accusation
           ,
           from
           which
           he
           was
           cleared
           even
           by
           the
           Testimony
           of
           those
           that
           apprehended
           him
           :
           They
           let
           him
           lie
           several
           months
           in
           Prison
           ,
           without
           bringing
           him
           to
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           some
           Judges
           themselves
           desired
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           being
           concern'd
           in
           his
           Process
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           there
           was
           not
           a
           day
           passed
           wherein
           he
           was
           not
           exposed
           to
           the
           Persecutions
           of
           the
           Monks
           and
           Priests
           ,
           and
           had
           great
           Disputes
           with
           them
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           he
           came
           off
           always
           victorious
           .
           They
           caused
           one
           day
           two
           Bibles
           to
           be
           brought
           ,
           wherein
           he
           demonstrated
           to
           them
           so
           clearly
           the
           truth
           of
           his
           Belief
           ,
           that
           being
           ashamed
           and
           put
           to
           confusion
           ,
           they
           retired
           after
           a
           Conference
           of
           four
           hours
           .
           They
           often
           threatened
           him
           with
           Death
           ,
           thinking
           thereby
           to
           affright
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           several
           times
           that
           there
           was
           no
           other
           means
           to
           preserve
           himself
           ,
           but
           by
           turning
           Catholick
           .
           But
           he
           received
           the
           news
           of
           his
           Death
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           
           Tranquillity
           .
           He
           replyed
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           although
           he
           knew
           well
           that
           they
           could
           not
           put
           him
           to
           death
           with
           Justice
           ,
           since
           he
           was
           not
           taken
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           that
           besides
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           had
           pardoned
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           nevertheless
           he
           was
           prepared
           for
           death
           ,
           esteeming
           himself
           most
           happy
           to
           be
           able
           to
           suffer
           for
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           He
           fortified
           by
           his
           example
           and
           pious
           Exhortations
           the
           Prisoners
           that
           were
           in
           the
           same
           Palace
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           were
           permitted
           to
           see
           him
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           the
           Monks
           and
           Priests
           provoked
           with
           his
           Zeal
           and
           Constancy
           ,
           found
           out
           Judges
           who
           were
           willing
           enough
           to
           condemn
           him
           to
           Death
           .
           The
           day
           that
           he
           was
           executed
           ,
           the
           Auditor
           
             Salvay
          
           caused
           Sentence
           to
           be
           pronounced
           against
           him
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           certain
           Monks
           ,
           he
           heard
           the
           publication
           thereof
           with
           a
           resignation
           altogether
           Christian
           ,
           without
           any
           emotion
           ,
           trouble
           ,
           or
           fear
           appearing
           in
           his
           Countenance
           .
           The
           Monks
           left
           him
           not
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           although
           he
           desired
           them
           several
           times
           to
           leave
           him
           to
           his
           repose
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           pray
           to
           God
           freely
           without
           disturbance
           ,
           yet
           they
           always
           persecuted
           him
           ,
           and
           forced
           him
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           Dispute
           with
           them
           ,
           thinking
           that
           he
           was
           not
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           maintain
           it
           ;
           but
           he
           acquitted
           himself
           with
           that
           Courage
           and
           presence
           of
           Mind
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           astonished
           at
           it
           .
           This
           did
           not
           hinder
           them
           nevertheless
           from
           coming
           again
           the
           next
           morning
           at
           break
           of
           day
           ,
           to
           give
           themseves
           the
           pleasure
           of
           tormenting
           him
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           end
           of
           his
           life
           .
           He
           said
           as
           he
           was
           going
           out
           of
           the
           Prison
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           day
           of
           a
           double
           deliverance
           to
           him
           ,
           since
           his
           Body
           went
           out
           of
           Captivity
           ,
           and
           his
           Soul
           was
           agoing
           quickly
           out
           the
           Prison
           of
           his
           Body
           to
           enter
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           the
           full
           Liberand
           Pleasures
           of
           the
           blessed
           .
           He
           went
           to
           Execution
           with
           an
           holy
           Joy
           and
           admirable
           Resolution
           ,
           despising
           equally
           both
           the
           Life
           that
           the
           Monks
           offered
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Death
           that
           was
           set
           before
           his
           eyes
           ;
           he
           made
           a
           long
           and
           good
           Prayer
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Scaffold
           ,
           with
           which
           all
           that
           assisted
           were
           extremely
           touched
           .
           He
           pronounced
           these
           words
           on
           the
           Ladder
           ,
           O
           my
           God
           ,
           into
           thy
           hands
           I
           recommend
           my
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           dyed
           a
           Death
           so
           edifying
           ,
           that
           the
           Monks
           themselves
           ,
           who
           forsook
           him
           not
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           were
           forced
           to
           avouch
           that
           he
           died
           like
           a
           Saint
           .
        
         
           At
           that
           time
           there
           remained
           only
           in
           the
           Valleys
           certain
           Inhabitants
           ,
           who
           preferring
           Death
           before
           Slavery
           ,
           would
           not
           hearken
           to
           any
           Propositions
           of
           Peace
           whatsoever
           .
           Some
           of
           these
           were
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           S.
           
             Martin
             ,
          
           and
           although
           they
           could
           not
           know
           one
           anothers
           Designs
           ,
           because
           the
           Army
           was
           encamped
           between
           the
           two
           Valleys
           ,
           and
           hindered
           them
           from
           having
           any
           Communication
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           all
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           ,
           and
           equally
           took
           up
           a
           resolution
           worthy
           of
           immortal
           Praise
           .
           They
           remained
           a
           long
           time
           hid
           and
           distressed
           in
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           that
           they
           
           might
           avoid
           falling
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Enemies
           that
           every
           day
           sent
           out
           Detachments
           to
           surprize
           them
           ;
           one
           cannot
           sufficiently
           admire
           the
           Constancy
           with
           which
           they
           endured
           all
           the
           Fatigues
           and
           all
           the
           Miseries
           to
           which
           they
           were
           exposed
           ,
           but
           especially
           that
           whereby
           they
           suffered
           the
           extremity
           of
           hunger
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           often
           compelled
           to
           feed
           on
           the
           grass
           of
           the
           Fields
           ,
           and
           to
           eat
           Dogs
           and
           other
           Beasts
           that
           came
           to
           devour
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           of
           those
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           were
           left
           unburied
           .
           But
           the
           
             French
          
           and
           the
           
             Banditi
          
           of
           
             Mondovi
          
           being
           retired
           ,
           they
           were
           no
           more
           so
           hardly
           pressed
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Savoy's
           Army
           that
           remained
           alone
           in
           the
           Valley
           .
           Then
           it
           was
           that
           they
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
          
           began
           to
           go
           out
           of
           their
           places
           of
           refuge
           to
           search
           for
           some
           Victuals
           wherewith
           to
           sustain
           their
           languishing
           Lives
           .
           There
           were
           found
           in
           this
           Valley
           but
           42
           Men
           ,
           some
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           when
           they
           were
           got
           together
           ;
           nevertheless
           they
           made
           several
           Incursions
           into
           the
           Plain
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           always
           carried
           away
           Victuals
           and
           Booty
           ,
           defeated
           in
           several
           Rencounters
           several
           Detachments
           of
           the
           Enemies
           ,
           killed
           or
           drove
           away
           a
           great
           number
           of
           
             Savoyards
          
           that
           were
           come
           to
           inhabit
           in
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           and
           lastly
           for
           some
           months
           ,
           committed
           Actions
           ,
           so
           stout
           ,
           so
           bold
           and
           so
           vigorous
           ,
           that
           they
           put
           the
           Enemies
           to
           Contribution
           ,
           and
           forced
           them
           to
           furnish
           them
           with
           Provisions
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           to
           hinder
           them
           from
           continuing
           their
           inroads
           into
           the
           Plain
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           recite
           all
           these
           marvellous
           Actions
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           engaged
           in
           too
           long
           a
           Relation
           :
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           That
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
          
           having
           to
           no
           purpose
           made
           use
           of
           force
           to
           drive
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           caused
           an
           offer
           to
           be
           made
           them
           of
           safe
           Conduct
           ,
           in
           due
           form
           ,
           and
           Hostages
           for
           the
           security
           of
           their
           retreat
           .
           They
           that
           brought
           the
           Proposition
           to
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           took
           no
           care
           to
           avouch
           that
           they
           acted
           by
           order
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             .
          
           But
           they
           affirmed
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           that
           they
           treated
           only
           on
           their
           own
           account
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           motion
           of
           some
           Persons
           that
           had
           promised
           to
           procure
           for
           them
           these
           safe
           Conducts
           ,
           and
           to
           cause
           Hostages
           to
           be
           given
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           these
           Overtures
           mere
           not
           made
           without
           the
           participation
           of
           the
           Court
           :
           For
           besides
           that
           no
           private
           person
           durst
           have
           undertook
           such
           a
           negotiation
           of
           his
           own
           head
           ,
           the
           safe
           Conducts
           that
           were
           afterwards
           dispatch'd
           make
           it
           appear
           plain
           enough
           ,
           that
           all
           was
           done
           by
           the
           orders
           of
           the
           Court.
           However
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           at
           first
           refused
           to
           hearken
           to
           this
           Proposition
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           because
           they
           thought
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           give
           any
           credit
           to
           their
           words
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           were
           resolved
           either
           to
           perish
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           the
           Prisoners
           out
           of
           Captivity
           ,
           Death
           being
           more
           eligible
           to
           them
           than
           Life
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           their
           Brethren
           groaned
           under
           their
           Chains
           .
           Some
           time
           after
           this
           Proposition
           was
           renewed
           ,
           
           they
           made
           use
           of
           divers
           Considerations
           to
           oblige
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           accept
           it
           .
           They
           told
           them
           that
           the
           D.
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           had
           declared
           that
           as
           long
           as
           they
           were
           in
           Arms
           ,
           the
           Prisoners
           should
           not
           be
           released
           ,
           and
           promised
           them
           positively
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           gone
           ,
           orders
           should
           be
           given
           to
           set
           their
           Brethren
           at
           liberty
           :
           in
           so
           much
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           considering
           on
           the
           one
           side
           that
           the
           Winter
           drew
           nigh
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           could
           not
           expect
           any
           relief
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           that
           their
           Resistance
           might
           give
           them
           a
           pretence
           to
           detain
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           thought
           it
           was
           best
           for
           them
           to
           retire
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             .
          
           It
           was
           agreed
           then
           and
           ordained
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Valleys
           with
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           Arms
           and
           Baggage
           ,
           in
           two
           Troops
           or
           Brigades
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           defrayed
           and
           conducted
           to
           
             Suitzerland
          
           at
           two
           several
           times
           ,
           by
           one
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness's
           Captains
           named
           
             Perret
             ,
          
           with
           safe
           Conducts
           in
           due
           form
           :
           That
           for
           the
           security
           of
           the
           first
           Troop
           that
           should
           depart
           ,
           Hostages
           should
           be
           left
           in
           the
           Valleys
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           should
           keep
           them
           till
           they
           were
           certified
           of
           the
           Arrival
           of
           the
           first
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           first
           Troop
           should
           be
           arrived
           ,
           this
           Captain
           should
           give
           them
           an
           Officer
           of
           his
           Kindred
           for
           an
           Hostage
           till
           such
           time
           as
           the
           second
           Troop
           should
           be
           also
           arrived
           .
           This
           Treaty
           was
           faithfully
           executed
           ;
           for
           these
           two
           Troops
           arrived
           happily
           in
           a
           place
           of
           security
           with
           their
           Arms
           and
           Baggage
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           said
           Captain
           .
           One
           remarkable
           Circumstance
           is
           not
           to
           be
           forgot
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           could
           never
           be
           brought
           to
           consent
           to
           a
           Retreat
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           sent
           them
           back
           some
           of
           their
           Kinsfolks
           that
           were
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           carried
           them
           away
           along
           with
           them
           ;
           whence
           it
           may
           be
           inferred
           ,
           That
           this
           Treaty
           was
           managed
           by
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             ;
          
           since
           these
           Prisoners
           could
           not
           have
           been
           delivered
           but
           by
           their
           Orders
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             St.
             Martin
          
           acted
           almost
           the
           same
           things
           as
           the
           other
           had
           done
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Lucerne
             :
          
           for
           although
           they
           were
           reduced
           at
           last
           to
           twenty
           five
           men
           ,
           and
           some
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           yet
           they
           defended
           themselves
           with
           so
           much
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           that
           they
           procured
           for
           themselves
           safe
           Conducts
           and
           Securities
           to
           pass
           into
           
             Suitzerland
          
           with
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           Arms
           and
           Baggage
           .
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           those
           that
           were
           in
           one
           Valley
           knew
           not
           what
           passed
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           because
           the
           Army
           hindred
           them
           from
           keeping
           any
           correspondence
           one
           with
           another
           .
           If
           they
           had
           been
           able
           to
           joyn
           together
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           heard
           any
           News
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           they
           had
           without
           doubt
           made
           a
           more
           advantageous
           Composition
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           have
           rescued
           their
           Brethren
           out
           of
           Captivity
           .
           
           For
           whether
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
          
           would
           have
           been
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           an
           Army
           in
           the
           Valleys
           to
           hinder
           the
           Incursion
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           or
           whether
           they
           had
           a
           design
           to
           re-people
           that
           Country
           with
           
             Savoyards
             ,
          
           who
           would
           not
           care
           to
           go
           and
           inhabit
           there
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           were
           any
           in
           Arms
           ;
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           to
           cause
           them
           to
           depart
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           consented
           to
           deliver
           the
           Prisoners
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           the
           valiant
           
             Waldenses
          
           retreated
           into
           
             Switzerland
          
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Hostages
           and
           safe
           Conducts
           that
           their
           Arms
           had
           procured
           ,
           the
           generous
           reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           transacted
           for
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           .
           They
           had
           wrote
           several
           times
           in
           vain
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
          
           on
           this
           Subject
           :
           but
           as
           their
           Zeal
           and
           Charity
           never
           fails
           ,
           they
           called
           an
           Assembly
           at
           
             Arau
          
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           
             September
          
           1686.
           in
           which
           they
           resolved
           once
           more
           to
           demand
           the
           release
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           :
           to
           this
           effect
           they
           sent
           two
           Deputies
           to
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Govon
          
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Savoy's
           Resident
           at
           
             Lucerne
          
           in
           
             Switzerland
             .
          
           These
           Deputies
           having
           carried
           the
           Proposition
           to
           this
           Resident
           ,
           and
           having
           represented
           to
           him
           the
           reasons
           that
           induced
           the
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           to
           intercede
           for
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           concluded
           a
           Treaty
           with
           him
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             October
          
           by
           agreement
           of
           their
           Superiors
           .
           The
           tenor
           of
           this
           Treaty
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           should
           give
           liberty
           to
           all
           the
           Prisoners
           to
           go
           into
           
             Switzerland
          
           in
           safety
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           cloathed
           ,
           conducted
           ,
           and
           their
           Charges
           born
           to
           the
           frontiers
           of
           
             Switzerland
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           shall
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           received
           and
           conducted
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           re-enter
           into
           the
           Territories
           of
           
             Piedmont
             .
          
           When
           this
           Treaty
           was
           made
           they
           were
           ignorant
           without
           doubt
           at
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           afore-mentioned
           were
           already
           retired
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           an
           Article
           that
           imports
           that
           the
           Duke
           should
           give
           them
           safe
           Conducts
           in
           due
           form
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           able
           to
           retreat
           freely
           and
           securely
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           not
           have
           inserted
           in
           this
           Treaty
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           known
           what
           had
           passed
           with
           respect
           to
           them
           .
           However
           the
           
             Cantons
          
           immediately
           ratified
           this
           Treaty
           ;
           but
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           did
           not
           ratifie
           it
           till
           some
           time
           after
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           that
           he
           wrote
           to
           them
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           appoints
           the
           Road
           through
           which
           the
           Prisoners
           should
           pass
           ,
           by
           Mountains
           then
           inaccessible
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Valay
          
           that
           belongs
           not
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           the
           
             Switzers
             ,
          
           and
           thorow
           which
           there
           is
           no
           going
           without
           agreeing
           for
           a
           Passage
           with
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Sion
          
           in
           whose
           jurisdiction
           it
           is
           .
           It
           was
           evident
           that
           they
           designed
           to
           raise
           obstacles
           to
           hinder
           the
           execution
           of
           
           this
           Treaty
           ;
           otherwise
           they
           would
           not
           have
           appointed
           a
           passage
           through
           other
           Territories
           than
           their
           own
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           Roads
           much
           more
           convenient
           to
           go
           into
           
             Switzerland
             .
          
           The
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           complained
           thereof
           to
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Govon
             ,
          
           who
           having
           wrote
           about
           it
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             ;
          
           at
           length
           the
           Duke
           order'd
           their
           passage
           through
           that
           part
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           that
           borders
           on
           the
           
             Canton
          
           of
           
             Bern
             ,
          
           and
           caused
           the
           Prisons
           to
           be
           opened
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           Winter
           and
           in
           a
           season
           so
           rigorous
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           all
           appearance
           ,
           those
           that
           had
           escaped
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           Prisons
           would
           have
           perished
           on
           the
           way
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           very
           difficult
           to
           represent
           all
           the
           Miseries
           and
           Calamities
           that
           the
           Prisoners
           have
           endured
           during
           a
           Captivity
           of
           more
           than
           nine
           months
           .
           There
           are
           nevertheless
           exact
           Memorials
           of
           what
           hath
           passed
           in
           every
           Prison
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           a
           particular
           Relation
           might
           be
           collected
           :
           but
           since
           it
           would
           exceed
           the
           due
           bounds
           of
           this
           present
           Narrative
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           give
           a
           general
           Idea
           of
           the
           Hardships
           they
           have
           suffered
           ,
           expecting
           a
           more
           particular
           enumeration
           of
           them
           hereafter
           .
           They
           were
           put
           in
           Prison
           at
           several
           times
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           different
           Circumstances
           wherein
           they
           surrendred
           themselves
           or
           were
           taken
           .
           They
           were
           dispersed
           to
           the
           number
           of
           about
           two
           thousand
           ,
           as
           well
           Men
           as
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           into
           fourteen
           Prisons
           or
           Castles
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           and
           they
           were
           more
           or
           less
           ill
           used
           according
           to
           the
           Humour
           of
           those
           that
           had
           the
           Government
           of
           those
           Prisons
           :
           but
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           every
           where
           they
           were
           exposed
           to
           many
           Inconveniencies
           and
           great
           Sufferings
           .
           In
           every
           Prison
           they
           had
           nothing
           but
           Bread
           and
           Water
           for
           their
           ordinary
           Food
           ;
           neither
           had
           they
           as
           much
           of
           that
           as
           necessity
           required
           .
           In
           some
           Prisons
           they
           gave
           them
           very
           bad
           Bread
           ,
           black
           and
           heartless
           without
           Substance
           ,
           kneeded
           up
           with
           dirty
           Water
           taken
           out
           of
           Sinks
           and
           Kennels
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           often
           find
           pieces
           of
           Mortar
           ,
           Glass
           ,
           and
           other
           Ordure
           :
           in
           other
           places
           they
           gave
           them
           stinking
           and
           corrupted
           Water
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           could
           hardly
           drink
           :
           they
           were
           forced
           in
           some
           places
           to
           take
           it
           out
           of
           a
           Pond
           wherein
           they
           had
           watered
           Cattel
           and
           flung
           in
           Dogs
           .
           In
           some
           places
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           take
           Water
           out
           of
           the
           Wells
           ,
           but
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           poured
           into
           Troughs
           and
           exposed
           to
           the
           Sun-beams
           and
           to
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Weather
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           drink
           it
           till
           it
           were
           lukewarm
           .
           In
           other
           Parts
           they
           would
           give
           them
           no
           Water
           but
           at
           certain
           set
           hours
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           it
           was
           not
           permitted
           them
           to
           take
           any
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           dye
           with
           
           Thirst
           ;
           which
           hath
           caused
           many
           poor
           sick
           Persons
           to
           expire
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Glass
           of
           Water
           to
           refresh
           their
           parched
           Bowels
           .
           They
           were
           compelled
           almost
           every
           where
           to
           lye
           on
           the
           hard
           Bricks
           with
           which
           the
           Chambers
           of
           
             Piedmont
          
           are
           paved
           ,
           without
           Straw
           ;
           or
           if
           in
           some
           places
           they
           had
           any
           given
           them
           ,
           it
           was
           either
           reduced
           to
           Chaff
           ,
           or
           as
           rotten
           as
           Dung.
           They
           were
           so
           crowded
           together
           and
           stuffed
           up
           in
           some
           Prisons
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           scarcely
           able
           to
           stir
           themselves
           ;
           and
           when
           any
           of
           them
           dyed
           ,
           which
           happened
           every
           day
           ,
           they
           put
           others
           in
           their
           room
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           always
           equally
           pressed
           .
           The
           suffocating
           heat
           that
           there
           was
           in
           the
           Summer
           ,
           and
           the
           Corruption
           with
           which
           the
           Chambers
           were
           infected
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Sick
           ,
           had
           engendred
           abundance
           of
           Lice
           that
           would
           not
           let
           the
           Prisoners
           sleep
           night
           nor
           day
           ;
           there
           were
           also
           great
           Worms
           that
           eat
           thorow
           their
           skin
           :
           there
           were
           several
           sick
           Persons
           to
           be
           seen
           that
           were
           (
           if
           we
           may
           so
           say
           )
           eaten
           up
           alive
           with
           Worms
           ;
           for
           by
           continual
           lying
           ,
           as
           not
           being
           able
           to
           rise
           or
           lift
           themselves
           up
           ,
           these
           poor
           People
           were
           become
           so
           mangy
           ,
           that
           their
           very
           skin
           being
           already
           putrified
           ,
           parted
           from
           their
           Flesh
           and
           mouldred
           away
           in
           pieces
           :
           they
           left
           them
           thus
           flead
           and
           miserably
           languishing
           till
           death
           put
           a
           period
           to
           all
           their
           Sufferings
           .
           They
           have
           not
           only
           endured
           all
           the
           inconveniencies
           of
           excessive
           heat
           ,
           but
           also
           those
           of
           extreme
           cold
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           Winter
           they
           never
           allowed
           them
           any
           fire
           to
           warm
           themselves
           at
           ,
           nor
           gave
           them
           any
           cloths
           to
           cover
           themselves
           with
           ,
           tho'
           they
           lay
           in
           upper
           Rooms
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           most
           part
           had
           no
           Windows
           .
           They
           never
           were
           permitted
           neither
           during
           the
           Summer
           ,
           nor
           yet
           in
           the
           Winter
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           Candles
           or
           Lamps
           to
           give
           Light
           in
           the
           obsourest
           nights
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           have
           often
           desired
           it
           ,
           to
           find
           means
           to
           succor
           the
           sick
           ,
           many
           of
           whom
           have
           died
           for
           want
           of
           relief
           :
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Women
           have
           also
           expired
           in
           the
           pains
           of
           Child-birth
           merely
           for
           want
           of
           help
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           them
           hath
           been
           followed
           with
           that
           of
           their
           Infants
           ,
           who
           have
           received
           Death
           the
           same
           moment
           wherein
           they
           should
           have
           received
           Life
           .
           They
           have
           put
           sick
           People
           whom
           they
           had
           separated
           from
           the
           whole
           ,
           into
           open
           places
           ,
           to
           be
           exposed
           to
           the
           injuries
           of
           the
           Air
           and
           the
           Weather
           ,
           whether
           fair
           or
           foul
           ,
           wet
           or
           dry
           .
           But
           this
           sort
           of
           Cruelty
           hath
           proved
           in
           some
           manner
           charitable
           ,
           since
           it
           hath
           caused
           them
           to
           find
           an
           end
           to
           their
           Sufferings
           and
           Sorrows
           in
           that
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
           In
           other
           Prisons
           they
           have
           put
           many
           Children
           taken
           with
           the
           Small-pox
           into
           wet
           Yards
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Gutters
           of
           the
           Houses
           ,
           
           forcing
           them
           to
           receive
           the
           water
           that
           falls
           from
           thence
           .
           They
           are
           not
           content
           not
           to
           afford
           the
           sick
           any
           relief
           themselves
           ,
           but
           hinder
           others
           from
           bringing
           them
           any
           sustenance
           ,
           as
           Water-gruel
           ,
           Broth
           ,
           &c.
           
           Whenever
           the
           Prisoners
           dare
           so
           much
           as
           to
           complain
           of
           the
           little
           care
           they
           take
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           reproach
           them
           with
           threatnings
           ,
           and
           blows
           .
           They
           tell
           them
           that
           instead
           of
           having
           compassion
           on
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           use
           them
           like
           Dogs
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           are
           all
           dead
           .
           There
           is
           hardly
           a
           Prisoner
           that
           is
           not
           seized
           with
           many
           distempers
           .
           There
           hath
           been
           such
           a
           great
           number
           of
           sick
           people
           together
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           counted
           threescore
           and
           fifteen
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           one
           chamber
           :
           They
           have
           taken
           away
           out
           of
           the
           Prisons
           many
           young
           Children
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           opposition
           of
           their
           Parents
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           the
           Prisoners
           have
           been
           so
           barbarously
           used
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           scarce
           possible
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           among
           those
           that
           bear
           the
           name
           of
           Christians
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           found
           so
           much
           inhumanity
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           known
           to
           what
           degree
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           extended
           their
           fury
           .
           But
           we
           cannot
           doubt
           of
           the
           excess
           of
           miseries
           that
           these
           poor
           Captives
           have
           endured
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           been
           informed
           that
           more
           than
           8000
           persons
           have
           expired
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           this
           cruel
           bondage
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           sufferings
           wherewith
           their
           bodies
           were
           afflicted
           were
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           they
           have
           even
           persecuted
           their
           very
           souls
           after
           a
           most
           dreadful
           manner
           .
           For
           the
           Monks
           and
           the
           Priests
           have
           tried
           all
           the
           means
           imaginable
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           .
           The
           good
           God
           hath
           nevertheless
           given
           them
           the
           grace
           to
           persist
           in
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           very
           few
           that
           have
           yielded
           to
           the
           force
           of
           these
           temptations
           :
           those
           that
           turned
           were
           treated
           a
           little
           more
           gently
           than
           the
           others
           ,
           but
           they
           gave
           them
           not
           their
           liberty
           .
        
         
           The
           Prisoners
           were
           reduced
           to
           this
           lamentable
           condition
           ,
           when
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
          
           caused
           the
           Order
           to
           be
           published
           in
           the
           Prisons
           ,
           that
           permitted
           them
           to
           go
           out
           ,
           and
           to
           retreat
           into
           
             Switzerland
             .
          
           This
           publication
           was
           not
           made
           every
           where
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           nor
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           but
           successively
           ,
           and
           with
           proportion
           to
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           .
           It
           was
           made
           nevertheless
           in
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Prisons
           by
           the
           means
           of
           an
           Auditor
           who
           caused
           the
           Prisoners
           to
           appear
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           that
           those
           that
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           retreat
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           
             Piedmont
          
           to
           go
           into
           
             Switzerland
          
           were
           permitted
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           even
           those
           that
           had
           promised
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           because
           that
           promises
           that
           had
           been
           made
           in
           a
           Prison
           ought
           to
           be
           look'd
           on
           as
           forced
           and
           extorted
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           
           and
           void
           .
           He
           added
           that
           they
           were
           left
           to
           their
           liberty
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           go
           ,
           or
           stay
           behind
           and
           change
           their
           Religion
           ;
           nevertheless
           the
           Prisoners
           had
           not
           all
           this
           freedom
           of
           choice
           that
           they
           pretended
           to
           grant
           them
           .
           For
           the
           Monks
           and
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Prisons
           who
           were
           present
           at
           this
           publication
           endeavoured
           to
           hinder
           the
           effects
           thereof
           .
           Sometimes
           they
           represented
           to
           them
           that
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           Season
           ,
           and
           the
           cruelty
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           that
           conducted
           them
           ,
           would
           cause
           part
           of
           them
           to
           perish
           on
           the
           Road.
           Sometimes
           they
           flatter'd
           them
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           returning
           to
           their
           Houses
           if
           they
           would
           abjure
           their
           Religion
           .
           But
           when
           these
           Considerations
           could
           not
           move
           them
           ,
           they
           beat
           them
           outragiously
           ,
           as
           it
           hapned
           in
           the
           Prisons
           of
           
             Ast
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Governor
           gave
           them
           a
           thousand
           blow
           ,
           with
           his
           Cane
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Auditor
           
             Leonardy
             .
          
           They
           shut
           them
           up
           in
           deep
           ditches
           ,
           and
           in
           very
           stinking
           places
           ,
           as
           were
           the
           Prisons
           of
           
             Queirasque
          
           and
           others
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           they
           raised
           so
           many
           obstacles
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           several
           that
           yielded
           to
           the
           temptation
           ,
           and
           consented
           to
           renounce
           their
           Religion
           .
           But
           instead
           of
           sending
           them
           back
           to
           their
           Houses
           ,
           they
           carried
           them
           at
           length
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           into
           captivity
           ,
           into
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Verceil
             ,
          
           being
           the
           most
           barren
           ,
           and
           the
           least
           fertile
           part
           of
           all
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Savoy's
           Dominions
           .
           I
           cannot
           omit
           some
           circumstances
           that
           were
           very
           remarkable
           ;
           one
           whereof
           is
           ,
           that
           several
           young
           Children
           ,
           as
           well
           those
           that
           had
           been
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Prisons
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           were
           dispersed
           through
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           hearing
           that
           the
           prisoners
           were
           set
           at
           liberty
           ,
           desired
           to
           go
           along
           with
           their
           Parents
           and
           Kindred
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           do
           it
           :
           the
           other
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           permission
           to
           depart
           was
           not
           published
           in
           the
           Prisons
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
          
           but
           only
           stuck
           upon
           the
           Walls
           ,
           that
           the
           Prisoners
           might
           have
           no
           benefit
           thereof
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           give
           liberty
           to
           the
           Prisoners
           that
           were
           in
           the
           deep
           ditches
           of
           
             Ast
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           the
           families
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Citadel
           of
           
             Turin
             .
          
        
         
           Soon
           after
           this
           publication
           ,
           they
           caused
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           to
           depart
           in
           several
           Troops
           or
           Brigades
           ,
           that
           were
           conducted
           to
           
             Geneva
          
           by
           the
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             .
          
           They
           had
           promised
           by
           the
           Treaty
           made
           with
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Govon
          
           to
           Cloath
           all
           the
           Prisoners
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           gave
           them
           certain
           old
           tattered
           Coats
           ,
           and
           some
           pairs
           of
           Stockings
           ;
           but
           as
           they
           executed
           the
           Treaty
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           they
           broke
           it
           in
           others
           much
           more
           considerable
           .
           For
           besides
           the
           Cruelties
           that
           they
           exercised
           against
           several
           Brigades
           ;
           they
           took
           away
           a
           great
           number
           of
           young
           Children
           upon
           the
           Road.
           There
           hapned
           amongst
           others
           ,
           two
           things
           by
           which
           one
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           
           rest
           .
           One
           respects
           the
           Prisoners
           that
           were
           at
           
             Mondovi
             ;
          
           they
           caused
           to
           be
           published
           at
           
             Christmas
             ,
          
           about
           five
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           the
           Order
           that
           gave
           them
           permission
           to
           depart
           ;
           they
           told
           them
           that
           if
           they
           did
           not
           go
           away
           immediately
           upon
           the
           spot
           ,
           they
           should
           have
           no
           benefit
           of
           the
           Order
           ,
           because
           they
           intended
           to
           revoke
           it
           the
           next
           day
           .
           These
           miserable
           creatures
           were
           all
           disabled
           and
           worn
           out
           with
           Diseases
           and
           languishing
           Pains
           .
           Nevertheless
           they
           chose
           rather
           to
           go
           free
           ,
           and
           to
           expose
           themselves
           to
           a
           manifest
           danger
           ,
           than
           to
           groan
           any
           longer
           under
           this
           cruel
           Captivity
           .
           They
           departed
           then
           in
           a
           night
           the
           most
           cold
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           inconvenient
           that
           can
           be
           possibly
           imagined
           ,
           and
           travelled
           without
           stopping
           ,
           four
           or
           five
           miles
           over
           the
           Snow
           and
           the
           Ice
           ,
           but
           with
           so
           great
           misfortune
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           more
           than
           an
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           that
           fainted
           under
           this
           fatigue
           ,
           and
           dyed
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           without
           any
           possibility
           of
           succour
           from
           their
           Brethren
           .
           The
           other
           is
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Prisoners
           that
           were
           at
           
             Fossan
             .
          
           There
           was
           a
           Brigade
           of
           these
           Prisoners
           that
           having
           lain
           at
           
             Novalaise
             ,
          
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           Mount
           
             Senis
             ,
          
           perceived
           the
           next
           morning
           as
           they
           were
           going
           ,
           a
           great
           storm
           to
           arise
           on
           that
           Mountain
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           caused
           the
           Officer
           that
           conducted
           them
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           storm
           .
           They
           entreated
           him
           to
           stay
           till
           it
           was
           over
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           expose
           them
           to
           an
           apparent
           destruction
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           pity
           of
           so
           many
           persons
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           whom
           were
           feeble
           ,
           and
           without
           strength
           ;
           they
           told
           him
           also
           that
           if
           he
           would
           be
           so
           charitable
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           ask
           him
           for
           no
           Bread
           ,
           choosing
           rather
           to
           pass
           without
           eating
           ,
           than
           to
           venture
           to
           cast
           themselves
           on
           this
           danger
           :
           but
           this
           Officer
           was
           so
           rigorous
           and
           unmerciful
           ,
           as
           to
           cause
           them
           to
           march
           on
           ,
           and
           to
           Sacrifice
           part
           of
           them
           to
           his
           barbarous
           cruelty
           .
           For
           there
           were
           about
           twenty
           six
           that
           dyed
           under
           Mount
           
             Senis
             ,
          
           being
           destroyed
           by
           the
           tempest
           .
           They
           were
           old
           Men
           ,
           sick
           Persons
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           little
           Children
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           strength
           to
           resist
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           bad
           weather
           ,
           whom
           their
           kindred
           were
           compelled
           to
           leave
           behind
           them
           for
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           wild
           Beasts
           ,
           because
           this
           Officer
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           take
           any
           care
           of
           them
           :
           the
           following
           Brigades
           ,
           and
           several
           Merchants
           ,
           who
           soon
           after
           passed
           by
           this
           Mountain
           ,
           saw
           the
           bodies
           of
           these
           miserable
           wretches
           extended
           on
           the
           Snow
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           having
           their
           Children
           in
           their
           Arms.
           However
           ,
           this
           testimony
           must
           be
           given
           to
           the
           truth
           ,
           that
           several
           Officers
           ,
           that
           conducted
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           took
           a
           particular
           care
           of
           them
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           being
           informed
           of
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           the
           Children
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ill
           treatment
           received
           by
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           on
           the
           way
           ,
           thought
           that
           they
           were
           still
           obliged
           in
           Charity
           to
           sollicit
           in
           their
           behalf
           .
           Therefore
           to
           that
           end
           they
           sent
           Deputies
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           as
           well
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           march
           of
           the
           Brigades
           that
           were
           not
           yet
           arrived
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           as
           to
           demand
           the
           restitution
           of
           the
           Children
           that
           were
           taken
           away
           on
           the
           Road
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           young
           Boys
           and
           Girls
           that
           were
           dispersed
           through
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Valleys
           were
           subdued
           .
           And
           since
           they
           had
           received
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Govon
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           acquainted
           them
           that
           his
           Master
           had
           deferred
           for
           some
           time
           the
           deliverance
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           not
           release
           some
           Prisoners
           that
           had
           been
           taken
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           that
           had
           been
           condemned
           to
           work
           all
           their
           life-time
           in
           his
           Royal
           Highness's
           Fortifications
           :
           the
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           charged
           their
           Deputies
           again
           to
           demand
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Prisoners
           conformably
           to
           the
           Treaty
           made
           with
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Govon
             .
          
           But
           before
           we
           speak
           of
           the
           success
           of
           this
           Negociation
           ,
           let
           us
           see
           in
           what
           condition
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           ,
           when
           they
           arrived
           at
           
             Geneva
             .
          
        
         
           They
           arrived
           at
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           several
           Troops
           or
           Brigades
           ,
           that
           composed
           in
           all
           but
           two
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           persons
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           in
           so
           sad
           and
           deplorable
           a
           condition
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           express
           it
           .
           There
           were
           several
           poor
           people
           that
           expired
           between
           the
           two
           Gates
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           that
           found
           the
           end
           of
           their
           lives
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           their
           liberty
           ;
           others
           were
           so
           consumed
           with
           diseases
           and
           pain
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           every
           moment
           they
           would
           dye
           in
           the
           Arms
           of
           those
           that
           had
           the
           Charity
           to
           entertain
           them
           .
           Others
           were
           so
           frozen
           with
           cold
           that
           they
           had
           not
           strength
           enough
           to
           speak
           ;
           some
           staggered
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           an
           extreme
           faintness
           and
           weariness
           ,
           others
           lost
           the
           use
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Members
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           able
           to
           lift
           up
           their
           Hands
           to
           receive
           the
           assistance
           that
           was
           offered
           them
           .
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           were
           naked
           and
           without
           shooes
           :
           in
           fine
           ,
           they
           all
           carried
           about
           them
           such
           marks
           of
           excessive
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           extreme
           misery
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           obdurate
           Heart
           would
           have
           been
           pierced
           to
           the
           quick
           with
           a
           sensible
           grief
           at
           the
           very
           fight
           of
           them
           .
           Whereas
           the
           Brigades
           remained
           some
           time
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           to
           take
           a
           little
           rest
           and
           
           refreshment
           before
           they
           set
           forward
           for
           
             Switzerland
             ;
          
           those
           that
           arrived
           first
           went
           to
           meet
           those
           that
           came
           after
           ,
           to
           inform
           themselves
           concerning
           their
           kinsfolks
           and
           acquaintance
           of
           whom
           they
           had
           heard
           no
           News
           since
           the
           reddition
           of
           the
           Valleys
           .
           A
           Father
           enquired
           after
           his
           Child
           ,
           and
           a
           Child
           after
           his
           Father
           ,
           a
           Husband
           sought
           for
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           a
           Wife
           for
           her
           Husband
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           endeavoured
           to
           hear
           some
           News
           of
           their
           Friends
           and
           Neighbours
           ;
           but
           as
           this
           was
           to
           very
           little
           purpose
           ,
           since
           the
           most
           part
           were
           dead
           in
           Prison
           ,
           it
           made
           a
           spectacle
           so
           sad
           and
           dismal
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           stood
           by
           ,
           were
           dissolved
           in
           Tears
           ,
           whilst
           these
           poor
           miserable
           creatures
           ,
           being
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           overwhelmed
           with
           the
           excess
           of
           their
           grief
           ,
           were
           not
           able
           any
           longer
           to
           lament
           themselves
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           to
           complain
           .
           But
           as
           it
           is
           very
           difficult
           to
           represent
           objects
           so
           sad
           and
           so
           affecting
           ,
           so
           it
           would
           be
           as
           hard
           a
           task
           to
           express
           the
           charity
           wherewith
           the
           people
           of
           
             Geneva
          
           were
           animated
           on
           this
           occasion
           .
           The
           Inhabitants
           pressed
           on
           so
           fast
           to
           go
           before
           these
           poor
           wretches
           to
           lead
           them
           into
           their
           Houses
           ,
           that
           the
           Magistrates
           were
           obliged
           to
           forbid
           them
           to
           go
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           confusion
           and
           disorders
           that
           usually
           attend
           so
           great
           a
           concourse
           of
           people
           .
           Every
           one
           strove
           who
           should
           entertain
           the
           most
           sick
           ,
           or
           those
           that
           were
           most
           afflicted
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           have
           a
           greater
           subject
           whereon
           to
           exercise
           their
           Charity
           .
           They
           treated
           them
           not
           only
           as
           dear
           and
           tender
           Children
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           persons
           that
           brought
           Peace
           ,
           and
           a
           Blessing
           along
           with
           them
           on
           their
           Families
           .
           They
           took
           an
           extraordinary
           care
           of
           the
           sick
           ,
           several
           of
           whom
           dyed
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           and
           some
           of
           them
           had
           the
           wounds
           yet
           on
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           that
           the
           Worms
           had
           caused
           in
           Prison
           .
           All
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           wanted
           cloathing
           ,
           were
           either
           furnished
           by
           those
           that
           lodged
           them
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           
             Italian
          
           Bank
           ,
           the
           Directors
           whereof
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           shewed
           all
           the
           marks
           of
           a
           tender
           compassion
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           ardent
           Charity
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           was
           not
           only
           in
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           have
           found
           such
           consolation
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           received
           also
           a
           great
           deal
           in
           
             Switzerland
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           have
           opened
           to
           them
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           Bowels
           of
           their
           Compassions
           ,
           after
           the
           most
           Generous
           ,
           the
           most
           Christian
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Charitable
           manner
           in
           the
           World.
           And
           it
           is
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           
           as
           well
           as
           of
           other
           distressed
           people
           that
           have
           took
           Sanctuary
           there
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Switzerland
          
           is
           a
           safe
           Harbour
           ,
           that
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           hath
           made
           ,
           to
           preserve
           from
           Shipwrack
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           exposed
           to
           the
           Waves
           of
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Reformed
           
             Cantons
          
           being
           arrived
           at
           
             Turin
             ,
          
           demanded
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           other
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           the
           restitution
           of
           the
           Children
           that
           were
           took
           from
           them
           on
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           that
           were
           dispersed
           through
           
             Piedmont
          
           when
           the
           Valleys
           were
           subdued
           .
           They
           represented
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           have
           no
           justifiable
           pretence
           to
           detain
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           because
           they
           were
           comprehended
           in
           the
           Treaty
           made
           with
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Govons
             ;
          
           but
           also
           because
           they
           were
           the
           principal
           subject
           of
           the
           
             Switzers
          
           intercession
           :
           besides
           that
           it
           was
           but
           just
           to
           restore
           the
           Pastors
           to
           their
           Flocks
           ,
           to
           comfort
           and
           support
           them
           in
           their
           Tryals
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Prisoners
           condemned
           during
           their
           lives
           to
           work
           in
           the
           Fortifications
           ,
           they
           represented
           also
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           distinguished
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           under
           colour
           that
           they
           were
           more
           culpable
           :
           For
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Treaty
             mentions
             no
             exception
             to
             their
             prejudice
             .
             And
             it
             imports
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Prisoners
             in
             general
             shall
             be
             released
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Count
             
               de
               Govon
            
             himself
             hath
             declared
             in
             a
             Letter
             ,
             that
             he
             wrote
             on
             this
             Subject
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             Duke
             his
             Master
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             intend
             to
             detain
             any
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Since
             it
             hath
             pleased
             his
             Royal
             Highness
             to
             grant
             safe
             Conducts
             to
             those
             that
             were
             actually
             in
             Arms
             ,
             with
             much
             more
             reason
             ought
             he
             to
             give
             leave
             to
             these
             Prisoners
             (
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             disputed
             )
             to
             retreat
             ,
             who
             have
             always
             been
             considered
             as
             far
             less
             criminal
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             young
             Children
             ,
             they
             shewed
             ,
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             released
             ,
             both
             those
             that
             had
             been
             took
             away
             upon
             the
             Road
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             had
             been
             dispersed
             through
             
               Piedmont
               ,
            
             because
             both
             the
             one
             sort
             and
             the
             other
             was
             kept
             back
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             purport
             and
             intent
             of
             the
             Treaty
             :
             but
             neither
             the
             Reasons
             nor
             the
             Sollicitations
             of
             the
             Deputies
             produced
             any
             effect
             ;
             they
             yielded
             to
             nothing
             
             but
             the
             restitution
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Children
             that
             were
             taken
             on
             the
             way
             .
             For
             all
             the
             rest
             remain
             as
             yet
             in
             the
             Estates
             of
             
               Piedmont
               .
            
             It
             is
             true
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Turin
            
             hath
             promised
             to
             restore
             the
             Ministers
             in
             some
             time
             .
             But
             at
             present
             they
             are
             distributed
             with
             their
             Families
             ,
             consisting
             of
             forty
             seven
             persons
             into
             three
             Prisons
             or
             Castles
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             strictly
             guarded
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             abundance
             of
             Inconveniences
             and
             miseries
             ,
             without
             seeing
             yet
             any
             appearance
             of
             Redemption
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           given
           you
           in
           short
           ,
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           most
           material
           Passages
           on
           the
           account
           of
           the
           dissipation
           of
           the
           Churches
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
             .
          
           There
           wants
           nothing
           more
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           there
           never
           was
           any
           Persecution
           more
           unjust
           ,
           nor
           more
           violent
           .
           Much
           less
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           wanting
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           there
           never
           were
           any
           Objects
           more
           worthy
           of
           the
           compassion
           of
           all
           good
           Christians
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           that
           have
           escaped
           this
           Persecution
           .
           They
           are
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           all
           Reformed
           
             Europe
          
           will
           look
           with
           an
           eye
           of
           pity
           on
           the
           Calamities
           and
           Pains
           with
           which
           they
           are
           overwhelmed
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           be
           partakers
           of
           their
           sorrow
           .
           These
           are
           the
           sad
           Remains
           of
           that
           dismal
           Shipwrack
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           true
           Successors
           of
           the
           Apostles
           have
           been
           so
           lately
           swallowed
           up
           .
           This
           is
           that
           scattered
           Remnant
           of
           those
           Mother
           Churches
           ,
           the
           most
           ancient
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           Top
           of
           the
           
             Alpes
          
           had
           illuminated
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           Finally
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           poor
           Remainder
           reduced
           to
           so
           small
           a
           number
           ,
           and
           to
           so
           deplorable
           a
           condition
           ,
           on
           whose
           diminution
           and
           misery
           we
           cannot
           reflect
           without
           being
           pierced
           to
           the
           Heart
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           and
           surprising
           grief
           .
           They
           implore
           the
           Protection
           of
           Kings
           ,
           Princes
           and
           Protestant
           Estates
           :
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Faithful
           .
           They
           conjure
           them
           by
           the
           Bowels
           of
           Compassion
           of
           the
           common
           Saviour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           that
           is
           most
           Sacred
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           Saints
           ,
           to
           hearken
           to
           the
           sad
           voice
           of
           their
           bitter
           Lamentations
           and
           Groans
           .
           They
           beseech
           them
           to
           continue
           the
           effects
           of
           this
           incomparable
           Charity
           of
           which
           they
           have
           given
           so
           many
           famous
           Examples
           ,
           and
           to
           open
           the
           Treasure
           of
           their
           Benevolence
           towards
           this
           Residue
           ,
           that
           the
           good
           God
           hath
           just
           now
           saved
           by
           a
           Miracle
           of
           his
           Providence
           .
           They
           will
           by
           this
           means
           endeavour
           to
           conduce
           somewhat
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           And
           they
           will
           receive
           this
           Consolation
           ,
           
           that
           they
           have
           made
           use
           of
           so
           happy
           an
           opportunity
           of
           preserving
           in
           the
           persons
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           the
           first
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           these
           poor
           distressed
           people
           will
           never
           cease
           to
           open
           their
           Hearts
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Father
           of
           Light
           ,
           for
           their
           charitable
           Benefactors
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           please
           him
           to
           multiply
           more
           and
           more
           these
           their
           good
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           crown
           their
           Charity
           with
           the
           most
           precious
           Blessings
           ,
           both
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           from
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           .
        
         
           To
           our
           most
           Dear
           and
           Faithful
           Subjects
           ,
           the
           Communities
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
             Peirouse
          
           and
           
             S.
             Martin
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           Quarters
           of
           
             Perrustin
             ,
             S.
             Bartholomew
          
           and
           
             Rocheplatte
          
           
             The
             
               Duke
            
             of
             
               Savoy
               ,
            
             Prince
             of
             
               Piedmont
               ,
            
             King
             of
             
               Cyprus
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Most
             Dear
             and
             Faithful
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           we
           have
           been
           well
           pleased
           with
           the
           zeal
           and
           readiness
           ,
           with
           which
           you
           have
           provided
           Men
           who
           have
           served
           us
           to
           our
           entire
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           Affairs
           we
           had
           against
           the
           
             Genoeses
             ;
          
           we
           have
           thought
           fit
           by
           these
           Presents
           to
           testifie
           unto
           you
           our
           good
           liking
           thereof
           ,
           and
           to
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           keep
           it
           in
           particular
           remembrance
           ,
           to
           make
           you
           sensible
           on
           all
           occasions
           ,
           of
           the
           Effects
           of
           our
           Royal
           Protection
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Count
           and
           Intendant
           
             Boccaria
          
           shall
           give
           you
           a
           more
           full
           Information
           ,
           whom
           we
           have
           commanded
           to
           express
           to
           you
           our
           sentiments
           more
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           take
           a
           List
           of
           the
           Officers
           and
           Soldiers
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           those
           that
           are
           dead
           ,
           as
           of
           those
           that
           remain
           Prisoners
           ,
           to
           make
           report
           thereof
           unto
           us
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           that
           we
           may
           have
           due
           regard
           thereto
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           these
           Presents
           shall
           serve
           you
           for
           an
           assured
           testimony
           of
           our
           satisfaction
           and
           good
           will
           ;
           and
           we
           pray
           God
           to
           preserve
           you
           from
           Evil.
           
        
         
           
             From
             
               Turin
            
             
               the
               fifth
               of
               
                 November
                 ,
                 1672.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Signed
             C.
             Emanuel
             Buonfiglio
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           wrote
           to
           Count
           
             Boccaria
             ,
          
           by
           His
           Royal
           Highness
           .
        
         
           
             Trusty
             and
             Well-Beloved
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Men
           whom
           the
           Communities
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Lucerne
             ,
             &c.
          
           have
           provided
           ,
           have
           served
           us
           so
           faithfully
           ,
           that
           being
           desirous
           to
           testifie
           unto
           them
           our
           satisfaction
           therein
           ,
           we
           have
           sent
           you
           a
           Letter
           herein
           inclosed
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           wrote
           to
           them
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           that
           you
           may
           deliver
           it
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           also
           express
           more
           fully
           the
           good
           will
           that
           we
           bear
           to
           them
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           may
           assure
           them
           ,
           that
           whensoever
           any
           thing
           shall
           happen
           ,
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           their
           advantage
           ,
           we