A JOURNAL Of all that happened in the MARCH of the VAUDOIS Till their Arrival in the Valleys of St. Martin and Lusern; Written from Lausanne the 19th. of September 1689. to an Eminent Merchant in London, with the Number of those that passed the Lake to join them.  
LICENCED September 27th. 1689. J. F.  
THE Vaudois to the number which I mentioned in the last that I sent you, set forward from this City about fifteen days since; with a Resolution to go into the Valleys of Piedmont, distant from hence about five and thirty Leagues. I was one of those that desired one of the Magistrates of this place, to let them have the conveniency of Boats, for that Monsieur the Bailiff had forbid the people here to furnish them with any, tho' under hand he was willing enough they should have them, as being one that wished well to the common Cause, however he is forced to observe some little measures and punctilio's by reason of the Neutrality: But at length I engaged Monsieur le Boursie one of the Judges to go to the Fort at two of the Clock at Night, whither I accompanied him, and obtained permission, that the Vaudois might be furnished with Boats: We also assisted them with all such other necessaries as lay in our power. They had an extraordinory good passage over the Lake; and as they marched forward, they seized upon the Priests and Lords of the Villages through which they passed. But finding by that time they had gone two days march, that there was a Bridge broken down to impede their passing farther; they threatened their Prisoners to put them to death, if they did not take care to have the Bridge repaired; so that the Country people that lived on the other side were forced to repair the Bridge, which the Vaudois passed in good Order.  
The Duke of Savoy having intelligence of their March, raised the Militia of his own Country, and sent away a Courier to the Marquis de Larre Colonel of Dragoons, and Commander of the Forces in the Dauphinate, to stop the farther progress of the Vaudois, who were then upon the Frontiers. Thither therefore he hastened with four Troops of Dragoons, whom he caused to break down a Bridge, and Entrenched the Militia of Savoy in the same place to dispute the passage. But the Vaudois upon the first discharge which they made, killed the Commander of the Savoyards, who was a Marquis also, with several others, which put the rest into such a Terror that they abandoned the Pass. Here the Vaudois lost a Minister and four Soldiers, whom the Enemy carried bound to Chamberg, and there hanged them up.  
Afterwards Monsieur Larre meeting them with four Troops of Dragoons, asked them whither they were going; they Answered they were going to their own homes; by whose Order? To whom? Their Minister Mr. Arnauld who has appeared all along at the Head of them; Replied, by Order of the King of England, William the Third. Upon which the Commander told 'em, that they were a Company of Vagabond Rascals, and that he would trample them to death under his Horse's Feet, and so Commanded his Dragoons to ride up to them, which Mr. Arnauld seeing, prepared his people to receive them accordingly, which they did; and after a Fight that lasted two Hours, they won the Victory, having killed a hundred and fifty of the Dragoons, and two Captains, besides sieve or six more Inferior Officers killed and wounded; and Mr. de Larré wounded in the Elbow of which he is since dead: Of the Vaudois not above fifteen or twenty killed and wounded.  
Thus they entered into the Valleys of of Pregolas which are under the Dominion of France, where about two hundred of the Inhabitants of the said Valleys joined them. In their March they pillaged the Abbey of Ouls in the French Territory; where they found 180000 Livres, or 15000 l. English, and twenty four Monks, whom they carried along with them as Hostages. They also took upon the Mountains above twenty Thousand Sheep. At the same time they met the Baggage belonging to the Pope's Nuncio, returning from Paris to Rome. They opened the Packs, and took out all the Plate, but meddled with nothing else; but besides all this Booty, they found the Valleys of St. Martin's and Lusern, where they are now Arrived, well stored with Corn, which makes us believe they will find it a difficult thing to make them dislodge from thence, having expelled the Savoyards that lived in the Vale to the very tops of all the Mountains. All Savoy is in Arms, to prevent those that have taken Sanctuary in Switzerland, from going to their Assistance, as it is believed they will do; the Swissers not at all opposing the Levies which they make in those parts.  
The Duke of Savoy has Written a very severe Letter to the Swissers upon this occasion, which they have taken very ill, no less offended that he had broken his word with them, in not restoring to them the Ministers and Children of the Vandois. The Canton of Oury, which is a popish Canton, has delivered up a hundred and five of those poor people to the Ambassador of Savoy, after they had robbed them of all their  and money, and put four of them to the Rack, to make them discover the designs of the rest of their Brethren, but they would not confess any thing. The Ambassador has caused them to be tied two and two together, and sent them away into Savoy, for fear that the Lords of Zurie and of Berne should redemand them, which they did; to whom the popish Cantons returned for Answer, that they had delivered them up already, but with this condition, that no harm should be done them; which very much displeased the Lords of Zurie and Berne; insomuch that it proved the occasion of a Rupture between them.  
There are already departed above 1500 Men to join those that are Marched before; in order to which they have passed the Lake, and two Thousand more are ready to Embark, with a resolution to follow them. They are all French that fled for Refuge, except four hundred Vaudois, who came hither as soon as they understood the departure of the rest, And had not Mounfieur the Bailiff forbidden the Swissers, upon pain of death, not to stir out of the State, there would have gone above two thousand. However this has not hindered a very considerable number from going, finding the Vaudois so successful in their Erterprises.  
It is hoped, that the King of England will prevail with the King of Spain to declare war against the Duke of Savoy; to the end the Milainois Governors may be ordered to furnish them with all such necessaries which they shall stand in need of. For otherwise, it will be a difficult thing for these poor people to preserve what they have got. The King of France having ordered the forces of of the Dauphinate to march, to expel them from those places where a little Assistance would defend them from all the force of their Enemies. The Ambassador of France at Geneva makes a great noise and speaks loud upon this occasion. We expect with impatience the result of the Consultations of the Assembly at Baden. Savoy is all in Arms, and the people are strangely alarmed, at so many Commotions. The French Troops are quartered round about Geneva: However as yet all things are quiet: In expectation of more News I remain, YOURS, &c  
We thought it not from the purpose to gratify the Curiofity of the Reader to add this Century of Nostre Damus in regard it agrees so well and falls out so pat to the Condition of France at this time.  

When ere the Crescent shall decrease,  
An Eagle shall the mighty Cock deplume,  
In Sixteen hundred Eighty Nine  
Great Changes then by death shall come.  
The same Fate shall two Kings attend,  
Good Cheese to Calvin and his Friend.    

LONDON, Printed for Ben. Griffin in the Great Old Bailie, 1689.