. A short history of the Italian Waldenses who have inhabited the valleys of the Cottian Alps from ancient times to the present. tainheights, from whence they could easily descendto attack the enemy in the plains, using swords,arrows, and pickaxes for weapons, and protect-ing themselves by great shields hastily madeof the bark of chestnut trees, lined with skinsof animals. Full of address and vigor, and,above all, full of confidence in God, and wellplaced for defence, they killed many of thefoe, and had but little loss themselves. Butthey were nearly overcome on the heights ofSan Giovanni or S
. A short history of the Italian Waldenses who have inhabited the valleys of the Cottian Alps from ancient times to the present. tainheights, from whence they could easily descendto attack the enemy in the plains, using swords,arrows, and pickaxes for weapons, and protect-ing themselves by great shields hastily madeof the bark of chestnut trees, lined with skinsof animals. Full of address and vigor, and,above all, full of confidence in God, and wellplaced for defence, they killed many of thefoe, and had but little loss themselves. Butthey were nearly overcome on the heights ofSan Giovanni or Saint John, leading to themountains of Angrogna, a natural fortress,where they had taken their families forrefuge. Seeing the enemy mounting stepby step, and drawing their ranks closer, thewomen, children, and old men fell on theirknees, crying out all together, with fervor bornof great distress, O our God, help us! OGod, give ours strength! O God, save us. My men shall give you the answer, criedone of the chiefs of the invaders, surnamedNoir de Mondovi on account of his dark com-plexion, scorning their prayers. But raising. FROM AXGROGNA TO PRA DEL TORNO. Persecution begun in 1476 67 his visor at that moment, to prove how littlefear he had of these poor people, this newGoliath was struck between the eyes and killedby a stone from the hand of Pierre Revelof Angrogna. The Waldenses, seizing themoment of panic and terror which took pos-session of the invading troops, made an impet-uous attack, and drove them down the moun-tain vanquished and dispersed to the on the mountain, with their deliveredfamilies, they threw themselves upon theirknees to render thanks to the God of armies,who had given them this signal victory. Eventheir enemies were soon persuaded that Godfought with the heroic mountaineers. WhenCattanee the next day organized a new ex-pedition by another road up the valley ofAngrogna, hoping to reach the height of Pradel Tor, from which he would have beenmaster
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