. A short history of the Italian Waldenses who have inhabited the valleys of the Cottian Alps from ancient times to the present. nativemountains, he resolved to disunite them byfair means or foul, before destroying sent a gentle message to the inhabitantsof the Valley of Angrogna, that they hadnothing to fear from him, provided they re-frained from mixing with the affairs of theother valleys. But, taught by bitter experi-ence, the Waldenses were not deceived, andreturned no answer. They made intrench-ments, established posts and signals, preparedammunition, and organized bands of flyin
. A short history of the Italian Waldenses who have inhabited the valleys of the Cottian Alps from ancient times to the present. nativemountains, he resolved to disunite them byfair means or foul, before destroying sent a gentle message to the inhabitantsof the Valley of Angrogna, that they hadnothing to fear from him, provided they re-frained from mixing with the affairs of theother valleys. But, taught by bitter experi-ence, the Waldenses were not deceived, andreturned no answer. They made intrench-ments, established posts and signals, preparedammunition, and organized bands of flyingcompanies, with bows and arrows. Theseyouthful heroes were always accompanied intheir sallies by two pastors, who calmed theirexcesses of anger and prevented uselesseffusion of blood. The righteousness of their cause must beproved by the justice of their conduct, andevery morning and evening, as well as at thebeginning and end of every battle they kneltto ask for grace and guidance in this hardextremity. A second attack was easily re-pulsed, and the third became a terrible routfor the invaders, and a glorious victory for. kJxm I *& Persecution of A. D. 1561 75 the Waldenses. The Count of Trinity, whohad brought all his forces and employed allhis strategy to vanquish the despised enemy,wished to surprise Pra del Tor, the citadel onthe heights of Angrogna, a green oasis shutin by terrible rocks and precipices. Therethe persecuted people had retired, carryingwith them mills and furnaces, and all thingsnecessary for subsistence. The invader dividedhis army into three parts, to approach thestrong place from different points; but thisdivision proved his ruin, for one by one theparts of his army were vanquished and almostdestroyed. They fled before the victoriousflying companies, and, unable to mount asrapidly as the others came down, were drivenover precipices and into ravines. Two oftheir chiefs were killed, and one of them wasbeheaded with his own sword. They wouldhave been exterm
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