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Contents.
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| abroad—Elector Palatine’s letter—Massacre of St. Bartholomew—Letter—Inroad of the Monks—Octavia Sollara—Copin—Two penitent pastor—Passage of the French army—Plague—Death of twelve pastors—Other ministers arrive—Introduction of the French language | 140 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| THE SLAUGHTERED CHURCH. | |
| Death of Victor Amadeus—Enmity of the Duchess Catherine—Propaganda—Edict of banishment from Saluzzo—Vaudois in arms—Edict of exile from Luserna—Léger and his flock—Marquis di Pianezza enters the valleys with his army—His artifice to gain possession—Succeeds—Slaughter of the Vaudois—Milton’s sonnet—Cruelties—Petitbourg’s evidence—Lamentations—Léger’s history of the slaughter—Quotation from Dr. Gilly—The defence of Rorà by Janavel and his companions—Repeated defeat of the enemy—Pianezza attacks Rorà with ten thousand men—Cruelties—Noble defence—Margaret Garniero—Janavel’s escape—His answer to Pianezza—Crosses the mountain—Meets with Jahier—Taking of San Secondo—Janavel wounded—Death of Jahier—Other commanders—Cromwell’s sympathy—Morland’s remonstrance—Disadvantageous terms of peace | 163 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| THE EXILED CHURCH. | |
| The treaty of Pinerolo—Incessant internal persecution—Revocation of the Edict of Nantes—Strangers banished from the valleys—Forced baptism of children—Revocation or death—Vaudois in arms—Successes—Lay down their arms—Repetition of enormities—Fourteen thousand thrown into prison—Cruel treatment—Permitted to emigrate—Hardship and loss by the way—Benevolent reception at Geneva—Efforts in their behalf by the Bernese agents—The imprisoned pastors—Settlement of the Vaudois in Switzerland—Offered help from other States—Desire of the Vaudois to return home—Meeting Henri Arnaud—House of his descendant Janavel—Meeting at Bex—Kindness of the Governor of Aigle—Departure to Germany —Day of general humiliation fixed for their final departure | 192 |
