The Waldenses Sketches of the Evangelical Christians of the Valleys of Piedmont
The Waldenses Sketches of the Evangelical Christians of the Valleys of Piedmont
A W Alexander W Mitchell
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Cromwell, as soon as he was informed of what was going on in the valleys, addressed a Latin letter, the composition 208 THE WALDENSES. of Milton, * and of which the following is a translation, to the duke of Savoy: — " Most serene Prince, " We are informed by letters received from several places in the vicinity of your dominions, that the subjects of your royal highness, professing the reformed religion, have been commanded by an edict, published by your authority, to quit their habitations and... lands, within three days after the promulgation of the said edict, under pain of death, and the confiscation of their property, unless they shall enter into an engagement to abjure their own, and to em- brace the Roman • catholic faith, before the end of twenty days. We have learnt also, that, regardless of their hum- ble petitions to your highness, praying that you would be pleased to revoke the said edict, and to grant the same privileges which were anciently conceded by your serene ancestors, your army fell upon them, cruelly slaughtered great numbers, imprisoned others, and drove the rest to fly for refuge to desolate places, and to mountains covered with snow, where hundreds of families are reduced to such extremity, that, it is to be feared, they will all shortly perish with cold and hunger.
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