will vtterlye forsake the false religion of the Pope, and that we will liue and dye in the mainteinaūce and confession of Gods holy worde. Let vs all go to morow into the Temple, to heare the worde of God, and after, let vs cast downe to the ground, all the Idolles and aultars. To this euery mā agreed, saying: Let vs so do: yea and that, the very same houre, in the which they haue appointed vs to be at the counsell house.

MarginaliaImages and altars broken downe in the church of Boby.The next day after, they assembled them selues in the Churche of Boby, and as soone as they came into the Temple, without any further delay, they beate downe the Images, and cast downe the altars. After the Sermon, they went to Villars, to do the like there. By þ^e waye, they encountred with a band of souldiers, whiche were goyng to spoyle a village named Le val Guichard, & to take the poore inhabitantes, prisoners. The souldiers seyng them so ill appointed, mocked them, and discharged their handgunnes vppon them, thinkyng at the first brunt, to haue put them to flight. But they valiauntly defended them selues, and with stones, chased them euen to the Fortresse. MarginaliaImages and altars cast downe in the church of Villars.When they came to Villars, they beate down their Images and altars, and afterwardes besieged the Fortresse, and demaunded the prisoners, which were there deteined.

The same day, the Iudge of Luserne, called Podesta, went to þ^e Counsell house, to enroll the names of those whiche would returne to the Masse, but seyng what was done, he was sore afrayed, and desired the people to suffre him to returne quietly: whiche they willingly graunted vnto hym. Diuers Gentlemen also of the Valley, came thether with the Iudge, to make theyr poore tenauntes to forsake God: but seing the tumult, they were fayne to flye into the Castle, where they and the Garrison were besieged ten dayes together, not without great daunger of their lyues. The second day of the siege, the Captaine of Tour went with a company of souldiers, thinkyng to raise the siege, MarginaliaGod geueth victorye to his seruauntes.but they were, by those that kept the passages, either slayne or disconfited. As much was done the thyrd day. MarginaliaAn other combate betwene the Waldoys and their enemies.The fourth day, he returned with three bandes, and with the Garrison of Tour, which caused a furious cōbate: wherin many of the enemyes were slayne, but a great number hurt, and yet of those that besieged the Forte, there was not one man hurt.

In the tyme of this siege, they attempted diuers meanes to take the sayd Fortresse, but without ordinaunce, it was impossible so to do: Wherfore they were now past all hope of wynnyng it. Moreouer, the Lord of Trinitie returnyng with his armye, was come to the Valley of Luserne, & the next day after, might easely haue raised the siege. Wherfore, when the Garrison (not knowyng that the Lord of Trinitie was so neare) desired that they might depart with bagge & baggage, they graunted their request. MarginaliaThe iust hand of God vpon his enemies.In this siege halfe of the souldiers were slayne, & many were hurt, aswell with harquebushes, as with stones. During this siege, the souldiers, for lacke of water, were constrayned to make their bread with wyne, whiche tormented their stomackes, and caused great diseases. Here is not to be forgotten that the souldiers, which a while before, did so cruelly persecute the poore Ministers, sekyng by all meanes possible to destroye them, were now fayne to pray them to saue their lyues, and to promise thē that they should haue no hurt, and also to safeconduct them into a sure place: neither would they departe, vntill they had promised them so to do. MarginaliaNote, how the Ministers of the Gospel promise to their enemies and performe, doing good for euill.Which the Ministers did promise and also performe very willyngly. Then the souldiers seyng them selues much beholden to the Ministers so gently dealyng with them, gaue them great thankes, & promised them, in recompence therof, all the pleasure that they could shewe them. MarginaliaThe Frotresse gotten by the Angronians.The same night the Fortresse was rased.

The 2. day of February, the Lord of Trinitie camped at Luserne, & placed a Garison in the Priorie of S. Iohn, a village of the Waldoys, betwene Luserne & Angrongne. The next day in the mornyng, the sayd Lord of Trinitie sent word vnto thē of Angrongne, þ^t if they woulde not take part with the rest, they should be gently handled. All the weeke before, they were sollicited by him to cōsent to the same, but they would giue no aunswere. MarginaliaGod cōpelleth his seruauntes to defend their religion by force.The same day, they of Angrongne, and the rest of the Valleys, fully agreed and determined to defend their religion by force, and that the one should ayde the other, and no agreement to bee made, by any one, without the consent of the rest. About noone, the Lord of MarginaliaAn other combate of betwene the Lord of Trinitie, and the Angronians,Trinitie marched with his armie, by S. Iohn, to enter into þ^e borders of Angrongne, by a place called La Sonneillette, where they had fought before. The people had made certeine bulwarkes of earth and stone, not past iij. foote hye: where they defended them selues valiantly, agaynst their enemyes, which assailed them diuers waies. When the ennemyes were so wearye that they coulde fight no longer, they put freshe souldiers into their places: so that the combate endured vntill night, and all that day, the armye could not enter into the borders of Angrongne. MarginaliaGod geueth victorye agayne to his people.Many of the enemyes were slayne, and a great number hurt: and but two of Angrongne slayne, of whom the one was slayne by hys owne follye, because he was to gredy vpon the spoyle. The armye beyng now well beaten and tyred, rested a while, to make them selues stronger for a further mischief.

The Friday folowing, which was the vij. of February, at þ^e breake of þ^e day, the armye marched towardes Angrongne, by fiue seuerall places. The people of Angrongne were not yet assembled, & none there were to resiste, but onely a fewe, whiche kept the watche: the which seyng their enemies cōming vpō thē in so many places, & perceiuyng that they went about to inclose them, after they had valiantly fought for a space, MarginaliaAn other fight betwene the Lorde of Trinitie, and the Angronians.they reculed by litle and litle, to a high place called La Casse, where the combate was renued, with a greater fiercenes, then before. But the Lord of Trinitie, seyng the losse of his men, and aboue all, that one of great credite and authoritie in the Dukes Court, was wounded to death, blew a retreite, and descended to Angrongne (the people beyng fled to the Medowe of Tour) and there spoyled and burnt all the wynes, victualles, and the rest of the goodes that he could finde: so that in a short space, hee had burned about a thousand houses of Angrongne. MarginaliaA notable miracle of God in keping the temples of the Gospell from burning.And here is not to be forgottē, that they oftentymes, set fire vpō the ij. temples of Angrongne, where the worde of God was preached, but they could neuer burne them. So did they also to the Ministers house, whiche notwithstandyng, remained whole, the houses rounde about, beyng all consumed with fire. That day none of Angrongne, was slayne or hurt, sauyng onely one that was hurt in his theigh.

There were in all Angrongne, but ij. that were enemyes to the worde of God, which that same day, were slaine by the souldiers, not in the combate: but for their riches, whiche they had about them, as they were runnyng awaye. MarginaliaNote agains the secret worke of God.The one of them was a very couetous wretch, & had great store of golde and siluer, & would spend nothyng, either to helpe hym selfe, or succour others: MarginaliaVnkindnes to parentes, rightly rewarded.no not his poore parentes. All this was spoyled by þ^e souldiers, with a hūdreth or ij. hundreth crownes besides, whiche he had about him. Besides these ij. there was not one of Angrongne slayne that day. All the rest of the people retyred to the Medowe of Tour: The situatiō wherof, we will here declare, for the better vnderstandyng of that whiche foloweth.

MarginaliaThe Medowe of Tour, described.Tour is a litle Valley vppon the borders of Angrongne, enuironed about, with mountaines: ij. myles in length, but very narrow. On both sides, and in the middes therof, there be about ij. hundreth small houses and cotages: also medowes, pastures for cattell, groūd for tillage, trees & goodly fountaines. On the South side and the North, the moūtaines be so high, that no man can that way, approch vnto the sayd Valley. On the other coastes, a mā may enter by 7. or 8. wayes. This place is not past ij. myles from Angrongne. The way thether is very narrowe, and ill to passe by, because of the hilles, which be on both sides. There is also a Riuer hard by, but very small: but the bankes therof be very high, in many places. The people had caryed thether very few victualles, partly because the way was so ill, and also throughe the sodeine returne of the armye.

In þ^e meane tyme, þ^e lord of Trinitie, after he had now twise assaulted Angrongne, sent certein to burne Rosa, & to discouer þ^e wayes, which lead to þ^e Valley of Luserne: MarginaliaThe enemies again driuen backe.but the souldiers were driuē backe 4. daies together, by those which kept þ^e passages. Wherupō he sent his whole armie, whom they valiantly withstode frō morning till night. Thē they of Luserne sent new ayde. During this cōbate, an embushmēt of souldiers descended from the toppe of the mountaine, by a place so hard to passe by, that no man would haue suspected it. The poore people seyng them selues so enuironed of theyr