Some other sayd that the ministers, by their prayers, coniured and bewitched them, that they could not fight: and in dede, wonderfull is it, and meruelous are the iudgementes of God, that notwithstandyng so many combates and conflictes, so great assaultes and aduentures, so much & so terrible shot, continually made agaynst this poore people, yet all in a maner came to no effect: So mightily Gods holy power wrought for hys people: Inso much, that for all the sayd combates, skirmishes, and so many conflictes: of all the Angrongnians, there were but ix. onely that miscaried,MarginaliaOnely 14 of all the Waldoys slayne in all these conflictes. and the whole number of those that were slayne were but onely fourtene persones. Where also is to be noted, not without great admiration, how few there were, and those also but poore sely shepeherdes and neateheardes, to encounter with such a mighty power, of so strong and braue souldiours commyng agaynst them with weapon and armour, beyng so well furnished and appoynted with munition, as they were in all poyntes accordingly, and the other on the contrary side beyng vnarmed, and vnprouided of all habiliment of warre, hauyng for theyr defence for the most part, nothyng els but slynges and stones, and a fewe harquebushes.

The ix. day of Marche, there was a hote skirmish at Angrongne. For 3. companies of souldiours went to Angrongne, to burne and spoyle all that remayned, & to destroy the wynes, which were hidden in the ground. Where, amōgest themselues, they mocked and flouted the poore people, saying: these Lutherane Waldoys, are valiant fellowes behynd their bulwarkes: but if they had bene in the plain field, they had bene well canuased. After this it chaunced þ^t thirty of the Waldoys went and assayled these foresayd companies in the playne field.MarginaliaAn other skirmishe betwene the enemies & the Angronians. They fought a long season, and that so nere, that some of them fought hand to hand. In this cōflict, one of those of Angrongne, wrestled with a Captayne of the enemies, strong and mighty, and cast hym downe vpon the ground. Many of the souldiours were slayne, and many hurt. But of the Angronians there was but one slain and an other hurt a little, which notwithstandyng gaue not ouer to fight manfully. Then the souldiours seing the losse of theyr men retyred sodenly.

After that the Lord of Trinitie sent ij. Gentlemen of the Valley of Luserne, to them of Angrongne, to feele them if they would come to any agreement. To whom aunswere was made, that they would stand to their first answer. Frō that tyme he sent very often, to entreate of the agreement: but what his meanyng was, it might well appeare.MarginaliaNote the practise of Papistes. For when the poore people hoped for some agreement, they were most furiously assaulted. Vpon this there was a day assigned in, the valley of Luserne to conferre touching the agreement, with certayne men pertainyng to the lord of Raconis and the safeconduct was promised and graunted.

MarginaliaBehold how this traiterous Trinty, whiles he pretendeth an agreemēt, goeth about to destroy these poore men. The night afore the ministers and rulers of Angrōgne should take their iorney, they perceyued a company of souldioures goyng vp a hill, by the which they of Angrongne should passe, and hid them in houses on the wayes side, thinkyng to take at vnwares them of Angrongne which were sent to treat of the agrement. But they hauyng intelligence of this conspiracy, watched and warded. It was an easie matter as diuers thought, that night to haue taken the lord of Trinity, and haue spoyled hys whole campe.MarginaliaDauid spareth kyng Saule. But they of Angrōgne and Luserne, would not execute this enterprise, lest therby they should offend God, and passe the boundes of theyr vocation, takyng vpon them no more but to defende them selues.

At that tyme a pitifull case happened in the Medow of Tour. The Lord of Raconis semyng to be sory for this warre, sent into the medow of Tour, an honest man of Briqueras named Fraunces of Gilles, to take aduise, what meanes were best, to further the agreement. Who hauyng consulted with the ministers and rulers, returned homeward that day accordyng to his maisters commaundement and hauyng sent backe one which conducted hym, was murdered soone after at the foote of Angrongne, by two of Angrongne, which otherwise seemed to be honest, and of good parentage. Soone after, one of the two which had cōmitted this facte, entered into the Medowe of Tour, and was immediately apprehended and bound. He confessed the fact without any further delay. Immediately the other also was taken.

The Waldoys were meruelously troubled and agreued with thys fact, and wrote to the Lord of Raconis, declaryng vnto hym the whole circumstance of the fact, and that they had the offenders in warde, and that, if it would please him to send certaine to examine þ^e matter, they for their part, would so execute iustice in the punishmēt of them, that their innocency to all men should appeare. The lord of Raconis, wrote vnto them, that they should deliuer vnto him þ^e offenders, and that he would do such iustice vpon them, as the cause required. To the which they of Angrongne aunswe MarginaliaThe iust dealing of the Angronians. red, that vpon three conditions, they should be deliuered, accordyng to hys request. First, that the prisoners shoulde be compelled to do nothyng against their consciences, and as touching religion, nothyng should be spoken vnto them but out of the word of God. Secondly, that speedy and sharpe iustice should be executed vpon them: and that hereafter this should be no preiudice to the liberties and priuileges of the people of Angrongne. The third, that the execution of them should be vpon the borders of Angrongne, for an example to all other. This beyng accorded with one assent (yea without contradiction of their parentes) they sent them prisoners accompanied with threscore gunners to the confines of Luserne, and there deliuered them into the handes of the Lord of Raconis. This redounded to the great commendation of them of Angrongne.

After this the lord of Trinitie hauyng left certayn garisions about Angrongne and the valley of Luserne: went to Perouse nere to the valley of S. Martine to succour the garrison there, beyng in great daunger, and there remained a month. Duryng which tyme, they of Angrongne, and of the valley of Luserne, lyued in more quietnes then afore:MarginaliaScarsenes of vitaile among the Angronians. but yet they were so afflicted, by reason of the scarcitie of vitayles, which sore pressed them, and namely those of the medow of Toure, for they were spoyled of their vitailes. This poore people lyued with mylke and with herbes, hauyng very little bread.MarginaliaGods mercy towarde his people. But afterwardes, when they were euen lyke to be famished, God of hys goodnes, sent thē better succour, both of corne and bread, then they had before. The enemies thought to haue taken the medow of Toure by famine: for they toke away the vitailes that were to bee had in all places round about. Euery houshold was suffred to haue no more then should susteine them that day, and þ^t also was very litle: to the end that they should not succour this poore people.

After that, the Lorde of TrinitieMarginaliaNote how thys bloudy wretch pretending agreement, peace, and quietnes: immediatly seeketh the destruction of this poore people beyng returned from Perouse to Luserne, sent certeine to entreate of an agreement, and required to common with some of the people. Then they began to consulte and deuise by all meanes, how they myght come to some good agreement. But on Monday beyng the xvij. daye of Aprill, by breake of day, he sent certeine bandes of Spanyardes, which he had there, wyth the Garrison of Tour, to the mountaine of Tailleret, by þ^t way whiche leadeth to the Medow of Tour, on þ^e South side.MarginaliaThe people of Tailleret cruelly murthered of the Spanyardes. They murdered men, women and children of Tailleret, whom they founde in in their beddes. Then they marched on along vpon the mountaine, towardes the Medow of Tour. Anone after the people perceaued ij. other companies of souldiers marchyng by Angrongne, by ij. seueral wayes, to assault the Medow of Tour.MarginaliaThe trumpettes of the Waldoys. In the mornyng, as soone as they rose they blew their hornes, for they sawe the Spanyardes already entred. When they had made their prayers, euery man ranne to meete the enemyes, some on the East side and the other on the South. They whiche first resisted the Spanyardes (who were already past the bulwarkes) were in the begynnyng, but xij. Gunners, and a fewe other whom they caused to go vp to the hill and role downe great stones. These xij. hauing founde a fitte place for theyr purpose to stay the Spanyardes, began to shoote of their harquebushes at them.MarginaliaThe Spanyardes beaten backe The Spanyardes seyng them selues so sore assayled both aboue and beneath, and the place so narrow, and so straight, reculed backe, and retired as fast as they could, by the same way, by the which they came. If they had taried a litle longer, they had bene enclosed betwene the ij. mountaines: whiche place was so straite that they could not haue escaped. The people chased them vnto their campe, whiche was at Tour. As they fled they founde often, some Fortes, where they dyd resiste for a litle while: but they were alway beaten out.MarginaliaGod geueth victory to the Waldoys agaynst the Spanyards In this cōbate God gaue victorye to the poore Waldoys, with great slaughter of the Spanyardes: where also very many of thē were sore hurt and wounded.

The sayd L. of Trinitie sent vnto the Spanyardes, that they should not faynt and giue ouer, but sticke to it like men and he would shortly send them succour: but they woulde not. Those of the Valley of Luserne, hearyng of this conflict, came in the meane tyme, to helpe their neighboures. Amongest other, there was one slayne in that battaile, for whom the Lord of Trinitie much lamented, saying that he would rather haue lost a whole bande, then that man. The other ij. companies, whiche marched by Angrongne, perceiuing the Spanyardes to bee so beaten and put to flight, & seyng also those of þ^e medow of Tour cōmyng to encounter with them, retired in hast. Vpō that, the lord of Trinity went to Cauors thre miles from Luserne, being in a great perplexitie: and as he was about to send succoure to the Spaniardes, he heard the sounde of a drumme aboue Luserne, and suspected that there was an army of þ^e Waldoys commyng against hym. Vpon this diuers of the souldiours