CHAPTER VIII.

PREPARATIONS FOR A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.

Pastor Gilles Carries the Remonstrance to the Duke--No Tidings for Three Months--The Monks of Pinerolo begin the Persecution--Raid in San Martino--Philip of Savoy’s Attempt at Conciliation--A Monk’s Sermon--The Duke Declares War against the Vaudois--Dreadful Character of his Army--The Waldenses hold a Fast, &c.--Skirmishing in Angrogna--Night Panic--La Trinita Occupies the Val di Lucerna--An Intrigue--Fruitless Concessions--Affecting Incidents--La Trinita Demands 20,000 Crowns from the Men of the Valleys--He Retires into Winter Quarters--Outrages of his Soldiers 77