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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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CHAPTEE II.<br />

CONSILIUM DE PEOPAGANDA FIDE ET EXTIE-<br />

PANDIS ELEEETICIS.<br />

<strong>The</strong> scenes with which J<strong>an</strong>uary closed had<br />

become matters <strong>of</strong> history, <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> edict<br />

<strong>of</strong> Gastaldo had brought desolation into<br />

its limited sphere <strong>of</strong> operation, when <strong>the</strong><br />

Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Propag<strong>an</strong>da determined upon<br />

fur<strong>the</strong>r efforts for <strong>the</strong> complete extirpation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> heretics in <strong>the</strong> <strong>valleys</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Alps.<br />

It was about <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> April, 1655.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> palace <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Archbishop <strong>of</strong><br />

Turin, <strong>an</strong> assembly <strong>of</strong> nobles had met on<br />

urgent business. It consisted <strong>of</strong> ten per-<br />

sons—<strong>the</strong> Marquis <strong>of</strong> Pi<strong>an</strong>esse, <strong>the</strong> Arch-<br />

bishop, <strong>the</strong> Gr<strong>an</strong>d Ch<strong>an</strong>cellor, <strong>the</strong> Papal

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