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Protestantism in the Waldensian Valleys - James Aitken Wylie

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Chapter 2<br />

Cataneo's Expedition Aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />

<strong>the</strong> Dauph<strong>in</strong>ese and<br />

Piedmontese Confessors<br />

WE see at this moment two armies on <strong>the</strong><br />

march to attack <strong>the</strong> Christians <strong>in</strong>habit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

Cottian and Dauph<strong>in</strong>ese Alps. The sword now<br />

unshea<strong>the</strong>d is to be returned to its scabbard only<br />

when <strong>the</strong>re brea<strong>the</strong>s no longer <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se mounta<strong>in</strong>s a<br />

s<strong>in</strong>gle confessor of <strong>the</strong> faith condemned <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> bull<br />

of Innocent VIII. The plan of <strong>the</strong> campaign was to<br />

attack at <strong>the</strong> same time on two opposite po<strong>in</strong>ts of<br />

<strong>the</strong> great mounta<strong>in</strong>-cha<strong>in</strong>; and advanc<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong> one<br />

army from <strong>the</strong> south-east, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r from <strong>the</strong><br />

north-west, to meet <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Valley of Angrogna, <strong>the</strong><br />

center of <strong>the</strong> territory, and <strong>the</strong>re strike <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al<br />

blow. Let us attend first to <strong>the</strong> French division of<br />

this host, that which is advanc<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>the</strong> north<br />

aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>the</strong> Alps of Dauph<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

This portion of <strong>the</strong> crusaders was led by a<br />

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