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of destroying a mill. They only fell in with a few stragglers of the Vaudois, making bread in a neighbouring village, they chased them all round the hamlet, but succeeded only in killing two French refugees, who were sick, and taking another prisoner; this poor fellow they obliged to carry the heads of his countrymen on a pole to Perouse, where they hung him and stuck his head upon a pole, that every one who passed might say, such is the end of the barbets ! This man, in his last moments, prayed with such fervour, that the magistrate of the place, though a. Roman Catholic, begged his life of Mons. de L'Ombraille, who, in reply, threatened to hang him also. The firmness and resolution of the poor man at the place of execution interested all the spectators in his favour: in answer to various questions which were put to him, he declared that the Vaudois were well provided with corn, bread, salt, and gunpowder: being asked where they got their salt, he replied, without betraying either his friends or his conscience, from saltpetre: he declared he felt happy to die in such a cause; and that for every Vaudois who fell God would raise. up 500 more--a prophecy which was completely fulfilled some months afterwards. Although the French in general have often discovered rather a propensity to desert, yet it must be owned there have been some of them among the Vau

dois who have shewn great steadiness and courage; as, for example, the one whose fate we have just related. And we must also mention with praise and gratitude the name of Le Sieur François, a native of Vinan in the Cevennes, and Captain Sicut, of the English and Dutch Protestant troops in that place; he was well known and esteemed by Mons. Arnaud, and his correct and accurate statements have contributed not a little to the formation of these Memoirs.

Whether from the lateness of the season, or the mortification resulting from other causes, the enemy razed to the ground and then abandoned Macel, Salse, Fontaines, Rodoret, and Prals, after carrying away the corn, and every thing which could contribute to the subsistence of the Vaudois, and calling out to them to wait till Easter, retired to Maneille and Perier, where they firmly entrenched themselves.

This cowardly retreat gave the Vaudois, who who were still 400 strong, time to breathe; and though their persecutors had threatened to return, nothing could daunt the little flock, who trusted in that providence who had hitherto so wonderfully sustained and preserved them, both from famine and from the hands of the enemy. They had arrived at La Balsille without provision even for the next day; but they had subsisted on vegetables and corn

without salt and butter, until, by rebuilding the mill, they were able to make bread. Well might it be said, that the Almighty had declared himself in their favour, since, on their arrival in the Valleys of St. Martin and Luzerne, they had been permitted to find provisions of all sorts in abundance; and that the corn, which had not been sown at the proper season, was preserved under the snow, all winter till the month of May, when the Vaudois reaped it and found it perfectly good. Had it been gathered up and put into barns, as usual, it would have been burnt by the enemy, but in this manner was it preserved for the sustenance of those to whom God had destined it. This miraculous circumstance occurred at Rodoret and Prals, where the Vaudois had been on the point of beginning the harvest when they were interrupted by the arrival of the French troops.

During this calm they frequently sent out detachments in search of provisions, and one day, as they went to the village of Bourset for this purpose, the syndic told them the inhabitants would rather grant them a contribution than be exposed to their frequent visits; that if they would send three or four captains with an escort, they would settle this matter together, hinting at the same time that they had good news to communicate; the Vaudois, not dis

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