AN

HISTORICAL DEFENCE

OF THE

WALDENSES OR VAUDOIS,

INHABITANTS OF THE VALLEYS OF PIEDMONT,

BY

JEAN RODOLPHE PEYRAN,

Late Pastor of Pomaret, and Moderator of the Waldensian Church.

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIXES

BY THE REV. THOMAS SIMS, M. A.

Domestic Chaplain to Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Beaufort.

Καὶ δώσω τοῖς δυσὶ μάρτυσί μου, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν ἡμέρας χιλίας
διακοσίας εξήκοντα, περιβεβλημένοι σάκκους. Οὗτοί εἰσιν αἱ δύο ἐλαῖαι καὶ
αἱ δύο λυχνίαι αἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐστῶτες.—Apoc. xi. 3, 4.

Movemur nescio quo pacto locis ipsis, in quibus eorum, quos diligimus aut admiramur,
adsunt vestigia.-CICERO DE LEGIB. lib. ii. c. 2.

LONDON:

C. & J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, AND
WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

J. Chilcott, Printer, Wine Street, Bristol.

ΤΟ

HIS MAJESTY

Frederick William, King of Prussia,

Elector of Brandenburg,

&c. &c.

AN

AUGUST PATRON

AND

MUNIFICENT BENEFACTOR

OF

THE WALDENSES OF PIEDMONT,

THIS VOLUME,

CONTAINING

AN HISTORICAL DEFENCE

OF

THOSE ANCIENT AND INTERESTING CHRISTIANS,

IS,

BY EXPRESS PERMISSION,

AND WITH SENTIMENTS OF PROFOUND RESPECT,

DEDICATED

. BY

THE EDITOR.