e a furnace red hot, and forced them to push each
other in till they came to the last man, whom they pushed in themselves.

Michael Gonet, a man of 90, was burnt to death; Baptista Oudri, another
old man, was stabbed; and Bartholomew Frasche had holes made in his
heels, through which ropes being put, he was dragged by them to the
jail, where his wounds mortified and killed him.

Magdalene de la Piere being pursued by some of the soldiers, and taken,
was thrown down a precipice, and dashed to pieces. Margaret Revella, and
Mary Pravillerin, two very old women, were burnt alive; and Michael
Bellino, with Ann Bochardno, were beheaded.

The son and daughter of a counsellor of Giovanni were rolled down a
steep hill together, and suffered to perish in a deep pit at the bottom.
A tradesman's family, viz: himself, his wife, and an infant in her arms,
were cast from a rock, and dashed to pieces; and Joseph Chairet, and
Paul Carniero, were flayed alive.

Cypriania Bustia, being asked if he would renounce his religion and turn
Roman catholic, replied, I would rather renounce life, or turn dog; to
which a priest answered, For that expression you shall both renounce
life, and be given to the dogs. They, accordingly, dragged him to
prison, where he continued a considerable time without food, till he was
famished; after which they threw his corpse into the street before the
prison, and it was devoured by dogs in the most shocking manner.

Margaret Saretta was stoned to death, and then thrown into the river;
Antonio Bartina had his head cleft asunder; and Joseph Pont was cut
through the middle of his body.

Daniel Maria, and his whole family, being ill of a fever, several papist
ruffians broke into his house, telling him they were practical
physicians, and would give them all present ease, which they did by
knocking the whole family on the head.

Three infant children of a protestant, named Peter Fine, were covered
with snow, and stifled; an elderly widow, named Judith, was beheaded,
and a beautiful young woman was stripped naked, and had a stake driven
through her body, of which she expired.

Lucy, the wife of Peter Besson, a woman far gone in her pregnancy, who
lived in one of the villages of the Piedmontese valleys, determined, if
possible, to escape from such dreadful scenes as every where surrounded
her: she, accordingly took two young children, one in each hand, and set
off towards the Alps. But on the third day of the jou