Martyrologia alphabetikē, or, An alphabetical martyrology containing the trials and dying expressions of many…Martyrologia alphabetikē, or, An alphabetical martyrology containing the tryals and dying expressions of many…

Waldenses began 1200 years after Christ, and were so called from Waldo who first instructed them; and they delivered their Doctrine from Father to Son successively. They had indeed divers Names according to the places where they lived: In the Northern parts they were called Lollards; about Lyons in France they were called Pauperes de Lugduno; in Flanders, Terraelupins, of a desert where Wolves did haunt; in Dolphin, Chugnards, by way of despite, because they lived harbourless. They ⟨p. 195⟩taught at first in Caves of the Earth, and in the night for fear of Persecution, and were a people fearing God, living uprightly and justly, yet they suffered much Persecution, especially in Merindol and Calabria, whither they came from Piedmont Valleys, and though those places were deserts, yet were they by them so cultivated that they proved very fruitful. Vol. 2. p. 185, 186. They were charitable to the poor, hospitable to strangers, and were known by these marks, they would not swear, nor name the Devil; were true to their promise, and would not take an Oath, unless in judgment, or in making some solemn Covenant; nor would they in any company talk of dishonest matters, but whenever they heard wanton or swearing talk, they presently departed out of that Company; and also they always prayed before they went to any business, and opposed generally Images, crossing, and other Popish Fooleries, as was testified by their very Enemies, and their neighbouring Inhabitants, to the French ⟨p. 196⟩King. Vol. 2. p. 193. They were also called Albigenses, from the place where they frequented in Toulouse; and Merindolians, from Merindol a place of Provence in France, which with Cabriles were laid waste, burned and razed, their Inhabitants cut asunder, and their Women and Maids ravished, those with Child cut open, by one John Minerius Lord of Opede, at the command of Francis the French King, April 12. 1545. Vol. 2. p. 196, to page 200.

Waldenses began 1200 years after Christ, and were so called from Waldo who first instructed them; and they delivered their Doctrine from Father to Son successively. They had indeed divers Names according to the places where they lived: In the Northern parts they were called Lollards; about Lyons in France they were called Pauperes de Lugduno; in Flanders, Terraelupins, of a desart where Wolves did haunt; in Dolphine, Chugnards, by way of despite, because they lived harbourless. They