[39] It is entitled, says Leger, “A Brief Confession of Faith made by the Pastors and Heads of Families of the Valleys of Piedmont.” “It is preserved,” he adds, “with other documents, in the Library of the University of Cambridge.” (Hist. des Vaud., livr. i., p. 95.)
[40] Gilles, p. 40. Monastier, p. 146.
[41] George Morel states, in his Memoirs, that at this time there were more than 800,000 persons of the religion of the Vaudois. (Leger, Hist. des Vaudois, livr. ii., p. 27.) He includes, of course, in this estimate the Vaudois in the Valleys, on the plain of Piedmont, in Naples and Calabria, in the South of France, and in the countries of Germany.
[42] Leger, livr. ii., p. 27.
[43] Monastier, p. 153.
[44] Leger, livr. ii., p. 29.
[45] Leger, livr. ii., p. 29. Monastier, p. 168,
[46] Leger, livr. ii., p. 28.
[47] Muston, Israel of the Alps, chap. 8.
[48] Leger, livr. ii., p. 29.