Chap. HI. 'I'he HI 8 T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS~ 475 out of character, for he knew that the protector did not inrich his famiOli\'er r 1 b!" ~ · H J d J Prottt!or. ly, nor value money, but ror. t 1e pu !C ervtce. '! ~ c; rdlc u es, ~ 1~; r 654 . " tbe jews could never be penmtted to lzve long zn a wee,Jettte 1Ji?narcuy. ~ What then does he call the monarchy of Eugland; where the;ews have been indulged the free excrcife of thei r religion, without doing any damage to the religion or commerce of the nation, for above fixty years? The protector's zeal for the reformed religion, made him the refuge of He a.!Jijls the of pe rfecu ted protefiants in all parts of the world. The duke of Scruoy , p•·otejlants zn at the infiance of his dutchcfs, fifl:er to the queen of England, determined tbe valleys. to oblige his reformed fu bjccts in the valleys of Piedmont, to embrace tbe roman catbolic religion or depar t the country. For this purpofe he qu artered an army upon them, which eat up tbt ir fubfl:ance. The proteftan ts making fame little refifl:ance to the rudenefs of the Joldiers, the duke gave orders, that all the protellant families in the valley of Lucenz lhould go into banilhment, which fome obeyed, while the reil fent deputies to 1he court of 'Iurin, to implore mercy; but the pope, and the princes of Italy, advifed the duke to improve the prefen t opportunity for extirpating the reformed, and making all his fubjeC!:s of one religion. The duke accordingly fent exprefs orders to his general, to drive them all out of the country, with their wives and children , and to put to death fuch as lhoulc! remain. This was executed with great feverity April 20, 165S· Thofe who efcaped the {word fled into the mountains, from whe nce, being ready to perifh with hunger and cold, they fent their agents to the lord pro-· .teClor of E ngland, and other proteil:ant powers for relief. It was the beginning of May when his bighnefs was firll made acquain ted with their di!hefs, whereupon he appointed a general faft, and charitable contributions throughout all England for their prefent affifiance; and fuch was the compailion of the people, that the collection amounted 'to thirty.Jeven thoufand and ninety.Jeven pounds, Jevenjhilfings and three pence. About thirty thonfand pounds, was remitted to thei r depnties at feveral payments, in this and the nex t year; but the confufions which followed upon the protector's death, prevented the clearing th e whole account, tiil the convention parliament at the refioration, who ordered the remaining (even thoufand pounds to be paid. The protector applted to the protellant king> of Sweden and D enmark, to the il:ates of Holland, the cantons of Switzerland, and the reformed churches of Germany ana France; and by his powerful inllances procured large contributions from t!;o(e parts. He writ to the king of France, and to cardinal Mazanne; and being glad of an opportunity to ftr_ike terror into the roman catboiic powers, he fent Samuel More/and Efq; Wtth a letter to the duke of Savoy, in which having reprefentcd the cruelty and injullice of his behaviour towards the protell:ants in the the valleys, he tells him, " that he was pierced with grief at the P p p 2 " news
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