Excerpt from History of the Waldenses, Vol. 1 of 2 The Introduction was originally much larger than at present. Some may think it still too extended, but I found that the history would not be complete without these statements, which are necessary in or der to shew that the Waldenses Of the Valleys were sprung from the primitive churches of Italy, and that the witnesses in France were a continuation of the original churches of that country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.