Note F

Instances are by no means uncommon in the Waldensian history, of those who externally avowed a Catholic creed, secretly countenancing the persecuted Protestants, as we have described in the case of Father Bernard; and among these not a few of noble birth, whose favour for the truth would never have been known, had they not fallen sacrifices to their valour, and been discovered among the slain. A remarkable example is related by Jones in his interesting history, as having taken place after the battle of Muret in Gascony: “A singular disclosure was made after the battle; and as the circumstance tends to throw a ray of light upon the secret history of these times, it deserves to be recorded. When the battle of Muret was over, there was found among the slain, belonging to the Albigenses, a knight in black armour. On examination, behold, it was found to be none other than Peter, king of Arragon. There also lay one of his sons, and many of the Arragonian gentlemen and vassals, who, while ostensibly supporting the Roman church, had, in disguise, been fighting in defence of the Albigenses.”