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           Imprimatur
           ,
        
         
           
             Guil.
             Jane
             .
          
           
             Nov.
             4.
             1678.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           THE
           Gunpowder-Treason
           ,
           Collected
           from
           Approved
           Authors
           ,
           AS
           WELL
           POPISH
           as
           PROTESTANT
           .
        
         
           Saepè
           Divinitatis
           opera
           haec
           sunt
           ,
           &
           furias
           in
           ipso
           jam
           successu
           securas
           subita
           ultio
           excipiat
           :
           nè
           vel
           unquam
           improbis
           timor
           ,
           vel
           spes
           absit
           Calamitosae
           virtuti
           .
        
         
           Jo.
           Barclaii
           Conspiratio
           Anglicana
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswel
          
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           
             Church-yard
             ,
             1678.
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           THE
           GUNPOWDER
           TREASON
           .
        
         
           THere
           are
           no
           Conspiracies
           and
           Insurrections
           more
           dangerous
           to
           States
           and
           Governments
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           the
           name
           of
           Religion
           is
           made
           to
           patronize
           ;
           for
           when
           that
           doth
           head
           and
           manage
           the
           Party
           ,
           as
           it
           makes
           it
           look
           somewhat
           considerable
           in
           it self
           ,
           so
           it
           doth
           inspire
           those
           that
           are
           concerned
           with
           a
           certain
           furious
           and
           intemper
           ate
           zeal
           ,
           and
           an
           ungovernable
           violence
           ;
           they
           then
           rebel
           with
           authority
           ,
           and
           kill
           with
           a
           safe
           conscience
           ,
           and
           think
           they
           cannot
           do
           amis
           as
           long
           as
           it
           is
           to
           
             do
             God
             service
             .
             The
             Brother
             will
             then
             deliver
             up
             the
             Brother
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             the
             Father
             the
             Child
             :
             and
             the
             Children
             will
             rise
             up
             against
             their
             Parents
             ,
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           themselves
           sacred
           and
           inviolable
           ,
           shall
           in
           such
           a
           case
           be
           despised
           and
           lose
           their
           authority
           .
           This
           ,
           this
           is
           it
           which
           in
           these
           latter
           Ages
           more
           especially
           hath
           disturbed
           Governments
           ,
           disposed
           of
           the
           Crowns
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           troubled
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           world
           :
           From
           hence
           spring
           all
           those
           mischiefs
           that
           threatned
           and
           perpetually
           allarm'd
           this
           Nation
           during
           the
           long
           and
           fortunate
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           :
           From
           hence
           proceeded
           that
           barbarous
           and
           bloody
           design
           of
           the
           
           
             Gunpowder
             Treason
          
           in
           the
           year
           1605.
           
           Such
           a
           Design
           a
           the
           World
           before
           never
           heard
           of
           ,
           and
           which
           Posterity
           will
           hardly
           believe
           for
           the
           horror
           of
           it
           ,
           say
           the
           soberer
           of
           their
           own
           *
           Authors
           :
           such
           a
           design
           as
           even
           some
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           after
           it
           miscarried
           ,
           and
           they
           saw
           how
           ill
           it
           was
           resented
           by
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           ,
           professed
           their
           detestation
           of
           *
           ;
           but
           how
           little
           to
           their
           own
           vindication
           ,
           and
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           World
           will
           easily
           appear
           to
           any
           one
           that
           doth
           impartially
           inquire
           into
           the
           History
           and
           the
           process
           of
           it
           .
           For
           this
           design
           was
           not
           taken
           up
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           small
           company
           of
           rash
           and
           hot-headed
           persons
           did
           without
           consideration
           attempt
           ,
           but
           what
           proceeded
           from
           the
           same
           original
           ,
           and
           was
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           same
           Counsels
           and
           Endeavours
           that
           were
           in
           being
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ;
           the
           principals
           in
           which
           for
           their
           time
           were
           Garnet
           the
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Baldwin
          
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           Creswel
           in
           Spain
           ;
           these
           were
           the
           great
           Projectors
           and
           Encouragers
           of
           that
           which
           was
           called
           the
           
             Spanish
             Treason
          
           in
           the
           last
           year
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ;
           and
           which
           when
           defeated
           in
           by
           her
           death
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           that
           issued
           upon
           it
           betwixt
           the
           Crowns
           of
           England
           and
           Spain
           ,
           they
           were
           put
           upon
           new
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           take
           other
           Measures
           for
           the
           prosecution
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           Decemb.
           in
           the
           year
           1601
           ,
           
           that
           
             Tho.
             Winter
          
           was
           sent
           into
           Spain
           by
           the
           ioynt
           advice
           of
           
             Henry
             Garnet
          
           and
           
             Oswald
             Tesmond
          
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Robert
             Catesby
          
           and
           
             Francis
             Tresham
          
           ,
           Gentlemen
           of
           good
           quality
           and
           reputation
           ,
           to
           try
           what
           could
           be
           done
           for
           Their
           assistance
           that
           were
           ready
           to
           sacrifice
           their
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           for
           the
           Catholick
           Cause
           ;
           and
           to
           assure
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           that
           could
           they
           but
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           send
           over
           an
           Army
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           in
           readiness
           1500
           or
           2000
           
           horses
           for
           the
           service
           .
           With
           Winter
           was
           sent
           over
           
             Oswald
             Tesmond
          
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           a
           Letter
           to
           Creswel
           the
           Jesuit
           then
           residing
           there
           ,
           By
           whose
           Mediation
           the
           motion
           was
           readily
           hearkned
           to
           ,
           and
           
             Don
             Pedro
             Francesa
          
           ,
           second
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lerma
           did
           assure
           them
           of
           the
           Kings
           furtherance
           and
           help
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           the
           Count
           of
           Miranda
           particularly
           told
           them
           that
           his
           Master
           had
           resolved
           to
           bestow
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           Crowns
           to
           that
           use
           ,
           half
           to
           be
           paid
           that
           year
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           the
           next
           following
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           Spring
           he
           would
           without
           fail
           set
           footing
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           year
           
             Thomas
             Winter
          
           returns
           with
           this
           joyful
           news
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           now
           busie
           in
           preparing
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           almost
           every
           day
           expecting
           the
           arrival
           of
           these
           Forces
           ,
           when
           of
           a
           sudden
           all
           was
           dashed
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           which
           was
           
             March
             24.
             1602.
          
           
           Upon
           this
           one
           of
           the
           Wrights
           is
           immediately
           despatched
           into
           Spain
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           King
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           about
           the
           same
           time
           was
           
             Guy
             Fawks
          
           sent
           with
           Letters
           and
           Commission
           from
           Sir
           
             William
             Stanly
             ,
             Hugh
             Owen
          
           ,
           and
           Baldwin
           the
           Jesuit
           (
           who
           were
           then
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           attend
           and
           to
           prosecute
           the
           same
           Design
           )
           But
           That
           King
           told
           them
           that
           he
           was
           now
           otherwise
           resolved
           and
           it
           became
           him
           not
           to
           hearken
           to
           such
           proposals
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           sent
           Embassadors
           to
           the
           new
           King
           of
           England
           to
           treat
           of
           a
           Peace
           .
           It
           was
           now
           therefore
           fit
           either
           to
           let
           their
           Design
           fall
           ,
           or
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           some
           other
           course
           to
           Effect
           it
           ;
           but
           the
           Former
           their
           Temper
           and
           their
           Principles
           would
           not
           permit
           ;
           And
           therefore
           since
           they
           could
           not
           promise
           themselves
           success
           therein
           by
           force
           ,
           they
           did
           contrive
           how
           without
           any
           noise
           or
           visible
           and
           open
           preparations
           it
           might
           be
           obtained
           .
        
         
         
           That
           a
           King
           or
           Queen
           who
           is
           an
           Heretick
           may
           be
           deposed
           or
           killed
           was
           current
           Doctrine
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           had
           been
           taught
           from
           Father
           Creswel
           ,
           or
           whoever
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           called
           Philopater
           ,
           and
           by
           Tresham
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             officio
             hominis
             Christiani
          
           ,
           found
           with
           them
           about
           this
           time
           .
           
           And
           though
           the
           King
           was
           not
           formally
           declared
           and
           proceeded
           against
           as
           such
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           thought
           sufficient
           by
           them
           that
           the
           Pope
           on
           Maunday-Thursday
           did
           censure
           and
           Condemn
           all
           Hereticks
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           as
           
             Guy
             Fawkes
          
           and
           others
           of
           them
           did
           confess
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Question
           was
           not
           so
           much
           about
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           about
           the
           order
           that
           was
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           and
           the
           way
           that
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           it
           .
           Catesby
           who
           was
           no
           Novice
           in
           these
           affairs
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           his
           acquaintance
           with
           Parsons
           when
           in
           England
           and
           Garnet
           and
           the
           other
           Jesuits
           (
           to
           whose
           order
           he
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           from
           Campian
           down
           to
           this
           time
           ,
           were
           particularly
           devoted
           )
           had
           learned
           great
           skill
           and
           Subtilty
           ,
           quickly
           contrived
           this
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           Percy
           who
           was
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Northumberland
           ,
           and
           at
           that
           time
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           Pensioners
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           bluntness
           of
           his
           temper
           ,
           did
           offer
           himself
           for
           the
           service
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           undertake
           to
           assassinate
           the
           King
           ;
           This
           wary
           Gentleman
           replyed
           that
           would
           be
           too
           dear
           a
           purchase
           ,
           when
           his
           own
           life
           would
           be
           hazarded
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           unnecessary
           ,
           when
           it
           might
           as
           well
           be
           accomplished
           without
           it
           ;
           And
           so
           acquaints
           him
           in
           part
           with
           what
           was
           intended
           .
        
         
           Before
           this
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           fully
           Communicated
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           necessary
           that
           there
           should
           be
           some
           care
           taken
           to
           obliege
           all
           to
           Secrecy
           ;
           for
           which
           purpose
           an
           
           Oath
           was
           devised
           that
           every
           one
           should
           take
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           accordingly
           Administred
           to
           them
           by
           Gerard
           the
           Jesuit
           .
           The
           Oath
           was
           ,
        
         
           You
           shall
           swear
           by
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           
           and
           by
           the
           Sacrament
           you
           now
           purpose
           to
           receive
           ,
           never
           to
           disclose
           Directly
           nor
           Indirectly
           ,
           by
           word
           or
           circumstance
           ,
           the
           matter
           that
           shall
           be
           proposed
           to
           you
           to
           keep
           Secret
           nor
           desist
           from
           the
           Execution
           thereof
           ,
           until
           the
           rest
           shall
           give
           you
           leave
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           taken
           and
           the
           Sacrament
           upon
           it
           received
           by
           
             Catesby
             ,
             Percy
             ,
             Christopher
             Wright
             ,
             Thomas
             Winter
             ,
          
           and
           Faukes
           in
           
             May
             1604.
          
           
        
         
           Upon
           which
           Catesby
           Communicated
           the
           whole
           ,
           
           and
           told
           them
           that
           at
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           which
           now
           drew
           on
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           a
           fair
           Opportunity
           to
           consummate
           all
           their
           wishes
           ,
           &
           without
           being
           observed
           or
           discovered
           by
           one
           fatal
           Blow
           to
           destroy
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Duke
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           at
           once
           ;
           for
           as
           long
           as
           there
           were
           those
           breaches
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           remaining
           ,
           to
           what
           purpose
           would
           it
           be
           to
           make
           away
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           as
           long
           as
           there
           was
           a
           Parliament
           in
           being
           ,
           what
           should
           they
           get
           if
           they
           could
           not
           as
           well
           Destroy
           the
           Branches
           as
           the
           Root
           .
           Therefore
           his
           Design
           was
           to
           extirpate
           at
           once
           all
           the
           seeds
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           train
           of
           Powder
           conveniently
           laid
           under
           the
           House
           in
           which
           at
           that
           time
           they
           should
           all
           be
           assembled
           to
           Blow
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           their
           Cause
           together
           .
           This
           was
           what
           the
           Confederates
           very
           well
           approved
           of
           ,
           and
           now
           the
           united
           Counsels
           and
           Endeavours
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           to
           be
           Considered
           was
           the
           hiring
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           
           and
           this
           Percy
           undertook
           ,
           and
           having
           not
           without
           some
           difficulty
           perswaded
           the
           present
           Tenant
           Ferris
           
           to
           quit
           it
           ,
           he
           became
           immediate
           Tenant
           to
           Whinyard
           ,
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Wardrope
           ,
           at
           whose
           disposal
           it
           was
           in
           the
           intervals
           of
           Parliament
           .
           The
           House
           was
           Committed
           to
           the
           care
           of
           Faukes
           ,
           as
           being
           least
           known
           ,
           who
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           Conceal
           himself
           ,
           changed
           his
           Name
           to
           Johnson
           ,
           and
           gave
           himself
           out
           to
           be
           
           Perey's
           Servant
           .
           Whilst
           they
           were
           thus
           busie
           in
           Contriving
           and
           carrying
           on
           their
           Plot
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           was
           prorogued
           till
           February
           the
           7th
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           dispersed
           themselves
           into
           several
           Countreys
           ;
           but
           to
           lose
           no
           time
           ,
           did
           think
           of
           taking
           in
           some
           other
           Persons
           whom
           they
           might
           Confide
           in
           ,
           
           and
           expect
           some
           help
           from
           .
           Catesby
           was
           sensible
           that
           he
           had
           given
           
             Thomas
             Bates
          
           ,
           a
           Servant
           of
           his
           that
           attended
           him
           ,
           too
           great
           cause
           of
           Suspicion
           ,
           and
           upon
           Examination
           found
           him
           to
           have
           observed
           somewhat
           from
           his
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           therefore
           invited
           him
           into
           the
           undertaking
           ,
           but
           he
           somewhat
           surprized
           at
           the
           horror
           of
           it
           ,
           began
           to
           Decline
           it
           ,
           till
           his
           Master
           referd
           him
           for
           Advice
           to
           Tesmond
           ,
           unto
           whom
           imparting
           it
           in
           Confession
           ,
           the
           subtile
           Priest
           both
           invited
           him
           to
           it
           as
           a
           work
           of
           great
           merit
           ,
           and
           obliged
           him
           to
           Secrecy
           and
           Fidelity
           therein
           .
           Then
           were
           
             Robert
             Keyes
          
           and
           the
           other
           Wright
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           
             Ambrose
             Rockwood
          
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Grant
          
           ,
           and
           
             Robert
             Winter
          
           ,
           Esquires
           admitted
           into
           the
           Number
           .
           In
           Michaelmas
           Term
           they
           met
           again
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           provide
           a
           Storehouse
           for
           the
           Timber
           which
           they
           should
           use
           in
           the
           Mine
           that
           they
           intended
           to
           make
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Powder
           and
           other
           Materials
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           might
           fetch
           it
           as
           Occasion
           served
           .
           And
           such
           a
           place
           they
           found
           and
           took
           at
           
             Lambeth
             .
             December
          
           11th
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           work
           ,
           but
           what
           from
           the
           Difficulty
           of
           the
           work
           (
           the
           Wall
           that
           they
           were
           to
           make
           their
           way
           through
           being
           3
           Ells
           thick
           )
           what
           from
           their
           want
           of
           skill
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           being
           used
           
           to
           such
           kind
           of
           Labour
           ,
           they
           found
           that
           their
           time
           would
           be
           too
           short
           for
           their
           Enterprize
           ,
           and
           they
           began
           to
           Despair
           of
           success
           in
           it
           .
           But
           when
           under
           this
           Irresolution
           and
           Discouragement
           ,
           their
           hopes
           were
           revived
           by
           two
           unexpected
           Accidents
           .
           For
           first
           the
           Parliament
           was
           Adjourned
           to
           the
           5th
           of
           October
           following
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           they
           should
           have
           time
           before
           them
           .
           And
           then
           they
           had
           an
           opportunity
           of
           hiring
           a
           Vault
           ,
           much
           more
           for
           their
           turn
           than
           the
           Mine
           which
           they
           had
           so
           long
           Employed
           themselves
           in
           .
           This
           they
           came
           to
           knowledge
           of
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ;
           As
           they
           were
           one
           day
           busie
           at
           their
           work
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           a
           little
           frighted
           by
           an
           unusual
           noise
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Wall
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           think
           that
           they
           were
           betrayed
           ,
           and
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           their
           weapons
           with
           a
           resolution
           of
           dying
           upon
           the
           place
           .
           But
           Fauks
           who
           was
           sent
           out
           to
           make
           Discovery
           returns
           with
           Joy
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           it
           was
           only
           the
           removing
           of
           Coals
           that
           were
           laid
           in
           the
           adjoyning
           Vault
           or
           Cellar
           ,
           which
           was
           now
           to
           be
           let
           .
           This
           they
           presently
           hire
           ,
           
           thither
           they
           brought
           their
           stores
           .
           By
           this
           means
           they
           quined
           a
           double
           advantage
           ,
           first
           that
           their
           business
           was
           brought
           into
           a
           less
           room
           ,
           which
           was
           more
           for
           their
           ease
           and
           safety
           ,
           and
           then
           that
           they
           were
           rid
           of
           their
           hard
           ,
           and
           but
           upon
           such
           a
           cause
           ,
           to
           them
           intolerable
           Labour
           ;
           for
           this
           was
           a
           Mine
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           already
           and
           what
           was
           so
           well
           scituated
           by
           its
           being
           almost
           under
           the
           Royal
           Throne
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           have
           chose
           any
           thing
           more
           commodious
           .
           And
           now
           they
           are
           at
           leisure
           not
           so
           much
           to
           think
           of
           this
           Design
           (
           for
           that
           was
           brought
           to
           its
           head
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           reckoned
           themselves
           sure
           of
           )
           as
           how
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           other
           part
           of
           it
           .
           The
           King
           and
           Prince
           Henry
           
           they
           did
           not
           doubt
           would
           fall
           in
           this
           common
           calamity
           ;
           but
           the
           Duke
           ,
           being
           but
           four
           years
           old
           ,
           they
           thought
           would
           be
           absent
           ;
           of
           him
           therefore
           Percy
           took
           the
           charge
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           attend
           about
           the
           chamber
           till
           the
           Blow
           was
           given
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           a
           trice
           conveigh
           him
           away
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           two
           or
           three
           that
           should
           be
           ready
           on
           horse-back
           ;
           which
           they
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           do
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           the
           Court
           would
           be
           that
           day
           upon
           attendance
           and
           perish
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           would
           by
           it
           be
           put
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           unprovided
           to
           make
           any
           opposition
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Lady
           Elizabeth
           ,
           she
           might
           be
           reserved
           ,
           and
           her
           Name
           made
           use
           of
           by
           them
           in
           stilling
           and
           composing
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           for
           making
           good
           whatever
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           use
           her
           Authority
           in
           ;
           And
           her
           they
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           gain
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           now
           at
           the
           Lord
           Harringtons
           at
           Comb-Abby
           in
           Warwickshire
           ,
           whereabouts
           they
           might
           securely
           be
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           an
           Hunting-match
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           first
           news
           there
           surprize
           her
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           was
           care
           taken
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           those
           abroad
           whom
           they
           might
           trust
           ;
           and
           in
           
             March
             1605.
          
           is
           Fawks
           sent
           over
           to
           Sr.
           
             William
             Stanly
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             Hugh
             Owen
          
           ;
           and
           with
           letters
           from
           Garnet
           to
           Baldwin
           the
           Legier
           Jesuit
           in
           Flanders
           .
           Sr.
           William
           was
           absent
           ,
           but
           having
           first
           administred
           the
           Oath
           of
           Secrecy
           ,
           to
           Owen
           ,
           he
           acquaints
           him
           with
           the
           Plot
           ,
           who
           promised
           to
           give
           his
           utmost
           assistance
           ;
           and
           to
           dispose
           Sir
           William
           to
           it
           (
           whom
           he
           thought
           it
           not
           fit
           for
           the
           present
           to
           cummunicate
           it
           to
           ,
           for
           fear
           he
           might
           be
           discovered
           and
           fail
           in
           a
           design
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           then
           about
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           )
        
         
           To
           the
           20
           Barrels
           of
           Powder
           laid
           in
           at
           first
           ;
           they
           added
           in
           
             July
             ,
             20
          
           more
           with
           Barrs
           of
           Iron
           ,
           and
           massie
           
           Stones
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           last
           made
           up
           the
           Number
           Thirty
           Six
           ;
           over
           which
           they
           laid
           a
           Thousand
           Billets
           ,
           and
           Five-hundred
           Faggots
           .
           And
           at
           a
           Meeting
           at
           the
           Bath
           ,
           of
           Percy
           and
           Catesby
           ,
           it
           was
           agreed
           that
           Catesby
           should
           take
           in
           whom
           he
           thought
           fit
           ,
           who
           thereupon
           engaged
           Sir
           
             Everard
             Digby
          
           ,
           that
           promised
           to
           advance
           1500
           l.
           towards
           it
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           
             Francis
             Tresham
          
           ,
           that
           gave
           him
           assurance
           of
           2000
           l.
           
        
         
           All
           things
           thus
           being
           in
           a
           readiness
           ,
           
           the
           Parliament
           was
           again
           Prorogued
           till
           the
           Fift
           of
           November
           ;
           upon
           which
           they
           retired
           ,
           with
           a
           promise
           of
           meeting
           about
           Ten
           daies
           before
           .
           At
           which
           time
           Catesby
           ,
           being
           informed
           by
           Winter
           at
           a
           House
           by
           Enfield
           Chase
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           was
           not
           likely
           to
           be
           present
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           there
           was
           another
           Plot
           laid
           to
           surprize
           him
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           so
           happen
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           drew
           very
           near
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           had
           past
           so
           long
           without
           discovery
           ,
           seem'd
           now
           to
           be
           above
           the
           the
           fear
           of
           it
           .
           All
           things
           had
           so
           happily
           concurred
           to
           further
           their
           design
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           all
           approved
           themselves
           to
           be
           so
           trusty
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           more
           concerned
           how
           to
           manage
           the
           success
           than
           to
           fear
           it
           .
           But
           God
           that
           had
           a
           reserve
           of
           favour
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           doth
           delight
           in
           catching
           the
           wise
           in
           their
           own
           craftiness
           ,
           suffered
           them
           to
           proceed
           thus
           far
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           detection
           and
           overthrow
           of
           it
           might
           appear
           to
           be
           more
           from
           his
           than
           Man's
           Providence
           .
           When
           Catesby
           first
           thought
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           great
           difficulty
           with
           him
           was
           about
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           destroying
           the
           innocent
           with
           the
           guilty
           .
           For
           the
           blow
           would
           know
           no
           difference
           betwixt
           a
           Catholick
           and
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           betwixt
           a
           Friend
           or
           F.
           O.
           When
           the
           Nobles
           and
           the
           Commons
           ,
           those
           that
           were
           a
           part
           of
           
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           came
           to
           be
           Auditors
           and
           Spectators
           only
           ;
           those
           that
           were
           within
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           without
           the
           House
           ;
           when
           no
           less
           than
           Thirty
           thousand
           must
           perish
           at
           once
           by
           it
           (
           as
           Barclay
           saith
           it
           was
           computed
           )
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           that
           many
           whom
           they
           wished
           well
           to
           ;
           and
           that
           also
           (
           if
           they
           knew
           it
           )
           would
           wish
           well
           to
           their
           cause
           must
           be
           part
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           .
           What
           an
           havock
           would
           Thirty-six
           Barrels
           ,
           or
           Nine
           or
           Ten-thousand
           Pound
           of
           Powder
           make
           ,
           loaded
           thus
           with
           Bars
           of
           Iron
           ,
           massie
           Stones
           ,
           and
           great
           pieces
           of
           Timber
           ,
           how
           would
           it
           tear
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           strongest
           Buildings
           ,
           throw
           down
           all
           the
           Tops
           of
           the
           neighbouring
           Houses
           ,
           and
           bury
           all
           within
           the
           ruins
           of
           both
           ?
           What
           would
           become
           of
           their
           Friends
           and
           Allies
           ,
           those
           that
           they
           had
           received
           much
           kindness
           from
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           neither
           did
           nor
           knew
           how
           to
           do
           them
           an
           injury
           ?
           How
           many
           Families
           must
           they
           undo
           ,
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           Relations
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Records
           which
           were
           there
           deposited
           ?
           This
           and
           much
           more
           was
           what
           they
           well
           foresaw
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           could
           not
           foresee
           without
           some
           kind
           of
           horror
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           but
           one
           spark
           of
           humanity
           left
           untouched
           by
           their
           unnatural
           Religion
           .
           What
           must
           therefore
           be
           done
           ;
           to
           whom
           should
           he
           resort
           for
           Counsel
           ,
           
           but
           to
           his
           fast
           Friend
           Father
           Garnet
           ,
           to
           him
           he
           opens
           the
           Case
           (
           as
           far
           as
           it
           was
           fit
           and
           as
           far
           as
           the
           other
           was
           willing
           to
           know
           of
           it
           )
           after
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           Whether
           for
           the
           good
           and
           Promotion
           of
           the
           Catholick
           cause
           (
           the
           necessity
           of
           time
           and
           occasion
           so
           requiring
           )
           it
           be
           lawfull
           or
           not
           amongst
           many
           Nocents
           to
           destroy
           and
           take
           away
           some
           Innocents
           also
           ?
        
         
           To
           which
           the
           Jesuit
           replies
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           advantage
           
           was
           greater
           on
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           by
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Innocent
           with
           the
           Nocent
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           preservation
           of
           both
           ,
           it
           was
           doubtless
           lawful
           ;
           further
           explaining
           himself
           by
           this
           comparison
           .
        
         
           That
           ,
           if
           at
           the
           taking
           of
           a
           Town
           possessed
           by
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           there
           happen
           to
           be
           seen
           Friends
           ,
           they
           must
           undergo
           the
           Fortune
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           the
           General
           and
           Common
           destruction
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           With
           this
           answer
           Catesby
           was
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           he
           satisfied
           others
           ,
           telling
           them
           that
           it
           was
           the
           resolution
           of
           the
           Case
           given
           by
           the
           Provincial
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
           yet
           though
           this
           did
           thus
           compose
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           were
           generally
           satisfied
           with
           ,
           there
           wanted
           not
           one
           that
           having
           a
           kindness
           for
           the
           Lord
           Monteagle
           ,
           eldest
           Son
           to
           the
           Lord
           Morley
           ,
           sent
           this
           Note
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           one
           of
           his
           Foot-boyes
           that
           was
           abroad
           in
           the
           Evening
           of
           the
           Saturday
           was
           Sennight
           before
           the
           appointed
           time
           for
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
        
         
           Out
           of
           the
           love
           I
           hear
           to
           some
           of
           your
           Friends
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           care
           of
           your
           preservation
           .
           Therefore
           I
           would
           advise
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           tender
           your
           life
           ▪
           to
           devise
           some
           excuse
           to
           shift
           off
           your
           Attendance
           at
           this
           Parliament
           .
           For
           God
           and
           Man
           have
           Concurred
           to
           punish
           the
           wickedness
           of
           this
           time
           .
           And
           think
           not
           slightly
           of
           this
           Advertisment
           ,
           but
           retire
           your self
           into
           your
           Contrey
           ,
           where
           you
           may
           expect
           the
           Event
           in
           safety
           :
           For
           though
           there
           be
           no
           appearance
           of
           any
           stir
           ;
           yet
           I
           say
           ,
           they
           shall
           receive
           a
           terrible
           blow
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           shall
           not
           see
           who
           hurt
           them
           .
           This
           Counsel
           is
           not
           to
           be
           contemned
           ,
           because
           it
           may
           do
           you
           good
           ,
           and
           can
           do
           you
           no
           harm
           :
           For
           the
           danger
           is
           past
           
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           shall
           have
           burned
           this
           Letter
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           God
           will
           give
           you
           the
           grace
           to
           make
           good
           use
           of
           it
           .
           To
           whose
           Holy
           protection
           I
           commend
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           Letter
           was
           without
           Date
           or
           Subscription
           ,
           and
           the
           hand
           in
           which
           it
           was
           write
           was
           hardly
           legible
           ,
           and
           the
           contents
           of
           it
           so
           perplexed
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           knew
           as
           little
           what
           to
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           whence
           it
           came
           .
           But
           yet
           however
           since
           it
           respected
           more
           than
           himself
           he
           thought
           not
           fit
           to
           conceal
           it
           ,
           and
           presently
           repaired
           to
           White-hall
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           Principal
           Secretary
           of
           State.
           The
           Earl
           commended
           the
           Lord
           for
           his
           care
           and
           Fidelity
           ;
           and
           told
           him
           that
           though
           there
           seemed
           to
           be
           little
           in
           it
           ,
           yet
           because
           of
           the
           reports
           that
           he
           had
           received
           from
           abroad
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           this
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           would
           be
           very
           busie
           and
           insolent
           in
           their
           demands
           for
           Toleration
           upon
           some
           prospect
           they
           had
           of
           being
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           command
           it
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           because
           nothing
           that
           concerned
           the
           safety
           of
           his
           Majesty
           and
           Peace
           of
           his
           Government
           ought
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           he
           would
           advise
           with
           others
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Council
           about
           it
           .
           Accordingly
           he
           shewed
           it
           to
           the
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           ,
           (
           to
           whom
           it
           particularly
           belonged
           to
           visit
           all
           places
           where
           his
           Majesty
           either
           lived
           or
           to
           which
           he
           did
           resort
           )
           to
           the
           Lord
           High-Admiral
           ,
           the
           Earls
           of
           Worcester
           and
           Northampton
           ;
           who
           all
           were
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           the
           Secretary
           ,
           and
           concluded
           it
           fit
           to
           deliver
           it
           to
           the
           King
           at
           his
           return
           from
           Royston
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           from
           hunting
           ,
           and
           from
           whence
           he
           was
           expected
           the
           Thursday
           following
           .
        
         
         
           On
           the
           next
           day
           after
           his
           Return
           ,
           
           the
           Earl
           presented
           him
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           how
           it
           came
           to
           his
           hands
           .
           After
           the
           reading
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           King
           made
           a
           pause
           ,
           and
           then
           reading
           it
           again
           ,
           said
           ,
           that
           there
           seemed
           somewhat
           in
           it
           extraordinary
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           by
           no
           means
           to
           be
           neglected
           .
           The
           Earl
           replied
           ,
           that
           it
           seemed
           to
           him
           to
           be
           written
           by
           a
           Fool
           ,
           or
           a
           Mad-man
           ;
           for
           who
           else
           could
           be
           guilty
           of
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             Danger
             is
             past
             as
             soon
             as
             you
             have
             burn'd
             the
             Letter
             ?
          
           for
           what
           Danger
           could
           there
           be
           in
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           burning
           of
           the
           Letter
           would
           put
           an
           end
           to
           ?
           But
           the
           King
           considering
           the
           smartness
           of
           the
           Stile
           ,
           and
           withal
           what
           was
           said
           before
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             receive
             a
             terrible
             Blow
             ,
             and
             yet
             should
             not
             see
             who
             hurt
             them
             ,
          
           did
           conclude
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           walking
           and
           musing
           in
           the
           Gallery
           ,
           that
           the
           Danger
           must
           be
           sudden
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           blowing
           up
           by
           Gunpowder
           ;
           for
           what
           else
           could
           the
           Parliament
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           ?
           or
           what
           Rebellion
           and
           Insurrection
           could
           there
           be
           ,
           and
           yet
           there
           be
           no
           appearance
           of
           Stir
           therein
           ?
           or
           how
           could
           they
           be
           otherwise
           hurt
           ,
           and
           not
           see
           who
           hurt
           them
           ?
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Phrase
           which
           the
           Secretary
           particularly
           offered
           at
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           to
           him
           it
           seemed
           to
           be
           of
           a
           quite
           different
           signification
           ,
           and
           that
           thereby
           was
           to
           be
           understood
           the
           Suddenness
           and
           Quickness
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           should
           as
           soon
           or
           as
           quickly
           be
           done
           ,
           as
           that
           Paper
           might
           be
           burnt
           .
           Doubtless
           this
           was
           the
           sence
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           that
           wrote
           it
           did
           intend
           ,
           who
           was
           no
           Fool
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Letter
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           Discovery
           of
           it
           was
           extraordinary
           ,
           being
           against
           the
           common
           Construction
           ,
           far
           from
           what
           any
           other
           did
           apprehend
           by
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           what
           even
           some
           of
           the
           adverse
           Party
           have
           looked
           upon
           as
           God's
           Inspiration
           .
           So
           
             John
             Barclay
          
           entitles
           his
           little
           Book
           that
           he
           wrote
           about
           it
           ,
           
             Series
             patefacti
             divinitus
             
             Parricidii
          
           ,
           &c.
           And
           Spondanus
           ,
           Ann.
           1605.
           
           §
           .
           8.
           saith
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           
             divinitus
             evasit
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Secretary
           admired
           the
           King's
           great
           Sagacity
           ;
           and
           tho
           he
           seemed
           to
           differ
           from
           him
           whilst
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           yet
           presently
           conferred
           with
           the
           Lords
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           on
           Saturday
           it
           was
           resolved
           ,
           that
           the
           Houses
           and
           Rooms
           thereabouts
           should
           be
           searched
           .
           The
           Care
           of
           this
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           ,
           
           who
           was
           appointed
           on
           Munday
           to
           make
           the
           Search
           ;
           which
           he
           accordingly
           did
           that
           evening
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           with
           the
           Lord
           Monteagle
           ,
           that
           was
           very
           desirous
           of
           seeing
           the
           Event
           .
           Having
           view'd
           this
           House
           ,
           they
           found
           in
           a
           Vault
           under
           Ground
           great
           Store
           of
           Billets
           ,
           Faggots
           ,
           and
           Coal
           ,
           brought
           thither
           (
           as
           Mr.
           Whinyard
           told
           them
           )
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Mr.
           Percy
           ,
           and
           spied
           Faux
           standing
           in
           a
           Corner
           of
           the
           Cellar
           ,
           who
           said
           that
           he
           was
           Mr.
           
           Percy
           's
           Servant
           ,
           and
           left
           there
           by
           him
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           his
           House
           .
           Upon
           the
           naming
           of
           Percy
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Monteagle
           told
           the
           Chamberlain
           ,
           that
           he
           now
           vehemently
           suspected
           Mr.
           Percy
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Letter
           ,
           both
           from
           his
           Inclination
           to
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Intimacy
           that
           had
           been
           betwixt
           them
           .
           How
           true
           that
           Lord's
           Conjecture
           was
           ,
           I
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           (
           for
           Bishop
           Goodman
           in
           his
           Answer
           to
           Sir
           Anth.
           Weldon's
           Court
           of
           K.
           James
           ,
           saith
           ,
           That
           Tresham
           sent
           it
           )
           .
           But
           that
           Circumstance
           ,
           with
           what
           they
           had
           discovered
           ,
           so
           much
           encreased
           the
           Suspicion
           ,
           that
           when
           all
           was
           reported
           by
           the
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           Admiral
           ,
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           the
           Earls
           of
           
             Worcester
             ,
             Northampton
          
           ,
           and
           Salisbury
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           ,
           that
           further
           Search
           should
           be
           made
           ,
           what
           was
           under
           that
           great
           Pile
           of
           Fewel
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           House
           where
           Percy
           had
           so
           little
           occasion
           to
           reside
           .
           But
           what
           for
           avoiding
           the
           Report
           of
           too
           much
           Credulity
           ,
           and
           Easiness
           
           to
           receive
           Informations
           of
           that
           kind
           ;
           what
           from
           the
           care
           of
           doing
           any
           thing
           that
           might
           redound
           to
           the
           blemish
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Northumberland
           ,
           whose
           near
           Relation
           ,
           and
           great
           Confident
           this
           
             Thomas
             Percy
          
           was
           ;
           it
           was
           resolved
           to
           do
           it
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           making
           Inquisition
           for
           some
           of
           the
           Kings
           Hangings
           ,
           that
           were
           stollen
           out
           of
           Whinyard's
           Custody
           .
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Knevet
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           King's
           Privy-Chamber
           ,
           was
           employed
           in
           it
           ,
           being
           a
           Person
           in
           publick
           Office
           ,
           as
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Prudence
           .
           At
           midnight
           he
           repaired
           thither
           ,
           and
           found
           Faux
           standing
           at
           the
           Door
           ,
           booted
           and
           spurr'd
           ,
           whom
           he
           presently
           apprehended
           .
           Then
           proceeding
           ,
           he
           first
           lighted
           upon
           one
           of
           the
           smaller
           ,
           and
           after
           discovered
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Barrels
           .
           Upon
           which
           causing
           Faux
           to
           be
           searched
           ,
           he
           found
           about
           him
           three
           Matches
           ,
           a
           Tinderbox
           ,
           and
           a
           dark
           Lanthorn
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           taken
           in
           the
           Fact
           ,
           
           he
           both
           confessed
           and
           defended
           it
           ,
           adding
           ,
           
             That
             if
             he
             had
             happened
             to
             be
             within
             the
             House
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             without
             ,
             he
             would
             by
             putting
             Fire
             to
             the
             Train
             ,
             have
             put
             an
             end
             to
             their
             Enquiry
             .
          
           Sir
           Thomas
           having
           had
           such
           happy
           Success
           ,
           immediatly
           returns
           with
           joy
           to
           the
           Palace
           ,
           and
           acquaints
           the
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           ,
           and
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           with
           it
           ,
           who
           went
           to
           the
           King's
           Bedchamber
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           much
           hast
           as
           joy
           the
           Chamberlain
           told
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           all
           was
           discovered
           ,
           and
           the
           Traitor
           in
           safe
           Custody
           .
           This
           was
           about
           four
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           Council
           met
           ,
           (
           who
           were
           immediatly
           sent
           for
           )
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           taken
           into
           Examination
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           all
           appeared
           no
           more
           dash'd
           by
           their
           presence
           ,
           or
           the
           Questions
           put
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           the
           Condition
           that
           he
           was
           in
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           been
           altogether
           innocent
           ,
           declaring
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             not
             at
             all
             sorry
             for
             what
             he
             had
             design'd
             ,
             but
             only
             that
             he
             fail'd
             in
             
             the
             execution
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             not
             God
             ,
             was
             the
             Discoverer
             .
          
           So
           pertinacious
           and
           resolute
           was
           he
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           own
           any
           Accomplices
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           alone
           was
           the
           Contriver
           ,
           and
           should
           have
           been
           the
           sole
           Executer
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           induced
           to
           this
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           (
           being
           an
           Heretick
           )
           was
           not
           his
           lawful
           Sovereign
           ,
           but
           an
           Usurper
           .
           Thus
           stout
           and
           resolute
           did
           he
           continue
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           shewed
           the
           Rack
           ,
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           which
           he
           began
           to
           relent
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           days
           examination
           disclosed
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           The
           News
           of
           this
           Discovery
           flew
           like
           Lightning
           ,
           
           it
           was
           what
           rejoiced
           the
           Heart
           of
           every
           good
           Subject
           ,
           and
           daunted
           that
           of
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           therefore
           those
           of
           them
           that
           were
           in
           Town
           no
           sooner
           heard
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           they
           betook
           themselves
           to
           Flight
           .
        
         
           Catesby
           was
           gone
           the
           Night
           before
           towards
           the
           place
           appointed
           for
           their
           Rendezvous
           ;
           and
           Percy
           set
           forward
           at
           4
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           much
           about
           the
           time
           that
           the
           Discovery
           was
           made
           :
           But
           one
           of
           the
           Winters
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           Wrights
           that
           staid
           behind
           ,
           staid
           to
           hear
           of
           their
           Defeat
           and
           Disappointment
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           all
           the
           haste
           they
           could
           to
           overtake
           and
           meet
           their
           Confederates
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           consult
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           in
           so
           great
           an
           Exigence
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           wanting
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           contribute
           their
           endeavours
           in
           the
           Country
           .
           Sir
           
             Everard
             Digby
          
           came
           to
           Dunchurch
           according
           to
           appointment
           ,
           and
           so
           confident
           were
           they
           of
           success
           above
           ,
           that
           one
           Grant
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           
           on
           Monday
           Night
           ,
           much
           about
           the
           time
           that
           Faux
           was
           apprehended
           with
           other
           of
           his
           Associates
           ,
           broke
           open
           the
           Stables
           of
           one
           Benock
           ,
           a
           Rider
           of
           great
           Horses
           ,
           and
           took
           away
           all
           that
           he
           found
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           Service
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           they
           repaired
           to
           the
           rest
           .
           But
           all
           their
           hopes
           were
           soon
           blasted
           ,
           by
           the
           sad
           News
           which
           they
           quickly
           received
           from
           those
           that
           had
           made
           their
           escape
           .
           Desperation
           begets
           Resolution
           ;
           and
           now
           they
           are
           lost
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Cause
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           speedily
           find
           out
           a
           Remedy
           ;
           and
           therefore
           with
           all
           the
           haste
           they
           can
           ,
           they
           dispatched
           some
           to
           call
           in
           others
           to
           their
           Assistance
           ,
           and
           to
           represent
           to
           them
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           danger
           that
           they
           ,
           and
           their
           Religion
           is
           in
           ,
           unless
           they
           appear
           in
           its
           defence
           .
           This
           
             Tesmond
             (
             aliàs
             Greenwel
          
           )
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           did
           particularly
           concern
           himself
           in
           ,
           exhorting
           all
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           ,
           and
           to
           unite
           their
           Forces
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           rode
           as
           far
           as
           Lancashire
           .
           This
           riding
           to
           an
           fro
           made
           a
           noise
           in
           the
           Countrey
           and
           awakened
           the
           People
           ;
           the
           loss
           of
           
           Benock's
           Horses
           came
           quickly
           to
           the
           Ears
           of
           some
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           that
           had
           put
           them
           into
           his
           Hands
           to
           manage
           and
           fit
           them
           for
           their
           Service
           .
           And
           for
           one
           reason
           or
           another
           the
           Countrey
           was
           presently
           up
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           upon
           pursuit
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           them
           were
           taken
           Prisoners
           ,
           
           and
           others
           of
           them
           pursued
           by
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Verney
          
           ,
           Sheriff
           of
           Warwick-shire
           ,
           to
           the
           borders
           of
           that
           County
           .
           But
           they
           kept
           on
           their
           course
           ,
           till
           they
           came
           to
           Holbeach
           in
           Staffordshire
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           
             Stephen
             Littleton
          
           ;
           thither
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Walsh
          
           ,
           Sheriff
           of
           Worcester-shire
           followed
           them
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           Trumpeters
           commanded
           them
           in
           the
           King's
           Name
           to
           surrender
           ,
           assuring
           them
           that
           upon
           their
           so
           doing
           he
           would
           intercede
           with
           the
           King
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           doubted
           not
           to
           obtain
           their
           Pardon
           .
           
           But
           they
           that
           were
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           of
           more
           than
           he
           understood
           (
           for
           the
           News
           had
           not
           yet
           spread
           so
           far
           ,
           nor
           the
           King's
           Proclamations
           ,
           though
           sent
           after
           them
           ,
           had
           not
           yet
           overtaken
           them
           )
           bid
           him
           Defiance
           ,
           and
           sent
           him
           Word
           that
           he
           must
           have
           a
           greater
           Force
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           had
           then
           the
           command
           of
           ,
           to
           reduce
           them
           .
           But
           whilst
           the
           one
           was
           preparing
           for
           the
           Assault
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           their
           Defence
           ,
           God
           himself
           seemed
           to
           decide
           the
           Quarrel
           :
           for
           by
           the
           same
           means
           which
           they
           contrived
           to
           destroy
           others
           ,
           they
           themselves
           came
           to
           suffer
           ;
           for
           having
           laid
           some
           Powder
           to
           dry
           before
           the
           Fire
           ,
           a
           Coal
           upon
           the
           mending
           of
           it
           flew
           into
           the
           Pan
           and
           set
           Fire
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           thereby
           not
           only
           blowing
           up
           part
           of
           the
           Roof
           ,
           and
           a
           Bag
           of
           Powder
           of
           17
           or
           18
           pound
           ,
           that
           they
           underset
           the
           Pan
           with
           ,
           which
           was
           carried
           unfired
           into
           the
           Court
           ,
           but
           so
           wounding
           
             Catesby
             ,
             Percy
             ,
             Rockwood
          
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           unable
           to
           make
           any
           further
           Defence
           .
           By
           this
           time
           also
           Fire
           was
           set
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           their
           case
           grew
           so
           desperate
           ,
           that
           they
           opened
           the
           Doors
           ,
           and
           exposed
           themselves
           to
           the
           Weapons
           and
           Fury
           of
           the
           People
           .
           The
           three
           principal
           of
           them
           ,
           
             viz.
             Catesby
             ,
             Percy
          
           ,
           and
           Winter
           ,
           joined
           Back
           to
           Back
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           former
           of
           them
           were
           mortally
           wounded
           with
           one
           Shot
           ,
           Catesby
           dying
           upon
           the
           Spot
           ,
           and
           Percy
           not
           out-living
           him
           above
           two
           or
           three
           Days
           .
           The
           two
           Wrights
           were
           slain
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           
             Digby
             ,
             Rock-wood
             ,
             Thomas
             Winter
             ,
             Grant
          
           and
           Bates
           were
           taken
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           sent
           up
           to
           
             London
             ,
             Robert
             Winter
          
           and
           Littleton
           endeavoured
           to
           conceal
           themselves
           in
           the
           Woods
           ,
           but
           were
           afterward
           taken
           and
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower
           ;
           Tresham
           continued
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           seemed
           ready
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Traitors
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           thought
           at
           first
           to
           remain
           undiscovered
           ,
           but
           being
           suspected
           ,
           he
           was
           afterwards
           
           searched
           for
           ,
           and
           apprehended
           and
           sent
           to
           the
           same
           place
           .
           Thus
           suddenly
           was
           that
           Design
           discovered
           which
           had
           been
           so
           long
           concealed
           ;
           thus
           suddenly
           was
           it
           broken
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           been
           some
           years
           in
           contriving
           ,
           therein
           verifying
           that
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             The
             ungodly
             are
             sink
             down
             into
             the
             Pit
             that
             they
             made
             :
             in
             the
             Net
             which
             they
             hid
             ,
             is
             their
             own
             Foot
             taken
             .
             The
             Lord
             is
             known
             by
             the
             Judgment
             which
             he
             executetb
             ,
             the
             wicked
             is
             snared
             in
             the
             work
             of
             his
             own
             Hands
             .
          
        
         
           These
           Persons
           thus
           apprehended
           were
           carefully
           examined
           ,
           
           (
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           which
           were
           spent
           23
           days
           )
           and
           from
           their
           several
           Confessions
           was
           drawn
           sufficient
           matter
           not
           only
           for
           their
           own
           Condemnation
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           detection
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           considerable
           of
           which
           was
           Garnet
           the
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           
           
             Hall
             ,
             Greenwel
             ,
             Gerard
          
           and
           Hammond
           ,
           Priest
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           .
           The
           respect
           that
           Garnet
           had
           to
           the
           reputation
           of
           their
           Society
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           safety
           ,
           had
           made
           him
           to
           act
           with
           so
           great
           caution
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           willingly
           converse
           with
           none
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           were
           of
           his
           own
           Order
           ;
           or
           Catesby
           his
           trusty
           Friend
           .
           And
           therefore
           much
           of
           the
           evidence
           against
           him
           fell
           with
           that
           Conspirator
           .
           But
           yet
           there
           appeared
           such
           presumptions
           by
           the
           acknowledgment
           of
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           taken
           ,
           and
           Letters
           that
           were
           found
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Proclamation
           issued
           out
           for
           the
           apprehension
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           declaring
           it
           Treason
           for
           any
           to
           harbour
           and
           conceal
           them
           .
           Garnet
           when
           the
           time
           drew
           near
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           were
           ripe
           for
           their
           Design
           ,
           took
           a
           Journey
           to
           Coulton
           in
           Warwick-shire
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           the
           place
           of
           the
           general
           Rendezvous
           ,
           where
           he
           preached
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           which
           he
           exhorted
           his
           Auditors
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           success
           
           of
           a
           great
           Action
           ,
           to
           be
           undertaken
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           is
           acknowledged
           by
           his
           Apologist
           ,
           
           and
           was
           confessed
           by
           
             Hall
             ,
             aliàs
             Oldcorn
          
           .
           Whilst
           at
           that
           place
           he
           received
           a
           Letter
           
             November
             6
          
           ,
           from
           Catesby
           ,
           to
           let
           him
           know
           that
           their
           Design
           had
           miscarried
           ,
           and
           to
           desire
           him
           that
           he
           would
           use
           his
           interest
           in
           stirring
           up
           the
           Catholicks
           in
           Wales
           to
           Arm
           and
           Defend
           themselves
           .
           But
           the
           wary
           Jesuit
           provided
           for
           his
           own
           Safety
           ,
           and
           sending
           Greenwel
           to
           them
           for
           their
           Assistance
           and
           Direction
           ,
           he
           himself
           with
           Hall
           fled
           to
           Mr.
           
           Abington's
           House
           ,
           at
           Henlip
           in
           Worcester-shire
           ,
           where
           Hall
           had
           found
           a
           safe
           retreat
           for
           sixteen
           years
           together
           ,
           as
           an
           Author
           of
           theirs
           informs
           us
           .
           
           There
           they
           lay
           concealed
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           last
           were
           discovered
           to
           be
           in
           that
           place
           by
           Littleton
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           as
           the
           same
           Author
           relates
           ,
           
             pag.
             314.
          
           
           Who
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           help
           of
           Carpenters
           and
           Bricklayers
           were
           used
           ,
           
           yet
           they
           were
           many
           days
           before
           they
           could
           find
           them
           out
           being
           in
           a
           Vault
           ,
           the
           way
           to
           which
           was
           in
           an
           upper-room
           through
           the
           half-pace
           before
           the
           Hearth
           ,
           whose
           Wooden
           border
           was
           made
           like
           a
           Trap-Door
           to
           pluck
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Bricks
           were
           laid
           in
           their
           Courses
           and
           Order
           again
           ,
           
           as
           we
           are
           told
           by
           an
           Author
           of
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           Hence
           they
           were
           brought
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower.
           
        
         
           On
           
             January
             27
          
           the
           other
           Prisoners
           were
           brought
           to
           their
           Tryal
           at
           Guild-hall
           .
           
           The
           Persons
           arraigned
           were
           
             Robert
             Winter
          
           
             Esq
          
           
             Thomas
             Winter
          
           ,
           Gentleman
           ,
           
             Guy
             Faux
          
           Gentleman
           ,
           
             John
             Grant
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           
             Ambrose
             Rockwood
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           
             Robert
             Keyes
          
           ,
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Bates
          
           ,
           Servant
           〈◊〉
           
           Catesby
           .
           By
           another
           Indictment
           was
           arraigned
           Sir
           
             Everard
             Digby
          
           .
        
         
           
             They
             generally
             acknowledged
             the
             Fact
             ,
             and
             spake
             little
             in
             their
             own
             Vindication
             .
          
           Rookwood
           pleaded
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           the
           entire
           Affection
           he
           had
           for
           Mr.
           Catesby
           which
           drew
           him
           in
           ;
           and
           he
           hoped
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           his
           first
           Fact
           ,
           some
           Mercy
           would
           be
           shewed
           him
           .
           Sir
           Everard
           
             said
             the
             same
             with
             respect
             to
          
           Catesby
           ,
           
             and
             added
          
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           undertaken
           it
           for
           the
           Zeal
           which
           he
           had
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           sacrifice
           all
           for
           ;
           and
           to
           prevent
           those
           Calamities
           which
           he
           understood
           that
           the
           Parliament
           was
           prepared
           to
           bring
           upon
           them
           of
           his
           Perswasion
           .
           Keys
           said
           ,
           That
           his
           Fortunes
           were
           sunk
           ,
           and
           as
           good
           now
           as
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           Cause
           rather
           than
           another
           .
        
         
           They
           seem'd
           resolved
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           say
           nothing
           against
           them
           ;
           whether
           it
           were
           that
           they
           were
           not
           allowed
           to
           discourse
           of
           the
           Plot
           with
           any
           but
           such
           and
           such
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           or
           whether
           it
           were
           that
           they
           thought
           it
           to
           be
           highly
           meritorious
           ,
           and
           this
           last
           seems
           to
           be
           not
           unlikely
           .
           When
           Tresham
           not
           above
           three
           hours
           before
           his
           Death
           ,
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           did
           declare
           upon
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           seen
           Garnet
           in
           sixteen
           years
           before
           ;
           whereas
           it
           appeared
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Confession
           of
           Garnet
           ,
           and
           Mrs.
           
             Anne
             Vaux
          
           ,
           Garnet's
           Bosom-Friend
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           been
           frequently
           together
           the
           two
           last
           years
           past
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           Thursday
           following
           ,
           
           Sir
           
             Everard
             Digby
             ,
             Robert
             Winter
             ,
             John
             Grant
             ,
          
           and
           Bates
           ,
           were
           according
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           drawn
           ,
           hanged
           ,
           and
           quartered
           ,
           at
           the
           West
           end
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church
           .
           And
           on
           the
           Friday
           ,
           the
           other
           four
           ,
           viz.
           
             Thomas
             Winter
             ,
             Keyes
             ,
             Rockwood
             ,
          
           and
           Faux
           ,
           were
           executed
           in
           the
           Palace-Yard
           at
           Westminster
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           were
           Garnet
           and
           Hall
           had
           in
           Examination
           ,
           
           and
           that
           several
           times
           from
           the
           first
           of
           February
           ,
           to
           March
           the
           26th
           .
           In
           all
           which
           Garnet
           shewed
           by
           the
           wiliness
           of
           his
           Answers
           ,
           and
           the
           Confidence
           he
           maintained
           them
           with
           ,
           that
           he
           deserved
           the
           place
           of
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           being
           so
           well
           versed
           in
           all
           the
           Practices
           of
           his
           Society
           ,
           that
           few
           could
           exceed
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           from
           the
           first
           was
           resolved
           to
           forbear
           the
           severity
           of
           the
           Rack
           ,
           much
           practised
           in
           other
           Countries
           ,
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           notorious
           and
           perverse
           Criminals
           .
           
           We
           indeed
           are
           told
           by
           a
           late
           confident
           Author
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           That
           Garnet
           was
           kept
           waking
           six
           Days
           and
           Nights
           together
           to
           bring
           him
           by
           that
           new
           kind
           of
           Torment
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           to
           a
           Confession
           of
           his
           Crime
           ;
           and
           that
           Hall
           was
           put
           to
           extreme
           Torture
           for
           fifteen
           hours
           space
           together
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           .
           But
           a
           greater
           than
           he
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Perswasion
           ,
           doth
           assure
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           to
           avoid
           Calumny
           ,
           did
           purposely
           forbear
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           Rigour
           ,
           and
           Garnet
           himself
           did
           publickly
           own
           at
           his
           Trial
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           been
           used
           whilst
           in
           Prison
           with
           great
           lenity
           .
           We
           know
           not
           what
           effect
           the
           Rack
           might
           have
           had
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           that
           was
           a
           way
           of
           Trial
           he
           had
           not
           been
           exercised
           in
           ;
           but
           that
           Course
           which
           they
           took
           ,
           by
           frequent
           and
           cross
           Examinations
           ,
           by
           Expostulations
           and
           Arguments
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           much
           a
           Master
           of
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           the
           twenty
           three
           Days
           spent
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           gained
           but
           little
           Information
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           had
           some
           greater
           advantage
           .
           Had
           he
           been
           alone
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           have
           been
           confronted
           by
           others
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           much
           more
           secure
           ,
           and
           they
           more
           at
           a
           loss
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           prevent
           any
           Mis-understanding
           betwixt
           him
           and
           others
           in
           custody
           ;
           that
           their
           Answers
           might
           not
           be
           inconsistent
           or
           repugnant
           ,
           he
           
           writes
           both
           to
           Hall
           and
           Mrs.
           Vaux
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           know
           after
           what
           manner
           he
           thought
           to
           excuse
           or
           defend
           himself
           ,
           and
           what
           Replies
           to
           make
           to
           some
           particular
           Enquiries
           ;
           As
           if
           he
           should
           be
           charged
           with
           his
           Prayer
           for
           the
           good
           Success
           of
           a
           great
           Action
           ,
           &c.
           he
           would
           say
           ,
           It
           was
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           those
           severe
           Laws
           ,
           which
           those
           of
           their
           Church
           expected
           would
           be
           made
           against
           them
           by
           that
           Parliament
           .
           But
           it
           happened
           ,
           that
           these
           Letters
           that
           were
           writ
           by
           him
           ,
           came
           into
           other
           hands
           than
           those
           he
           intended
           them
           for
           ,
           and
           did
           him
           a
           worse
           Injury
           than
           any
           Account
           that
           his
           sworn
           Friends
           could
           have
           likely
           given
           of
           the
           same
           Actions
           ,
           though
           disagreeing
           with
           his
           .
           And
           indeed
           herein
           his
           Adversaries
           did
           outwit
           him
           ,
           and
           worsted
           him
           at
           his
           own
           Weapons
           .
           For
           when
           they
           perceived
           that
           he
           obstinately
           persisted
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           they
           took
           another
           Course
           to
           find
           him
           out
           ;
           First
           ,
           a
           Person
           was
           employed
           as
           a
           Keeper
           ,
           that
           should
           profess
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           and
           that
           should
           take
           a
           great
           Liberty
           to
           complain
           of
           the
           Kings
           Severity
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Sufferings
           their
           Party
           were
           made
           to
           undergo
           .
           By
           these
           and
           the
           like
           crafty
           Insinuations
           he
           grew
           to
           be
           a
           Familiar
           of
           
           Garnet's
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           was
           entrusted
           by
           him
           with
           a
           Letter
           to
           one
           ,
           and
           to
           another
           .
           Which
           yet
           he
           did
           not
           so
           much
           venture
           upon
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           wrote
           sparingly
           to
           one
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           other
           nothing
           in
           appearance
           but
           what
           any
           one
           may
           see
           ,
           filling
           up
           the
           void
           places
           with
           other
           more
           secret
           Matters
           ,
           written
           indeed
           ,
           but
           written
           with
           the
           Juice
           of
           a
           Lemmon
           .
           By
           this
           means
           they
           found
           out
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           as
           the
           want
           of
           Proof
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           so
           confident
           .
           By
           this
           they
           came
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           Greenwel
           and
           he
           had
           conferred
           together
           about
           the
           Plot.
           
        
         
           There
           was
           also
           another
           Calamity
           that
           befell
           him
           by
           
           the
           same
           Contrivance
           ;
           For
           now
           thinking
           himself
           sure
           of
           his
           keeper
           ,
           he
           let
           him
           know
           what
           a
           great
           desire
           he
           had
           of
           conferring
           with
           Hall.
           The
           Decoy
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           endeavour
           to
           find
           out
           a
           way
           for
           it
           .
           This
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           that
           freedom
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           same
           time
           there
           were
           placed
           within
           hearing
           two
           Persons
           of
           such
           known
           Credit
           that
           Garnet
           at
           his
           Trial
           had
           nothing
           to
           object
           against
           them
           ,
           who
           took
           notice
           of
           what
           was
           said
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           known
           to
           the
           Council
           .
           The
           next
           day
           Commissioners
           came
           to
           examine
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           Discourse
           charged
           them
           severally
           with
           those
           things
           that
           passed
           betwixt
           them
           the
           day
           before
           .
           This
           Hall
           did
           acknowledg
           ,
           being
           convinced
           by
           the
           Particulars
           that
           they
           produced
           ,
           but
           Garnet
           did
           deny
           it
           upon
           the
           word
           of
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           with
           reiterated
           Protestations
           .
           And
           when
           they
           told
           him
           that
           Hall
           had
           confessed
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             accuse
             himself
             falsly
             if
             he
             will
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             be
             guilty
             of
             that
             folly
             .
          
           But
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           when
           he
           perceived
           that
           the
           Evidence
           was
           not
           to
           be
           gainsaid
           ,
           begg'd
           their
           Pardon
           with
           no
           little
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           owned
           the
           Particulars
           they
           charged
           him
           with
           :
           and
           a
           little
           to
           save
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           as
           he
           denied
           all
           ,
           because
           he
           knew
           none
           but
           Greenwel
           could
           accuse
           him
           ;
           so
           he
           did
           deny
           what
           he
           knew
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Equivocation
           .
        
         
           Now
           they
           had
           gained
           good
           Evidence
           against
           him
           ,
           his
           Letters
           first
           ,
           then
           his
           Discourse
           with
           Hall
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           his
           own
           Confession
           ,
           were
           a
           sufficient
           Ground
           for
           them
           to
           proceed
           and
           try
           him
           upon
           .
           And
           that
           they
           began
           to
           do
           two
           days
           after
           ,
           viz.
           
             March
             28.
          
           
        
         
           The
           great
           thing
           charged
           upon
           him
           was
           ,
           
           That
           he
           was
           privy
           to
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           that
           he
           held
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           Catesby
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           and
           Greenwel
           with
           
           the
           rest
           .
           And
           the
           chief
           Part
           of
           his
           Defence
           was
           ,
           
             That
             what
             he
             did
             know
             of
             it
             was
             in
             Confession
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             told
             him
             in
             that
             way
             he
             was
             bound
             to
             conceal
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Mischief
             that
             might
             follow
             it
             ;
             he
             might
             disswade
             Persons
             from
             it
             ,
             but
             whether
             they
             would
             be
             perswaded
             by
             him
             or
             not
             ,
             he
             was
             obliged
             not
             to
             divulge
             it
             .
          
        
         
           After
           a
           long
           time
           spent
           in
           his
           Trial
           ,
           there
           was
           but
           little
           taken
           by
           the
           Jury
           to
           give
           in
           their
           Verdict
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           guilty
           of
           the
           Treason
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           he
           received
           Sentence
           ,
           
           and
           was
           executed
           the
           third
           of
           May
           following
           ,
           at
           the
           West
           end
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Man
           whom
           the
           Jesuits
           extoll
           to
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           put
           into
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           their
           Martyrs
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           be
           found
           at
           the
           end
           of
           
             Alegambe's
             Bibliotheca
             Scriptorum
             Socieatis
             Iesu.
          
           This
           Person
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           perfect
           Master
           of
           the
           Art
           of
           Dissimulation
           ,
           that
           could
           by
           Equivocation
           swear
           to
           what
           he
           knew
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           is
           what
           one
           of
           them
           bestows
           this
           Character
           upon
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           in
           him
           
             Morum
             Simplicitus
          
           ,
           
           
             &
             Candor
             animi
             minimè
             suspicacis
          
           .
           This
           Man
           who
           had
           not
           the
           Heart
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           who
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Execution
           was
           so
           divided
           betwixt
           the
           hopes
           of
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           the
           fear
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           attend
           to
           his
           own
           Devotions
           ,
           but
           one
           while
           cast
           his
           Eyes
           this
           way
           and
           another
           that
           ;
           now
           at
           his
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           anon
           breaking
           off
           from
           them
           to
           answer
           to
           that
           discourse
           which
           he
           overheard
           .
           This
           Man
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           said
           by
           Alegambe
           to
           go
           to
           his
           Death
           
             interritus
             &
             exporectâ
             fronte
             obtestans
             ,
             &c.
          
           without
           any
           fear
           ,
           and
           protesting
           that
           he
           exceedingly
           rejoiced
           that
           he
           was
           now
           to
           suffer
           that
           Death
           which
           would
           be
           an
           entrance
           to
           an
           immortal
           Life
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Conclusion
           of
           all
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           no
           Jesuit
           can
           be
           a
           Traitor
           ,
           and
           none
           suffer
           for
           Treason
           but
           he
           must
           be
           a
           Martyr
           .
        
         
           The
           Case
           of
           Hall
           was
           much
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           Garnet
           ;
           
           he
           did
           confess
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           also
           proved
           that
           they
           were
           both
           together
           at
           Caughton
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           both
           found
           together
           afterwards
           .
           It
           appeared
           that
           he
           had
           afterward
           defended
           the
           Treason
           to
           
             Humphrey
             Littleton
          
           .
           The
           Excuses
           ,
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           the
           Confessions
           ,
           were
           much
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           Garnet
           was
           the
           more
           resolved
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           obstinate
           of
           the
           two
           .
           Now
           because
           as
           this
           Treason
           was
           hatched
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           executed
           in
           the
           main
           at
           London
           ,
           so
           because
           part
           of
           it
           was
           also
           to
           be
           done
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           were
           there
           taken
           ,
           therefore
           six
           of
           them
           were
           sent
           to
           Worcester
           ,
           and
           there
           executed
           ,
           
             viz.
             Humphrey
             Littleton
             ,
             John
             Winter
             ,
          
           and
           this
           Hall
           ,
           with
           three
           others
           .
           Thither
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           carried
           with
           them
           for
           that
           reason
           ,
           and
           not
           because
           his
           Adversaries
           were
           ashamed
           to
           have
           his
           Cause
           heard
           at
           London
           ,
           
           as
           a
           bold
           Author
           of
           theirs
           would
           have
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           wonder
           to
           find
           these
           Men
           so
           concerned
           to
           clear
           themselves
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           World
           is
           against
           them
           ;
           though
           this
           is
           no
           more
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           than
           to
           prove
           that
           one
           that
           kills
           a
           King
           is
           a
           good
           Subject
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           stirs
           up
           his
           Subjects
           in
           rebellion
           against
           him
           ,
           is
           a
           Friend
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           These
           were
           the
           Persons
           that
           were
           taken
           and
           suffered
           for
           this
           bloody
           Treason
           .
           Others
           of
           them
           escaped
           beyond
           Sea
           ;
           of
           which
           one
           ,
           when
           
             Dominicus●
             Vicus
          
           Governour
           of
           
             Calice
             ,
             assured
             them
             of
             the
             King's
             Favour
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             lost
             their
             own
             Country
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             received
             there
             ,
          
           replied
           ,
           
             The
             loss
             of
             their
             Country
             was
             the
             least
             part
             of
             their
             grief
             ;
             but
             their
             sorrow
             was
             that
             they
             could
             not
             bring
             so
             brave
             a
             Design
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           At
           which
           the
           Governour
           
           could
           hardly
           forbear
           casting
           him
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           as
           Thuanus
           relates
           from
           Vicus
           his
           one
           Mouth
           .
           Others
           there
           were
           whom
           the
           Government
           had
           a
           great
           suspicion
           of
           ,
           as
           Henry
           Lord
           Mordant
           ,
           and
           Edward
           Lord
           Sturton
           ,
           who
           not
           appearing
           upon
           the
           Summons
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           were
           supposed
           to
           absent
           themselves
           from
           some
           intelligence
           that
           they
           received
           ,
           were
           fined
           in
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           imprisoned
           during
           the
           King's
           Pleasure
           .
           The
           like
           Sentence
           did
           Henry
           Earl
           of
           Northumberland
           undergo
           ,
           for
           having
           admitted
           
             Thomas
             Percy
          
           his
           Kinsman
           to
           be
           a
           Gentleman
           Pensioner
           ,
           without
           administring
           to
           him
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           when
           he
           knew
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Recusant
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           end
           of
           that
           Plot
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Persons
           chiefly
           concerned
           in
           it
           .
           And
           it
           would
           be
           happy
           if
           they
           had
           left
           none
           of
           their
           Principles
           or
           Temper
           behind
           them
           ,
           a
           Generation
           whom
           no
           Favour
           will
           oblige
           ,
           nor
           Kindness
           retain
           :
           whom
           nothing
           but
           Supremacy
           will
           content
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           absolute
           Authority
           can
           gratify
           .
           Whom
           nothing
           can
           secure
           against
           ,
           but
           a
           sufficient
           Power
           ,
           or
           great
           Industry
           ,
           or
           constant
           Watchfulness
           ,
           and
           scarcely
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           its
           fit
           that
           not
           only
           as
           a
           branch
           of
           our
           Thankfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           a
           caution
           to
           our selves
           ,
           that
           this
           Deliverance
           should
           be
           celebrated
           ,
           and
           the
           Memory
           of
           it
           perpetuated
           .
           
           I
           shall
           end
           with
           what
           is
           said
           of
           a
           great
           Person
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           some
           years
           since
           .
        
         
           Two
           great
           Deliverances
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           many
           of
           us
           hath
           God
           in
           his
           singular
           Mercy
           wrought
           for
           us
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           think
           ,
           take
           both
           together
           ,
           no
           Christian
           Age
           or
           Land
           can
           parallel
           .
           One
           formerly
           from
           a
           forreign
           Invasion
           ;
           another
           since
           that
           of
           an
           hellish
           Conspiracy
           at
           home
           .
           Both
           such
           as
           we
           would
           have
           all
           thought
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           done
           ,
           should
           never
           be
           forgotten
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           Land
           were
           term'd
           oblivious
           ,
           the
           Land
           where
           all
           
           things
           are
           forgotten
           ,
           how
           doth
           the
           memory
           of
           them
           fade
           away
           ,
           and
           they
           by
           little
           and
           little
           grow
           into
           forgetfulness
           .
           We
           have
           lived
           to
           see
           88
           almost
           forgotten
           ,
           (
           God
           be
           blessed
           who
           hath
           graciously
           prevented
           what
           we
           feared
           therein
           )
           God
           grant
           that
           we
           nor
           ours
           ever
           live
           to
           see
           November
           the
           5th
           forgotten
           ,
           or
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           it
           silenced
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           The
           Authors
           ,
           from
           whence
           this
           Narrative
           hath
           been
           Collected
           ,
           Are
           ,
        
         
           Thuanus
           .
        
         
           Jo.
           Barclaii
           ,
           Conspiratio
           Anglicana
           .
        
         
           
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             Traitors
          
           ,
           printed
           1606.
           
           Historia
           Messionis
           Anglicanae
           ,
           Societatis
           Iesu
           Collectore
           .
        
         
           Henrico
           Moro
           ,
           
             printed
             at
             St.
          
           Omers
           ,
           1660.
           
        
         
           Andreae
           Eudaemon̄-Joannis
           Apologia
           pro
           Garnetto
           .
        
         
           Rob.
           Abboti
           Antilogia
           adversus
           Apologiam
           Andreae
           Eudaemon-Joannis
           .
        
         
           Bibliothica
           Scriptorum
           Societatis
           Iesu.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66398-e170
           
             *
             Thuanus
             Barclay
             .
             Rog.
             Widdrington
             
               in
               his
               Apolog
            
             .
             pro
             jure
             Principum
             .
             Pag.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Mori
             historia
             missionis
             Anglicanae
             praefat
             .
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Treason
             ,
          
           
             The
             rise
             of
             the
             Gun-powder-Plot
             .
          
           
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             Traitors
             .
          
           
             The
             Oath
             of
             Secrecy
             .
          
           
             The
             Plot.
             
          
           
             The
             house
             made
             choice
             of
             .
          
           
             Others
             taken
             in
             to
             be
             Confederates
             .
          
           
             The
             Vault
             hired
             ,
             and
             Stored
             .
          
           
             Their
             Intelligence
             abroad
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             Prorogued
             .
          
           
             
             Catesby's
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             A
             Letter
             sent
             to
             the
             Lord
             Monteagle
             .
          
           
             The
             Letter
             presented
             to
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             House
             ordered
             to
             be
             searched
             .
          
           
             Fawks
             his
             Behaviour
             upon
             his
             Apprehension
             .
          
           
             The
             Flight
             of
             the
             Traitors
             .
          
           
             The
             Traitors
             pursued
             and
             taken
             .
          
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             .
          
           
             The
             Jesuits
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             .
          
           
             Eudoem
             .
             Joannis
             Apologia
             pro
             
               Garneto
               .
               pag.
               265.
            
             
          
           
             Hon.
             Mori
             
               Historiamissionis
               Anglicanae
            
             .
             pag.
             333.
             
          
           
             Garnet
             taken
             .
          
           
             Fowlis
             
               Romish
               Treason
               .
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             pag.
             698.
             
          
           
             The
             Arraignment
             of
             the
             Traitors
             .
          
           
             Their
             Execution
             .
          
           
             Garnet's
             Examination
             .
          
           
             Historia
             missionis
             Anglican
             .
             pag.
             315.
             
             Pag.
             334.
             
          
           
             Thuanus
             ,
             An.
             1606.
             
          
           
             Garnets
             Trial
          
           
             His
             Execution
             .
          
           
             Hist.
             Mission
             :
             Angl.
             
               p.
               311.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Trial
             and
             Execution
             of
             
               Hall
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             Eudoemon-Joannis
             
               Apologia
               pro
            
             Garnetto
             .
             
               pag.
               272.
            
             
          
           
             Bp.
             
               Sandersons
               Sermons
            
             l.
             1
             ad
             .
             poulum
             .
             Serm.
             5.
             pag.
             242.