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Manner
of
its
Discovery
A
Preface
touching
that
Horrid
Conspiracy
,
Everard
Digby
Never
before
Printed
Tho.
Newcomb
H.
Hills
Walter
Kettilby
Bishops
Head
An
HELLISH
Conspiracy
of
the
IESUITES
and
Seminary
PRIESTS
.
(
Iewish
,
Pagan
Ignatius
Loyala
Ignatius
Loyola
Peremptus
Haereticorum
NUMERUS
INFINITUS
An
INFINITE
NUMBER
of
Heretiques
that
in
Drunk
with
the
Bloud
of
the
Saints
.
in
Effigie
Iacobi
.
cap.
God
hath
so
done
his
Marvellous
Works
,
THAT
THEY
OUGHT
to
be
had
in
REMEMBRANCE
.
That
it
was
A
HORRID
PLOT
Calendarium
Catholicum
An
Universal
Almanack
That
it
was
suspected
,
to
BE
POLITICKLY
CONTRIVED
BY
That
the
Gunpowder
Treason
,
was
Idem
ibid.
Calendarium
Catholicum
MORE
THEN
SUSPECTED
,
TO
BE
THE
CONTRIVANCE
OF
the
great
Polititian
,
to
RENDER
CATHOLIQUES
ODIOUS
.
That
SOME
ROMAN-CATHOLIQUES
were
in
that
Plot.
FEW
DETECTED
That
there
were
only
A
FEW
Papists
DETECTED
in
that
Popish
Powder
Plot.
Calendarium
Catholicum
That
the
Papists
in
the
Powder
Treason
and
Conspiracy
,
were
DESPERADO'S
,
of
a
Religion
which
DETESTS
such
Treasons
.
That
all
SOBER
CATHOLIQUES
utterly
DETEST
that
,
and
ALL
SUCH
ABOMINABLE
CONSPIRACIES
.
Gunpowder
Plot
Abominable
Conspiracy
not
Sober
Catholiques
That
they
lived
like
SAINTS
,
and
DYED
MARTYRS
A
Discussion
of
the
Answer
of
Dr.
He
was
AN
INNOCENT
MAN
,
who
SUFFERED
INIUSTLY
;
That
he
lived
A
SAINTS
LIFE
,
and
accomplished
the
same
,
with
AN
HAPPY
DEATH
,
dying
IN
DEFENCE
OF
IUSTICE
:
Garnet
,
Southwell
,
Oldcorne
MARTYRS
of
the
Iesuitical
Society
in
the
24th
of
her
Reign
,
RENOWNED
and
FAMOUS
MARTYRS
of
Christ
.
cap.
46.
pag.
Abraham
Bzovius
▪
That
an
INNUMERABLE
Company
of
English
MARTYRS
,
following
their
CAPTAINE
taught
THE
SAME
THING
Innocent
3.
Concil.
Lateran
.
Anno
1215.
Can.
3.
de
Haereticis
.
(
more
Romano
The
Pamphlet
has
this
Title
it
contains
(
as
the
Title
tells
us
)
And
the
Priest
is
there
called
,
Protestant
Religion
is
a
Cheat
,
Heresie
,
and
HEATHENISME
,
Protestant
Bible
,
is
no
more
the
World
of
God
,
than
the
TURKISH
ALCORAN
,
Protestant
Bishops
,
Ministers
are
Cheaters
,
False
Prophets
,
and
PRIESTS
of
ANTICHRISTIAN
,
Pseudo-Bishops
,
Sons
of
Iniquity
,
and
Fathers
of
Mischief
,
our
Protestant
Religion
,
is
RIDICULOUS
all
Protestant
Bishops
and
Ministers
,
are
Priests
of
MINISTERS
of
SATAN
,
and
ENEMIES
OF
GOD
,
and
our
Souls
,
That
the
KING
and
the
PARLIAMENT
were
SECTARIES
and
HERETICKS
,
CLEARLY
PROVED
The
Reconciler
of
Religion
Verba
sunt
dictae
Regulae
be
MORE
MISCHIEVOUS
than
BENEFICIAL
to
them
.
Iesus
Christ
Turkish
Alcoran
(d)
Vid.
Statut.
13.
Elizabeth
.
cap.
s
Reports
Thou
shalt
not
curse
the
Ruler
of
thy
People
.
No
not
in
thy
Heart
Solomon
.
evil
Speaking
Thou
shalt
not
speak
evil
of
the
Ruler
of
thy
People
.
them
who
speak
evil
of
Dignities
Michael
the
Arch-Angel
DURST
NOT
bring
any
RAILING
Accusation
against
THE
DEVIL
.
Statutum
1.
&
2.
Mariae
.
cap.
HERESIE
,
HEATHENISME
,
RIDICULOUS
ANTICHRISTIAN
,
MINISTERS
of
SATAN
,
ENEMIES
of
GOD
,
and
PRIESTS
of
Ministers
of
Satan
,
Heretiques
,
Enemies
of
God
,
and
PRIESTS
of
Concil.
Trident.
Sess.
15.
Principio
.
Ibid.
Sess.
21
cap.
1.
&c.
Sess.
13.
in
Principio
Enemies
of
God
Priests
of
Baal
pag.
238.
&
ibid.
Regula
prima
(
The
Church
of
they
mean
)
pag.
138.
Regula
13.
pag.
141.
Sic
habet
—
are
to
remove
and
reject
ALL
THEIR
PROPER
IUDGMENT
,
and
ALLWAYS
have
a
prepar'd
and
ready
mind
to
OBEY
the
CHURCH
.
we
may
be
ALTOGETHER
unanimous
and
conformable
with
the
Catholique
Church
;
if
She
define
any
thing
TO
BE
BLACK
,
which
OUR
EYES
SEES
WHITE
,
we
are
in
like
manner
BOUND
to
acknowledge
that
't
is
Black
.
every
thing
contained
St.
Clements
FULL
of
PIETY
and
SANCTITY
,
and
for
EDIFICATION
,
and
SPIRITUAL
PROFICIENCY
VERY
PROFITABLE
.
Verba
sunt
Bullae
dictae
,
ib.
pag.
5.
approve
,
commend
,
and
confirm
this
doctrine
,
and
that
of
his
own
certain
knowledge
;
and
earnestly
exhorts
all
Catholiques
,
of
all
Sexes
,
and
in
all
Countries
,
that
they
would
use
these
Documents
,
and
be
instructed
by
them
.
That
they
must
reject
all
their
own
reason
and
acquiesce
in
the
judgment
of
their
Superiors
;
who
(
when
they
say
,
White
is
Black
,
and
enjoyn
Villanies
for
Virtues
)
must
be
submitted
to
,
and
(
with
Ita
Constitutiones
cum
Declarat
:
Societatis
Jesu
,
Antverp
.
1635.
part.
6.
cap.
1.
pag.
233.
&
ibidem
part.
3.
cap.
1.
sect.
23.
pag.
123.
And
this
obedience
is
to
be
given
to
their
Superior
,
as
to
Christ
himself
—
Ibid.
In
Exam.
General
.
cum
Declarat
.
cap.
4.
pag.
37.
a
BLIND
OBEDIENCE
)
obey'd
,
and
persuade
themselves
,
that
ALL
THINGS
ARE
IUST
and
LAWFUL
which
are
commanded
by
their
Superiors
.
just
and
lawful
universal
obedience
Inferiors
must
obey
their
Superiors
IN
ALL
THINGS
In
all
things
in
which
there
is
Constit.
Societatis
Jesu
cum
Declarat
.
Antverp
.
1635.
part.
6.
cap.
1.
pag.
233.
Ibid.
pag.
234.
NO
MANIFEST
SIN
Ibid.
part.
3.
cap.
1.
pag.
123.
perfect
obedience
,
which
they
commend
to
,
and
require
of
all
Inferiors
,
to
be
paid
to
any
,
to
every
Superior
;
and
it
must
be
intirely
,
perfectly
,
and
readily
performed
,
without
any
excuse
or
murmuring
.
place
of
Christ
Iesus
;
tanquam
Epist.
1.
sect.
4.
VICAR
OF
CHRIST
a
learned
Spaniard
,
and
Alphonsus
de
Vargas
Toletanus
is
the
man
I
mean
;
and
the
Title
of
his
Book
is
this
,
Edita
Anno
1636.
&
postea
Anno
1642.
zealous
Papist
,
has
both
said
,
and
(
by
evident
instances
)
proved
,
that
(
to
gain
the
Monarchy
of
the
World
to
themselves
)
the
Iesuits
are
both
Innovators
in
matters
of
Faith
and
Religion
,
rebellious
and
perfidious
to
the
Pope
as
well
as
Secolar
Kings
and
Princes
.
Vicars
of
Christ
Superiors
are
Ignatius
Epist.
1.
De
Virtute
Obedientiae
,
ad
Lusitanos
,
sect.
INTERPRETERS
of
the
DIVINE
WILL
Government
they
have
given
up
themselves
,
as
if
Ita
Constitut
Societat
.
Jesu
,
&
Examen
cum
Declarat
.
Antverp
.
1635.
cap.
4.
sect.
30
pag.
Christ
himself
had
given
them
;
so
that
the
will
and
judgment
of
their
Superiors
is
to
be
THE
RULE
of
theirs
That
whether
their
Ignatius
Epist.
1.
De
virtute
Obedientiae
ad
Lusitanos
.
sect.
3.
pag.
Superiors
be
wise
or
foolish
,
honest
or
impious
,
yet
they
are
equally
to
be
obey'd
,
as
they
are
GOD'S
VICE-GERENTS
,
who
is
infallibly
wise
,
and
will
supply
their
want
of
understanding
AND
HONESTY
too
.
The
Scribes
and
Pharisees
sit
in
Moses
chair
WHATSOEVER
therefore
they
say
unto
you
,
that
observe
and
do
.
The
Pope
sits
in
Peters
Chair
,
therefore
he
is
as
infallible
as
he
;
and
whatsoever
he
says
must
be
observed
.
We
succeed
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
,
and
sit
in
Moses
Chair
:
Therefore
whatsoever
we
say
must
be
observ'd
.
WHATEVER
those
Iews
(
Scribes
and
Pharisees
)
said
,
sitting
in
Moses
Manners
.
)
Matth.
Chair
,
was
to
be
observed
:
WHATEVER
those
Christians
(
the
Superiors
of
the
Iesuits
)
say
,
who
do
not
sit
in
Moses
Chair
,
must
be
observed
;
Sed
apage
nugas
,
Apinasque
tricas
.
(
That
his
Society
must
give
blind
and
absolute
obedience
to
all
the
commands
of
their
Superiors
.
)
Instituta
Societatis
Iesu.
Ant.
Regula
.
1.
&
13.
Superiuscitata
.
(
i.
e.
Summarium
Constitutionum
,
sect.
31.
pag.
Superiors
say
,
Snow
is
black
,
they
must
believe
,
and
say
it
is
so
too
,
though
their
Senses
see
it
is
white
.
mortifie
,
kill
Constitut.
cum
Declarat
:
part.
6.
sect.
1.
cap.
1
,
pag.
must
PERSUADE
themselves
,
that
it
is
DIVINE
PROVIDENCE
which
moves
and
rules
them
by
their
SUPERIORS
.
And
therefore
they
must
be
like
DEAD
CARCASES
,
or
a●…
SLAVES
in
the
hand
of
their
Superiors
,
which
suffer
themselves
to
be
MOVED
,
HANDLED
,
and
CARRIED
WHITHER
,
and
WHAT
WAY
THEY
PLEASE
.
consider
,
examine
Will
of
God
)
lawful
INTIRELY
,
READILY
THE
RULE
bound
to
believe
HE
COMMANDS
Quod
jubetur
,
BENE
IUBERI
EXISTIMET
.
IUST
and
GOOD
NOTHING
BETTER
could
be
done
Ibid.
pag.
a
VICE-GERENT
VICAR
OF
CHRIST
as
such
Dicto
Summario
Constitut.
sect.
34.
pag.
of
IESUS
CHRIST
Iames
,
Charles
(
inquit
Ita
Campianus
Jesuita
,
in
Epist.
ad
Consiliarios
Reginae
Angliae
,
Treveris
Excusa
Ann.
1583.
pag.
22.
And
who
cites
it
,
in
his
pag.
264.
(
it
should
be
246.
)
adds
what
the
Jesuit
says
in
his
(
I
take
it
upon
his
word
,
for
I
have
not
my
Books
about
me
)
They
must
kill
Kings
(
if
Hereticks
)
when
they
have
opportunity
.
That
ALL
THE
IESUITS
in
the
world
have
long
since
entred
into
Covenant
,
ANY
WAY
TO
DESTROY
all
Heretical
KINGS
;
nor
do
they
despair
of
doing
it
effectually
,
so
long
as
any
one
Iesuit
remains
in
the
world
.
That
ALL
CATHOLICKS
are
to
be
so
instructed
,
that
when
they
have
an
opportunity
to
kill
Hereticks
,
they
should
not
suffer
any
impediment
to
hinder
them
.
Alphon.
de
Vergas
.
ibid.
cap.
14.
'T
is
true
,
the
Cardinal
did
not
believe
them
,
(
as
certainly
no
wise
man
will
.
)
Alphon.
de
Vargas
Toletanus
de
Stratagematis
Jesuitarum
,
pag.
37
,
38.
Edit.
1642.
&
pag.
15.
Edit.
1636.
That
they
are
men
notoriously
covetous
,
insatiable
,
COZENERS
,
Thieves
,
and
stealers
of
the
Kings
Revenue
,
arrogant
,
ambitious
,
flatterers
of
Princes
,
Courtiers
,
every
where
intangling
themselves
in
secular
businesses
,
fraudulent
,
liars
,
corrupters
of
truth
,
defamers
of
vertue
,
enemies
of
a
Religious
life
,
lovers
of
pleasure
,
impostors
under
a
veil
of
piety
,
Woolves
in
Sheeps
clothing
,
lovers
of
novelties
,
contemners
of
the
holy
Doctors
,
partners
with
and
suspected
of
Heresie
,
troublers
of
the
publick
peace
,
men
of
Diabolical
industry
,
Serpents
,
and
very
Cacodoemons
or
evil
Spirits
,
of
whom
all
should
be
aware
and
fly
from
them
.
Laici
sunt
Clericis
oppidò
infesti
(
Cruce
signati
Concil.
Lateranum
4.
Anno
1215.
Can.
3.
de
Haereticis
.
The
Pope
and
General
Council
grants
them
a
plenary
Indulgence
,
and
Pardon
of
all
their
sins
.
have
here
not
onely
Heaven
,
and
Glory
in
it
,
but
a
greater
degree
and
measure
of
it
Grace
here
Glory
hereafter
Concil.
Lateran
.
4.
dicto
.
Can.
COMPELL'D
to
take
an
Oath
PUBLICKLY
Dictum
Concil.
dicto
Can.
lawful
Action
necessary
duty
meritorious
duty
remission
of
sins
here
higher
degree
of
Glory
hereafter
impious
Murderers
glorious
Martyrs
He
made
that
Protestation
THAT
HE
MEANT
TO
GRANT
A
TOLERATION
TO
POPERY
.
Anno
Iac.
February
,
Iacobi
his
Speech
to
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
on
occasion
of
the
Gun-powder
Treason
;
with
a
Discourse
of
the
manner
of
its
Discovery
,
and
a
perfect
Relation
of
the
whole
Proceedings
against
those
horrid
Conspirators
:
The
mercy
of
God
is
above
all
his
works
.
Turk
Iew
Real
presence
The
mistery
of
iniquity
THere
is
a
time
when
no
man
ought
to
keep
silence
.
MY
Lord
,
out
of
the
love
I
bear
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
Advertisement
,
but
retire
your self
into
your
Countrey
,
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
hurts
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
,
so
soon
as
you
have
burnt
the
Letter
.
And
I
hope
God
will
give
you
the
grace
to
make
good
use
of
it
:
To
whose
Holy
protection
I
commend
you
.
For
the
danger
is
past
,
as
soon
as
you
have
burnt
the
Letter
That
they
should
receive
a
terrible
Blow
at
this
Parliament
,
and
yet
should
not
see
who
hurt
them
,
For
the
danger
is
past
,
as
soon
as
you
have
burned
the
Letter
,
as
soon
as
quickly
Thomas
Percy
Guido
Fawkes
Guido
Fawkes
Worcester
,
Northampton
Thomas
Percy
Thomas
Percy
Thomas
Percy
Thomas
Knevet
Mutius
Scaevola
Iohn
Iohnson
Thomas
Percy
A TRUE COPY Of the Declaration of Guido Fawkes , taken in the presence of the Counselors , whose Names are under-written .
I Confess , that a practice in general was first broken unto me , against His Majesty for relief of the Catholique Cause , and not invented or propounded by my self . And this was first propounded unto me about Easter last was Twelve moneth , beyond the Seas , in the Low Countreys of the Arch-Dukes obeysance , by Thomas Winter , who came thereupon with me into England , and there we imparted our purpose to three other Gentlemen more , namely , Robert Catesby , Thomas Percy , and Iohn Wright , who all five consulting together of the means how to execute the same , and taking a vow among our selves for secresie ; Catesby propounded to have it performed by Gunpowder , and by making a Myne under the upper House of Parliament : which place we made choice of the rather , because Religion having been unjustly suppressed there , it was fittest that Justice and Punishment should be executed there .
This being resolved amongst us , Thomas Percy hired an house at Westminster for that purpose , near adjoyning to the Parliament House , and there we begun to make our Myne about the 11 of December 1604.
The five that first entred into the work , were Thomas Percy , Robert Catesby , Thomas Winter , Iohn Wright , and my self : and soon after we took another unto us , Christopher Wright , having sworn him also , and taken the Sacrament for Secrecy .
When we came to the very foundation of the Wall of the House , which was about three yards thick , and found it a matter of great difficulty , we took unto us another Gentleman , Robert Winter , in like manner with Oath and Sacrament as aforesaid .
It was about Christmass when we brought our Myne unto the Wall , and about Candlemas we had wrought the Wall half through : And whilest they were in working , I stood as Sentinel , to descrie any Man that came near , whereof I gave them warning , and so they ceased until I gave notice again to proceed .
All we seven lay in the House , and had Shot and Powder , being resolved to die in that place , before we should yield or be taken .
As they were working upon the Wall , they heard a rushing in a Cellar of removing of Coales , whereupon we feared we had been discovered : and they sent me to go to the Cellar , who finding that the Coales were a selling , and that the Cellar was to be let , viewing the commodity thereof for our purpose , Percy went and hired the same for yearly rent .
We had before this provided and brought into the House Twenty Barrels of Powder , which we removed into the Cellar , and covered the same with Billets and Faggots , which were provided for that purpose .
About Easter , the Parliament being Prorogued till October next , we dispersed our selves , and I retired into the Low-Countreys , by advise and direction of the rest , as well to acquaint Owen with the particulars of the Plot , as also least by my longer stay I might have grown suspicious , and so have come in question .
In the mean time Percy having the key of the Cellar , laid in more Powder and Wood into it . I returned about the beginning of September next , and then receiving the key again of Perey , we brought in more Powder and Billets to cover the same again , and so I went for a time into the Countrey till the 30 of October .
It was further resolved amongst us , that the same day that this Act should have been performed , some other of our Confederates should have surprised the person of the Lady ELIZABETH , the Kings eldest Daughter , who was kept in Warwickshire at the Lord Haringtons House , and presently have proclaimed her Queen , having a Project of a Proclamation ready for that purpose ; wherein we made no mention of altering of Religion , nor would have avowed the deed to be ours , until we should have had power enough to make our Party good , and then we would have avowed both .
Concerning Duke CHARLES the Kings second Son , we had sundry Consultations how to seise on his Person . But because we found no means how to compass it ( the Duke being kept near London , where we had not Forces enough ) we resolved to serve our turn with the Lady ELIZABETH .
The Names of other Principal Persons , that were made privy afterwards to this horrible Conspiracy .
Everard Digby Knight . Ambrose Rookwood . Francis Tresham . Iohn Grant . Robert Keyes .
Commiss . Nottingham . Suffolke . Northampton Marre . Popham . Worcester . Devonshire Salisbury . Dunbar . Edw. Coke . W. Waad .
Thomas
Winter
Thomas Winters Confession , taken the xxiii . of November 1605. in the presence of the Counsellors , whose Names are under-written . My most Honorable Lords ,
NOt out of hope to Obtain Pardon : for , speaking of my temporal part , I may say , The Fault is Greater than can be forgiven ; nor affecting hereby the Title of a good Subject : for I must redeem my Countrey from as great a danger , as I have hazarded the bringing of Her into , before I can purchase any such opinion ; Only at your Honors command I will briefly set down mine own Accusation , and how farr I have proceeded in this business ; which I shall the faithfuller do , since I see such courses are not pleasing to Almighty God , and that all , or the most material parts have been already confessed .
I remained with my brother in the Countrey from Alhallontide until the beginning of Lent , in the year of our Lord 1603. the first year of the Kings Reign : about which time Master Catesby sent thither , intreating me to come to London , where he and other my friends would be glad to see me . I desired him to excuse me : for I found my self not very well disposed ; and ( which had happened never to me before ) returned the Messenger without my company . Shortly I received another Letter , in any wise to come . At the second summons I presently came up , and found him with Master Iohn Wright at Lambeth , where he brake with me , how necessary it was not to forsake our Countrey ( for he knew I had then a resolution to go over ) but to deliver her from the servitude in which she remain'd , or at least to assist her with our uttermost endevours . I answered , That I had often hazarded my life upon far lighter termes , and now would not refuse any good occasion , wherein I might do service to the Catholick Cause ; but for my self I knew no mean probable to succeed . He said that he had bethought him of a way at one instant to deliver us from all our Bonds , and without any forreign help to replant again the Catholick Religion ; and withal told me in a word , It was to blow up the Parliament-House with Gunpowder ; for , said he , in that place have they done us all the mischiefe , and perchance GOD hath designed that place for their punishment . I wondred at the strangeness of the conceipt , and told him , That true it was , this strake at the Root , and would breed a confusion fit to beget new alterations ; But if it should not take effect ( as most of this nature miscarried ) the Scandal would be so great which Catholique Religion might hereby sustain , as not only our Enemies , but our Friends also would with good reason condemn us . He told me , The nature of the disease required so sharp a remedy , and asked me if I would give my consent . I told him , yes , in this or what else soever , if he resolved upon it , I would venture my life . But I proposed many difficulties , As want of an House , and of one to carry the Myne , noise in the working , and such like . His answer was , Let us give an attempt , and where it faileth pass no farther . But first , quoth he , Because we will leave no peaceable and quiet way untryed , you shall go over , and informe the Constable of the state of the Catholicks here in England , intreating him to sollicite His Majesty at his coming hither , that the Penal Lawes may be recalled , and we admitted into the rank of his other Subjects : withal , you may bring over some confident Gentleman , such as you shall understand best able for this business , and named unto me Mr. Fawkes . Shortly after , I passed the Sea , and found the Constable at Bergen near Dunkirke , where , by help of Mr. Owen I delivered my message , Whose answer was , That he had strict command from his Master , to do all good Offices for the Catholicks , and for his own part , he thought himself bound in Conscience so to do , and that no good occasion should be omitted , but spake to him nothing of this matter .
Returning to Dunkirck with Mr. Owen , we had speech whether he thought the Constable would faithfully help us , or no. He said he believed nothing less , and that they sought onely their own ends , holding small account of Catholicks . I told him , that there were many Gentlemen in England , who would not forsake their Countrey , until they had tried the uttermost , and rather venture their lives , than forsake her in this misery . And , to add one more to our number , as a sit man both for counsel and execution of whatsoever we should resolve , wished for M Fawkes , whom I had heard good commendations of : he told me the Gentleman deserved no less , but was at Brussels , and that if he came not , as happily he might , before my departure , he would send him shortly after into England . I went soon after to Ostend , where Sir William Stanley as then was not , but came two dayes after . I remained with him three or four dayes , in which time I asked him , if the Catholiques in England should do any thing to help themselves , whether he thought the Archduke would second them ? He answered , No , for all those parts were so desirous of peace with England , as they would endure no speech of other enterprise : neither were it fit , said he , to set any project afoot now the Peace is upon concluding . I told him there was no such resolution , and so fell to discourse of other matters , until I came to speak of M. Fawkes , whose company I wished over into England . I asked of his sufficiency in the Wars , and told him we should need such as he if occasion required ; he gave very good commendations of him . And as we were thus discoursing , and I ready to depart for Newport , and taking my leave of Sir William , Master Fawkes came into our company , newly returned , and saluted us . This is the Gentleman , said Sir William , that you wished for , and so we embraced again . I told him , Some good friends of his wished his company in England , and that if he pleased to come to Dunkirck , we would have further conference , whither I was then going : so taking my leave of them both , I departed . About two dayes after came Mr. Fawkes to Dunkirck , where I told him , That we were upon a resolution to do something in England , if the Peace with Spain helped us not , but had as yet resolved upon nothing ; such , or the like talke we passed at Graveling , where I lay for a wind , and when it served came both in one Passage to Greenwich , near which place we took a pair of Oares , and so came up to London , and came to Mr. Catesby , whom we found in his lodging ; he welcomed us into England , and asked me what newes from the Constable . I told him , good words , but I feared the deeds would not answer . This was the beginning of Easter Terme , and about the midst of the same Terme , ( whether sent for by Master Catesby , or upon some business of his own ) up came Mr. Thomas Percy . The first word he spake ( after he came into our company ) was , Shall we alwayes ( Gentlemen ) talke , and never do any thing ? Mr. Catesby took him aside , and had speech about somewhat to be done , so as first we might all take an oath of secrecy , which we resolved within two or three dayes to do : so as there we met behind St. Clements , Mr. Catesby , Mr. Percy , Mr. Wright , Mr. Guy Fawkes , and my self ; and having upon a Primer given each other the Oath of secrecy , in a chamber where no other body was , we went after into the next Room and heard Mass , and received the blessed Sacrament upon the same . Then did Mr. Catesby disclose to Mr. Percy , and I together with Iack Wright , tell to Mr. Fawkes the business for which we took this Oath , which they both approved . And then was Mr. Percy sent to take the House , which Mr. Catesby in mine absence had learned did belong to one Ferris , which with some difficulty in the end he obtained , and became as Ferris before was , Tenant to Whynniard . Mr. Fawkes underwent the name of Mr. Percies Man , calling himself Iohnson , because his face was the most unknown , and received the keyes of the house , until we heard that the Parliament was Adjourned to the seventh of February . At which time we all departed several wayes into the Countrey , to meet again at the beginning of Michaelmas-Terme . Before this time also it was thought convenient to have a house that might answer to Mr. Percies , where we might make provision of Powder and Wood for the Myne , which being there made ready , should in a night be conveyed by boat to the House by the Parliament , because we were loath to foyle that with often going in and out . There was none that we could devise so fit as Lambeth , where Mr. Catesby often lay , and to be keeper thereof ( by Mr. Catesbies choice ) we received into the number , Keyes , as a trusty honest Man : this was about a Month before Michaelmas .
Some fortnight after , towards the beginning of the Terme , Mr. Fawkes and I came to Mr. Catesby at Morecrofts , where we agreed , That now was time to begin and set things in order for the Myne . So as Mr. Fawkes went to London , and the next day sent for me to come over to him : when I came , the cause was , for that the Scottish Lords were appointed to sit in conference of the Union in Mr. Percies house . This hindered our beginning until a fortnight before Christmass , by which time both Mr. Percy and Mr. Wright were come to London , and we against their coming had provided a good part of the Powder : so as we all five entred with tooles fit to begin our work , having provided our selves of Baked-meates , the less to need sending abroad . We entred late in the night , and were never seen , save onely Mr. Percy 's Man , until Christmas-Eve . In which time we wrought under a little Entry to the Wall of the Parliament-House , and underpropped it as we went with Wood.
Whilest we were together , we began to fashion our business , and discoursed what we should do after this deed was done . The first question was , How we might surprise the next heir , the Prince haply would be at the Parliament with the King his Father , how should we then be able to seize on the Duke ? This burthen Mr. Percy undertook , that by his acquaintance , he , with another Gentleman would enter the Chamber without suspition , and having some dozen others at several doors to expect his comming , and two or three on horseback at the Court-Gate to receive him , he would undertake ( the Blow being given , until which he would attend in the Dukes Chamber ) to carry him safe away : for he supposed most of the Court would be absent , and such as were there not suspecting , or unprovided for any such matter . For the Lady ELIZABETH , it were easie to surprise her in the Countrey , by drawing Friends together at an hunting near the Lord Haringtons , and Ashby , Mr. Catesbyes house , being not far off was a fit place for preparation .
The next was for Money and Horses , which if we could provide in any reasonable measure ( having the Heir apparent ) and the first knowledge by four or five dayes , was odds sufficient .
Then what Lords we should save from the Parliament , which was first agreed in general as many as we could that were Catholicks , or so disposed : but after we descended to speak of particulars .
Next what Forreign Princes we should acquaint with this before , or joyn with after . For this point we agreed , that first we could not enjoyn Princes to that secrecie , nor oblige them by Oath , so to be secure of their promise : besides , we knew not , whether they will approve the Project , or dislike it . And if they do allow thereof , to prepare before might beget suspition ; and not to provide until the business were acted , the same Letter that carried newes of the thing done , might as well intreate their help and furtherance . Spain is too slow in his preparations , to hope any good from in the first extremities , and France too near and too dangerous , who with the shipping of Holland we feared of all the world might make away with us .
But while we were in the middle of these discourses , we heard that the Parliament should be anew Adjourned until after Michaelmas , upon which tidings we broke off both discourse and working until after Christmas . About Candlemas we brought ●…ver in a boat the Powder , which we had provided at Lambeth , and laid it in Mr. Percies house , because we were willing to have all our danger in one place .
We wrought also another fortnight in the Myne against the stone Wall , which was very hard to beate thorough ; at which time we called in Kit Wright , and near to Easter , as we wrought the third time , opportunity was given to hire the Cellar , in which we resolved to lay the Powder , and leave the Myne .
Now , by reason that the charge of maintaining us all so long together , besides the number of several Houses , which for several uses had been hired , and buying of Powder , &c. had layn heavy on Mr. Catesby alone to support ; it was necessary for him to call in some others to ease his charge , and to that end desired leave , that he , with Mr. Percy , and a third , whom they should call , might acquaint whom they thought fit and willing to the business : for many , said he , may be content that I should know , who would not therefore that all the company should be acquainted with their names : to this we all agreed .
After this Master Fawkes laid into the Cellar ( which he had newly taken ) a thousand of Billets , and Five hundred of Faggots , and with that covered the Powder , because we might have the House free , to suffer any one to enter that would . Mr. Catesby wished us to consider , whether it were not now necessary to send Mr. Fawkes over , both to absent himself for a time , as also to acquaint Sir Wil. Stanly and Mr. Owen with this matter . We agreed , that he should ( provided that he gave it them with the same oath that we had taken it fore ) videlicet , to keep it secret from all the world . The reason why we desired Sir William Stanley should be acquainted herewith , was , to have him with us so soon as he could : And for Mr Owen , he might hold good correspondency after with forreign Princes .
So Mr. Fawkes departed about Easter for Flanders , and returned the latter end of August . He told me , that when he arrived at Brussels , Sir William Stanley was not returned from Spain , so as he uttered the matter only to Owen , who seemed well pleased with the business , but told him , that surely Sir William would not be acquainted with any Plot , as having business now afoot in the Court of England : but he himself would be always ready to tell it him , and send him away so soon as it were done .
About this time did Mr. Percy , and Mr. Catesby meet at the Bath , where they agreed that the company being yet but few , Mr. Catesby should have the others authority to call in whom he thought best ; By which authority he called in after , Sir Everard Digby , though at what time I know not , and last of all Mr. Francis Tresham . The first promised , as I heard Master Catesby say , Fifteen hundred pounds ; The second Two thousand pounds ; Mr. Percy himself promised all that he could g●…t 〈◊〉 the Earl of Northumberland's Rents , which was about four thousand pounds , and to provide many galloping Horses , to the number of ten .
Mean while Mr. Fawkes and my self alone bought some new Powder , as suspecting the first to be damk , and conveyed it into the Cellar , and set it in order , as we resolved it should stand . Then was the Parliament anew prorogued until the Fifth of November , so as we all went down , until some ten days before , when Mr. Catesby came up with Mr. Fawkes , to an house by Enfield-Chace , called White-Webbs , whither I came to them , and Mr. Catesby willed me to enquire , whither the young Prince came to the Parliament : I told him , that I heard that his Grace thought not to be there . Then must we have our Horses , said Mr. Catesby , beyond the water , and provision of more company to surprize the Prince , and leave the Duke alone .
Two days after , being Sunday at night , in came one to my chamber , and told me that a Letter had been given to my Lord Mountegle to this effect , That he wished his Lordships absence from the Parliament , because a Blow would there be given ; which Letter he presently carried to my Lord of Salisbury .
On the morrow I went to White-webbes , and told it to Mr. Catesby , assuring him withal , that the matter was disclosed : and wishing him in any case to forsake his Countrey . He told me , he would see further as yet , and resolved to send Mr. Fawkes to try the uttermost , protesting , if the part belonged to himself , he would try the same adventure .
On Wednesday Mr. Fawkes went , and returned at night , of which we were very glad .
Thursday I came to London , and Friday Mr. Catesby , Mr. Tresham and I met at Barnet , where we questioned how this Letter should be sent to my Lord Mountegle , but could not conceive , for Mr. Tresham forsware it , whom we only suspected .
On Saturday night I met Mr. Tresham again in Lincolns-Inn Walks . Wherein he told such speeches , that my Lord of Salisbury should use to the King , that I gave it lost the second time , and repeated the same to Mr. Catesby , who hereupon was resolved to be gone , but staid to have Mr. Percy come up , whose consent herein we wanted . On Sunday Mr. Percy being dealt with to that end , would needs abide the uttermost trial .
This suspition of all hands , put us into such confusion , as Mr. Catesby resolved to go down into the Countrey , the Munday that Mr. Percy went to Sion , and Mr. Percy resolved to follow the same night , or early the next morning . About five of the clock being Tuesday , came the younger Wright to my Chamber , and told me , that a Nobleman , called the Lord Mountegle , saying , Arise , and come along to Essex-house , for I am going to call up my Lord of Northumberland , saying withal , The matter is discovered . Go back Mr. Wright ( quoth I ) and learn what you can about Essex Gate . Shortly he returned and said , surely all is lost : for Lepton is got on horseback at Essex door , and as he parted , he asked if their Lordships would have any more with him : and being answered No , is rode fast up Fleetstreet as he can ride . Goe you then ( quoth I ) to Mr. Percy , for sure it is for him they seek , and bid him be gone , I will stay and see the uttermost . Then I went to the Court-Gates , and found them straightly guarded , so as no body could enter . From thence I went down towards the Parliament-house , and in the middle of King-street found the Guard standing , that would not let me pass , And as I returned , I heard one say , There is a Treason discovered , in which the King and the Lords should have been blown up . So then I was fully satisfied that all was known , and went to the Stable where my Gelding stood , and rode into the Countrey . Mr. Catesby had appointed our meeting at Dunchurch , but I could not overtake them , untill I came to my brothers , which was Wednesday night . On Thursday we took the Armor at my Lord Windsors , and went that night to one Stephen Littleton's house , where the next day ( being Friday ) as I was early abroad to discover , my man came to me , and said , That an heavy mischance had severed all the company , for that Mr. Catesby , Mr. Rookwood , and Mr. Grant , were burned with Gunpowder , upon which sight , the rest dispersed . Mr. Littleton wished me to flie , and so would he . I told him , I would first see the Body of my friend , and bury him , whatsoever befel me . When I came , I found Mr. Catesby reasonable well , Mr. Percy , both the Wrights , Mr. Rookwood , and Mr. Grant . I asked them what they resolved to do : they answered , we mean here to die . I said again , I would take such part as they did . About eleven of the clock came the company to beset the house , and as I walked into the Court , I was shot into the shoulder , which lost me the use of mine arm : with the next shot was the elder Wright strucken dead , after him the younger Mr. Wright , and fourthly Ambrose Rookwood . Then said Mr. Catesby to me ( standing before the door they were to enter ) Stand by me Tom , and we will die together . Sir ( quoth I ) I have lost the use of my right arm , and I fear that will cause me to be taken . So as we stood cIose together , Mr. Catesby , Mr. Percy , and my self , they two were shot ( as far as I could guess with one Bullet ) and then the company entred upon me , hurt me in the belly with a Pike , and gave me other wounds , until one came behind , and caught hold of both mine arms . And so I remain yours , &c.
Commiss . Nottingham , Suffolk , Worcester , Devonshire , Northapmton Salisbury , Marr , Dunbar , Popham . Edw. Coke . W. Waad .
The Names of those that were first in the Treason , and laboured in the Myne .
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| Robert Catesby , | Esquires . |
| Robert Winter .
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| Thomas Percy , | Gentlem. |
| Thomas Winter , |
| Iohn Wright , |
| Christopher Wright . |
| Guido Fawkes .
And Bates Catesbies man . Those that were made acquainted with it , though not personally labouring in the Myne , nor in the Cellar .
Everard Digby , Kt
|
| Ambrose Rookwood . | Esquires . |
| Francis Tresham . John Graunt , Gent. Robert Keys .
Everard
Digby
Everard
Digby
Stephen
Littleton's
Nimrod
Digby
Fulke
Grevil
Catesby
,
Percy
Winters
,
Wrights
,
Rookwood
Richard
Verney
Richard
W●…lsh
That
he
had
need
of
better
assistance
,
than
of
those
few
numbers
that
were
with
him
,
before
he
could
be
able
to
command
or
controul
them
.
Rookwood
,
Grant
Catesby
,
Percy
Aeneas
Sylvius
Hist.
de
Europa
,
cap
〈◊〉
THat
whereas
our
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
had
,
by
the
advise
and
assent
of
his
Council
,
for
divers
weighty
and
urgent
occasions
,
concerning
his
Majesty
,
the
State
,
and
defence
of
the
Church
and
Kingdom
of
appointed
a
Parliament
to
be
holden
at
his
City
of
Superior
of
the
Iesuits
within
the
Realm
of
(
called
also
by
the
several
names
of
Iesuit
,
otherwise
called
Iesuit
,
(
called
also
by
the
several
names
of
otherwise
called
Gent.
and
Yeoman
,
late
Servant
to
Esq.
together
with
the
said
Gent.
in
open
Rebellion
and
Insurrection
against
his
Majesty
,
lately
slain
,
and
Esq.
lately
dead
,
as
false
Traitors
against
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
did
Traiterously
meet
and
assemble
themselves
together
;
and
being
so
met
,
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
,
did
maliciously
,
falsly
,
and
traiterously
move
and
perswade
as
well
the
said
as
the
said
That
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
the
Nobility
,
Clergy
,
and
the
whole
Commonalty
of
the
Reof
(
Papists
excepted
)
were
Hereticks
,
and
that
all
Hereticks
were
accursed
and
Excommunicate
;
and
that
no
Heretick
could
be
a
King
,
but
that
it
was
lawful
and
meritorious
to
kill
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
and
all
other
Hereticks
within
this
Realm
of
for
the
advancing
and
enlargement
of
the
pretended
and
usurped
Authority
and
Iurisdiction
of
the
Bishop
of
and
for
the
restoring
of
the
Superstitious
Romish
Religion
within
this
Realm
of
To
which
Traiterous
perswasions
,
the
said
traiterously
did
yield
their
assents
:
And
that
thereupon
the
said
and
divers
other
Iesuits
as
also
the
said
traiterously
among
themselves
did
conclude
and
agree
,
with
Gun-powder
,
as
it
were
with
one
blast
,
suddenly
,
traiterously
,
and
barbarously
to
blow
up
and
tear
in
pieces
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
the
Excellent
,
Virtuous
,
and
Gracious
Queen
his
dearest
Wife
,
the
most
Noble
Prince
their
Eldest
Son
,
the
future
Hope
and
Ioy
of
and
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
;
the
Reverend
Iudges
of
the
Realm
,
the
Knights
,
Citizens
,
and
Burgesses
of
Parliament
,
and
divers
other
faithful
Subjects
and
Servants
of
the
King
in
the
said
Parliament
,
for
the
causes
aforesaid
,
to
be
assembled
in
the
House
of
Parliament
;
and
all
of
them
,
without
any
respect
of
Majesty
,
Dignity
,
Degree
,
Sex
,
Age
,
or
Place
,
most
barbarously
,
and
more
than
beastly
,
traiterously
and
suddenly
,
to
destroy
and
swallow
up
.
And
further
did
most
traiterously
conspire
and
conclude
among
themselves
,
That
not
onely
the
whole
Royal
Issue
Male
of
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
should
be
destroyed
and
rooted
out
,
but
that
the
Persons
aforesaid
,
together
with
divers
other
false
Traitors
,
traiterously
with
them
to
be
assembled
,
should
surprise
〈◊〉
Persons
of
the
Noble
Ladies
,
Daughters
of
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
and
falsly
and
traiterously
should
Proclaim
said
Lady
to
be
the
Queen
of
this
Realm
of
and
thereupon
should
publish
a
certain
traiterous
Proclamation
in
the
Name
of
the
said
Lady
wherein
it
was
especially
agreed
,
by
and
between
the
said
Conspirators
,
That
no
mention
should
be
made
at
the
first
of
the
alteration
of
Religion
established
within
this
Realm
of
neither
would
the
said
false
Traitors
therein
acknowledge
themselves
to
be
Authors
,
or
Actors
,
or
Devisors
of
the
foresaid
most
wicked
and
horrible
Treasons
,
until
they
had
got
sufficient
power
and
strength
for
the
assured
execution
and
accomplishment
of
their
said
Conspiracy
and
Treason
,
and
that
then
they
would
avow
and
justifie
the
said
most
wicked
and
horrible
Treasons
,
as
Actions
that
were
in
the
number
of
those
,
which
be
not
to
be
commended
before
they
be
done
.
But
by
the
said
feigned
and
traiterous
Proclamation
they
would
publish
,
That
all
and
singular
abuses
and
grievances
within
this
Realm
of
should
,
for
satisfying
of
the
People
,
be
reformed
.
And
that
as
well
for
the
better
concealing
,
as
for
the
more
effectual
accomplishing
of
the
said
horrible
Treasons
,
as
well
the
said
as
the
said
by
the
traiterous
advice
and
procurement
of
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
,
traiterously
did
further
conclude
and
agree
,
That
as
well
the
said
as
the
said
thereupon
severally
and
traiterously
should
receive
several
corporal
Oathes
upon
the
holy
Evangelists
,
and
the
Sacrament
of
the
Eucharist
,
That
they
the
Treasons
aforesaid
would
traiterously
conceal
and
keep
secret
,
and
would
not
reveal
them
directly
nor
indirectly
,
by
words
nor
circumstances
;
nor
ever
would
desist
from
the
execution
and
final
accomplishment
of
the
said
Treasons
,
without
the
consent
of
some
three
of
the
foresaid
false
Traitors
first
in
that
behalf
Traiterously
had
.
And
that
thereupon
,
as
well
the
said
as
the
said
did
traiterously
take
the
said
several
corporal
Oathes
severally
,
and
did
receive
the
Sacrament
of
the
Eucharist
aforesaid
by
the
hands
of
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
.
And
further
,
that
the
said
together
with
the
said
by
the
like
traiterous
advise
and
counsel
of
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
,
for
the
more
effectual
compassing
and
final
execution
of
the
said
Treasons
,
did
traiterously
amongst
them selves
conclude
and
agree
,
to
dig
a
certain
Mine
under
the
said
House
of
Parliament
,
and
there
secretly
under
the
said
House
to
bestow
and
place
a
great
quantity
of
Gun-powder
;
and
that
according
to
the
said
traiterous
conclusion
,
the
said
together
with
the
said
afterwards
secretly
,
not
without
great
labour
and
difficulty
,
did
dig
and
make
the
said
Mine
unto
the
midst
of
the
foundation
of
the
wall
of
the
said
house
of
Parliament
,
the
said
foundation
being
of
the
thickness
of
three
yards
,
with
a
traiterous
intent
to
bestow
and
place
a
great
quantity
of
Gunpowder
in
the
Mine
aforesaid
,
so
as
aforesaid
traiterously
to
be
made
for
the
traiterous
accomplishing
of
their
traiterous
purposes
aforesaid
,
and
that
the
said
together
with
the
said
finding
and
perceiving
the
said
work
to
be
of
great
difficulty
by
reason
of
the
hardness
and
thickness
of
the
said
wall
,
and
understanding
a
certain
Cellar
under
the
said
house
of
Paliament
,
and
adjoyning
to
a
certain
house
of
the
said
then
to
be
letten
to
farm
for
a
yearly
Rent
,
the
said
by
the
traiterous
procurement
as
well
of
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
as
of
the
said
traiterously
did
hirethe
Cellar
aforesaid
for
a
certain
yeerly
Rent
and
term
;
&
then
those
Traitors
did
remove
twenty
barrels
full
of
gunpowder
out
of
the
said
house
of
the
said
and
secretly
and
traiterously
did
bestow
and
place
them
in
the
Cellar
aforesaid
under
the
said
House
of
Parliament
,
for
the
traiterous
effecting
of
the
Treason
,
and
traiterous
purposes
aforesaid
.
And
that
afterwards
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
together
with
the
said
traiterously
did
meet
with
Esquires
,
and
traiterously
did
impart
to
the
said
the
Treasons
,
traiterous
intentions
and
purposes
aforesaid
,
and
did
require
the
said
to
joyn
themselves
as
well
with
the
said
as
with
the
said
and
in
the
Treasons
,
traiterous
intentions
,
and
purposes
aforesaid
,
and
traiterously
to
provide
horse
,
armour
,
and
other
necessaries
,
for
the
better
accomplishment
and
effecting
of
the
said
Treasons
;
To
which
traiterous
motion
and
request
,
the
said
did
traiterously
yield
their
Assents
,
and
as
well
with
the
said
as
with
the
said
in
the
said
Treasons
,
traiterous
intentions
and
purposes
aforesaid
,
traiterously
did
adhere
and
unite
themselves
;
And
thereupon
several
corporal
Oathes
in
form
abovesaid
Traiterously
did
take
,
and
the
Sacrament
of
the
Eucharist
by
the
hand
of
the
said
Iesuits
did
receive
,
to
such
intent
and
purpose
as
is
aforesaid
;
And
horses
,
armour
,
and
other
necessaries
,
for
the
better
effecting
of
the
said
Treasons
,
according
to
their
traiterous
assents
aforesaid
traiterously
did
provide
;
And
that
afterwards
all
the
said
false
Traitors
did
traiterously
provide
and
bring
into
the
Cellar
aforesaid
,
ten
other
barrels
full
of
Gunpowder
newly
bought
,
fearing
least
the
former
Gunpowder
so
as
aforesaid
bestowed
and
placed
there
,
was
become
Dankish
,
and
the
said
several
quantities
of
Gunpowder
aforesaid
,
with
Billets
and
Fagots
,
least
they
should
be
spied
,
secretly
and
traiterosly
did
cover
;
And
that
afterwards
the
said
Traitors
traiterously
provided
and
brought
into
the
Cellar
aforesaid
,
four
Hogsheads
full
of
Gunpowder
,
and
layed
divers
great
Iron
Bars
,
●…nd
stones
upon
the
said
four
Hogsheads
,
and
the
〈◊〉
other
quanties
of
Gunpowder
;
And
the
said
quanties
of
Gunpowder
,
Bars
and
stones
,
with
Billets
and
Fagots
,
lest
they
should
be
espied
,
secretly
and
traiterously
did
likewise
cover
;
And
that
the
said
afterwards
for
afull
and
final
accomplishment
of
●…he
said
Treasons
,
traiterous
intentions
and
purposes
aforesaid
,
by
the
traiterous
procurement
as
well
of
the
said
and
other
Iesuits
as
of
the
said
traiterously
had
prepared
,
and
had
upon
his
person
Touchwood
and
Match
,
therewith
traiterously
to
give
fire
to
the
several
Barrels
,
Hogsheads
and
quantities
of
Gunpowder
aforesaid
,
at
the
time
appointed
for
the
execution
of
the
said
horrible
Treasons
;
And
further
,
that
after
the
said
horrible
Treasons
were
by
the
great
favour
and
mercy
of
God
in
a
wonderful
manner
discovered
,
not
many
hours
before
it
should
have
been
executed
,
as
well
the
said
as
the
said
Traiterously
did
flie
and
withdraw
themselves
,
to
the
intent
Traiterously
to
stir
up
,
and
procure
such
Popish
persons
as
they
could
,
to
joyn
with
them
in
actual
,
publick
and
open
Rebellion
,
against
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
and
to
that
end
did
publish
divers
fained
and
false
rumors
,
that
the
Papists
throats
should
have
been
cut
:
And
that
thereupon
divers
Papists
were
in
Arms
,
and
in
open
publick
and
Actual
Rebellion
against
our
said
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
in
divers
parts
of
this
Realm
of
England
.
Not
Guilty
Francis
Tresham
Edmund
Baynam
Robert
Winter
,
Graunt
5th
.
De
officio
Principis
Christiani
Guy
Fawkes
Iohn
Iohnson
Non
Regis
,
sed
Regni
And
therefore
hold
not
thy
tongue
,
O
God
,
keep
not
still
silence
,
refrain
not
thy self
,
O
God
:
for
loe
thine
enemies
make
a
murmuring
,
and
they
that
hate
thee
have
lift
up
their
heads
;
They
have
said
,
Come
,
and
let
us
root
them
out
,
that
they
be
no
more
a
people
,
and
that
the
Name
of
Israel
may
be
no
more
in
remembrance
.
Lex
in
Sermone
tenenda
Faux
,
Winter
December
,
Anno
Dom.
Henry
Garnet
England
;
Robert
Tesmond
Robert
Catesby
Francis
Tresham
Thomas
Winter
Thomas
Winter
Tesmond
,
alias
Greeneway
Thomas
Winter
Don
Pedro
Francesa
Cinque
Ports
Thomas
Winter
Thomas
Winter
Henry
Garnet
,
Robert
Catesby
Francis
Tresham
Christopher
Wright
Thomas
Winter
Christopher
Wright
Guy
Fawkes
W●…lliam
Stanley
,
Hugb
Owen
Milford
Haven
Christopher
Wright
Guy
Fawkes
Sir
William
Stanley
Iohn
Talbot
Henry
Garnet
,
alias
Walley
Gerrard
,
Oswald
Tesmonda
alias
Greenway
,
Hamond
,
Hall
,
Simanca
.
Haeretici
omnes
ipso
Iure
de
Facto
Augustine
,
Nolite
Iudicare
de
occultis
,
Quoad
Regnum
Vir
secundùm
Nomen
ejus
qui
Religionem
Romanam
deserit
Creswells
Philopater
De
Officio
Principis
Christiani
And
so
,
from
all
Sedition
and
privy
Conspiracy
;
from
all
false
Doctrine
and
Heresie
;
from
hardness
of
heart
,
and
contempt
of
thy
Word
and
Commandment
,
Good
Lord
deliver
us
.
Iames
Clement
Sixtus
Quintus
rarum
,
insigne
,
memorabile
facinus
Le
Franc
Discours
Thomas
Bates
Thomas
Winter
Thomas
Winter
Robert
Catesby
Thomas
Winter
Robert
Winters
Hos
,
O
Rex
,
magne
caveto
,
Solus
praeteritis
major
,
meliorque
futuris
.
David
,
O
Lord
,
the
proud
are
risen
against
me
,
and
the
congregation
,
even
the
synagogue
of
naughty
men
have
sought
after
my
soul
,
and
have
not
set
thee
before
their
eyes
.
Psal.
140.
5.
The
proud
have
laid
a
snare
for
me
,
and
spread
a
net
abroad
,
yea
,
and
set
traps
in
my
way
.
But
let
the
ungodly
fall
into
their
own
nets
together
,
and
let
me
ever
escape
them
.
If
the
Lord
himself
had
not
been
on
our
side
,
yea
,
if
the
Lord
himself
had
not
been
on
our
side
when
men
rose
up
against
us
,
they
had
swallowed
us
up
quick
,
when
they
were
so
wrathfully
displeased
at
us
.
But
praised
be
the
Lord
,
which
hath
not
given
us
over
for
a
prey
unto
their
teeth
.
Our
soul
is
escaped
even
as
a
bird
out
of
the
snare
of
the
fowler
;
the
snare
is
broken
,
and
we
are
delivered
.
Our
help
standeth
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
,
which
hath
made
heaven
and
earth
.
Misericor
dia
puniens
Impunitas
continuum
affectum
tribuit
peccandi
Cornewallis
,
Beddingfield
viz.
Anno
13
Eliz.
Anno
23
Eliz.
sed
non
in
vento
Dominus
Et
non
in
Commotione
Dominus
Et
non
in
igne
Dominus
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
.
Catesby
,
Piercy
,
Christopher
Wright
,
Thomas
Winter
Thomas
Winter
A
Treatise
of
Equivocation
A
Treatise
against
Lying
,
and
Fraudulent
Dissimulation
Propositio
mentalis
,
verbalis
,
scripta
,
Visione
beatifica
Venice
,
&c.
per
verba
de
praesenti
per
verba
de
praesenti
David
:
Domine
,
libera
Animam
meam
à
labiis
iniquis
&
à
lingua
dolosa
;
Deliver
me
,
O
Lord
,
from
lying
lips
,
and
from
a
deceitful
tongue
.
S.
P.
Q.
R.
Senatus
Populusque
Romanus
Stultus
Populus
quaerit
Romam
Catesby
,
Graunt
Don
Raleigh
Don
Cobham
Reos
confitentes
Thomas
Winter
Guy
Fawkes
Not
Guilty
Robert
Winter
Iohn
Grant
Ambrose
Rookwood
Robert
Winter
Robert
Winter
Robert
Winters
Grant
,
Rookwood
Everard
Digby
Everard
Digby
Edw.
Coke
Everard
Digby
Let
his
Wife
be
a
widow
,
and
his
Children
vagabonds
;
let
his
posterity
be
destroyed
,
and
in
the
next
generation
let
his
name
be
quite
put
out
.
My Lord of Northamptons Speech , as it was taken at the Arraignment of Sir Everard Digby , by T. S.
YOu must not hold it strange , Sir Everard Digby , though at this time , being pressed in Duty , Conscience and Truth , I do not suffer you to wander in the Laberinth of your own idle conceits without opposition , to seduce others , as your Self have been seduced , by false Principles ; or to convey your self by charms of imputation , by clouds of errour , and by shifts of lately devised Equivocation , out of that streight wherein your late secure and happy fortune hath been unluckily entangled ; but yet justly surprised , by the rage and revenge of your own rash humors . If in this crime ( more horrible than any man is able to express ) I could lament the estate of any person upon earth , I could pity you , but thank your Self and your bad Counsellours , for leading you into a Crime of such a kind ; as no less benummeth in all faithfull , true and honest men , the tenderness of affection , than it did in you , the sense of all humanity .
That you were once well thought of , and esteemed by the late Queen , I can witness , having heard her speak of you with that grace which might have encouraged a true Gentleman to have run a better course : Nay I will add further , that there was a time , wherein you were as well affected to the King our Masters expectation , though perhaps upon false rumours and reports , that he would have yielded satisfaction to your unprobable and vast desires : but the seed that wanted moisture ( as our Saviour himself reporteth ) took no deep root : that zeal which hath no other end or object than the pleasing of it Self , is quickly spent : and Trajan that worthy and wise Emperour , had reason to hold himself discharged of all debts to those , that had offended more by prevarication , than they could deserve by industry .
The grace and goodness of his Majesty in giving honour at his first coming unto many men of your own affection , & ( as I think ) unto your self ; his facility in admitting all without distinction of Trojan or of Tyrian , to his Royal presence , upon just occasions of access , his integrity in setting open the gate of civil Iustice unto all his Subjects equally and indifferently , with many other favours that succeeded by the progression of Peace , are so palpable and evident to all men , that have either eyes of understanding , or understanding of capacity , as your Self and many others , have been driven of late to excuse and countenance your execrable ingratitude , with a false and scandalous report of some further hope and comfort yielded to the Catholicks for Toleration or connivency , before his coming to the Crown , than since hath been performed , made good or satisfied .
I am not ignorant , that this seditious and false alarm hath awaked and incited many working spirits to the prejudice of the present State , that might otherwise have slept as before with silence and sufferance : it hath served for a shield of wax against a sword of power : it hath been used as an Instrument of Art to shadow false approches , till the Trojan horse might be brought within the walls of the Parliament , with a belly stuffed , not as in old time with armed Greeks , but with hellish Gunpowder . But howsoever God had blinded you and other in this Action , as he did the King of Egypt and his Instruments , for the brighter evidence of his own powerful glory ; yet every man of understanding could discern , that a Prince whose Iudgment had been fixed by experience of so many years , upon the Poles of the North and the South , could not shrink upon the suddain : no nor since with fear of that combustion which Catesby that Archtraitor , like a second Phaeton , would have caused in an instant in all the Elements . His Majesty did never value fortunes of the world , in lesser matter than Religion , with the freedom of his thoughts : he thought it no safe policy , ( professing as he did and ever will ) to call up more spirits into the circle than he could put down again : he knew , that omne Regnum in se divisum desolabitur . Philosophy doth teach , that whatsoever any man may think in secret thought , that where one doth hold of Cephas , another of Apollo , openly dissension ensues , Quod insitum alieno solo est , in id quo alitu●… , natura vertente , degenerat : and the world will ever apprehend , that Quorum est commune symbolum , facilimus est transitus .
Touching the point it self of promising a kind of Toleration to Catholicks , as it was divulged by these two limbs of Lucifer , Watson and Percy , to raise a ground of practise and conspiracy against the State and Person of our Dear Soveraign : let the Kingdom of Scotland witness for the space of so many years before his coming hither , whether either flattery or fear , ( no not upon that enterprise of the 17th of November , which would have put the patience of any Prince in Europe to his proof ) could draw from the King the least inclination to this dispensative indifference , that was onely believed because it was eagerly desired .
Every man doth know how great art was used , what strong wits sublimed , and how many Ministers suborned and corrupted many years , both in Scotland and in Forein parts , to set the Kings teeth an edge , with fair promises of future helps and supplies , to that happy end of attaining his due right in England , when the Sun should set to rise more gloriously in the same Hemisphere , to the wonder both of this Island and of the world . But all in vain : for jacta erat alea , the Kings compass had been set before , and by a more certain rule : and they were commonly cast off as forlorn hopes in the Kings favour , that ran a course of ranking themselves in the foremost front of forein correspondency .
Upon notice given to his Majesty from hence , some years before the death of the late Queen , that many men were grown suspicious of his Religion , by rumors spread abroad , that some of those in forein part●… , that seemed to be well affected to his future expectation , had used his name more audaciously , and spoken of his favour to the Catholicks , more forwardly than the Kings own Conscience , and unchangeable Decree could acknowledge , or admit , ( either with a purpose to prepare the minds of Forein Princes , or for a practise to estrange and alienate affections at home ) not onely utterly renounced , and condemned these encrochments of blind zeal , and rash proceedings , by the voices of his own Ministers , but was careful also for a caution to succeeding hopes , so far as lay in him , that by the disgrace of the Delinquents in this kind , the minds of all English Subjects chiefly might be secured , and the world satisfied .
No man can speak in this case more confidently than my self , that received in the Queens time for the space of many years , directions and warnings to take heed , that neither any further comfort might be given to Catholicks concerning future favours , than he did intend , which was , to bind all Subjects in one Kingdom to one Law , concerning the Religion established , howsoever in Civil Matters he might extend his favour as he found just cause : nor any seeds of jealousie and diffidence sown in the minds of Protestants by Semeis and Achitophels , to make them doubtful of his constancy , to whom he would confirm with his dearest blood that faith which he had sucked from the breast of his Nurse , apprehended from the Cradle of his Infancy , and maintained with his uttermost endeavour , affection and strength , since he was more able out of reading and disputing to give a reason of those Principles which he had now digested , and turned to Nutriment .
He that wrote the Book of Titles before the late Queens death , declares abundantly , by seeking to possess some Forein Prince of the Kings Hereditary Crowns , when the cause should come to the proof , and may witness in stead of many , what hope there was of the Kings favour or affection to Catholicks in the case of Toleration or Dispensation with exercise of Conscience . For every man may ghess that it was no sleight or ordinary degree of despair , that made him and other of his Suit renounce their portion in the Son and Heir of that renowned and rare Lady , Mary Queen of Scotland , a Member of the Roman Church , as some did in David , Nulla nobis pars in David , nec haereditas in filio Isai. For hereof , by Letters intercepted in their passage into Scotland , the Records and Proofs are evident . His Majesty , so long as he was in expectation of that which by the work and grace of God he doth now possess , did ever seek to settle his establishment upon the Faith of Protestants in generality , as the most assured Shoot-Anchor . For though he found a number on the other side , as faithful and as well affected to his Person , Claim , and Interest , as any men alive , as well in respect of their dependency upon the Queen his Mother , as for the taste which they had of the sweetness of himself ; yet finding with what strength of blood many have been over-carried out of a fervency in zeal in former times , observing to what censures they were subject , both in points of Faith , and limitation of Loyalty ; And last of all , forecasting to what end their former Protestation would come , when present satisfaction should shrink , he was ever fearful to embark himself for any further voyage and adventure in this Streight , than his own Compass might stear him , and his Iudgment level him .
If any one green leaf for Catholicks could have been visibly discerned by the eye of Catesby , Winter , Garnet , Faux , &c. they would neither have entred into practise with Forein Princes during the Queens time , for prevention of the Kings Lawful and Hereditary Right , nor have renewed the same both abroad and at home , by Missions and Combinations , after his Majesty was both applauded and entred .
It is true , that by Confessions we find that false Priest Watson , and Arch-Traitor Percy , to have been the first devisers and divulgers of this scandalous report , as an accursed ground , whereon they might with some advantage , as it was conceived , build the Castles of their Conspiracy .
Touching the first , no man can speak more soundly to the point than my self ; for being sent into the Prison by the King to charge him with this false Alarm , onely two days before his death , and upon his Soul to press him in the presence of God , and as he would answer it at another Bar , to confess directly , whether at either of both these times he had access unto his Majesty at Edinburgh , his Majesty did give him any promise , hope or comfort of encouragement to Catholicks concerning Toleration ; he did there protest upon his Soul , that he could never win one inch of ground , or draw the smallest comfort from the King in those degrees , nor further than that he would have them apprehend , that as he was a Stranger to this State , so till he understood in all points how those matters stood , he would not promise favour any way , but did protest , that all the Crowns and Kingdoms in this world should not induce him to change any Iote of his Profession , which was the Pasture of his Soul , and earnest of his eternal Inheritance . He did confess , that in very deed , to keep up the hearts of Catholicks in love and duty to their King , he had imparted the Kings words to many in a better tune , and a higher kind of descant , than his Book of Plainsong did direct ; because he knew that others , like slie Barge-men , looked that way , when their stroke was bent another way . For this he craved pardon of the King in humble manner , and for his main Treasons of a higher nature than these Figures of Hypocrisie ; and seemed penitent , as well for the horrour of his crime , as for the falshood of his whisperings .
It hindered not the satisfaction which may be given to Percy ' s shadow ( the most desperate Boutefeu in the pack ) that as he died impenitent , for any thing we know , so likewise he died silent in the particulars : For first , it is not strange , that such a Traitor should devise so scandalous a slander out of the malice of his heart , intending to destroy the King by any means , and to advance all means that might remove obstructions and impediments to the plot of Gun-powder . The more odious that he could make him to the Party Male-content , and the more sharply that he could set the Party Male-content upon the point and humour of revenge , the stronger was his hope at the giving of the last blow , to be glorifi'd and justifi'd . But touching the truth of the matters , it will be witnessed by many , that this Traitor Percy , after both the first and second return from the King , brought to the Catholicks no spark of comfort , of encouragement , of hope ; whereof no stronger proof of argument doth need , than that Fawkes and others were employed both into Spain and other parts , for the reviving of a practise suspended and covered , after Percy ' s coming back , as in likelihood they should not have been , in case he had returned with a branch of Olive in his mouth , or yielded any ground of comfort to resolve upon .
Therefore I thought it thus far needful to proceed for the clearing of those scandals that were cast abroad by these forlorn Hopes and graceless Instruments . It onely remains , that I pray for your repentance in this world for the satisfaction of many , and forgiveness in the next world for the saving of your self ; having had by the Kings favour so long a time to cast up your Accompt , before your appearance at the seat of the great Auditor . H. Northampton .
Everard
Digby
Wherein
his
Lordship
,
after
acknowledgment
,
that
Sir
was
his
Ally
;
And
having
made
a
zealous
and
Religious
protestation
,
concerning
the
sincerity
and
truth
of
that
which
he
would
deliver
;
shortly
and
clearly
defended
the
honour
of
the
King
herein
,
and
freed
his
Majesty
from
all
imputation
and
scandal
of
Irresolution
in
Religion
,
and
in
the
constant
and
perpetual
maintaining
thereof
;
as
also
from
having
at
any
time
given
the
least
hope
,
much
less
promise
of
Toleration
.
To
which
purpose
he
declared
,
how
his
Majesty
,
as
well
before
his
coming
to
this
Crown
,
as
at
that
very
time
,
and
always
since
,
was
so
far
from
making
of
promise
,
or
giving
hope
of
Toleration
,
that
he
ever
professed
he
should
not
endure
the
very
motion
thereof
from
any
.
And
here
his
Lordship
shewed
what
was
done
at
at
the
time
of
s
Treason
,
where
some
of
the
greater
Recusants
were
convented
;
and
being
found
then
not
to
have
their
fingers
in
Treason
,
were
sent
away
again
with
encouragement
to
persist
in
their
dutiful
carriage
,
and
with
promise
onely
of
thus
much
favour
,
That
those
mean
profits
which
had
occurred
since
the
Kings
time
to
his
Majesty
for
their
Recusancy
,
should
be
forgiven
to
the
principal
Gentlemen
,
who
had
both
at
his
Entry
shewed
so
much
Loyalty
,
and
had
kept
themselves
so
free
since
from
all
Conspiracies
.
Then
did
his
Lordship
also
(
the
rather
to
shew
how
little
truth
Sir
s
words
did
carry
in
any
thing
which
he
had
spoken
)
plainly
prove
,
That
all
his
protestations
,
wherein
he
denied
so
constantly
to
be
privy
to
the
Plot
of
Powder
,
were
utterly
false
,
by
the
testimony
of
(
there
present
at
the
Bar
)
who
had
confessed
,
That
certain
moneths
before
that
Session
,
the
said
being
with
at
his
house
in
the
Countrey
,
about
what
time
there
had
fallen
much
wet
aside
after
Supper
,
told
him
,
That
he
was
much
afraid
that
the
Powder
in
the
Cellar
was
grown
dank
,
and
that
some
new
must
be
provided
,
lest
that
should
not
take
fire
.
Next
,
the
said
Earl
did
justly
and
greatly
commend
the
Lord
for
his
Loyal
and
honourable
care
of
his
Prince
and
Countrey
,
in
the
speedy
bringing
forth
of
the
Letter
sent
unto
him
,
wherein
he
said
,
That
he
had
shewed
both
his
discretion
and
fidelity
.
Which
Speech
being
ended
,
then
acknowledged
,
That
he
spake
not
that
of
the
breach
of
promise
out
of
his
own
knowledge
,
but
from
their
Relation
whom
he
trusted
,
and
namely
from
Sir
Everard
Digby
Everard
Digby
Everard
Digby
,
Robert
Winter
,
Iohn
Graunt
,
Thomas
Bates
Thomas
Winter
,
Ambrose
Rookwood
,
Robert
Keyes
,
G●…y
Fawkes
Henry
Garnet
Iohn
Croke
THis
Person
and
Prisoner
here
at
the
Bar
,
this
place
,
and
this
present
occasion
and
Action
,
do
prove
that
true
,
which
the
Author
of
all
Truth
hath
told
us
,
That
,
There
is
nothing
hid
that
shall
not
be
made
manifest
,
there
is
nothing
secret
that
shall
not
be
revealed
and
come
in
publick
;
and
that
God
by
whom
Kings
do
raign
,
doth
scatter
and
bring
to
nought
the
counsel
of
the
wicked
.
That
he
spake
with
fear
and
trembling
,
and
with
horror
and
amazedness
,
against
that
rotten
root
of
that
hideous
and
hateful
tree
of
Treason
,
and
of
that
detestable
,
and
unheard
of
wickedness
,
he
did
crave
pardon
for
it
;
affirming
that
no
flesh
could
mention
without
astonishment
.
He
shewed
that
of
the
profession
of
the
Iesuits
,
otherwise
(
for
by
all
those
names
he
called
himself
)
stood
indicted
of
the
most
barbarous
and
damnable
Treasons
,
the
like
whereof
were
never
heard
of
,
that
he
was
a
man
but
not
of
many
names
,
as
appeared
by
the
Indictment
,
but
of
no
good
Name
;
adorned
by
God
and
nature
with
many
gifts
and
graces
,
if
the
Grace
of
God
had
been
joyned
with
them
;
But
that
wanting
,
in
other
gifts
That
this
(
his
Majesty
summoning
his
Parliament
to
be
holden
at
the
19th
of
in
the
first
year
of
his
Reign
,
and
by
divers
Prorogations
continuing
it
till
the
third
of
last
,
)
together
with
lately
slain
in
open
Rebellion
,
and
with
a
Iesuit
,
otherwise
as
a
false
Traitor
against
the
most
mighty
,
and
most
renowned
King
our
Soveraign
Lord
King
King
the
9th
of
last
,
traiterously
did
conspire
and
compass
,
To
depose
the
King
,
and
to
deprive
him
of
his
Government
.
To
destroy
and
kill
the
King
,
and
the
noble
Prince
his
eldest
Son
:
Such
a
King
,
and
such
a
Prince
,
Such
a
Son
of
Such
a
Father
,
whose
vertues
are
rather
with
amazed
silence
to
be
wondred
at
,
than
able
by
any
speech
to
be
expressed
.
To
stir
sedition
and
slaughter
throughout
the
Kingdom
.
To
subvert
the
true
Religion
of
God
,
and
whole
Government
of
the
Kingdom
.
To
overthrow
the
whole
State
of
the
Common
wealth
.
The
manner
how
to
perform
these
horrible
treasons
,
the
Serjeant
said
his
lips
did
tremble
to
speak
it
,
but
his
heart
praised
God
for
his
mighty
deliverance
.
The
practise
so
inhumane
,
so
barbarous
,
so
damnable
,
so
detestable
,
as
the
like
was
never
read
nor
heard
of
,
or
ever
entred
into
the
heart
of
the
most
wicked
man
to
imagine
.
And
here
he
said
,
he
could
not
but
mention
that
religious
observation
so
religiously
observed
by
his
Religious
Majesty
,
wishing
it
were
ingraven
in
letters
of
gold
in
the
hearts
of
all
his
people
,
together
with
had
speech
and
conference
together
of
these
treasons
,
and
concluded
most
traiterously
,
and
devilishly
.
with
many
other
Traitors
lately
attainted
of
high
treason
,
would
blow
up
with
Gun-powder
in
the
Parliament
house
,
the
King
,
the
Prince
,
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
the
Iudges
of
the
Realm
,
the
Knights
,
Citizens
and
Burgesses
,
and
many
other
subjects
and
servants
of
the
King
assembled
in
Parliament
,
at
one
Blow
traiterously
and
devilishly
to
destroy
them
all
,
and
piece
meal
to
tear
them
in
sunder
,
without
respect
of
Majesty
,
Dignity
,
Degree
,
Age
or
Place
.
And
for
that
purpose
great
quantity
of
Gun-powder
was
traiterously
and
secretly
placed
,
and
hid
by
these
Conspirators
under
the
Parliament
house
.
This
being
the
substance
and
the
effect
of
the
Indictment
,
did
plead
Not
guilty
to
it
:
and
a
very
discreet
and
substantial
Iury
,
with
allowance
of
challenges
unto
the
prisoner
,
were
sworn
at
the
Bar
for
the
trial
of
him
.
To
whom
the
Serjeant
shewed
that
they
should
have
evidences
to
prove
him
guilty
,
that
should
be
that
every
man
might
read
them
running
.
They
should
have
Witnesses
and
Testimonies
of
the
things
themselves
.
or
rather
That
every
one
may
say
unto
him
,
thou
wicked
subject
,
thou
wicked
servant
,
Of
thine
own
mouth
I
judge
thee
,
of
thine
own
mouth
I
condemn
thee
.
And
this
shall
be
made
so
manifest
by
him
that
best
can
do
it
,
as
shall
stop
the
mouth
of
all
contradiction
.
ullo
filii
hominum
perpetrant
mala
Quod
flagellatur
in
corde
,
qui
laudatur
in
ore
)
Lex
in
sermone
tenenda
Et
quorum
pars
magna
fui
O
Ierusalem
,
Ierusalem
,
thou
that
killest
the
Prophets
,
and
stonest
them
that
are
sent
unto
thee
,
&c.
Pius
Quintus
Pius
Quintus
Anno
26
Eliz.
de
Como
The
Invincible
Navy
Offenso
Creatore
,
offenditur
omnis
creatura
,
Hoc
facit
pro
nobis
Patrick
Cullen
William
Stanley
,
Hugh
Owen
,
Iaques
Fraunces
,
Philopater
.
Anno
Rome
,
Parsons
Thomas
Winter
Ioseph
Creswell
English
Romish
Dilectis
filijs
Archipresbytero
,
&
reliquo
Clero
Anglicano
,
&c.
(
Romish
England
▪
Thomas
Winter
from
the
arrow
that
flieth
by
day
,
from
the
Pestilence
that
walketh
in
the
darkness
,
Christopher
Wright
Garnet
,
Catesby
Thomas
Winter
Guy
Fawkes
William
Stanley
Hugh
Owen
Thomas
Winter
Christopher
Wright
Walter
Raleigh
Thomas
Piercy
Versuto
ingenio
&
profunda
perfidia
Henry
Garnet
alias
dictus
Walley
,
Farmer
Catesby
,
Thomas
Winter
Thomas
Winter
Catesby
,
Percy
,
Iohn
Wright
,
Thomas
Winter
,
YOu
shall
swear
by
the
blessed
Trinity
,
and
by
the
Sacrament
you
now
purpose
to
receive
,
never
to
disclose
,
directly
or
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
.
Thomas
Bates
Robert
Keyes
Guy
Fawks
William
Stanley
Garnet
;
Catesby
Francis
Tresham
Edmund
Baynam
November
,
Garnet
Everard
Dighy
Thomas
Bates
Garnet
,
Humphrey
Littleton
Garnet
,
Wallye
,
Darcy
,
Roberts
,
Farmer
,
Phillips
:
Francis
Tresham
Qualis
vita
,
finis
ita
Francis
Tresham
Gens
perfida
Princeps
indulgendo
haereticis
amittit
Regnum
Hen.
1.
Edw.
1.
Ric.
2.
Hen.
5.
Hen.
4.
&c.
David
,
I
will
take
no
wicked
thing
in
hand
,
I
hate
the
sin
of
unfaithfulness
,
there
shall
no
such
cleave
unto
me
:
THE
KINGS
CHAMBER
shall
go
and
deceive
that
he
may
fall
they
courage
themselves
in
mischief
,
and
commune
among
themselves
secretly
,
how
they
may
lay
snares
,
and
say
,
that
no
man
shall
see
them
.
But
God
shall
suddenly
shoot
at
them
with
a
swift
arrow
,
that
they
shall
be
wounded
;
In
so
much
that
whoso
seeth
it
,
shall
say
,
This
hath
God
done
;
for
they
shall
perceive
that
it
is
his
work
.
viva
voce
In
doctrine
he
remembred
two
points
.
Concerning
Equivocation
,
whereunto
he
answered
,
that
their
Church
condemned
all
lying
,
but
especially
if
it
be
in
cause
of
Religion
and
faith
,
that
being
the
most
pernicious
lye
of
all
others
,
and
by
condemned
in
the
Nay
,
to
lie
in
any
cause
is
held
a
fin
,
and
evil
,
Howsoever
of
8
degrees
which
St.
maketh
,
the
lowest
indeed
is
to
lie
for
to
procure
the
good
of
some
without
hurting
of
any
:
So
then
our
Equivocation
is
not
to
maintain
lying
,
but
to
defend
the
use
of
certain
Propositions
.
For
a
man
may
be
asked
of
one
,
who
hath
no
Authority
to
interrogate
,
or
examined
concerning
something
which
belongeth
not
to
his
cognisance
who
asketh
,
As
what
a
man
thinketh
,
So
then
no
man
may
Equivocate
,
when
he
ought
to
tell
the
truth
,
Otherwise
he
may
;
And
so
St.
saith
,
That
Christ
denied
he
knew
the
day
of
Iudgment
,
with
purpose
to
tell
it
to
his
Disciples
;
and
so
St.
and
others
,
who
handle
this
matter
.
Chiefly
under
the
Title
of
Confession
.
2.
For
the
second
point
,
which
was
the
Power
of
the
Pope
in
deposing
of
Princes
,
his
Answer
was
three-fold
.
1.
That
therein
he
onely
propounded
and
followed
the
general
Doctrine
of
the
Church
.
2.
That
this
Doctrine
of
the
Power
of
the
Pope
,
was
by
all
other
Catholick
Princes
tolerated
without
grievance
.
3.
That
yet
for
his
own
part
,
he
always
made
a
difference
in
the
matter
of
Excommunicating
and
Deposing
of
Princes
,
betwixt
the
condition
and
state
of
our
King
,
and
of
others
,
who
having
sometimes
been
Catholicks
,
did
,
or
shall
afterwards
fall
back
.
As
for
and
other
Writers
,
whatsoever
they
set
down
of
the
Deposing
of
Hereticks
,
it
is
to
be
understood
of
those
Princes
,
who
having
sometimes
professed
the
Faith
of
the
Church
of
do
afterwards
make
a
defection
from
the
same
.
For
Recusant●…
,
1.
I
desire
them
not
to
impute
any
offence
or
crime
of
mine
,
to
the
prejudice
of
the
cause
of
Religion
.
2.
Concerning
their
not
going
to
Church
,
whereas
it
was
urged
by
Mr.
Attorney
,
that
the
grounds
of
their
not
going
to
Church
,
was
the
Excommunication
and
Bull
of
and
that
now
they
may
go
,
for
that
his
Majesty
is
not
denounced
Excommunicate
;
I
answer
,
That
it
followeth
not
;
for
the
Arrians
and
Catholicks
had
the
same
Service
in
their
Churches
,
yet
came
they
not
together
.
And
I
know
divers
my self
,
who
before
that
Bull
,
refused
to
go
to
Church
all
the
time
of
Queen
though
perhaps
most
Catholicks
did
indeed
go
to
Church
,
before
it
was
about
the
end
of
the
Council
of
where
this
matter
was
discussed
by
twelve
learned
men
,
and
concluded
not
lawful
.
And
this
was
occasioned
,
for
that
himself
held
it
not
lawful
for
any
Protestant
to
be
present
,
not
onely
at
our
Mass
,
wherein
perhaps
they
may
say
there
is
Idolatry
,
but
not
at
our
Even-song
,
being
the
same
with
theirs
.
Concerning
the
Iesuits
,
he
saith
,
That
if
any
were
privy
to
such
horrible
Treasons
,
it
was
impious
,
especially
in
men
of
their
profession
:
But
said
,
That
he
talked
with
some
of
them
about
it
,
and
that
they
denied
it
.
Touching
my self
,
The
Negociation
into
was
indeed
propounded
unto
me
,
and
I
was
also
acquainted
with
the
Negociation
for
Money
,
but
ever
intending
it
should
be
bestowed
for
the
relief
of
poor
Catholicks
:
But
when
they
were
there
,
they
moved
for
an
Army
;
which
when
they
afterwards
acquainted
me
withall
,
I
misliked
it
,
and
said
,
It
would
be
much
disliked
at
Onely
I
must
needs
confess
,
I
did
conceal
it
,
after
the
example
of
Christ
,
who
commands
us
,
when
our
Brother
offends
,
to
reprove
him
,
for
if
he
do
amend
,
we
have
gained
him
:
Yet
I
must
needs
confess
,
that
the
Laws
made
against
such
concealing
are
very
good
and
just
,
for
it
is
not
fit
the
safety
of
a
Prince
should
depend
upon
any
other
mans
Conscience
.
So
that
I
am
verily
perswaded
,
if
they
yielded
to
me
,
it
had
been
good
.
But
what
their
intent
and
meaning
was
in
desiring
an
Army
,
I
knew
not
;
and
I
was
charged
not
to
meddle
therein
,
no
not
with
the
money
which
was
to
be
sent
for
Pensions
,
though
it
was
to
maintain
the
Title
of
the
King
.
The
Title
of
the
King
of
That
he
might
not
do
it
;
and
for
sending
of
Letters
,
and
commending
some
Persons
thereby
,
he
confessed
he
did
it
often
,
as
they
were
commended
to
him
,
without
knowing
either
their
Purposes
,
or
some
of
their
Persons
:
for
he
never
knew
Mr.
for
whom
he
writ
To
which
Garnet
made
no
great
answer
,
but
let
it
pass
.
And
then
went
on
with
his
defence
of
sending
▪
Letters
in
commendation
of
many
of
those
with
which
he
had
been
formerly
charged
;
and
so
confessed
,
that
he
had
written
in
commend●…tion
of
thinking
that
he
went
to
serve
as
a
Soldier
,
not
knowing
then
of
any
other
purpose
he
had
in
hand
.
And
as
for
Sir
what
he
or
Mr.
intended
,
he
knew
not
in
particular
;
onely
Mr.
asked
him
in
general
the
question
,
of
the
lawfulness
to
destroy
Innocents
with
Nocents
,
as
ha●…
been
before
objected
against
him
;
which
at
first
,
I
thought
,
said
had
been
an
idle
question
▪
though
afterwards
I
did
verily
think
,
he
intended
something
that
was
not
good
.
Whereupo●…
having
shortly
after
this
received
Letters
fro●…
to
prohibit
all
Insurrections
intended
b●…
Catholicks
,
which
might
perturb
this
State
▪
thereof
,
and
told
him
That
if
he
proceeded
against
the
Pope's
will
,
h●…
could
not
prevail
.
But
refused
,
an●…
said
,
He
would
not
take
notice
of
the
Pope's
pleasure
by
him
.
Notwithstanding
he
shewed
t●…
the
general
Letter
which
he
had
received
from
but
said
,
he
would
infor●…
the
Pope
,
and
tell
also
in
particular
wha●…
attempt
he
had
in
hand
,
if
he
would
hear
it
which
afterwards
he
offered
to
do
,
but
refused
to
hear
him
,
and
at
two
several
times
re●…
quested
him
to
certifie
the
Pope
what
he
intende●…
to
do
.
And
when
Sir
(
as
〈◊〉
pretended
)
was
to
go
over
into
for
〈◊〉
Soldier
thought
good
to
send
him
to
th●…
Popes
Nuncio
,
and
to
commend
him
to
othe●…
friends
of
his
,
That
they
should
send
him
to
in●…
form
the
Pope
of
the
distressed
estate
of
the
Ca●…
tholicks
in
the
rather
,
that
the
Po●…
having
a
Lay-man
there
,
might
be
acquainte●…
with
all
their
proceedings
:
And
that
might
then
learn
of
the
Pope
,
what
course
〈◊〉
would
advise
the
Catholicks
in
to
take
for
their
own
good
;
but
wished
in
no
case
to
use
s
name
to
the
Nuncio
in
that
behalf
.
Then
were
the
two
Witnesses
called
for
,
both
of
them
Persons
of
good
estimation
,
that
over-heard
the
Interlocution
betwixt
the
Iesuit
a
man
learned
,
and
a
Iustice
of
Peace
;
and
Mr.
But
Mr.
being
not
present
,
was
sent
for
to
appear
;
and
in
the
mean
time
Mr.
who
being
deposed
before
delivered
upon
his
Oath
,
that
they
heard
say
to
Here
Garnet
replied
,
That
for
the
two
Gentlemen
that
heard
the
Interlocution
,
he
would
not
charge
them
with
Perjury
,
because
he
knew
them
to
be
honest
men
;
yet
he
thought
they
did
mistake
some
things
,
though
in
the
substantial
parts
he
confessed
,
he
could
not
deny
their
relation
.
And
for
the
main
Plot
,
he
confessed
,
that
he
was
therewithall
acquainted
by
particularly
,
and
that
came
perplexed
unto
him
to
open
something
,
which
Mr.
with
divers
others
intended
:
To
whom
he
said
,
He
was
contented
to
hear
by
him
what
it
was
,
so●…
as
he
would
not
be
a●…known
to
Mr.
or
to
any
other
,
that
he
was
mad●…
privy
to
it
.
Whereupon
Father
told
him
the
whole
Plot
,
and
all
the
particulars
thereof
,
with
which
he
protested
that
he
was
very
much
distempered
,
and
could
never
sleep
quietly
afterwards
,
but
sometimes
prayed
to
God
that
it
should
not
take
effect
.
He
might
not
disclose
it
to
any
,
because
it
was
matter
of
secret
Confession
,
and
would
endanger
the
life
of
divers
men
.
That
he
commanded
to
disswade
he
thought
he
did
;
and
if
had
come
to
him
upon
he
thought
he
could
so
far
have
ruled
him
,
as
he
would
have
been
perswaded
to
desist
.
That
after
had
told
him
what
it
was
which
and
that
he
called
to
mind
what
said
to
him
,
at
his
first
breaking
with
him
in
general
terms
,
his
Soul
was
so
troubled
with
mislike
of
that
particular
,
as
he
was
loath
to
hear
any
more
of
it
.
Henry
Garnet
The
Chamber
of
his
Empire
It
is
most
true
,
my
Lord
Garnet
)
I
confess
That
Mr.
was
to
blame
to
make
such
application
.
That
when
one
is
asked
a
question
before
a
Magistrate
,
he
was
not
bound
to
answer
before
some
Witnesses
he
produced
against
him
,
falling
into
some
professions
of
his
well-wishing
to
his
Majesty
,
and
being
put
in
mind
of
the
answer
he
had
made
concerning
the
Excommunication
of
Kings
,
wherein
he
referred
himself
to
the
Canon
of
he
answered
,
That
his
Majesty
was
not
yet
Excommunicated
.
Great
Britain
began
to
use
some
speeches
,
that
he
was
not
consenting
to
the
Powder-treason
.
de
facto
Non
laudantur
nisi
peracta
Fawkes
,
P●…y
,
Catesby
,
Winter
,
Thomas
Winter
Kit
Wright
Guy
Fawkes
Edward
Bainham
Anne
Vaux
nos
omnes
spiritum
ducimus
sat
superest
ut
novum
daret
incendium
Thomas
Winter
spectatum
admissi
risum
teneatis
amici
Rector
chori
Catesby
,
Winter
ne
simul
eradicarent
triticum
ne
Catholici
cum
illis
perirent
Tantae
ne
animis
coelestibus
irae
Rookwood
,
Bates
quacunque
hora
peccator
ingemuerit
●…uod
dubitas
ne
feceris
Guy
Fawks
William
Stanley
Guy
Fawks
Time
is
,
Time
was
third
time
was
past
Cain
,
Achitophel
Ut
gradiretur
super
pectus
suum
Quae
tuo
te
jugulavit
gladio
That
he
had
done
more
than
he
could
excuse
,
and
he
had
dealt
plainly
with
them
;
but
he
was
bound
to
keep
the
secrets
of
Confessions
,
and
to
disclose
nothing
that
he
heard
in
Sacramental
Confession
.
Notting
▪
That
he
must
conceal
it
His
Lordship
might
,
and
he
would
answer
him
as
well
as
he
could
.
Salisbury
▪
Garnet
.
He
was
said
,
He
would
do
his
best
.
That
he
did
what
he
could
to
disswade
it
,
and
went
into
with
a
purpose
to
disswade
Mr.
when
he
should
have
come
down
.
And
for
Mr.
s
going
to
Father
to
perswade
him
to
joyn
said
,
he
did
very
ill
in
so
doing
.
(
as
it
should
seem
)
being
here
mightily
touched
with
remorse
of
his
offence
,
prayed
God
and
the
King
,
that
other
Catholicks
might
not
fare
the
worse
for
his
sake
.
Claudius
Aquaviva
My
Lord
,
I
would
to
God
I
had
never
known
of
the
Powder-Treason
.
No
,
my
Lord
,
I
did
not
.
Winter
,
Wright
,
Fawkes
,
Baynham
,
Hall
,
alias
Oldcorn
Humfrey
Littleton
Francis
Tresham
Everard
Digbies
answered
,
It
may
be
,
my
Lord
,
he
meant
to
Equivocate
.
Here
was
the
examination
and
confession
of
Mrs.
offered
to
be
read
also
,
to
confirm
perjury
,
who
confessed
that
she
had
seen
Mr.
at
her
house
,
three
or
four
times
since
the
Kings
coming
in
,
and
divers
times
before
;
and
that
he
had
dined
with
him
,
and
that
always
gave
him
good
counsel
,
and
would
say
sometimes
to
him
,
and
others
,
Good
Gentlemen
,
be
quiet
:
for
we
must
obtain
that
which
you
desire
by
prayer
.
She
confessed
also
,
that
they
were
at
together
the
last
Sommer
After
all
this
being
demanded
,
if
these
examinations
were
true
,
he
affirmed
they
were
.
And
then
were
his
own
examinations
likewise
read
to
the
same
effect
,
wherein
he
both
confessed
the
seeing
of
Mr.
and
his
sending
into
about
an
Invasion
Anne
Vaux
desired
the
Iury
,
that
they
would
allow
of
,
and
believe
those
things
he
had
denied
,
and
affirmed
,
and
not
to
give
credit
unto
those
things
,
whereof
there
was
no
direct
proof
against
him
,
not
to
condemn
him
by
circumstances
or
presumptions
.
To
whom
answered
,
Yea
,
my
Lord
.
Henry
Garnet
made
answer
,
that
he
could
say
nothing
,
but
referred
himself
to
the
mercy
of
the
King
,
and
God
Almighty
.
No
,
my
Lord
.
But
I
humbly
desire
your
Lordships
all
,
to
commend
my
life
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
saying
,
That
at
his
pleasure
he
was
ready
either
to
die
or
live
,
and
do
him
service
.
May
,
Garnet
The
Invention
of
the
holy
Cross
,
Ann
Vaux
Edmond
Baynams
In
nomine
Patris
,
&
Filii
,
&
Spiritus
sancti
Maria
mater
Gratiae
,
Maria
mater
misericordiae
,
T●…
me
à
malo
protege
,
&
hora
mortis
suscipe
.
Per
crucis
hoc
signum
Maria
mater
Gratiae
EVERARD
DIGBY
Never
before
Published
Everard
Digby
Everard
Digby
call'd
his
Conscience
in
doubt
of
it
this
doubt
which
he
had
of
his
good
estate
proceeded
onely
from
the
censure
of
others
some
good
space
he
could
do
nothing
,
but
with
tears
ask
pardon
at
Gods
hands
for
all
his
errours
,
both
in
actions
and
intentions
,
in
this
business
,
and
in
his
whole
life
;
which
the
censure
of
this
,
contrary
to
his
expectance
,
had
caused
him
to
doubt
.
I
do
not
think
there
would
have
been
three
worth
the
saving
that
should
have
been
lost
,
I
give
my
Brother
many
thanks
for
his
sweet
comforts
,
and
assure
him
,
that
now
I
desire
death
;
for
the
more
I
think
of
Gods
mercy
,
the
more
I
hope
in
my
own
case
,
though
others
have
censured
our
intentions
otherwise
than
we
understood
them
to
be
:
And
though
the
Act
be
thought
so
wicked
by
those
of
judgment
,
yet
I
hope
my
understanding
it
otherwise
,
with
my
sorrow
for
my
error
,
will
find
acceptance
at
God's
hands
.
he
onely
owed
200l
.
which
he
had
kept
in
his
hands
for
the
good
of
the
BEST
CAUSE
.
he
had
not
been
ask'd
the
Priests
name
to
pray
for
his
not
sufficient
striving
against
Temptations
,
since
this
business
was
undertook
.
My
Lord
Chief
Justice
asked
me
,
if
I
had
taken
the
Sacrament
to
keep
secret
the
Plot
,
as
others
did
?
I
said
,
that
I
had
not
,
because
I
would
avoid
the
question
,
At
whose
hands
it
were
?
If
I
be
called
in
question
for
the
Priest
in
my
Letter
,
I
propose
to
name
him
unless
I
be
advised
otherwise
I
have
not
been
asked
his
name
;
which
if
I
had
,
should
have
been
such
a
one
as
I
knew
not
any
of
.
Letter
,
You
forgot
to
tell
me
whether
be
a
fit
name
I
like
it
,
for
I
know
none
of
it
.
Holy
League
Eudaemon
Johannes
English
Jesuites
Iesu.
l.
7.
pag.
Secretary
Cecil
THe
several
Papers
and
Letters
of
Sir
which
are
(
as
we
have
been
credibly
informed
)
the
Original
Papers
and
Letters
written
by
him
,
concerning
the
Gun-powder
Treason
,
were
found
by
us
Sir
Barronet
,
and
Esq
in
the
presence
of
Mrs.
and
Mr.
about
the
month
of
at
the
House
of
Esq
who
was
Executor
of
Sir
(
Son
and
Heir
to
the
said
Sir
tied
up
in
two
Silk
Bags
,
amongst
the
Deeds
,
Evidences
,
and
Writings
of
the
said
Sir
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