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The Trials of ... Guy Fawkes [and the] Conspirators in the Gunpowder-Plot. 27
Jan. 1605. 3 Jac. l.
XIX. The Trials of
Robert Winter, Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood,
Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, and Sir Everard Digby, at Westminster
for High-Treason, being Conspirators in the Gunpowder-Plot.
27 Jan. 1605. 3 Jac. l.
| The C O M M I S S I O N E R S were, |
| The Earl of Nottingham. |
The Earl of Salisbury. |
| The Earl of Suffolk. |
The Lord Chief Justice of England, Sir John Popham. |
| The Earl of Worcester. |
The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Thomas Fleming. |
| The Earl of Devonshire. |
Sir Peter Warburton, Knight, one of the Justices
of the Common-Pleas. |
| The Earl of Northampton. |
The Effect of the Indictment.
THAT whereas our Sovereign Lord the King had, by
the Advice and Assent of his Council, for divers weighty and urgent Occasions
concerning, his Majesty, the State, and Defence of the Church and Kingdom
of England, appointed a Parliament to be holden at his City of Westminster;
That Henry Garnet, Superior of the Jesuits within the Realm
of England, (called also by the several names of Wally, Darcy,
Roberts, Farmer, and Henry Philips) Oswald Tesmond Jesuit, otherwise
called Oswald Greenwell, John Gerrard Jesuit, (called also by the
several names of Lee and Brooke) Robert Winter, Thomas Winter,
Gentlemen, Guy Fawkes Gent. otherwise called Guy Johnson,
Robert Keyes Gent. and Thomas Bates Yeoman, late Servant to
Robert Catesby Esquire; together with the said Robert Catesby
and Thomas Percy Esquires, John Wright and Christopher Wright
Gentlemen, in open Rebellion and Insurrection against his Majesty,
lately slain, and Francis Tresham Esq; lately dead; as false Traitors
against our said Sovereign Lord the King, did traitorously meet and assemble
themselves together; and being so met, the said Henry Garnet, Oswald
Tesmond, John Gerrard, and other Jesuits, did maliciously, falsly,
and traitorously move and persuade as well the said Thomas Winter, Guy
Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas Bates, as the said Robert
Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher Wright, and Francis
Tresham, That our said Sovereign Lord the King, the Nobility, Clergy,
and whole Commonalty of the Realm of England, (Papists excepted)
were Hereticks; and that all Hereticks were accursed and excommunicate;
and that none 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 England, for the Advancing and Enlargement of the
pretended and usurped Authority and Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome,
and for the restoring of the superstitious Romish Religion within
this Realm of England. To which traitorous Persuasions, the said
Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, Robert Catesby,
Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher Wright, and Francis Tresham,
traitorously did yield their Assents: And that thereupon the said Henry
Garnet, Oswald Tesmond, John Gerrard, and divers other Jesuits; Thomas
Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas Bates, as also
the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher Wright
and Francis Tresham, traitorously amongst themselves did conclude and
agree, with Gunpowder, as it were with one Blast, suddenly, traitorously
and barbarously to blow up and tear in pieces our said Sovereign Lord the
King, the excellent, virtuous and gracious Queen Anne, his dearest
Wife, the most noble Prince Henry, their eldest Son, and future
Hope and Joy of England; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
the Reverend Judges 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 them, without any respect of Majesty, Dignity,
Degree, Sex, Age or Place, most barbarously, and more than beastly, traitorously
and suddenly to destroy and swallow up. And further did most traitorously
conspire and conclude among themselves, That not only 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,
traitorously with them to be assembled, should surprize the Persons of
the most noble Ladies Elizabeth and Mary, Daughters of our
said Sovereign Lord the King, and falsly and traitorously should proclaim
the said Lady Elizabeth to be Queen of this Realm: And thereupon
should publish a Proclamation in the name of the said Lady Elizabeth;
wherein, as 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
within this Realm of England; neither would the said
false Traitors therein acknowledge themselves to be Authors, or Actors,
or Devisers of the aforesaid 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
justify the said most wicked and horrible Treasons, as Actions that were
in the number of those, Quae non laudantur, nisi peracta, which
be not to be commended before they be done: but by the said feign'd and
traitorous Proclamation they would publish, That all and singular Abuses
and Grievances within this Realm of England, should, for satisfying
of the People, be reform'd. And that as well for the better concealing,
as for the more effectual accomplishing of the said horrible Treasons,
as well the said Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas
Bates, as the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher
Wright, and Francis Tresham, by the traitorous Advice and Procurement
of the said Henry Garnet, Oswald Tesmond, John Gerrard, and other
Jesuits, traitorously did further conclude and agree, that as well the
said Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas Bates,
as the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher Wright,
and Francis Tresham, thereupon severally and traitorously should
receive several corporal Oaths upon the holy Evangelists, and the Sacrament
of the Eucharist, That they the Treasons aforesaid would traitorously conceal
and keep secret, and would not reveal them, directly or indirectly, by
Words or Circumstances, nor ever would desist from the Execution and final
Accomplishment of the said Treasons, without the consent of some three
of the aforesaid false Traitors first in that behalf traitorously had:
And that thereupon as well the said Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert
Keyes, and Thomas Bates, as the said Robert Catesby, Thomas
Percy, John Wright, Christ. Wright, and Francis Tresham, did
traitorously take the said several corporal Oaths severally, and did receive
the Sacrament of the Eucharist aforesaid, by the Hands of the said Henry
Garnet, John Gerrard, Oswald Tesmond, and other Jesuits. And further,
that the said Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes,Robert Keyes, and Thomas
Bates, together with the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John
Wright,Christopher Wright, and Francis Tresham, by the like
traitorous Advice and Counsel of the said Henry Garnet, John Gerrard,
Oswald Tesmond, and other Jesuits, for the more effectual compassing
and final execution of the said Treasons, did traitorously among themselves
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 Gunpowder ; and that according to the said traitorous Conclusion, the
said Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomes Bates,
together with the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright,
and Christopher Wright, 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 traitorous Intent to bestow and
place a great Quantity of Gunpowder in the Mine aforesaid, so as aforesaid
traitorously to be made for the traitorous accomplishing of their traitorous
Purposes aforesaid. And that the said Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert
Keyes, and Thomas Bates, together with the said Robert Catesby,
Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Christopher Wright, 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 Parliament, and adjoining to a certain House of the said
Thomas Percy, then to be letten to farm for a yearly Rent, the said
Thomas Percy, by the traitorous Procurement, as well of the said
Henry Garnet, Oswald Tesmond, John Gerrard, and other Jesuits, Thomas
Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas Bates, as of the
said Robert Catesby, John Wright, and Christopher Wright,
traitorously did hire the Cellar aforesaid for a certain yearly Rent and
Term: and then those Traitors did remove twenty Barrels full of Gunpowder
out of the said House of the said Thomas Percy, and secretly and
traitorously did bestow and place them in the Cellar aforesaid, under the
said House of Parliament, for the traitorous effecting of the Treason,
and traitorous Purposes aforesaid. And that afterwards the said Henry
Garnet, Oswald Tesmond, John Gerrard, and other Jesuits, Thomas
Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes and ThomasBates, together with
the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Christopher
Wright traitorously did meet with Robert Winter, John Grant,
and Ambrose Rookwood, and Francis Tresham, Esquires; and
traitorously did impart to the said Robert Winter, John Grant, Ambrose
Rookwood, and Francis Tresham, the Treasons, traitorous Intentions
and Purposes aforesaid ; and did require the said Robert Winter, John
Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, and Francis Tresham, to join themselves
as well with the said Henry Garnet, Oswald Tesmond, John Gerrard, Thomas
Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas Bates, as with
the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Christopher
Wright, in the Treasons, traitorous Intentions and Purposes aforesaid;
and traitorously to provide Horse, Armour, and other Necessaries, for the
better Accomplishment and effecting of the said Treasons. To which traitorous
Motion and Request, the said Robert Winter, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood,
and Francis Tresham, did traitorously yield their Assents, and as
well with the said Henry Garnet, Oswald Tesmond, John Gerrard, Robert
Winter, Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, and Thomas Bates,
as with the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher
Wright, and Francis Tresham, in the said Treasons, traitorous
Intentions and Purposes aforesaid, traitorously did adhere and unite themselves:
And thereupon several corporal Oaths, in form abovesaid, traitorously did
take, and the Sacrament of the Eucharist, by the hands of the said Jesuits
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 traitorous Assents aforesaid, traitorously did provide. And that
afterwards all the said false Traitors did traitorously provide, and bring
into the Cellar aforesaid ten other Barrels full of Gunpowder, newly bought,
fearing lest the former Gunpowder, so as aforesaid bestow'd and placed
there, was become dankish; and the said several Quantities of: Gunpowder
aforesaid, with Billets and Faggots, lest they should be spy'd, secretly
and traitorously did cover. And that afterwards the said false Traitors
traitorously provided, and brought into the Cellar aforesaid, four Hogsheads
full of Gunpowder, and laid divers great Iron Bars and Stones upon the
said four Hogsheads, and the aforesaid other Quantities of Gunpowder: And
the said Quantities of Gunpowder, Bars, and Stones, with Billets and Faggots,
lest they should be espy'd, secretly and traitorously did likewise cover.
And that the said Guy Fawkes, afterwards, for a full and final Accomplishment
of the said Treasons, traitorous Intentions and Purposes aforesaid, by
the traitorous Procurement, as well of the said Henry Garnet, Oswald
Tesmond, John Gerrard, and other Jesuits, Robert Winter, Thomas
Winter, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, and Ambrose Rookwood,
as of the said Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher
Wright, and Francis Tresham, traitorously had prepared, and
had upon his Person Touchwood and Match, therewith traitorously 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 discover'd, not many hours before
it should have been executed, as well the said Henry Garnet, Oswald
Tesmond, John Gerrard, Robert Winter,Thomas Winter, Robert Keyes, Thomas
Bates, John Grant, and Ambrose Rookwood, as the said Robert
Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, and Christopher Wright,
traitorously did fly and withdraw themselves, to the intent traitorously
to stir up and procure such Popish Persons, as they could, to join with
them in actual, publick and open Rebellion against our said Sovereign Lord
the King; and to that end did publish divers feigned and false Rumours,
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.
To this Indictment they all pleaded, Not guilty; and put themselves
upon God and the Country.
Then did Sir Edward Philips, Kt. his Majesty's Serjeant at Law;
open the Indictment to this effect, as followeth.
The matter that is now to be offer'd to you my Lords the Commissioners,
and to the Trial of you the Knights and Gentlemen of the Jury, is Matter
of Treason; but of such Horror, and monstrous Nature, that before now,
The Tongue of Man never deliver'd,
The Ear of Man never heard,
The Heart of Man never conceited,
Nor the Malice of hellish or earthly Devil ever practised.
For, if it be abominable to murder the least;
If to touch God's Anointed be to oppose themselves against God;
If (by Blood) to subvert Princes, States and Kingdoms, be hateful to God
and Man, as all true Christians must acknowledge:
Then, how much more than too too monstrous shall all Christian Hearts judge
the Horror of this Treason; to murder and subvert
Such a King,
Such a Queen,
Such a Prince,
Such a Progeny,
Such a State,
Such a Government,
So complete and absolute,
That God approves,
The World admires,
All true English Hearts honour and reverence,
The Pope and his Disciples only envies and maligns?
The Proceeding wherein, is properly to be divided into three general
Heads.
First, Matter of Declaration.
Secondly, Matter of Aggravation.
Thirdly, Matter of Probation.
My self am limited to deal only with the Matter of Declaration, and
that is contain'd within the Compass of the Indictment only.
For the other two, I am to leave to him to whose Place it belongeth.
The Substance of which Declaration consisteth in four Parts.
First, In the Persons and Qualities of the Conspirators.
Secondly, In the Matter conspired.
Thirdly, In the Mean and Manner of the Proceeding and Execution of
the Conspiracy.
And fourthly, Of the End and Purpose why it was so conspired.
As concerning the first, being the Persons ; they were, Garnet, Gerrard,
Tesmond, Jesuits not then taken. Thomas Winter, Guy Fawkes, Robert
Keyes, Thomas Bates, Everard Digby, Ambrose Rookwood, John Grant, Robert
Winter, at the Bar. Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher
Wright, slain in Rebellion. Francis Tresham, lately dead. All
grounded Romanists and corrupted Scholars of so irreligious and traitorous
a School.
As concerning the second, which is the Matter conspired; it was,
| First, To deprive the King of his Crown. |
| Secondly, To murder the King, the Queen, and the Prince. |
| Thirdly, To stir Rebellion and Sedition in the Kingdom. |
| Fourthly, To bring a miserable Destruction amongst the Subjects. |
| Fifthly, To change, alter, and subvert the Religion here established.
|
| Sixthly, To ruinate the State of the Commonwealth, and to bring in
Strangers to invade it. |
As concerning the third, which is the Mean and Manner how to compass
and execute the same; they did all conclude,
| First, That the King, and his People (the Papists excepted) were Hereticks. |
| Secondly, That they were all cursed, and excommunicated by the Pope. |
| Thirdly, That no Heretick could be King. |
| Fourthly, That it was lawful and meritorious to kill and destroy the
King, and all the said Hereticks. |
The Mean to effect it, they concluded to be, that,
| First, The King, the Queen, the Prince, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
the Knights and Burgesses of the Parliament, should be blown up with Powder.
|
| Secondly, That the whole Royal Issue Male should be destroy'd. |
| Thirdly, That they would take into their Custody Elizabeth and
Mary the King's Daughters, and proclaim the Lady Elizabeth
Queen. |
| Fourthly, That they should feign a Proclamation in the name of Elizabeth,
in which no mention should be made of Alteration of Religion,
nor that they were Parties to the Treason, until they
had raised Power to perform the same; and then to
proclaim, All Grievances in the Kingdom should be
reformed.
That they also took Several Oaths, and receiv'd
the Sacrament; First, for Secrecy; Secondly, for
Prosecution; except they were discharg'd thereof by
three of them.
That after the Destruction of the King, the Queen,
the Prince, the Royal Issue Male, the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, the Knights and Burgesses,
they should notify the same to foreign States; and
thereupon Sir Edmund Baynam an attainted
Person of Treason, and styling himself Prime of the
damned Crew, should be sent and make the same known
to the Pope, and crave his Aid: an Embassador fit
both for the Message and Persons, to be sent
betwixt the Pope and the Devil.
That the Parliament being prorogued till the 7th of
February, they in December made a
Mine under the House of Parliament, purposing to
place, their Powder there; but the Parliament being
then further adjourned till the 3d of
October, they in Lent following hired the
Vault, and placed therein 20 Barrels of Powder.
That they took to them, Robert Winter,
Grant, and Rookwood, giving them the
Oaths and Sacrament as aforesaid, as to provide
Munition.
| July 20. |
They laid in more ten Barrels of
Powder, laying upon them divers great Bars of Iron,
and pieces of Timber, and great massy Stones, and
covered the same with faggots, &c. |
| September 20. |
They laid in more, 4
Hogsheads of Powder, with other Stores and Bars of
Iron thereupon. |
November 4. |
(The Parliament being prorogued
to the 5th) at 11 a clock at Night, Fawkes
had prepared (by the procurement of the rest)
Touchwood and Match, to give fire to the Powder
the next Day. |
That the Treason being miraculously discovered,
they put themselves, and procured others to enter
into open Rebellion; and gave out most untruly, It
was for that the Papists Throats were to be cut.
|
* Sir Edward Coke * Attor. General. It appeareth to your Lordships, and to
the rest of this most honourable and grave Assembly, even
by that which Mr. Serjeant hath already opened, that these are
the greatest treasons that ever were plotted in England, and concern
the greatest King that ever was of England. But when this Assembly
shall further hear, and see discovered the Roots and Branches of the same, not
hitherto published, they will say indeed, Quis haec posteris sic narrare
peterit, ut facta non ficta esse videantur ? That when these things shall be
related to Posterity, they will be reputed matters feigned,
not done. And therefore in this so great a Cause, upon the Carriage and Event
whereof the Eye of all Christendom is at this day bent; I shall desire that
I may with your patience be somewhat more copious, and not so succint, as my
usual manner hath been; and yet will I be no longer than the very matter it self
shall necessarily require. But before I enter into the particular Narration of this
Cause, I hold it fit to give Satisfaction to some, and those well affected amongst
us, who have not only marvelled, but grieved, that no speedier Expedition hath
been used in these Proceedings, considering the Monstrousness and
continual Horror of this so desperate a Cause.
- It is, Ordo Naturae, agreeable to the Order of Nature, that things
of great weight and magnitude should slowly proceed, according to that of the
Poet, Tarda solet magnis rebus adesse fides. And surely of these
things we may truly say, Nunquam ante dies nostros talia acciderunt;
neither hath the Eye of Man seen, nor the Ear of Man heard the like things to
these.
- Veritas temporis filia, Truth is the Daughter of Time; especially in
this Case, wherein by timely and often Examinations, First, Matters of
greatest moment have been lately found out. Secondly, Some
known Offenders, and those capital, but lately, apprehended. Thirdly,
Sundry of the principal Arch-Traitors before unknown, now manifested, as the
Jesuits. Fourthly, Heretical, treasonable and damnable Books lately
found out; one of
Equivocation, and another, De officio Principis
Christiani, of Francis Tresham's.
- There have been already twenty and three several
days spent in Examinations.
- We should otherwise have hanged a Man unattainted,
for Guy Fawkes passed for a time under the
name of John Johnson: So that if by that name
greater Expedition had been made, and he hanged,
though we had not missed of the Man, yet the
Proceeding would not have been so orderly or
justifiable.
- The King out of his Wisdom and great Moderation,
was pleased to appoint this Trial in time of
Assembly in Parliament, for that it concerned
especially those of the Parliament.
Now touching the Offences themselves, they are so
exorbitant and transcendent, and aggregated of so
many bloody and fearful Crimes, as they cannot be
aggravated by any Inference, Argument or Circumstance
whatsoever; and that in three respects:
First, Because this Offence is Prim?
impressionis, and therefore sine Nomine,
without any name which might be ad?quatum,
sufficient to express it, given by any Legist, that
ever made or writ of any Laws. For the highest
Treason that all they could imagine, they called it
only Crimen l?s? Majestatis, the violating of
the Majesty of the Prince. But this Treason doth want
an apt name, as tending not only to the Hurt, but to
the Death of the King; and not the Death of the King
only, but of his whole Kingdom, Non Regis sed
Regni, that is, to the Destruction and
Dissolution of the Frame and Fabrick of this antient,
famous, and ever-flourishing Monarchy; even the
Deletion of our whole Name and Nation: And
therefore hold not thy tongue, O God, keep not still
silence, refrain not thy self, O God; for lo 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. Psal. 83. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Secondly, It is, Sine exemplo, beyond
all Examples, whether in Fact or Fiction, even of the
tragick Poets, who did beat their Wits to represent
the most fearful and horrible Murders.
Thirdly, It is, Sine modo, without
all measure or stint of Iniquity; like a Mathematical
Line, which is, divisibilis in semper
divisibilia, infinitely divisible.
It is Treason to imagine or intend the Death of the
King, Queen, or Prince.
For Treason is like a Tree whose Root is full of
Poison, and lieth secret and hid within the Earth, resembling the
Imagination of the Heart of
Man, which is so secret as God only knoweth it.
Now the Wisdom of the Law provideth for the blasting and nipping,
both of the Leaves, Blossoms, and Buds which proceed from this Root of
Treason; either by Words, which are like to Leaves, or by some overt Act,
which may be resembled to Buds or Blossoms, before it cometh to such
Fruit and Ripeness, as would bring utter Destruction and Desolation
upon the whole State.
It is likewise Treason to kill the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, or
any Justice of the one Bench or other; Justices of Assize, or any other
Judge mentioned in the Statute of 25 Edw. III. sitting in their
Judicial Places, and exercising their Offices. And the Reason is, for that
every Judge so fitting by the King's Authority, representeth the Majesty
and Person of the King; and therefore it is Crimen l?s?
Majestatis, to kill him, the King being always in Judgment of
Law present in Court. But
in the high Court of Parliament, every Man by virtue of the King's
Authority, by Writ under the Great Seal, hath a judicial Place; and so
consequently the killing of every of them had been a several Treason, and
Crimen l?s? Majestatis. Besides that to their treasons were added
Rebellion, Burglary, Robbery, Horse-stealing, &c. So that this
Offence is such, as no Man can express it, No Example pattern it, no
Measure contain it.
Concerning foreign Princes; there was here a Protestation made for
the clearing of them from all Imputation and Aspersion whatsoever.
First, For that whilst Kingdoms stood in Hostility, hostile Actions are
holden honourable and just.
Secondly, It is not the King's Serjeant, Attorney, or Sollicitor, that in
any sort touch or mention them: For we know that great Princes and
Personages are reverently and respectfully to be spoken of; and that there is
Lex in sermone tenenda. But it is Fawkes, Winter, and the rest
of the
Offenders, that have confessed so much as hath been said: And therefore the
King's Counsel Learned doth but repeat the Offender's Confession, and
charge or touch no other Person. They have also slander'd unjustly our great
Master King James, which we only repeat, to shew the Wickedness
and Malice of the Offenders.
Thirdly, So much as is said concerning foreign Princes, is so woven
into the matter of the Charge of these Offenders, as it cannot be sever'd,
or singled from the rest of the matter; so as it is inevitable, and cannot
be
pretermitted.
Now as this Powder-Treason is in itself prodigious and unnatural, so
it is in the Conception and Birth most monstrous, as arising out of the
dead Ashes of former Treasons. For it had three Roots, all planted and
watered by Jesuits, and English Romish Catholicks: The first
Root in England, in December and March; the
second in F1anders, in June; the third in Spain, in
July. In England it had two Branches, one in
December was twelve Months before the death of the late
Queen of blessed Memory; another in March wherein she
died.
First in December, Anno Dom. 1601. do Henry
Garnet Superior of the Jesuits in England, Robert
Tesmond Jesuit, Robert Catesby (who was bono
subacto & versuto ingenio & profunda perfidia) together with
Francis
Tresham and others, in the names, and for the behalf of all the
English Romish
Catholicks, imploy Thomas Winter into Spain, as for the general
good of
the Romish Catholick Cause; and by him doth Garnet write his Letters to
Father Creswell, Jesuit residing in Spain, in that behalf. With
Thomas Winter
doth Tesmond, alias Greeneway the Jesuit, go as an Associate
and
Confederate in that Conspiracy. The Message (which was principally
committed unto the said Winter) was, that he should make a Proposition
and Request to the King of Spain, in the behalf and names of the
English
Catholicks, That the King would send an Army hither into England,
and that the Forces of the Catholicks in England should be prepared to
join with him, and do him Service. And further, that he should move
the King of Spain to bestow some Pensions here in England,
upon sundry Persons Catholicks, and devoted to his Service: And moreover,
to give Advertisement, that the said King of Spain, making use of the
general Discontentment that young Gentlemen and Soldiers were in, might no
doubt,He interrupted her. Close at hand is a stable where two beautiful ponies are kept. They are snowy white, and are consecrated to the goddess Ku-wanon, the deity of mercy, who is the presiding genius of the temple. They are in the care of a young girl, and it is considered a pious duty to feed them. Pease and beans are for sale outside, and many devotees contribute a few cash for the benefit of the sacred animals. If the poor beasts should eat a quarter of what is offered to them, or, rather, of what is paid for, they would soon die of overfeeding. It is shrewdly suspected that the grain is sold many times over, in consequence of a collusion between the dealers and the keeper of the horses. At all events, the health of the animals is regarded, and it would never do to give them all that is presented. On their return from the garden they stopped at a place where eggs are hatched by artificial heat. They are placed over brick ovens or furnaces, where a gentle heat is kept up, and a man is constantly on watch to see that the fire neither burns too rapidly nor too slowly. A great heat would kill the vitality of the egg by baking it, while if the temperature falls below a certain point, the hatching process does not go on. When the little chicks appear, they are placed under the care of an artificial mother, which consists of a bed of soft down and feathers, with a cover three or four inches above it. This cover has strips of down hanging from it, and touching the bed below, and the chickens nestle there quite safe from outside cold. The Chinese have practised this artificial hatching and rearing for thousands of years, and relieved the hens of a great deal of the monotony of life. He would not have it in the scabbard, and when I laid it naked in his hand he kissed the hilt. Charlotte sent Gholson for Ned Ferry. Glancing from the window, I noticed that for some better convenience our scouts had left the grove, and the prisoners had been marched in and huddled close to the veranda-steps, under their heavy marching-guard of Louisianians. One of the blue-coats called up to me softly: "Dying--really?" He turned to his fellows--"Boys, Captain's dying." Assuming an air of having forgotten all about Dick¡¯s rhyme, he went to his place in the seat behind Jeff and the instant his safety belt was snapped Jeff signaled to a farmer who had come over to investigate and satisfy himself that the airplane had legitimate business there; the farmer kicked the stones used as chocks from under the landing tires and Jeff opened up the throttle. ¡°Yes,¡± Dick supplemented Larry¡¯s new point. ¡°Another thing, Sandy, that doesn¡¯t explain why he¡¯d take three boys and fly a ship he could never use on water¡ªwith an amphibian right here.¡± Should you leave me too, O my faithless ladie? And years of remorse and despair been your fate, That night was a purging. From thenceforward Reuben was to press on straight to his goal, with no more slackenings or diversions. "Is that you, Robin?" said a soft voice; and a female face was seen peeping half way down the stairs. HoMElãñÔóÂÜÀ³ó
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