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act_n	death_n	king_n	treason_n	2,352	5	9.2422	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41236	Festa Anglo-Romana, or, The feasts of the English and Roman church, with their fasts and vigils being an exact and concise accompt of their various etymologies and appellations, with the reasons and grounds of their celebration : together with a succinct discourse of several other grand days in the universities, Inns of courts, and the collar and offering days at White-Hall, tending, to the instruction of all persons in all capacities, and the dilucidation of several seeming difficulties in the ancient, as well as modern English and Roman calendar / by a true son of the Church of England.	True son of the Church of England.	1678 (1678)	Wing F821; ESTC R7435	34,996	146

have proceeded there was suddenly discovered a Plot of Treason so Damnable and Foul that Posterity will hardly think it true when they shall hear of it The Plot was to blow up with Gun-powder both Houses of Parliament at a time when the King Prince and all the Nobility should be sitting in the Upper House and all the Knights and Burgesses in the Lower The Principal Contriver of this Plot was Robert Catesby a Gentleman of great account in Northamptonshire descended from that Catesby who had been a special Councellor of King Richard the 3d. to whose Family the Divine Providence had now ordain'd a disastrous Period This Catesby not able to perform the Work alone draws in many to assist him as namely Tho. Piercy Tho. Winter John Graunt Ambrose Rookwood John Wright Francis Tresham Guido Fawks and at last Sir Everard Digby all earnest Papists and all bound by Oath and by receiving the Sacrament To be secret for effecting this Plot they hired a House close adjoining to the Upper House of Parliament where they were to dig through a Wall for the fit placing of their Powder about Candlemas they had wrought the Wall half through and suddenly they heard a noise in the next Room which made them fear they had been discovered but sending Guy Fawks who went now under the Name of John Johnson as Mr. Piercy's Man to see what the matter was he brought word that it was a Cellar where Sea-Coals had been laid and were now a Selling and the Room offered to be Let for a yearly Rent this Room therefore as most fit for their purpose being right under the Parliament-House Mr. Piercy presently went and hired laying into it 20 Barrels of Powder which were covered with Billets and Faggots that they might not be discovered Thus the 1st part of the Plot was put in good readiness it now remain'd to consider what was to be done when the Blow should be given intending to surprize the Duke of York who was absent and the Lady Elizabeth at the Lord Harrington's in Warwickshire where she then lay under pretence of a Match at Hunting near Dunchurch but their Tenderness lest their Friends should Perish overthrows them for to prevent such Promiscuous Slaughter a Letter was framed and sent to the Lord Monteagle Son and Heir of the Lord Morley brought him by one of his Foot-men which he receiv'd from an unknown Man in the Street The Letter was as followeth My Lord OUt of the Love I bear to some of your Friends I have a care of your Preservation therefore I would wish you as you tender your Life to forbear your Attendance at this Parliament for God and Man have Concurr'd to Punish the Wickedness of this Time and think not slightly ef this Advertisement for tho there be no Appearance of any stir yet I say they shall receive a terrible Blow this Parliament and yet shall not see who hurts them This Counsel is not to be Contemn'd because it may do you good and can do you no harm for the Danger is past as soon as you have burn'd this Letter and I hope you will make good use of it My Lord having read this Letter tho much perplex'd yet went presently to the Court the King being then a Hunting at Royston and delivered it to the Earl of Salisbury Principal Secretary of State and the Earl having read it acquainted first the Lord Chamberlain with it and then the Lord Admiral the Earls of Worcester and Northampton who as soon as the King was return'd from Hunting acquainted him with it but the King apprehended some Violent Motion and that it must be some sudden danger by Blowing up with Powder and diligent search being made by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Monteagle who entring the Cellar found great store of Faggots and Billets and more diligent search being made there were found under the Billets 36 Barrels of Powder together with other Instruments fit for their purpose and apprehended Fawx there and found in his Pocket a piece of Touch-wood a Tinder-box to light the Touch-wood and a Watch which Mr. Piercy had bought the day before to try the short or long burning of the Touch-wood that was prepared to give fire to the Train of Powder Most of the Confederates met at Dunchurch according to Agreement but the Plot being thus Discovered Catesby Piercy were both slain coming out of Mr. Littleton's House in Worcestershire so were John and Christopher Wright the rest taken and on the 27th of January following a Commission was directed to divers Lords and Judges of both Benches for Trial of the rest of the Confederates who were all Condemn'd and had Judgment to Die and on the Thursday following Sir Everard Digby Robert Winter Graunt and Bates were accordingly Drawn Hang'd and Quarter'd at the West End of St. Paul's Church London and on Friday the other four Tho. Winter Keyes Rookwood and Fawks were Executed in the Parliament-Yard at Westminster This Plot was Discovered to the Rejoycing of all People insomuch that the King of Spain's and the Arch-Duke's Embassadors made Bone-fires and threw Money among the People in token of Joy And now King James not to be unmindful of the Lord Mounteagle for being the means of Discovering this Treason gave him in Fee-farm of Crown-Lands 2000 l. to him and his Heirs and 500 l. a year besides during his Life and not to be Unthankful to God for the Deliverance he caused the 5th of November being the day of the Discovery to be kept Holy with Prayers and Thanksgiving to God which was then solemnly perform'd and hath been since and is likely for ever to be continued The 28th of March following Henry Garnet Provincial of the English Jesuits was Arraign'd in Guild-hall for concealing the aforesaid Treason where he had Judgment to be Drawn Hang'd and Quarter'd and accordingly on the 3d of May was Drawn from the Tower unto the West End of St. Paul's Church and there Executed At his Death he Confessed his Fault asked Forgiveness and Exhorted all Papists never to Attempt any Treason against the King or State as a Course which God would never prosper By an Act 3d Jac. 't is ordain'd that all Persons appear at their Parish-Church for the Observation of this Day This is one of his Majestie 's Collar-days without Offering Queen Katharines Birth-Day November the 15th is the Birth-Day of our most Gracious Queen Katharine Gr. Pure whom God preserve and grant her length of Days Health and Happiness in this world and in the world to come The 19th of this Month is Celebrated in Commemoration of the Nativity of our King Charles the First of Blessed Memory a Royal Monarch and Glorious Martyr who was born this day at Dunfernling in Scotland Anno Dom. 1600 and is placed in our English Rubrick Presentation of the Virgin Mary The 20th or as ours hath it the 21th of this Month is the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Roman Rubrick a