It is true that every one knows something of the history of the Gunpowder Treason: but it is also true, that very few are acquainted with those principles which gave it birth. We see, in this treason, to what lengths the principles of the Church of Rome have led their votaries: and who can assert that she is, in any respect, changed? The Romanist denies that the principles of his Church are changed: nay, he must do so, or renounce the doctrine of infallibility, which is incompatible with change: why, then, should Protestants volunteer assertions, respecting the altered character of Popery, when the Papists themselves deny the fact altogether? I may venture to assert that the individual who advances such a statement, is ignorant of the real principles of the Church of Rome. BATH, _October, 1839._ CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Page A Sketch of Papal Attempts in England and Ireland, during the Reign of Elizabeth. The State of Religion and the Country on James’s accession 1 CHAPTER II. Sketches of the Conspirators 17 CHAPTER III. Proceedings of the Conspirators, to the latter end of October, 1605 26 CHAPTER IV. The Jesuits privy to the Plot. The Narrative continued down to the Period of the Discovery of the Treason 40 CHAPTER V. The Proceedings of the Conspirators on the Discovery of the Plot—their Capture at Holbeach—the Meeting of Parliament 57 CHAPTER VI. Trial of the Conspirators 67 CHAPTER VII. Trial and Execution of Garnet, the Jesuit. The alleged Miracles of the Straw. Is declared a Martyr 78 CHAPTER VIII. The Principles on which the Conspirators acted 96 CHAPTER IX. The Act for the Observance of the Day.—A Service prepared for the Occasion.—Alterations in the Service to suit the Landing of King William. Reflections 117 GUY FAWKES. CHAPTER I. A SKETCH OF PAPAL ATTEMPTS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND DURING THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. THE STATE OF RELIGION AND THE COUNTRY ON JAMES’S ACCESSION.