Archbishop Usher reported divers times to have said “that if Papists knew what he knew, the blame of the Gunpowder Treason would not lie on them”——Suggested explanation of the oracular words——Second Earl of Salisbury reported to have confessed that the Gunpowder Plot was “his father’s contrivance”——Suggested explanation of this strange report. CHAPTER XLIV. 144 Critical examination of the Letter renewed——Writer must have regarded Plot as a scheme defecated of criminous quality——Reason why. CHAPTER XLV. 148 Coughton Hall (now Coughton Court), in Warwickshire, ancestral home of grand old English Roman Catholic family of Throckmorton—— Father Henry Garnet, Superior of English Jesuits, harboured here from 29th October, 1605, to 16th December, 1605——Father Oswald Tesimond at Coughton on Wednesday, 6th November——Bates sent with letters from Catesby and Sir Everard Digby to Father Garnet and Lady Digby——Bates despatched from Norbrook, in Warwickshire—— Arrives at Coughton——Fathers Garnet and Tesimond have conference for half-an-hour——Garnet gives leave to Tesimond to proceed to Huddington, in Worcestershire——Whither conspirators and rebels were come, early on Wednesday, 6th November——Tesimond arrives at Huddington——Psycho-electrical will force of Catesby works on mind of Tesimond——Tesimond inspired with rebellious ardour against Government——Dashes on to Hindlip, within five miles of Huddington. CHAPTER XLVI. 152 Tesimond arrives at Hindlip——Urges the Master of Hindlip and Father Oldcorne to join rebels——Master of Hindlip and Father Oldcorne decline——Anger kindled in breast of Tesimond——Rides off towards Lancashire in hope of rousing to arms dwellers in that Catholic county. CHAPTER XLVII. 154 Who and what was Father Henry Garnet?——A native of Nottingham (1555)——A scholar of Winchester School——Joins Jesuit Novitiate in Rome (1575)——Problem of Garnet’s moral and legal guilt (or otherwise) impartially discussed. CHAPTER XLVIII. (same continued) 157 CHAPTER XLIX. 160 At the end of August, 1605, Garnet leaves London for Gothurst—— Famous pilgrimage to St. Winifred’s Well, Flintshire, North Wales, about 5th September, made from Gothurst——Lady Digby, Ambrose Rookwood and his wife, the Honourable Anne Vaux, and upwards of thirty others, join the pilgrim-band——Father Garnet and Father Percy, chaplain to Sir Everard Digby, lead the cavalcade——Away about a fortnight. CHAPTER L. 165