Conspirators, the, list of, 2, 3; their character and antecedents, 35-41; their enrolment, 9, 64, 252; their plans and proceedings, 9-11, 60 _seq._; mining operations, 10, 63; incredibility of the story, 65 _seq._, 76 _seq._, 141; they hire the "cellar," 69 _seq._; purchase and store gunpowder, 78; difficulties concerning it, 78, 132, 134-137; further designs, 11, 80-82; alarmed by the prorogation, 114, 230; flight and attempted rebellion, 2; their fate, 4-6. Cope, Sir Walter, on the character of Cecil, 27 _note_. Cornwallis, Sir Charles, English Ambassador in Spain, on the character of the conspirators, 40; letter to Father Cresswell, 195; on the Catholic design to murder Cecil, 221 _note_. Cresswell, Father Joseph, S.J., allegations concerning him, 195; Cornwallis' letter to him, _ibid_. Dacre, Francis, titular Lord, efforts to connect him with the Plot, 177. Darnley, Henry, Lord, father of James I., the victim of a gunpowder plot, 37, 50. Davenport, Father Christopher, O.P. (Francis à S. Clara), 145 _note_. Davies, Joseph, a government "discoverer," 94. De Beaumont, M., French Ambassador, 119 _note_. De la Boderie, M., French Ambassador, on Cecil's insecurity, 26; on the ruin of Northumberland, 23. Del-Rio, Father Martin, S.J., said to have described the Plot A.D. 1600, 263. Derby, Earl of (William Stanley), attempt to incriminate him, 198. De Ros, Lord, on Faukes' plan of escape, 144 _note_. Devonshire, Earl of (Charles Blount), 168 _note_, 170 _note_, 211, 266. Digby, Sir Everard, joins the Conspiracy, 10, 253; difficulties and contradictions regarding him, 79 _note_, 253; his letter to Salisbury, 33, 245; part assigned to him, 78 _note_; his fate, 6. _See also_ Conspirators. Digby, Sir John, English Ambassador in Spain, 22 _note_. Digby, Sir Kenelm, his evidence reported, 160. Digby, Sir Robert, 38 _note_. Dixon, Hepworth (_Her Majesty's Tower_), on government intelligence, 111 _note_. Dodd, Rev. Charles, on the origin of the Plot, 18, 51. Dorset, Earl of (Thomas Sackville), his esteem for Cecil, 21. Dunbar, Earl of (George Hume), 168 _note_, 172, 266. Dunfermline, Earl of (Alexander Seaton), on the effective use of torture, 259. Dunsmoor Heath, projected hunting match on, 11. Edmondes, Sir Thomas, English Ambassador at Brussels, account of the "discovery" sent to him, 108, 124; version of Faukes' confession sent to him, 186; proofs against Owen sent to him, 190, 191; his negotiations with the archdukes, 186 _seq._; letters of, 102, 187, 188, 189; letters to, 85, 106, 113, 154, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190. Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of James I., designs of the conspirators regarding her, 81. _England's Warning Peece_, 195, 262. _English Protestants' Plea_, 40, 51, 108 _note_, 195 _note_.