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... Council , it was handed to King James . 1 Writing , when in the Tower , to his wife . This callous admission - that there were , perhaps , ' three ' Catholics who would have been killed - should be quoted in evidence against the fulsome ...
... Council , it was handed to King James . 1 Writing , when in the Tower , to his wife . This callous admission - that there were , perhaps , ' three ' Catholics who would have been killed - should be quoted in evidence against the fulsome ...
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... Council , and he was actually brought before the King in his bed - chamber before four o'clock , a.m. This feverish haste to question him is another point in favour of the supposition that the details of the plot were already well known ...
... Council , and he was actually brought before the King in his bed - chamber before four o'clock , a.m. This feverish haste to question him is another point in favour of the supposition that the details of the plot were already well known ...
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... Council , had frequently been , during the nine months preceding the plot , in the company of Fathers Garnet and Greenway , as well as of Gerard . Moreover , he does not seem to consider that his share in the plot was a crime , and ...
... Council , had frequently been , during the nine months preceding the plot , in the company of Fathers Garnet and Greenway , as well as of Gerard . Moreover , he does not seem to consider that his share in the plot was a crime , and ...
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... Council's pleasure when they sent for divers of the better sort of Catholics , as Sir Tho . Tressam and others , and told them it was the King's pleasure to forgive the payment of Catholics , so long as they should carry themselves ...
... Council's pleasure when they sent for divers of the better sort of Catholics , as Sir Tho . Tressam and others , and told them it was the King's pleasure to forgive the payment of Catholics , so long as they should carry themselves ...
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... Council , the results of which examinations , or rather the most important of them , may be set down briefly as below . On February 13 , he admitted that he had for a period of nearly twenty years been the Superior of the Jesuits in ...
... Council , the results of which examinations , or rather the most important of them , may be set down briefly as below . On February 13 , he admitted that he had for a period of nearly twenty years been the Superior of the Jesuits in ...
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Page 218 - He said he believed nothing else, and that they sought only their own ends, holding small account of Catholics. I told him that there were many gentlemen in England, who would not forsake their country, until they had tried the uttermost, and rather venture their lives than forsake her in this misery. And to add one more to our number, as a fit man both for counsel and execution of whatsoever we should resolve, wished for Mr.