Guy Fawkes: or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance
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Ainsworth William Harrison. Guy Fawkes: or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance
TO MRS. HUGHES, KINGSTON LISLE, BERKS
PREFACE
Book the First. THE PLOT
CHAPTER I. AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER II. ORDSALL CAVE
CHAPTER III. ORDSALL HALL
CHAPTER IV. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER V. CHAT MOSS
CHAPTER VI. THE DISINTERMENT
CHAPTER VII. DOCTOR DEE
CHAPTER VIII. THE MAGIC GLASS
CHAPTER IX. THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE
CHAPTER X. THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT
CHAPTER XI. THE PILGRIMAGE TO ST. WINIFRED'S WELL
CHAPTER XII. THE VISION
CHAPTER XIII. THE CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XIV. THE PACKET
CHAPTER XV. THE ELIXIR
CHAPTER XVI. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER
CHAPTER XVII. THE RENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XIX. THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XX. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL
Book the Second. THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER I. THE LANDING OF THE POWDER
CHAPTER II. THE TRAITOR
CHAPTER III. THE ESCAPE PREVENTED
CHAPTER IV. THE MINE
CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA
CHAPTER VI. THE CELLAR
CHAPTER VII. THE STAR-CHAMBER
CHAPTER VIII. THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER IX. THE COUNTERPLOT
CHAPTER X. WHITE WEBBS
CHAPTER XI. THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER XII. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER
CHAPTER XIII. THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XIV. THE EXAMINATION
Book the Third. THE CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER I. HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE
CHAPTER II. SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA
CHAPTER III. HUDDINGTON
CHAPTER IV. HOLBEACH
CHAPTER V. THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION
CHAPTER VI. HAGLEY
CHAPTER VII. VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL
CHAPTER VIII. HENDLIP
CHAPTER IX. WHITEHALL
CHAPTER X. THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM
CHAPTER XI. THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON
CHAPTER XII. THE TRAITOR BETRAYED
CHAPTER XIII. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA
CHAPTER XV. SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
CHAPTER XVI. OLD PALACE YARD
CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST EXECUTION
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The tyrannical measures adopted against the Roman Catholics in the early part of the reign of James the First, when the severe penal enactments against recusants were revived, and with additional rigour, and which led to the remarkable conspiracy about to be related, have been so forcibly and faithfully described by Doctor Lingard,1 that the following extract from his history will form a fitting introduction to the present work.
“The oppressive and sanguinary code framed in the reign of Elizabeth, was re-enacted to its full extent, and even improved with additional severities. Every individual who had studied or resided, or should afterwards study or reside in any college or seminary beyond the sea, was rendered incapable of inheriting, or purchasing, or enjoying lands, annuities, chattels, debts, or sums of money, within the realm; and as missionaries sometimes eluded detection under the disguise of tutors, it was provided that no man should teach even the rudiments of grammar in public or in private, without the previous approbation of the diocesan.
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“It is our only chance,” replied the young merchant, speaking in a low tone, that his answer might not reach Viviana's ears; “and after all, the darkness may be serviceable. Our pursuers are so near, that if it were less gloomy, they might hit upon the right track. It will be a risk to us to proceed, but certain destruction to those who follow. And now let us make what haste we can. Every moment is precious.”
The dreary and fast darkening waste had now opened upon them in all its horrors. Far as the gaze could reach appeared an immense expanse, flat almost as the surface of the ocean, and unmarked, so far as could be discerned in that doubtful light, by any trace of human footstep or habitation. It was a stern and sombre prospect, and calculated to inspire terror in the stoutest bosom. What effect it produced on Viviana may be easily conjectured. But her nature was brave and enduring, and, though she trembled so violently as scarcely to be able to keep her seat, she gave no utterance to her fears. They were now skirting that part of the morass since denominated, from the unfortunate speculation previously alluded to, “Roscoe's Improvements.” This tract was the worst and most dangerous portion of the whole moss. Soft, slabby, and unsubstantial, its treacherous beds scarcely offered secure footing to the heron that alighted on them. The ground shook beneath the fugitives as they hurried past the edge of the groaning and quivering marsh. The plover, scared from its nest, uttered its peculiar and plaintive cry; the bittern shrieked; other night-fowl poured forth their doleful notes; and the bull-frog added its deep croak to the ominous concert. Behind them came the thundering tramp and loud shouts of their pursuers. Guy Fawkes had judged correctly. Before they reached Baysnape the moon had withdrawn behind a rack of clouds, and it had become profoundly dark. Arrived at this point, Humphrey Chetham called to them to turn off to the right.
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