The gunpowder plot. A perished kernel [Robert Carr, earl of Somerset] The massacre of Amboyna. The gathering of the storm. The Lancashire witches. The great fire of London. A national scare [1667Chatto & Windus, 1882 - Great Britain |
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accused Amboyna amongst army bishops brought Buckingham Carr castle Catesby cause Charles chief Church command Commissioners Company confessed conspirators Council Countess Countess of Somerset Court Covenanters Crown death declared declined defence Demdike despatched devil Domestic Duke Dutch Earl East Indies enemy England English Catholics Essex Everard Digby examination expedition favour favourite Fawkes fear fire fleet France Francis Tresham Garnet Greenway Guido Fawkes guilty Gunpowder Plot hand Harwich hath Holland honour hope Ibid Isle of Rhé James Jesuits June June 15 King King's kingdom Laud letter London Lord Lord Salisbury Majesty matter ment Mogul Mounteagle nation never November Overbury Papers Papists Parliament peace Pendle Forest persons plot Portuguese priest prisoner proceedings Protestant Queen refused reign Rochester Royal sent ships Sir Thomas Sir William Waad soldiers Somerset Sovereign Spain throne tion torture Tower trade trial Wentworth whilst Whitehall witchcraft witches young