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" Last of all came the great Devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being weak with torture and sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough... "
What was the Gunpowder Plot?: The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence - Page 260
by John Gerard - 1897 - 290 pages
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Tom Nash His Ghost: to the Three Scurvy Fellowes of the Upstart Family of ...

Thomas Nashe (pseud) - 1871 - 326 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great Devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...hangman, went high enough to brake his neck with the fall : who made no long speech, but, after a sort, seeming to be sorry for his offence, asked a kind of...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 3

William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1809 - 662 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck with the fall : Who...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ..., Volume 2

Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1809 - 760 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck with the fall: who...
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The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and ..., Volume 3

Harleian miscellany - 1809 - 592 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...weak with torture and sickness, he was scarce able to цо up the ladder, but yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his...
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The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 3

Great Britain - 1809 - 610 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...weak with torture and sickness, he was scarce able to >.;o up the ladder, but yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...

Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 758 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to, break his neck with the fall: who...
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The months of the year; or, Conversations on the calendar [signed J.R.].

J. R - 1824 - 350 pages
...Last of all came Faulkes alias John, who- would have put fire to the powder ; his body being weakc with torture and sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but yet with much ado, by the helpe of the. hangman, went hie enough to breake his necke with the fall;...
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Criminal trials [by D. Jardine].

David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 440 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but yet, with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck with the fall; who...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 25

1835 - 466 pages
...was quickly divided into four parts. Last of all came the great devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder, but yet, with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck with the fall ;...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...quickly divided into four parts. " Last of all came the great Devil of all, Fawkes, alias Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being...was scarce able to go up the ladder, but with much «do, by the help of the hangman, went high enouch to brake his neck with the fall: who made no long...
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