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... SALISBURY'S ACCOUNT OF THE PLOT XVIII . LASTing Effects OF THE GUNPOWDER TREASON JXIX . MORE LIGHT ON THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER XX . THOMAS WINTER'S CONFESSION . XXI . BEHIND THE SCENES • XXII . THE LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER XXIII . THE ...
... SALISBURY'S ACCOUNT OF THE PLOT XVIII . LASTing Effects OF THE GUNPOWDER TREASON JXIX . MORE LIGHT ON THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER XX . THOMAS WINTER'S CONFESSION . XXI . BEHIND THE SCENES • XXII . THE LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER XXIII . THE ...
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... SALISBURY · ( From the original of Zucchero , in the collection of the Marquis of Salisbury ) KING JAMES THE FIRST ( From a print dated 1621 ) TO FACE PAGE • 154 • 187 • • 193 284 A HISTORY OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT T CHAPTER I HOW 14 List ...
... SALISBURY · ( From the original of Zucchero , in the collection of the Marquis of Salisbury ) KING JAMES THE FIRST ( From a print dated 1621 ) TO FACE PAGE • 154 • 187 • • 193 284 A HISTORY OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT T CHAPTER I HOW 14 List ...
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... Salisbury in writing that ' If you think fit to deal severely with the Catholics , within brief space there will be massacres , rebellions , and desperate attempts against the King and the State . ' It is extraordinary , therefore ...
... Salisbury in writing that ' If you think fit to deal severely with the Catholics , within brief space there will be massacres , rebellions , and desperate attempts against the King and the State . ' It is extraordinary , therefore ...
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... Salisbury's secretary , Munck , at the Record Office , the deed is dated November 23 . 3 Vide ' Thomas Winter's Confession , ' by the Rev. John Gerard , S.J. ( London , 1898 ) . JOHN WRIGHT , wrote his name ' Wintour . ' 36 A History of ...
... Salisbury's secretary , Munck , at the Record Office , the deed is dated November 23 . 3 Vide ' Thomas Winter's Confession , ' by the Rev. John Gerard , S.J. ( London , 1898 ) . JOHN WRIGHT , wrote his name ' Wintour . ' 36 A History of ...
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... Salisbury . Authorities differ , however , as to how nearly he was related to the Earl . The nearness of the connection has , I think , been exaggerated , and ( so far as I can ascertain ) he was no nearer in blood to the head of his ...
... Salisbury . Authorities differ , however , as to how nearly he was related to the Earl . The nearness of the connection has , I think , been exaggerated , and ( so far as I can ascertain ) he was no nearer in blood to the head of his ...
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