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... brought store of help with them . ' Even Sir Everard Digby , too , had the courage to tell Lord Salisbury in writing that ' If you think fit to deal severely with the Catholics , within brief space there will be massacres , rebellions ...
... brought store of help with them . ' Even Sir Everard Digby , too , had the courage to tell Lord Salisbury in writing that ' If you think fit to deal severely with the Catholics , within brief space there will be massacres , rebellions ...
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... brought back with him the famous Guy Faukes , with whom he was soon after engaged in planning the great conspiracy . John Wright , the next of the conspirators on our list , did not possess the remarkable abilities of Catesby and Winter ...
... brought back with him the famous Guy Faukes , with whom he was soon after engaged in planning the great conspiracy . John Wright , the next of the conspirators on our list , did not possess the remarkable abilities of Catesby and Winter ...
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... Brought up a Pro- testant , it is difficult to ascertain when he became a Catholic , according , vaguely , to Gerard about the time of Essex his enterprise . ' Of Lord Essex he was a warm admirer and devoted adherent . On the accession ...
... Brought up a Pro- testant , it is difficult to ascertain when he became a Catholic , according , vaguely , to Gerard about the time of Essex his enterprise . ' Of Lord Essex he was a warm admirer and devoted adherent . On the accession ...
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... brought that nobleman into grave trouble with the Government , in the same way as Percy's intimacy with his patron , Northumber- land , proved injurious to that unsuspecting peer . At Catesby's advice , the care of the conspirators ...
... brought that nobleman into grave trouble with the Government , in the same way as Percy's intimacy with his patron , Northumber- land , proved injurious to that unsuspecting peer . At Catesby's advice , the care of the conspirators ...
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... brought up a Protestant , but reverted to the faith of his ancestors when still in his ' teens . He became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth , and cut quite a gay figure at Court , his ample fortune , no doubt , being a considerable factor ...
... brought up a Protestant , but reverted to the faith of his ancestors when still in his ' teens . He became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth , and cut quite a gay figure at Court , his ample fortune , no doubt , being a considerable factor ...
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