Table of Contents

Part one - before the fruit was ripe: whose head for the crown?; the honest Papists; diversity of opinions. Part two - the horse of St George: a king and his cubs; Spanish charity; Catesby as Phaeton. Part three - that furious and fiery course: so sharp a remedy; pernicious gunpowder; there is a risk...;dark and doubtful letter. Part four - discovery by God or the devil: Mr Fawkes is taken; the gentler tortures; fire and brimstone; these wretches. Part five - the shadow of death: the heart of a traitor; the Jesuits' treason; farewells; Satan's policy?