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stories from Parliament the Gunpowder
Plot part 1
this is not my story
I'm will dandy you won't find my name in
the history books I was just a servant
see just a man who lit fires and poured
wine for his master
Robert Catesby I don't care what they
say about him he was a good man brave
determined strong I was proud to serve
him but he was guilty they were all
guilty I knew what they were planning
and said nothing
told no one so perhaps I was guilty too
they first came to my Master's house in
Lambeth in London town on the evening of
the 20th of May 1605 let us in will we
have business with your master this way
sir
Master Catesby is expecting you the
three of them I recognised Thomas Percy
John Wright and Thomas winter but one
was a stranger a dark-haired man who
seldom spoke Guy Fawkes muster Catesby I
am pleased to meet you welcome master
Forks I've heard much about you I'm glad
that you could join us well serve wine
to these gentlemen okay nobody notices a
servant when you're a servant it's like
being invisible so sometimes you hear
things things you're not supposed to
hear the treatment of our true Catholic
Church gets worse every day Master
Catesby the New King James fears and
hates us as much as Elizabeth Dean our
priests are still in hiding and our
people find and jailed even put to death
if they refuse to accept the new
religion we must take action against the
Kings I am prepared to do it for my
faith here today
I draw my sword against the king and I
and I and I and you master Fox will you
draw your sword against the king what do
you say
I say that we have to finish this
persecution forever so that all
Catholics can be free to worship in
peace answer my question Forks are you
prepared to kill the king the king the
government the Lord's and every
Protestant tyrant who denies our freedom
and spits on the true church we have to
kill them all kill them all and how
would you propose to do that Master Fox
gunpowder sir thirty barrels of
gunpowder in a cellar
under the House of Lords the State
Opening of Parliament they'll all be
there the King and all our enemies in
one room then all it takes is a match
one single match one tiny spark and bang
all gone
that's when I should have said something
that's when I should have told someone
but I didn't over the next few weeks a
plot started to take shape
we have the Gunpowder mastercase be
Forks has purchased thirty four barrels
enough to blow the whole place to a
million pieces were bringing it across
the river in small boats a few barrels
every night a seller has been hired
right under the House of Lords I have
the keys here it's the perfect place for
the Gunpowder the State Opening of
Parliament is to be November the 5th and
our 34 barrels will be in place that
will be the day gentlemen
November the 5th will be our a day will
need matches and slow-burning touch wood
so a man can light the fuse and still
have time to escape before the whole
place explodes and who will be our man
who will be the one to light the fuse
I will do it gentleman master Forks you
are prepared to do this you're sure I am
sure it will be an honor under the 4th
the night before the attack I dreamt of
Guy Fawkes in my dreams he was walking
through the cellar under Parliament with
his lantern and his matches in my dream
I saw him stand before the barrels of
gunpowder and light his fuse
the mighty explosion and felt the heat
of the fire on my face
oh then I whoa I was trembling I knew
that I should tell someone warn the king
of this terrible thing which was about
to happen but my shame I did nothing
they were old guilty and I was guilty
too at night I tried to pray but could
not find the words
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