Young people's history of England (1887) (14774239274)

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Title: Young people's history of England
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893
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Publisher: Boston, Lee and Shephard New York, C.T. Dillingham
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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to blow^ up the Houses of Parliament (1605). The leading spirit in this conspiracy was Guy Fawkes. A number of barrels filled The conspir-acy of Guy with gunpowder were secretly hid in the cellar ^^ ^^ under the Houses, on the eve of the day whenthe king would open Parliament in person. The inten-tion was to blow up king, princes, courtiers, lords, andcommons, all at once. But the kings advisers got wind ofthe plot, and Guy Fawkes was seized in the cellar, wherehe was getting ready to set the barrels on fire. Fawkes andseveral of his confederates were executed. This gun-powder plot, as it is called, created a great excitementthroughout England. The Catholics denounced it as bit-terly as the Protestants; but the result of the abortiveconspiracy was, that the Catholics were treated moreharshly than ever, and many innocent men of that faithsuffered for the crime of a handful. The Puritans did not conspire against the crown ; butthey were so much restricted in their liberties, and were so
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GUY FAWKES AT WORK.-Page 330. THE HOUSE OF STUART. 231 tyrannically dealt with if they ventured to worship in theirown way, that at last some of them left Eno^land - ^ Emigration forever, and settled at Plymouth, in Massachu- of Puri-setts (1620). Others went later to Salem in thesame State. These were the founders of our great nation.As the years went by, more and more Puritans •^ - . . . New Bn^- crossed the Atlantic to join their brethren in landsettie-America, and seek freedom on the rugged New ^^^ ^England shores. The disagreements between James and Parliament in-creased as time advanced. The king desired to makepeace and be friendly with Spain, Englands ancient ene-my and rival on the seas. With this end in view, he pro-jected a marriage between his edest son, the Prince ofWales, and the daughter of Philip the Third, the Spanishking. James had a handsome and dissolute favorite,Georo^e Villiers, whom he created Duke of Buck- . . The Duke ingham ; and this favorite entered heart