Instead they either died on the scaffold as traitors or in fights with local constabularies, implicating priests accused of hearing their confessions and not betraying the sanctity of the Sacrament by reporting them to the government. Priests like Blessed Edward Oldcorne and Henry Garnett, SJ suffered torture and death--while the government tortured St. Nicholas Owen relentlessly to discover the location of the priest hiding holes he'd constructed in Catholic safe houses.
Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
Now there is great concern for pets, who might be frightened by the bonfires and fireworks, as this story demonstrates.
November 5 also recalls the invasion of Prince William III of
Orange, landing at Brixham, Torbay in 1688. And this, also, to me is one of the
saddest responses of the Anglican elite to the possibility of religious
tolerance in England--invite an invasion and depose a legitimately ruling king!
William the new conqueror brought a force of around 21,000--mostly foreign
mercenaries--including cavalry and artillery. The fact that 1688 was the 1ooth
anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada also seemed providential to the
Whigs and Tories who rejected James II and his young son and heir. Unlike the
Spanish attempt 100 years ago, this invasion would succeed!
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