King James indicated in a letter of 6 November that
"The gentler tortours are to be first used unto him, et sic per gradus ad
mia tenditur [and so by degrees proceeding to the worst], and so God speed your
goode worke", as it [torture] was contrary to English common law, unless
authorised by the King or Privy Council.
Eventually on 7 November Guido's spirit broke and
he confessed his real name and that the plot was confined to five men. "He
told us that since he undertook this action he did every day pray to God he
might perform that which might be for the advancement of the Catholic Faith and
saving his own soul".
Fawkes had been well taught by his catholic
teachers. The cause of Catholicism was
to be advanced by any means, even those clearly contrary to the teaching of the
Scriptures. It matter not who or how
many died, so long as Catholicism advanced.
There was missionary zeal apparent in this man, and evangelical
motivation – but to do that which was contrary to God’s Word.
The following day he recounted the events of the conspiracy,
without naming names; then on the 9 November he named his fellow plotters,
having heard that some of them had already been arrested at Holbeche. Guido's
final signature, a barely legible scrawl, is testament to his suffering. There
is no direct evidence as to what tortures were used on Guy Fawkes, although it
is almost certain that they included the manacles, and probably also the rack.
On Monday 27 January 1606, the day of the capture
of Edward Oldcorne and Henry Garnet, the trial of the eight surviving
conspirators began in Westminster Hall. It was a trial in name only, for a
guilty verdict had certainly already been handed down. The conspirators pleaded
not guilty, a plea which caused some consternation amongst those present.
Fawkes later explained that his objection was to the implication that the
"seducing Jesuits" were the principal offenders.
It is clear that amongst those who made these
allegations against Fawkes & Co were men of Christian conviction and
principle, because they discerned the nefarious activity of the Jesuits behind
this anti-biblical religion and faith.
Rome never changes, as she herself has often said. She hates the Protestant evangelical faith
like poison, and will do whatever it takes to destroy it. And she has plenty of helpers within the other
churches, including our Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his lackies.
On Friday, 31 January 1606, Fawkes, Thomas Wintour,
Ambrose Rookwood and Robert Keyes were taken to the Old Palace Yard at
Westminster and hanged, drawn and quartered "in the very place which they
had planned to demolish in order to hammer home the message of their
wickedness". Thomas Wintour was followed by Rookwood and then by Keyes.
Guido, the "romantic caped figure of such evil villainy" came last. A
contemporary wrote:
"Last of all came the great devil of all, Guy Fawkes, alias
Johnson, who should have put fire to the powder. His body being weak with the
torture and sickness he was scarce able to go up the ladder, yet with much ado,
by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck by the fall. He
made no speech, but with his crosses and idle ceremonies made his end upon the
gallows and the block, to the great joy of all the beholders that the land was
ended of so wicked a villainy".
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