Remember, remember, the fifth of November!Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night, an annual remembrance in the

Remember, remember, the fifth of November!Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night, an annual remembrance in the United Kingdom of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in which Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes, and other Catholic revolutionaries attempted to assassinate the Protestant King James I by blowing up the House of Lords during the opening of Parliament.This 1606 account of the trial of Henry Garnet, one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, bears an interesting and relevant presentation inscription pasted onto the front endpaper:Presented tothe Revd. Athels[ta]n Corbet, withthe respects of Revd. DickinsonMacclesfield March 12th, 1872I send the above to be pastedin the book or committedto the fire, without theaid of gunpowderObviously (and thankfully, for provenance purposes), this presentation note was spared the fire!~Andrew -- source link

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