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| | The King's Book - Part Seven: Fawkes' Confession |
 | | I confess that a practice in general was first broken unto me, against his Majesty, for relief of the Catholick cause, and not invented of propounded by myself. |
 | | The five that first entered into the work were Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, John Wright, and myself, and soon after we took another unto us, Christopher Wright, having sworn him also, and taken the Sacrament for secrecy. |
 | | It was about Christmas, when we brought our mine unto the wall, and about Candlemas, we had wrought the wall half through; and, whilst they were in working I stood as a sentinel, to descry any men that came near, whereof I gave warning, and so they ceased, until I gave notice again to proceed. |
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