“To William Lord Mounteagle.
“Lo, what my country should have done (have raised
An obelisk, or column to thy name;
Or if she would but modestly have praised
Thy fact, in brass or marble writ the same).
I, that am glad of thy great chance, here do!
And proud, my work shall out-last common deeds,
Durst think it great, and worthy wonder too,
But thine: for which I do’t, so much exceeds!
My country’s parents I have many known;
But saver of my country, thee alone.”
RECAPITULATION OF PROOFS, ARGUMENT, AND CONCLUSIONS.
(1) The revealing plotter cannot have been Tresham or any one of the other eight who were condemned to death in Westminster Hall; otherwise he would have pleaded such fact.
(2) The revealing plotter must have been amongst those who survived not to tell the tale: that is, either Catesby, Percy, John Wright, or Christopher Wright.
(3) Christopher Wright, a subordinate conspirator introduced late in the conspiracy, was the revealing conspirator.
(4) Father Edward Oldcorne, S.J., was the Penman of the Letter.
(5) Thomas Ward was the diplomatic Go-between common to both.