In Viviana Radcliffe I have sought to portray the loyal and devout Catholic, such as I conceive the character to have existed at the period. In Catesby, the unscrupulous and ambitious plotter, masking his designs under the cloak of religion. In Garnet, the subtle, and yet sincere Jesuit. And in Fawkes the gloomy and superstitious enthusiast. One doctrine I have endeavoured to enforce throughout,—Toleration.
From those who have wilfully misinterpreted one of my former productions, and have attributed to it a purpose and an aim utterly foreign to my own intentions, I can scarcely expect fairer treatment for the present work. But to that wider and more discriminating class of readers from whom I have experienced so much favour and support, I confidently commit this volume, certain of meeting with leniency and impartiality.
[1] Vide History of England, vol. ix. New Edition.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| DEDICATION | [iii] | |
| PREFACE | [v] | |
| Book the First. | ||
| THE PLOT. | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | [1] |
| II. | ORDSALL CAVE | [10] |
| III. | ORDSALL HALL | [12] |
| IV. | THE SEARCH | [26] |
| V. | CHAT MOSS | [31] |
| VI. | THE DISINTERMENT | [49] |
| VII. | DOCTOR DEE | [50] |
| VIII. | THE MAGIC GLASS | [56] |
| IX. | THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE | [62] |
| X. | THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT | [66] |
| XI. | THE PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT WINIFRED'S WELL | [71] |
| XII. | THE VISION | [83] |
| XIII. | THE CONSPIRATORS | [87] |
| XIV. | THE PACKET | [98] |
| XV. | THE ELIXIR | [105] |
| XVI. | THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER | [115] |
| XVII. | THE RENCOUNTER | [129] |
| XVIII. | THE EXPLANATION | [131] |
| XIX. | THE DISCOVERY | [133] |
| XX. | THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL | [139] |
| Book the Second. | ||
| THE DISCOVERY. | ||
| I. | THE LANDING OF THE POWDER | [147] |
| II. | THE TRAITOR | [156] |
| III. | THE ESCAPE PREVENTED | [163] |
| IV. | THE MINE | [169] |
| V. | THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA | [179] |
| VI. | THE CELLAR | [187] |
| VII. | THE STAR-CHAMBER | [195] |
| VIII. | THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER | [198] |
| IX. | THE COUNTERPLOT | [212] |
| X. | WHITE WEBBS | [220] |
| XI. | THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST | [228] |
| XII. | THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER | [237] |
| XIII. | THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS | [245] |
| XIV. | THE EXAMINATION | [255] |
| Book the Third. | ||
| THE CONSPIRATORS. | ||
| I. | HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE | [262] |
| II. | SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA | [274] |
| III. | HUDDINGTON | [278] |
| IV. | HOLBEACH | [292] |
| V. | THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION | [294] |
| VI. | HAGLEY | [304] |
| VII. | VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL | [313] |
| VIII. | HENDLIP | [319] |
| IX. | WHITEHALL | [327] |
| X. | THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM | [311] |
| XI. | THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON | [332] |
| XII. | THE TRAITOR BETRAYED | [336] |
| XIII. | THE TRIAL | [341] |
| XIV. | THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA | [344] |
| XV. | SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD | [347] |
| XVI. | OLD PALACE YARD | [352] |
| XVII. | THE LAST EXECUTION | [355] |