Gunpowder good use of it.” 
Plot. 
GUN 
Neither Monteagle nor Salisbury, ‘to’ 
whom he earried the letter, was inclined to regard it 
—Y~"" seriously. James was the first to penetrate its meaning. 
The words quoted by Salisbury, to prove to him the 
folly or insanity of its author, viz. « the danger is past 
as soon as you have burnt the letter,” James interpreted 
to signify, not that the danger would be when the 
letter was burnt, but that it would ‘pass in a space of 
time as short as the burning of the letter might occupy. 
This, compared with the pRB AG threat of a “*terri- 
ble blow,” the authors ct »which would be oe 
suggested to the king the of gunpowder, It 
ead lebennined sdeintones hs ra pose a ion of all 
the rooms: and vaults below the houses’ of parliament. 
This duty was. performed the day before the meeting 
by the Lord chamberlain, who, besides noticing the 
prodigious pile of fuel, did not fail to observe also the 
dark, intrepid, and suspicious countenance of Fawkes, 
who, still passing himself for Pierey’s servant, loitered 
about the cellar. This being reported to the council, a 
more particular search was deemed advisable. Accord- 
ingly, Sir Thomas Knevet, justice of peace for West- 
minster, went with proper attendants at midnight, and 
seized Fawkes, just as he had completed his’ prepara- 
tions, and was leaving the vault. He was dressed ina 
eloak and boots, and held in his hand a dark lantern. 
Matches being found upon him, and the powder disco= 
vered under the fuel, the’ guilt became apparent, and 
he no longer sought to conceal it. “He broke out in a 
tone of defiance and contempt, expressing in the strong- 
est:manner, his extreme regret that.so many ‘heretics 
had escaped his vengeance, and declaring that he could 
attribute only to the devil the frustration of so good a 
work. He met the council with the same scornful in- 
trepidity, and obstinately refused giving any account of 
his accomplices ; but, after two days solitary confine- 
ment in the Tower, and the rack being just ‘set before 
him, his courage was shaken, and he made a full disclo- 
sure of the treason. Upon the first notice that Fawkes 
was arrested, Catesby, Piercy, and Winter fled hastil 
into Warwickshire, where they joined the party of Sir 
E. Digby. Sir Everard having’ failed in his attempt to 
seize the Princess, was already pressed, and almost be- 
set by the sheriffs. After being driven for some time 
from place to place before their enemies, ‘they made a 
resolute stand at the house of Holback, in Staffordshire; 
but here-part.of their powder having accidentally ex- 
ploded, they were thrown into the utmost confusion, 
the gates were flung open, and the armed multitude 
rushed in upon them from all sides: Catesby and Pier- 
cy; fighting back to back, fell by the same shot ; Winter, 
Digby, and Rookwood, were taken alive, and, with the 
Jesuits Garnet and Oldcorne, suffered by the execu« 
tioner. More were afterwards convicted ; and some 
owed their lives to the clemency of James. i 
Stourton and Mordaunt, two Catholic lords, having 
been absent from parliament, were suspected of conni- 
vance, and fined, the former: in £4000,’ and the latter 
in £ 10,000. The Earl of Northumberland fell under 
the same suspicion. It was discovered; that, as captain 
of the band of Gentlemen Pensioners, ‘he had ‘excused 
his cousin Piercy, upon his admission into that corps, 
from taking the customary oaths. He -was'stri ped of 
employment, imprisoned during the king’s chen 
and fined in £30,000. ; : 
Such was the issue of this memorable treason,—a 
treason scarcely more memorable for the desperate zeal 
and devoted bigotry of its conductors, than for the mag- 
nitude-of its purpose, and the deep atrocity-of its guilt, 
590. 
G US) 
It has not the excuse of precipitation 
ed and most 
be traced in the minds of Protestants a jealousy 
prejudice, which, even in these times, yield, with much 
reluctance, to the better views and more tolerant spi- 
rit of enli: ened Christianity. (vy cancer med ted 
. GUNSHOT Wounps. See Surcery, «6 9) 995 
~ GUNTER’S Line. See Arrrumertic, vol. ii: page 
423, 424; and Locarrrumic Scaress) ) 6 
GURNIGHEL, is the name of a:mountain inthe 
canton of Bern, and situated 'to:the north of the chain 
of the Stockhorn, on ‘the confines of the cov of 
Schwartzenbourg, and six: to the south. of 1 
It is princi remarkable for its baths of su f 
waters, which are situated on the north-west. of the 
mountain, at the side of a fine wood of firs, and which 
are accessible to i 
according to M. Morell of Bern, -earbonic acid: gas, 
With hepatic gas... 84 cubie inches 
Pian: peer tsar ang yr eer >. onlay 
Lime: ¢ y6)66) 6 os 2b? 22s), dp igraing el 
Sulphate oflime . . 4. 8} grains. © > 
Sulphate of magnesia‘. 29.) gi-grain. 9 
Sulphate of soda... apy igraimt avr 7 
Tron ue grain. ul 
a> SSirte Legbrige fig as : 
A second spring, which is called ‘Schwartzbrunlein, 
has a strong sulphurous odour.: It is at first ; 
very limpid 
decomposed by the air, and becomes 
but it isorapi 
as white.as It is more powerful than the other 
spring, and { quantities of it are sent in bottles her 
metically: to Berne at the price of about 11 sous. 
The lodging-house is commodious, though by no means 
sumptuous. The of board is about 6 or 7 
French livres per day, From the ‘house therevis a fine 
view over the whole of the:canton which is comprehend- 
ed between'the Jura‘and the mountains of Emmenthal, 
and also of the town and lake of Neufchatel. See Ebel’s 
Manuel, &e. #9) - arity ord > eLomn LAAs 
GUSTAVUS Apotruus, commonly called'the Great, 
King of Sweden, was born at Stockholm in the year 1594, 
He was educated with particular care, instruct- 
ed in all the learning and acco ments which are 
calculated to form a statesman and a hero. His. 
‘genius 
was | masinirececenny Sena and he discovered 
an uncommon docility:and desire of acquiring know- 
. In the year 1611, he ascended the throne of 
Sweden, being then only 18; but ‘the vigour of his 
character, and: his various acquirements, compensated 
the disadvantage of his youth ; and the choice which 
shits nthe ei ar sue savetiaibs baie eaater 
ability to conduct the government of the ki y at 
thie headoafigahdeetaeaipagitoved, von Fetal» sreaweg 
Soon “after shis' accession, he “was involved in war 
with the» Danes, the: mera ee yore from 
which he extricated himself with great valour and pru- 
dence ; ‘having increased his ‘dominions by 
the acquisition of Livonia, which he wrested from ‘the 
two last mentioned powers. In the year 1630, he was 
invited by the German Protestants to join the league 
against the Emperor; and. by his powerful assistance, 
Though | t 
undertaken perhaps in. the freshness of imagined in+ — 
iphtsacd salbceveliginal ;Hence may . 
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