The story of the Gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes.
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stories from Parliament the Gunpowder
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Plot part 1
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this is not my story I'm will dandy you
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won't find my name in the history books
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I was just a servant see just a man who
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lived fires and poured wine for his
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master Robert kicks me I don't care what
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they say about him he was a good man
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brave determined strong I was proud to
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serve him but he was guilty they were
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all guilty I knew what they were
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planning and said nothing told no one so
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perhaps I was guilty to the first came
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to my masters house in Lambeth in London
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town on the evening of the twentieth of
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May 1605 let us in will we have business
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with your master this way sir master
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Catesby is expecting you the three of
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them I recognized Thomas Percy John
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Wright and Thomas winter but one was a
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stranger a dark-haired man who seldom
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spoke Guy Fawkes muster Catesby I am
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pleased to meet you welcome master Forks
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I've heard much about you I am glad that
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you could join us well serve wine to
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these gentlemen nobody notices a servant
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when you're a servant is like being
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invisible so sometimes you hear things
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things you're not supposed to hear the
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treatment of our true Catholic Church
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gets worse every day master Catesby the
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New King James fears and hates us as
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much as Elizabeth deal or priests are
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still in hiding and our people fined and
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jailed even put to death if they refuse
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to accept the new religion we must take
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action against the king
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prepared to do it for my faith here
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today I draw my sword against the King
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and I and I and I and you master Fox
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will you draw your sword against the
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king what do you say I say that we have
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to finish this persecution forever so
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that all Catholics can be free to
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worship in peace answer my question
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Forks are you prepared to kill the King
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the king the government the Lord's and
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every Protestant tyrant who denies our
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freedom and spits on the true church we
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have to kill them all kill them all and
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how would you propose to do that master
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Forks gunpowder sir 30 barrels of
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gunpowder in a cellar under the House of
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Lords the State Opening of Parliament
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they'll all be there the king and all
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our enemies in one room then all it
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takes is a match one single match one
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tiny spark and bang all gone
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that's when I should have said something
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that's when I should have told someone
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but I didn't over the next few weeks a
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plot started to take shape we have the
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Gunpowder master Catesby Forks has
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purchased 34 barrels enough to blow the
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whole place to a million pieces were
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bringing it across the river in small
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boats a few barrels every night a seller
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has been hired right under the House of
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Lords I have the keys here it's the
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perfect place for that gunpowder the
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state opening of Parliament is to be
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november the fifth and our 34 barrels
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will be in place that will be the day
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gentlemen November the 5th will be our a
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day we'll need matches and slow burning
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touch wood so a man can light the fuse
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and still have time to escape before the
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whole place explodes and who will be old
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man who will be the one to light the
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fuse I will do it gentlemen Master Forks
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you are prepared to do this you're sure
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I am sure it will be an honor under the
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Fourth the night before the attack I
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dreamt of guy fawkes in my dreams he was
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walking through the cellar under planet
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with his Lantern and his matches
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in my dream I saw him stand before the
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barrels of gunpowder and light his fuse
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the mighty explosion and felt the heat
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of the fire on my face
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oh then I room I was trembling I knew
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that I should tell someone warned the
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king of this terrible thing which was
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about to happen but my shame I did
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nothing they were old guilty and I was
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guilty too at night I tried to pray but
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could not find the words
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