[Guy Fawkes by William Harrison Ainsworth]@TWC D-Link bookGuy Fawkes CHAPTER XIII 11/23
We must strike deeper, to hew down the baneful stock of heresy.
All our adversaries must perish with him, and in such a manner as shall best attest the vengeance of Heaven.
Placed beneath the Parliament-house, a mine of powder shall hurl its heretical occupants into the air,--nor shall any one survive the terrible explosion.
Are we all agreed to this plan ?" All the conspirators expressed their assent, except Sir Everard Digby. "Before I give my concurrence to the measure," observed the latter, "I would fain be resolved by Father Garnet whether it is lawful to destroy some few of our own faith with so many heretics." "Unquestionably, my son," replied Garnet.
"As in besieging a city we have a right to kill all within it, whether friends or enemies, so in this case we are justified in destroying the innocent with the guilty, because their destruction will be advantageous to the Catholic cause." "I am satisfied," replied Digby. "As to the tyrant and apostate James," continued Garnet, "he is excommunicated, and his subjects released from their allegiance.
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