The 5th of November
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| James I |
And it would be James VI of Scotland who would be newly appointed
When he took to the throne he became England's James I
Catholics were excited that he may lift their curse
They'd been accused of being traitors and banned from Mass
Because of the Spanish Armada and the Queen/Pope clash
When James came in he brought Catholics in from the dark
Because his wife was one, Queen Anne of Denmark
But by the end of the year Catholics had abused their freedom
And in the New Year James admitted his 'utter detestation' of them
Heavy fines were imposed and priests were thrown out to rot
So a gang came together to form the Gunpowder Plot
Many think it was Guy Fawkes who led this band
But it was actually Robert Catesby who showed the first hand
His Catholic father had been imprisoned so he decided to rebel
With his friends Thomas' Percy and Wintour, and Jack Wright as well
They recruited Guy Fawkes who was originally from York
He'd been serving in the Spanish Army, in Flanders he fought
The group started out with five vengeful men
And over the course of a year they expanded to ten
A lease was occupied for a cellar under the House of Lords
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| Guy Fawkes |
It was agreed that Fawkes would be the man to light the fuse
Then he would make his escape to Europe on a continental cruise
Simultaneously James' daughter was planned to be kidnapped by some of the team
In order for them to control her as their puppet Queen
But an anonymous letter scuppered the plan of action
And while using an alias Fawkes was caught by a mere fraction
The rest of the group were either captured or killed as they resisted in fight
And on 5 November they were left ruing their plight
Celebratory bonfires were lit in London to the dismay of Catholics
Fawkes and the rest were executed in January 1606
New laws were passed preventing Catholics the right to vote
This was uplifted in 1829, two centuries later...no joke
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