Posted on 11/04/2019 11:59:17 PM PST by jonascord
The Fifth of November
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England's overthrow.
But, by God's providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James's sake!
If you won't give me one,
I'll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!
“My brain’s in a blender”
James Sharpe, professor of history at the University of York, has described how Guy Fawkes came to be toasted as “the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions”.
I remembered the 5th of November. Just suppose they had the EU back then. Might have been better, in that circumstance, if Fawkes had succeeded.
I believe the lesson here is: if you own a House of Lords, don’t lease out storage units underneath it. People might use it to store dynamite. Or undelivered mail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes
Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for mainland Europe, where he fought for Catholic Spain in the Eighty Years’ War against Protestant Dutch reformers in the Low Countries. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England without success. He later met Thomas Wintour, with whom he returned to England, and Wintour introduced him to Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. The plotters leased an undercroft beneath the House of Lords, and Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder which they stockpiled there.
Jeremy, is that you?
Considering the posts on Facebook and Instagram, the British are really still remembering the Fifth of November! It’s been a big deal for days.
John Milton.
“V for Vendetta”
One of my all time favorite movies, featuring one of my all time favorite actresses Natalie Portman.
***** 5 stars.
“We have GUNS!” What you have are bullets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WlvrylwMG8
never heard this one before - interesting
just went looking for the few lines, and found this
just went looking for the few lines, and found this
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