Gunpowder Plot November 5, 1605.
This plot, most illegal
Would kill Lord Monteagle,
Who received a note to inveigle
Him not to attend;
By Tresham was penned.
Unsigned, with no names
Monteagle took it to James
And the fate of the plotters was sealed.
On the night of the fourth,
The King's men went forth
And at midnight Guy Fawkes made to yield.
Then trampled and trussed, before Monarch was kneeled.
Tortured, he lasted two days;
Gave names, in pain half crazed.
Yes, in making him talk, they had '“' ways'.
Meanwhile, the plotters rode north,
To escape the Royalists' wrath;
But despite all their guile,
They were brought back for trial
And then they were hung, drawn and quartered!
So, but for that letter,
Events might have gone better
And the plotters' plans might not have faltered;
Then how this island's story would have altered.
Don Filliston.