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130 Vatican AssassinsChapter 5The Jesuits – 1605The Gunpowder PlotAssassination Attempted of King James Iand Entire Assembled British Parliament“Treason was the Jesuits’ proprietary thing . . . since they set foot in thisland there never passed four years without a most pestilent andpernicious treason tending to the subversion of the whole State.” {1}Sir Edward Coke, 1606 EnglishChief Justice Trial of the EnglishProvincial Jesuit Henry Garnett“With the continual attempt of these pertinacious wretches [Jesuits]against the liberties of England, and the lives of Elizabeth and James I,every English reader is familiar: the names of Crichton, Garnett, Parry,Cullen, Gerard, and Tesmond, successively engaged in the design ofassassinating the protestant queen, or in the attempt to blow up ourEnglish Solomon and all his parliament, will for ever perpetuate theirabhorrence in England . . . ” {2} William Howitt, 1833English HistorianA Popular History of Priestcraft“The power of the church exercised over sovereigns . . . is held bydivine right and whoso resists it rebels against the King of kings andLord of lords [the Pope].” {3}Orestes A. Brownson, 1851 SecretJesuit American JournalistBrownson’s Quarterly ReviewThe Jesuits – 1605