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Guy Fawkes and Satan outside the Houses of Parliament, 1617. The Gunpowder Plot. 'See, here, the Popish Pouder-plots fair thriving; Fauks and his Father-Satan sit contriving The fatall-Instruments, to puffe and blow Hell out of Earth, a State to over-throw, At Once, for All: But, here, behold likewise, Heavens All-seeing-Eye, which deepest-pits espies: This desperate Worke of Darknesse sees most clear, And, timely, makes the mischief All appeare: To Israels blessed Shepheards endlesse glory, As is full-shown in this succeeding Story'. From "Mischeefes mysterie: or, Treasons master-peece, the Powder-plot Inuented by hellish malice, preuented by heauenly mercy: truely related. And from the Latine of the learned and reuerend Doctour Herring translated, and very much dilated". [G. M. for R. Harford: London, 1641]