. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Old Palace Vard.] THE GUNPOWDER PLOT. 565 design, who approved of it, and, as it is said,mutually joined in an oath of secrecy. Now themanner of carrying on the contrivance was this:Percy being well acquainted at Court, where heenjoyed a place, and upon this account was less order to fill it with fuel for a winters care thereof was committed to Guy Faux,who took the name of John Johnston, and passedfor Mr. Percys servant. Hitherto the contrivancewas kept a secret among the persons above men-. ST. Marga
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Old Palace Vard.] THE GUNPOWDER PLOT. 565 design, who approved of it, and, as it is said,mutually joined in an oath of secrecy. Now themanner of carrying on the contrivance was this:Percy being well acquainted at Court, where heenjoyed a place, and upon this account was less order to fill it with fuel for a winters care thereof was committed to Guy Faux,who took the name of John Johnston, and passedfor Mr. Percys servant. Hitherto the contrivancewas kept a secret among the persons above men-. ST. Margarets church, from the north-west. suspected, hired lodgings near the ParliamentHouse, whereby the conspirators had the conveni-ence of digging for a subterraneous passage. Theylaboured at this work for some months till, meetingwith a very thick wall, which had a deep foundation,the work became tedious, and obliged them todesist. , Mr, Percy informed himselfcf a cellar directly under the Parliament House,which he immediately hired, as he gave out, in144—Vol. III. tioned. Yet they had scattered a report privately,among several Catholics, that something was inagitation in their favour; and people of that com-munion began to entertain thoughts that in a littletime they should be made easy, though theyneither knew when, nor by what means, it was tobe effected. It appeared, indeed, afterwards, thatsome few were let further into the secret (thoughnever acquainted with the blackest part of the S66 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Old Palace Yard, design), and had received private ord
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