CHAPTER V. 14

In reign of Queen Elizabeth and early part of James I., “the castellated castles, moated halls, and gabled manor-houses” of old England “the sheltering, romantic roof-trees of those who clung” to the ancient Faith——Why?——Henry VIII.’s religious “change” and that of his progeny, King Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, unlikely to be acceptable “all on a sudden” to bulk of English people——Why?——Penal Legislation against Papists on part of Government——Jesuits in England, 1580——Campion and Parsons——Three Classes of English Jesuits——Mystics, _or_ Politicians——Mystics _and_ Politicians——The thirteen Gunpowder plotters well-disposed towards Jesuits——But plotters only Politicians.