Gunpowder plot.- Mr. George Blackwel...his answeres vpon sundry his examinations...with his approbation and taking of the Oath of allegeance: and his letter written to his assistants, and brethren, moouing them not onely to take the said Oath, but to aduise all Romish Catholikes so to doe, title with woodcut head-piece recto and woodcut arms verso, woodcut decorative initials, lacking A1 (blank except for signature mark), ink signatures and a few spots to title, later pencil markings, a little marginal staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern marbled boards, [STC 3105], small 4to, By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, 1607.

⁂ George Blackwell (1545-1613), Roman Catholic Archpriest of England from 1597 to 1608. He was arrested in 1607 and questioned as to whether or not he had been aware of the Gunpowder Plot, and about his opinion of the new oath of allegiance, which had been enforced by the government following the events of 1605.

Provenance: 'William Dymarsh'; 'Thomas' (signatures to title).