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Fawkes meets the king...After his arrest in the cellar Fawkes was taken to see King James and his court. He refused to answer most of their questions and made it very clear that he didn't have any regrets at all.

Fawkes even said he would have blown both James and his court back to their homeland. These were very brave words from a man who had tried to commit such a terrible crime, punishable by death.

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Perhaps most annoyingly for the King, Fawkes wouldn't reveal who the other plotters were. Reports written at the time quote him as saying "You would have me discover my friends."

Not long after the stand-off between the two men one of them would be dead.

Keep reading the cards to find out which one...

 
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