Soon the number of conspirators rose, to ten and the plot developed. The group now rented a cellar in March, which was close to the Houses of Parliament (and right under the House of Lords). In this cellar they placed 36 barrels of gunpowder. This would produce a HUGE explosion, killing everything and everyone in the area.
As the opening of parliament got closer, the final touches were made to the plan. Fawkes would light the fuse in the cellar.
An anonymous letter was delivered to Lord Monteagle, a Catholic due to be in Parliament when it was blown up, tipped him off that he shouldn’t be there that day. He took the letter to the Kind’s most senior advisor, Robert Cecil, who did nothing! No immediate action was taken, he claimed to be leaving it late to achieve the best results.
On the 4th November, with everything seeming fine to the plotters, the plan continued. Suddenly on that night, the cellars under the Houses of Parliament were searched. One cellar contained huge amounts of firewood, and soon Fawkes was discovered close to the huge amounts of gunpowder. Giving a false name, he was arrested; it seemed the authorities knew exactly what was happening.
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