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1. Gunpowder Plot

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   Discovery and Arrest
   The plot was exposed on 26 October 1605 when an anonymous letter was delivered to Lord Monteagle, a Catholic peer. The letter, written in deliberately ambiguous language to avoid direct incrimination, warned Monteagle to avoid Parliament due to a coming "blow." Monteagle immediately reported the letter to the authorities, though some historians dispute whether he did so out of genuine loyalty or because the letter offended his aesthetic sensibilities—it was written in an unusually ugly script.[^7]
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