THE POPISH PLOT

THE

A STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF

THE REIGN OF CHARLES II

BY

JOHN POLLOCK

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

"Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies."
Absalom and Achitophel.

"Oh! it was a naughty Court. Yet have we dreamed of it as the period
when an English cavalier was grace incarnate; far from the boor now hust-
ling us in another sphere; beautifully mannered, every gesture dulcet.
And if the ladies were . . . we will hope they have been traduced. But if
they were, if they were too tender, ah! gentlemen were gentlemen then-
worth perishing for!"—The Egoist.

"Donner pour certain ce qui est certain, pour faux ce qui est faux, pour
douteux ce qui est douteux."-Mabillon.

LONDON:

DUCKWORTH AND CO.

INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF

LORD ACTON