News of the plot is spreading in…
November 1605 CE
News of the plot is spreading in London, and the authorities set extra guards on the city gates, close ports, and protect the house of the Spanish Ambassador, which is surrounded by an angry mob.
An arrest warrant is issued against Thomas Percy, and his patron, the Earl of Northumberland, is placed under house arrest.
In "John Johnson's" initial interrogation he reveals nothing other than the name of his mother, and that he is from Yorkshire.
A letter to Guy Fawkes is discovered on his person, but he claims that name is one of his aliases.
Far from denying his intentions, "Johnson" states that it had been his purpose to destroy the King and Parliament.
Nevertheless, he maintains his composure and insists that he had acted alone.
His unwillingness to yield so impresses the King that he describes him as possessing "a Roman resolution".