nown.

On Monday afternoon, agreeably to the previous arrangement, the lord
chamberlain, accompanied by Lord Monteagle, and Whinyard, keeper of the
wardrobe, proceeded to examine the rooms under the House of Lords. They
came at last, to the vault or cellar, which had been taken by Percy.
Here they saw the coals and wood which had been deposited there by the
conspirators, to conceal the barrels of gunpowder. The cellar was at the
disposal of Whinyard: and it appears to have been his privilege to let
it for his own profit. On being questioned by the lord chamberlain,
Whinyard replied, that he had let the cellar to Thomas Percy, with the
adjoining house, and that the wood and coals were the property of that
gentleman. At this stage of the examination, the lord chamberlain saw a
man standing in a corner of the cellar, who stated that he was Percy's
servant, and that he was left by his master in charge of the house and
cellar. This individual was Guy Fawkes, who was appointed to fire the
train. The lord chamberlain carelessly remarked to Fawkes, that his
master was well provided, by his large stock of fuel, against the blasts
of winter. On leaving the cellar, Lord Monteagle intimated his suspicion
that Percy was the writer of the letter. This suspicion entered his mind
as soon as Percy's name was mentioned, recollecting the friendship that
had subsisted between them[14].

[Footnote 14: I quote the following passage from _The
Continuation of the History of England from Sir James
Mackintosh_, in _Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia_, for the purpose
of showing how unqualified the continuator is for the task which
he has undertaken: "Search was accordingly made, and the powder
was found concealed under billets of wood, and fagots: but all
was left in the same state as before, to lull the conspirators
into security." Such is the way in which this gentleman writes
history. It will be seen from the narrative, that at the search
to which this writer refers, the gunpowder was not discovered.
The parties returned to the council, and having made their
report, it was debated whether the search should be carried
further. What dependance can be placed on the statements of a
writer who confounds two circumstances with each other, or
rather is not aware, of more than one search, or attempt at a
search having been made!]

The lord chamberlain returned immediately to the king, to w