"I have forgotten another name, said Salisbury, in some confusion, that of Viviana Radcliffe, of Ordsall Hall.  I have received certain information htat she was wedded to you while you were resident at White Webbs, near Epping forest, and was cognizant of the plot.  If captured, she will share your fate.  Fawkes could not repress a groan.  Salisbury pursued his interrogations, but it was evident, from the increasing feebleness of the prisoner, that he would sink under it if the examination was further protracted. He was therefore ordered to attach his signature to the minutes taken by Sir Edward Coke, and was placed in a chair for that purpose.  A pen was then given him, but for some time his shattered fingers refused to grasp it.  By a great effort, and with acute pain, he succeeded in tracing his Christian name thus:- While endeavoring to write his surname, the pen fell from his hand, and he became insensible."-p.274.

The engravings, on steel, by George Cruikshank for Ainsworth's novel illustrate the style of the modern image of the plot quite well. Select your favorite scene from the table below.

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