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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: disheartened; if no scheme existed, he would invent one which
should startle the public, and save the nation. Such proposals
as he made towards the accomplishment of this end were readily
assented to by Oates, in whose breast wounded pride and bitter
hate rankled deep. Therefore, after many consultations they
resolved to draw up a "Narrative of a Horrid Plot." This was
repeatedly changed and enlarged, until eventually it assumed the
definite shape of a deposition, consisting of forty-three
distinct articles, written with great formality and care, and
embodying many shocking and criminal charges.
The narrative declared that in April, 1677, the deponent was
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