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Catesby

[ keyts-bee ]

noun

  1. Robert, 1573–1605, English Catholic conspirator, leader in Gunpowder Plot.


Catesby

/ ˈkeɪtzbɪ /

noun

  1. CatesbyRobert15731605MEnglishPOLITICS: conspirator Robert. 1573–1605, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (1605): killed while resisting arrest


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Cutting abruptly through the noise, I heard a congenially familiar sound: the squeaky voice of Freddy Catesby.

We excused ourselves to Catesby and Rogers, then fought our way through the wall of VIPs.

Catesby pointed at one, and ripped it roughly in half as soon as it touched his plate.

Freddy Catesby, the founder of the Constitutional Review, Patriot News guest host, and bestselling author!

I cried to see our brave men slaughtered so, and thought where Catesby might be.

The first promised, as I heard Mr. Catesby say, fifteen hundred pounds.

“That is the house to which we are going,” observed Catesby.

“Think not to terrify me by idle threats,” returned Catesby.

“Enough,” replied Catesby; and striking spurs into his charger, he dashed off.

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