Keywords: GunpowderPlot.jpg en A broadside ballad released in the late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century detailing the plot with anti-Catholic sentiments Opening text of the broadside ballad is as follows True Protestants I pray you do draw near<br> Unto this ditty lend attentive ear <br> The lines are new although the subject's old<br> Likewise it is as true as e'er was told <br> When James the First in England reigned King <br> Probably between 1675 and 1696 http //ebba english ucsb edu/ballad/20990/citation Unknown printed for P Brooksby I Deacon I Blare I Back PD-old-70-1923 Gunpowder Plot Broadsides |