...in the reign of William III., and was finally removed in 1831. This Pillar was set vp in Perpetvall Remembrance of that most dreadful burning of this Protestant city, begun and carryed on by ye treachery and malice of ye Popish faction, in ye beginning of Septem in ye year of...

...always recalled that the passage which inspired this indignant protest, declaring that the Fire was " begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction," formed no part of the original inscription. Until June, 1681, the column properly fulfilled its purpose,...

...Monument long bore the inscription, not, however added until the Titus Gates accusations of 1 68 1 : " This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of...burning of this Protestant city, begun and carried on by ye treachery and malice of ye popish factio, in ye beginning of Septem. in ye year of our Lord 1666,...

...masonry inscription, a further appeal to memory: "This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of the most dreadful burning of this Protestant city, begun...treachery and malice of the popish faction . . . in order to the carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating the Protestant religion and old English...

...William III in 1689, and finally removed in 1830, shortly after the Act of Catholic Emancipation:" This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of that most dreadful burning of this -' J. Boeringer, 'Bernard Smith (c 1630 1708)', 4-16 -'' Freeman, Kither Smith, 13 -'' Ibid., 38-9...

...William III, and erased again only in 1831): 'This Pillar was set up in perpetual Remembrance of the most dreadful Burning of this Protestant City, begun...the Popish faction, in the beginning of September, 1666, in order to the effecting their horrid Plot for the extirpating the Protestant Religion and English...

...had been the work of Catholic arsonists. The words included 'The burning of this protestant City was begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction, in order to the effecting their horrid plot for the extirpating the protestant religion and to introduce...

...the fire began: "in Perpetual Remembrance of that most dreadful Burning of the Protestant City, Began and Carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction." 16 Itwas "known" in the transcripts of trials, like Titus Oates's published testimonies, that if James...

...London's column pointing to the sky, Like a tall bully lifts its head and lies." Thus ran its inscription: "This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of...this Protestant city, begun and carried on by the teaching and malice of the Popish faction, in the beginning of September, 1666, in order to the carrying...