Show him no quarter.

His life is forfeit to the king.

Slay him as you would a dog!" But the men, having no fire-arms, were so much intimidated by the fierce looks of Guy Fawkes, and the deadly weapons he pointed at their heads, that they hesitated to obey their leader's injunctions.
"Do you hear what I say to you, cravens ?" roared the pursuivant.

"Cut him down without mercy." "They dare not move a footstep," rejoined Guy Fawkes, in a decisive tone.
"Recreants!" cried the pursuivant, foaming with rage, "is my prey to be snatched from me at the very moment I have secured it, through your cowardice?
Obey me instantly, or, as Heaven shall judge me, I will denounce you to my Lord Derby and the Commissioners as aiders and abettors in Father Oldcorne's escape!--and you well know what your punishment will be if I do so.

What!--are you afraid of one man ?" "Our pikes are no match for his petronels," observed the foremost soldier, sullenly.
"They are not," rejoined Guy Fawkes; "and you will do well not to compel me to prove the truth of your assertion.