 Garnet was not at all like Catesby , described by Fraser as possessing the mentality " of the crusader who does not hesitate to employ the sword in the cause of values which he considers are spiritual " . In contrast , Garnet believed that " things were best settled by submission to the will of God . " He was ebullient over King James 's succession to the English throne , and hoped there would be no foreign interference . Of the 1603 Bye Plot , revealed ( with his blessing ) to the Privy Council by two Catholic priests , he wrote that it was " a piece of impudent folly , for we know that it is by peaceful means that his Holiness and other princes are prepared to help us . " He exhorted that Pope Clement VIII instruct all English Catholics not to engage in violent rebellion , " quiete et pacifice " . It was a message echoed by Archpriest George Blackwell , who commanded his priests never to attempt any such thing , but it proved controversial ; early in summer 1605 Garnet reported to Rome that English Catholics had reached " a stage of desperation " . 
