Had the earl of Mulgrave been guilty of any offence, capital, or otherwise, the ministry might have called him to account for it; but their contriving, and the king's consenting to so bloody a purpose, is methinks such a stain upon them, as can never be wiped off; and had that nobleman and the ship's crew perished, they would have added actual murther, to concerted baseness.

could I, by this tricke, Of a voice counterfeited & confessing The murther of my father, trusse up this yonker And so make my selfe heire & a yonger brother Of him, 'twere a good dayes worke.

No Monument (Though high and big as Pelion) shall be able To cover this base murther; make it rich With Brass, with purest Gold, and shining Jasper, Like the Pyramids, lay on Epitaphs, Such as make great men gods; my little marble (That only cloaths my ashes, not my faults) Shall far out shine it:

I doe confesse the murther; I killd my father.

The monster he doth murther all he meets; He spareth none, and none doth him escape.

4. Then let commaundement every where be given, That sinkes and gutters, privies, crevises, And every place where blood may be conceald, Be throughly searcht, swept, washt, and neerely sought, To see if we can finde the murther out.

Dost thou heare me old Friend, can you play the murther of Gonzago? Play.

Prethee vex me not. Leave me, I am afraid some sudden start Will pull a murther on me.

p. 227,) that "the last syllable of 'murder,' then written murther, seems to have been pronounced somewhat like the same syllable of the French meurtre.