thro' the body, and made his escape; the alarm of murder being given,
the constable seized lord Mohun, who upon hearing that Hill had escaped
expressed great satisfaction, and said he did not care if he were hanged
for him: When the evidences were examined at Hicks's-Hall, one Mr.
Bencroft, who attended Mr. Mountford, swore that Mr. Mountford declared
to him as a dying man, that while he was talking to lord Mohun, Hill
struck him, with his left hand, and with his right hand run him thro'
the body, before he had time to draw his sword.

Thus fell the unfortunate Mountford by the hand of an assassin, without
having given him any provocation; save that which his own jealousy had
raised, and which could not reasonably be imputed to Mountford as a
crime.

Lord Mohun, as we have already observed, was tried, and acquitted by
his peers; as it did not appear, that he immediately assisted Hill, in
perpetrating the murder, or that they had concerted it before; for tho'
they were heard to vow revenge against Mountford, the word murther was
never mentioned. It seems abundantly clear, that lord Mohun, however,
if not active, was yet accessary to the murther; and had his crime been
high treason, half the evidence which appeared against him, might have
been sufficient to cost him his head. This nobleman himself was killed
at last in a duel with the duke of Hamilton.[1]

Mr. Mountford, besides his extraordinary talents as an actor, is author
of the following dramatic pieces.

1. The Injured Lovers, or the Ambitious Father, a Tragedy, acted at the
Theatre-Royal 1688, dedicated to James earl of Arran, son to the duke of
Hamilton.