Note 336 — NOTES ON ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. (continued 2)
Reading edition
This circumstance is alluded to in a ballad on the occasion, which mentions Monmouth's anxiety to discover the assassins:
But heaven did presently find out What, with great care, he could not do; 'Twas well he was the coach gone out, Or he might have been murdered too; For they, who did this squire kill, Would fear the blood of none to spill.
From a Grub-Street broadside, entitled "Murder Unparalleled," in Luttrel Collect.
"Captain Vratz's Ghost to Count Coningsmark," 18. March, 1681-2, by a Western Gentleman:
"Who was't thus basely brought unto his end The loyal Monmouth's wealthy western friend."