as the reason of this extreme severity against Armstrong: He said, that he was sent over by Cromwell to murder him beyond sea; ...
and that upon his confessing it he had promised him never to speak of it any more as long as he lived.

So the King, counting him now dead in law, thought he was free from that promise .-- _Swift_.

If the King had a mind to lie, he would have stayed till Armstrong was hanged.
P.583._Burnet_.

It ended in dismissing Lord Aberdeen, and making Lord Perth chancellor, to which he had been long aspiring in a most indecent manner .-- _Swift.

Decent_ and _indecent_, very useful words to this author.
P.585._Burnet_.