But to be fafely thus-Our fears in Banque Reigns that, which would be fear'd. "Tis much he dares He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour " Mark Anthony's was by Cafar. He chid the fifters, Given to the common enemy of man, To make them Kings, the feed of Banque Kings. in 7. proposes rejecting the following words, as, it is faid, Mark Anthony's was by Cæfar. P. makes the following fentences interrogative, as far as—Banquo kings ? But the words If 't be so prove them n P. and all after, except C. omit be affirmative. Mark. • H. Cafar's. P P. and all after, except C. If 'tis The two laft fo's, fill'd for fikd W. 'filed, i. e. defiled. The fo's and R. Seeds. Rather than fo, come Fate into the lift, And champion me to th' utterance!-Who's there? Now go to the door, and stay there, 'till we call. Was it not yesterday we spoke together? [Exit Servant. Have you confider'd of my speeches? know In our laft conference, paft in probation with you, Say, thus did Banquo. 1 Mur. * You made it known to us. Mach. I did fo; and went further, which is now This paffage will be best explained by translating it into the language from whence the only word of difficulty in it is borrowed. Que la deftinée se rende en hee, et qu'elle me donne un defi à l' outrance. A challenge, or combat à l'outrance, to extremity, was a fixed term in the law of arms, used when the combatants engaged with an odium internecinum, an intention to deftroy each other, in oppofition to trials of kill at feftivals, or on other occafions, where the conted was only for reputation or a prize. The fenfe therefore is, Let fate, w The two laft fo's, R. P. T. H. W. and F. You bave, for Have you. * This fpeech P. alters thus, True, you made it known; followed by all after, except C, Our point of fecond meeting. Do you find 1 Mur. We are men, my Liege. Macb. Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, That writes them all alike: and fo of men. a z Not i' th' worft rank of manhood, fay 't; b 2 Mur. I am one, my Liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world y All before T. clipt for cleped. z So the fo's; all after, And not in the worst rank of manhood, fay it, &c. a The two laft fo's, R. P. and H. the for that. b P. and all after, except C, omit my. Liege C Have fo incens'd, that I am reckless what I do to fpight the world. So 1 Mur. And I another, d weary with difafters, tugg'd with fortune, That I would fet my life on any chance, To inend it, or be rid on 't. Mach. Both of you Know, Banque was your enemy. Mur. True, my Lord. Mach. So is he inine: and in fuch bloody diftance, Against my near'ft of life; and though I could 2 Mur. We fhall, my Lord, Perform what you command us. 1 Mur. Though our lives Mach. Your fpirits fhine through you. hour, at most, f Within this I will advise you where to plant yourselves; Fo's, Hath for Have. d W. difaftrous tuggs with, &c. Fo's, R, and C. Who. E 4 f P. and all after, except C. In of Within. And And fomething from the palace: ( always thought, Than is his father's, muft embrace the fate h I'll come to you anon. my Lord. Abide within. [Exeunt Murtherers, Exit. It is concluded.--Banquo, thy foul's flight, Lady. Is Banque gone from court? Serv. Ay, madam, but returns again to-night. Lady. Say to the King, I would attend his leifure For a few words. g Macbeth means that the murtherers must in every ftep remember, he requires not to be fufpected of the fact; to ftand clear from all imputations, * No description of the scene before which might affect him in the opinions T. who gives the above. of the people. P. omits thi sparenthefis. |