Page 21. abuse, deceive, impose on.

Hecate, a heathen deity, supposed to teach witch-
craft, and to send demons from the lower world.
Alarum'd, roused up as by an alarum.
the present horror, the dead silence, which increased
and yet suited the terribleness of the moment.
the fatal bellman. A man called "the bellman "
used to be sent to give prisoners warning the
night before they were executed.

possets, a posset was a curded mixture of hot milk,
eggs, sugar, ale, etc.

That death, so that death.

Page 22. sorry, miserable, sad.

As, as if.

hangman, an executioner, not necessarily one who hangs another.

Listening, listening to.

The multitudinous seas incarnadine, redden every ocean-the multitudes of seas.

Page 24. Be not lost, etc., do not lose yourself in thought so

unworthy.

timely, in good time.

my limited service, my appointed duty.
Confusion, i. e., destruction or ruin.
badg'd, marked, as with a badge.

expedition, extreme haste.

Unmannerly breech'd with gore.

Perhaps these

words mean that the unsightly gore covered the daggers as with a garment.

Page 27. the undivulg'd pretence, the secret purpose. briefly, without delay, quickly.

Senet, a set of notes played on a trumpet or cornet. all things unbecoming, in every way unbecoming. Page 28. Go not my horse the better, if my horse does not go all the faster because he has to go far.

Page 29. fild, defiled.

come fate into the list, etc., let fate enter the lists, and fight it out with me.

tugg'd, injured by struggling with.

bloody distance, fierce variance.

my near'st of life, the most essential part of my life. Page 30. acquaint you with the perfect spy o' th' time. Perhaps "the perfect spy" is the third murderer, who afterwards appeared to direct them.

Resolve yourselves, come to a determination.
anon, immediately.

Page 30. using, entertaining.

scotch'd, slashed, wounded with cuts. ecstasy, here means perturbation of mind. Page 31. shard-borne, borne up by his wings.

"Shard" is

properly speaking the wing-case of the beetle. seeling night, night which closes up the eyes. you know your own degrees, i.e., you know how to place yourselves according to your rank.

in best time, at the right moment.

Page 32. saucy, insolent.

the cheer, the customary words of welcome to a guest. vouched, warranted.

To feed were best at home, etc., if you only want to eat, do that at home, but when you are away from home, ceremony should grace the meal.

Page 33. Proper stuff! absurd rubbish!

Authoriz'd, told on the authority of.

flaws; "flaw" means a gust of wind; here the

word is used for a sudden outburst of emotion. Page 34. there an end, there it all ended.

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mortal murders, deadly injuries.
Muse, wonder.

no speculation, no look of intelligence.

Page 35. arm'd rhinoceros; armed defensively, because possessed of so thick a hide.

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Hyrcan; Hyrcania was the name given to a country south of the Caspian Sea.

Dare me to the desert, etc., etc. This passage may be paraphrased thus: "Dare me to a sword-combat in the desert, and if I hold back, trembling, proclaim me as the merest weakling.'

admir'd, wonderful.

overcome, overspread, cast a shadow over.
You make me strange, etc., you make me feel as a
stranger towards the mood which I am in pos-
session of-I cannot understand why I feel thus.
Stand not upon the order of your going, do not insist
upon leaving in exactly the right order.
Augurs, soothsayers.

understood relations, the understanding of what is
dark and hidden, the knowing to what causes
certain effects are due.

what is the night? what is the time of night? Page 36. at odds with, in a state of contest with. bent to know, determined to know. the season of, the preservative of.

دو

Page 36. self-abuse, self-deception.

the initiate fear, the fear a man has when he first enters upon a course of evil.

brinded, streaked.

Page 37. fork, forked tongue.

sliver'd, sliced off. the moon's eclipse; this was considered a time of ill-luck and disaster.

chauldron, entrails.

Page 38. harp'd my fear aright, sounded the right note, shown knowledge of what my fear is.

take a bond of fate, i.e., bind fate over to a performance of the promise just made by the apparition. 3 Apparition; this was a child crowned with a tree in his hand."

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Birnam, a hill near Dunkeld.
impress, enlist in his service.
bodements, predictions.

Page 40. A show, etc., that is, the appearance of eight kings in dumb show. These were Banquo's descendants, and by the eighth, who held a glass, was meant James I. of England and VI. of Scotland. th' crack of doom, by the "crack" is meant the thunder-peal; "doom " is the Day of Judgment. blood-boltered, i.e., with hair clotted with blood. Page 41. Bestride our downfall'n birthdom; stand over our fallen country for its defence.

Page 42. gracious England, the King of England, Edward

the Confessor.

my confineless harms, the boundless injuries I shall
inflict.

Unspeak mine own detraction, withdraw the charges
I made against myself.

Page 43. or ere, before.

relation too nice, narrative too carefully given.

too carefully chosen.

that were out, that were in a state of open rebellion. doff, throw off.

Page 44. a fee-grief, a grief that belongs to one person only.

possess them, fill them.

quarry, slaughtered game.

Whispers the o'erfraught heart, whispers to the overloaded heart.

Page 45. dispute it, i.e., contend against your grief.

Convert to, turn to.

Page 46. night-gown, or dressing-gown as we should say. stand close, conceal yourselves.

No more o' that, my lord; Macbeth's starting at the sight of Banquo's ghost is now in her mind. sorely charged, painfully laden, oppressed.

the dignity of the whole body, the royal dignity belonging to Lady Macbeth.

Page 47. the means of all annoyance, anything by which she might injure herself.

let them fly all, let all the nobles desert me.

taint with, be tainted with, infected by.

all mortal consequences, all that will follow upon
the actions of men.

pronounced me thus, thus pronounced my fall.
sagg, hang down.

Page 48. push, sudden attack.

skirr, scour.

Page 49. bane, destruction, ruin.

Page 50.

will endure our setting down before't, is prepared to stand our siege of the city.

what we shall say we have, etc., i.e., we shall know exactly how we stand.

Thoughts speculative, etc., mere speculative thought can but speak of uncertain hope, but blows bring matters to a decision.

Page 50. forc'd, reinforced.

dareful, full of daring.

Page 51. cling thee, shrivel thee. sooth, true.
Page 52. harness, armour.

show like those you are, appear as yourselves.
our first battle, the first division of our army.
the tyrant's power, the tyrant's forces.

Page 53. intrenchant, incapable of being cut.
despair, despair of.

angel, here means evil genius.

Page 54. my better part of man, what is manly. gaze, spectacle.

Painted upon a pole, i.e. like a sign-board outside a show.

compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl, surrounded by the noblest men of thy kingdom.

your several looks, the affection of each one of you.

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