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Macd. Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where

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The usurper's cursed head: the time is free:

I see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl,
That speak my salutation in their minds;

Whose voices I desire aloud with mine:

Hail, King of Scotland!

Hail, King of Scotland!

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Mal. We shall not spend a large expense of time 60
Before we reckon with your several loves,
And make us even with you. My thanes and
kinsmen,

Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland
In such an honor named. What's more to do,
Which would be planted newly with the time,
As calling home our exiled friends abroad
That fled the snares of watchful tyranny,
Producing forth the cruel ministers

Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen,
Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands
Took off her life; this, and what needful else 71
That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace
We will perform in measure, time and place:
So thanks to all at once and to each one,
Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.

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56. "thy kingdom's pearl"; the flower of thy nobles.-C. H. H. 63. "Henceforth be earls"; "Malcolm, immediately after his coronation, called a parliament at Forfair; in the which he rewarded them with lands and livings that had assisted him against Macbeth. Manie of them that were before thanes were at this time made earles; as Fife, Menteith, Atholl, Lennox, Murrey, Caithness, Rosse, and Angus" (Holinshed).-H. N. H.

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GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

A ONE, a man; (Theobald from Davenant, "a Thane"; Grant White, "a man"); III. iv. 131. ABSOLUTE, positive; III. vi. 40. ABUSE, deceive; II. i. 50.

ACHERON, the river of the in

fernal regions; III. v. 15. ADDER'S FORK, the forked tongue of the adder; IV. i. 16. ADDITION, title; I. iii. 106. ADDRESS'D THEM, prepared themselves; II. ii. 24.

ADHERE, were in accordance; I. vii. 52.

ADMIRED, wondrous-strange; IIL iv. 110.

ADVISE, instruct; III. i. 129.
AFEARD, afraid; I. iii. 96.
AFFECTION, disposition; IV. iii.
77.

AFFEER'D, confirmed; IV. iii. 34.
ALARM, call to arms; V. ii. 4.
ALARUM'D, alarmed; II. i. 53.
ALL, any; III. ii. 11.

; "and all to all," i. e. and we all (drink) to all; III. iv.

92.

ALL-THING, in every way; III. i.

13.

A-MAKING, in course of progress; III. iv. 34.

ANGEL, genius, demon; V. viii.

14.

ANGERLY, angrily; III. v. 1. ANNOYANCE, hurt, harm; V. i. 84. ANON, immediately; I. i. 10.

ANON, ANON, "coming, coming";

the general answer of waiters; II. iii. 25.

AN'T, if it; (Ff., “and 't"); III. vi. 19.

ANTIC, grotesque, old-fashioned;
IV. i. 130.
ANTICIPATEST, dost prevent; IV.
i. 144.

APACE, quickly; III. iii. 6.
APPLY, be devoted; III. ii. 30.
APPROVE, prove; I. vi. 4.
ARGUMENT, Subject, theme; II.

iii. 131.

ARM'D, encased in armor; III. iv. 101.

AROINT THEE, begone; I. iii. 6. ARTIFICIAL, made by art; III. v.

27.

As, as if; II. iv. 18.

ASSAY; "the great a. of art," the greatest effort of skill; IV. iii. 143.

ATTEND, await; III. ii. 3. AUGURES, auguries; (?) augurs; III. iv. 124.

AUTHORIZED BY, given on the authority of; III. iv. 66. AVOUCH, assert; III. i. 120.

BABY OF A GIRL, (?) girl's doll; according to others, "feeble child of an immature mother"; III. iv. 106.

BADGED, smeared, marked (as with a badge); II. iii. 112.

BANE, evil, harm; V. iii. 59.
BATTLE, division of an army; V.
vi. 4.

BEGUILE, deceive; I. v. 65.
BELLONA, the goddess of war; I.
ii. 54.

BEND UP, strain; I. vii. 79.
BENISON, blessing; II. iv. 40.
BENT, determined; III. iv. 134.
BEST, good, suitable; III. iv. 5.
BESTOW'D, staying; III. i. 30.
BESTOWS HIMSELF, has settled;
III. vi. 24.

BESTRIDE, stand over in posture
of defense; IV. iii. 4.
BIDES, lies; III. iv. 26.
BILL, catalogue; III. i. 100.
BIRNAM, a high hill twelve miles

from Dunsinane; IV. i. 93.
BIRTHDOM, land of our birth,
mother-country; IV. iii. 4.
BLADED; "b. corn," corn in the
blade, when the ear is still
green; IV. i. 55.
BLIND-WORM, glow-worm; IV. i.

16.

BLOOD-BOLTER'D, locks matted in-
to hard clotted blood; IV. i.
123.

BLOW, blow upon; I. iii. 15.
BODEMENTS, forebodings; IV. i.
96.

Boot; "to b.", in addition; IV.
iii. 37.

BORNE, conducted, managed; III.
vi. 3.
BORNE IN

HAND, kept up by
false hopes; III. i. 81.
Bosoм, close and intimate; I. ii.
64.

BRAINSICKLY, madly; II. ii. 46.
BREAK, disclose; I. vii. 48.
BREECH'D, "having the very hilt,
or breech, covered with blood";
(according to some "covered
as with breeches"); II. iii. 127.

BREED, family, parentage; IV. iii.
108.

BRINDED, brindled, streaked; IV.
i. 1.

BRING, conduct; II. iii. 57.

BROAD, plain-spoken; III. vi. 21.
BROIL, battle; I. ii. 6.

BROKE OPE, broken open; II. iii.
77.

BUT, only; I. vii. 6.
BY, past; IV. i. 137.

BY THE WAY, casually; III. iv.
130.

CABIN'D, confined; III. iv. 24.
CAPTAINS, trisyllabic; (S. Walker
conj. "captains twain"); I. ii.

34.
CARELESS, uncared for; I. iv. 11.
CASING, encompassing, all sur-
rounding; III. iv. 23.

'CAUSE, because; III. vi. 21.
CENSURES, opinion; V. iv. 14.
CHAMPION ME, fight in single
combat with me; III. i. 72.
CHANCED, happened, taken place;
I. iii. 153.

CHAPS, jaws, mouth; I. ii. 22.
CHARGE; "in an imperial c.", in
executing a royal command;
IV. iii. 20.

CHARGED, burdened, oppressed;
V. i. 60.

CHAUDRON, entrails; IV. i. 33.
CHILDREN (trisyllabic); IV. iii.
177.

CHOKE THEIR ART, render their
skill useless; I. ii. 9.
CHUCK, a term of endearment;
III. ii. 45.

CLEAR, serenely; I. v. 73.

18.

innocent, guiltless; I. vii.

unstained; II. i. 28.

CLEARNESS, clear from suspicion;
III. i. 133.

CLEPT, called; III. i. 94.
CLING, shrivel up; V. v. 40.
CLOSE, join, unite; III. ii. 14.
CLOSE, Secret; III. v. 7.
CLOSED, enclosed; III. i. 99.
CLOUDY, sullen, frowning; III. vi.

41.

Cock, cock-crow; "the second c.", i. e., about three o'clock in the morning; II. iii. 29. COIGN OF VANTAGE, Convenient corner; I. vi. 7.

COLD, (?) dissyllabic; IV. i. 6. COLME-KILL, i. e. Icolmkill, the cell of St. Columba; II. iv. 33. COME, which have come; I. iii. 144.

COMMAND UPON, put your com

mands upon; III. i. 16. COMMENDS, Commits, offers; I. vii. 11.

COMMISSION; "those in c.", those entrusted with the commission; I. iv. 2.

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CONTENT, Satisfaction; III. ii. 5.
CONTINENT, restraining; IV. iii.
64.
CONVERT, change; IV. iii. 229.
CONVEY, "indulge secretly"; IV.

iii. 71.

CONVINCE, Overpower; I. vii. 64. CONVINCES, Overpowers; IV. iii. 142.

COPY, (?) copyhold, non-permanent tenure; III. ii. 38. CORPORAL, Corporeal; I. iii. 81.

; "each c. agent,” i. e. “each faculty of the body"; I. vii. 80. COUNSELORS; "c. to fear," fear's counselors, i. e. "suggest fear"; V. iii. 17. COUNTENANCE, "be in keeping with"; II. iii. 90.

CRACK OF DOOM, burst of sound, thunder, at the day of doom; IV. i. 117.

CRACKS, charges; I. ii. 37.
CROWN, head; IV. i. 113.

DAINTY OF, particular about; IJ iii. 155.

DEAR, deeply felt; V. ii. 3. DEGREES, degrees of rank; III. iv.

1.

DELIVER THEE, report to thee; I. v. 12.

DELIVERS, Communicates to us;
III. iii. 2.
DEMI-WOLVES, a cross between

dogs and wolves; III. i. 94. DENIES, refuses; III. iv. 128. DETRACTION, defamation; "mine

own d.", the evil things I have spoken against myself; IV. iii. 123.

DEVIL (monosyllabic); I. iii. 107. DEW, bedew; V. ii. 30.

DISJOINT, fall to pieces; III. ii. 16.

DISPLACED, banished; III. iv. 109.

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EARNEST, pledge, money paid be-
forehand; I. iii. 104.
EASY, easily; II. iii. 148.
ECSTASY, any state of being be-
side one's self, violent emotion;
III. ii. 22.

EFFECTS, acts, actions; V. i. 11.
EGG, term of contempt; IV. ii. 83.
EMINENCE, distinction; III. ii. 31.
ENGLAND, the King of England;
IV. iii. 43.

ENKINDLE, incite; I. iii. 121.
ENOW, enough; II. iii. 7.
ENTRANCE, (trisyllabic); I. v. 41.
EQUIVOCATE TO HEAVEN, get to
heaven by equivocation; II. iii.

13.

EQUIVOCATOR, (probably alluding

to Jesuitical equivocation; Gar-
net, the superior of the order
was on his trial in March,
1606); II. iii. 10.

ESTATE, royal dignity, succession
to the crown; I. iv. 37.
ETERNAL JEWEL, immortal soul;
III. i. 68.

ETERNE, perpetual; III. ii. 38.
EVIL, king's evil, scrofula; IV. iii.
146.

EXASPERATE, exasperated; III. vi.
38.

EXPECTATION, those guests who
are expected; III. iii. 10.
EXPEDITION, haste; II. iii. 121.
EXTEND, prolong; III. iv. 57.

FACT, act, deed; III. vi. 10.
FACULTIES, powers, prerogatives;
I. vii. 17.

FAIN, gladly; V. iii. 28.
FANTASTICAL, imaginary; I. iii.
53; I. iii. 139.

FARROW, litter of pigs; IV. i. 65.
FAVOR, pardon; I. iii. 149.

countenance, face; I. v. 74.
FEARS, objects of fear; I. iii. 137.
FEED, "to f.", feeding; III. iv.
35.

FEE-GRIEF, "grief that hath a
single owner"; IV. iii. 196.
FELL, Scalp; V. v. 11.

cruel, dire; IV. ii. 71.
FELLOW, equal; II. iii. 73.
FILE, list; V. ii. 8.

; "the valued f.", list of
qualities; III. i. 95.

FILED, made foul, defiled; III. i.
65.

FIRST; "at f. and last," (?) once
for all, from the beginning to
the end; (Johnson conj. "to f.
and next"); III. iv. 1.
FITS, caprices; IV. ii. 17.
FLAWS, storms of passion; III.
iv. 63.

FLIGHTY, fleeting; IV. i. 145.
FLOUT, mock, defy; I. ii. 49.
FLY, fly from me; V. iii. 1.
FOISONS, plenty, rich harvests;
IV. iii. 88.

FOLLOWS, attends; I. vi. 11.
FOR, because of; III. i. 121.

as for, as regards; IV. ii.

15.
FORBID, cursed, blasted; I. iii. 21.
FORCED, Strengthened; V. v. 5.

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