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when Buckingham shews a reluctance to be concerned in it, he immediately looks out for another; some
iron-witted fool,
Or unrespective boy,[1]
more apt for his purpose. Had Macbeth been thus disappointed in the person to whom he had opened himself it would have disconcerted any design he had formed.[2]
Unluckily for Mr, Whateley, this is another assertion contradicted by the fact: It is certain, that the Ruffians to whom Macbeth opens himself, when he has resolved on the murder of Banquo, are not wrought