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[117]

As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies,
That keep her from her rest.

Macb. Cure her of that.
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd;
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow;
Rase out the written troubles of the brain;
And, with some sweet oblivious antidote.
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff,
Which weighs upon the heart?[1]

Each of the tyrants alike, in his concern about the feelings of others, clearly reveals the agitation of his own breast.

It is true, that Richard represents the enemy as a troop only of banditti; [2]

  1. Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 3.
  2. Remarks, p. 77.