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The Remarks might with equal probability argue, that Macbeth is personally afraid of every Thane in Scotland; because he sets spies in all their houses, to acquaint him with their political opinions and conduct.
Convinced of the disaffection of Macduff, and bent upon knowing, by whatever means, the worst that impends both from him and Fleance, Macbeth determines on an immediate interview with the Witches: he remorselessly resolves, that none who may endanger his secure enjoyment of the throne, shall any longer give him disquiet; he finds, too late, that he has ventured for the crown into the midst of a sea of blood, and de-
