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Banquo's exclamation, on seeing; a part of the high fortune foretold to Glamis so soon accomplished,—

—— What, can the devil speak true![1]—

is so far from being dictated by disregard,[2]—(How is it possible, it should be so?)—that it is an ejaculation of the utmost wonder; for, when Macbeth takes occasion, from that very event, to sound him on the hope that -his children would be elevated to the throne of Scotland,—a hope he now might reasonably entertain,—he awfully replies:—

———— 'Tis strange!
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

  1. ↑ Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 3.
  2. ↑ Remarks, p. 48.
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