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He (aid, he had one nobleman in his eye,
whom he regarded as perfectly qualified
for that great bufinefs, and named the
Thane of Argyle. That T hane flood up
to fpeak, and probably to declare a deter¬
mination not to accept, fhould the voices
fall upon him, when you, Glamis, infilled
to be heard. I well remember the ftrength,
folidity and juftice, of your reafoning: I
fhall, with my latell breath, blame myfelf
for not declaring for your opinion, and
regret, that among fo many, there were
none who had the honefty and refolution
to fupport you. You boldly told the meet¬
ing, that you did not imagine they had
been conveened there to chufe a King, but
a Regent; or Regency ; that you could not
look upon the Throne as vacant while the
dcceafed King had children living, v/ho
being young, might be educated with pro¬
per care, inftru&ed and trained up to the
bufinefs of governing ; and that if the na¬
tion fhould be fb unhappy as to be dilap-
pointed in the abilities of the Princes, that
it would be then time enough to ele£t a
King from another family, a meafure at
prefent totally unconftitutional, and repug¬
nant to the eftablilhed laws of the kingdom.
You was anfwered by Macbeth, who ar¬
gued, that governing according to laws
had been for fo many years neglected, it
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