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tendance of Inetta^ and allow her to pafs
the day at her apartments: Lady Bancho’s
confent was as fure to be obtained as afked;
and thus the plan was prepared for dif-
honouring the fair Inetta, under the colour
of doing her the greateft honour that the
preference of a Queen could confer. Mac¬
beth, on pretence of retiring from the fa¬
tigue of bufinefs, to divert an hour with the
Queen, whom he imagined, as he faid, was
alone, entered without any ceremony into
the chamber where fhe and Inetta were
amufing themfelves: he faw her, and at
firft fight (lopping (hort, he addrelfed his
wife-I imagined, my dear, faid he, you was
alone; my eyes convince me that you are
not alone but whether it is a human crea¬
ture or an angel you are happy with, my
fenfes cannot yet diftinguilh! pray unde¬
ceive me : the Queen told him, fmiling,
that his eyes were not often miftaken •,
then taking Inetta by the hand, who had
refpeflfully railed herfelf to falute the King,
bid him not be afraid, for if her companion
was an angel, (he was a corporeal one, and
in that lame angel he might embrace a
coufin, in the perlbn of Inetta, filler to his
friend Bancho! Macbeth, more touched
with that awful and unaffedled modefty
which were the di(lingui(hing ornaments of
Inetta's charms, than he had ever been with
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