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* The inhuman Queen had no fooner
finiflied the murder o£ Bancho, than fhe
jumped from the bed and fcreamed out fp
vehemently, thatlhe foon aroufedtheneigh-
b )uring ladies of her bed-chamber,, and
even the more remote guards ; flie counter¬
feited a fort of diftradion to a nicety, and
in thal condernation' the King entered,
while madam was pouring forth inveftives
a gain it the hfelefs Bancbo^ for having made
a daring attempt, to rob her of her virtue,
and todifhonour the King’s bed ; which no¬
thing, fhe faid, could have prevented, but
by a leeming compliance, to wait the op¬
portunity of his laying afide the dagger
which he had held drawn at her bofom,.
quickly to fnatch it up, and inflantly to
plunge it into his ! She difTembled this
affair fo-well, that fhe had already gained
over both the attendants and guards into ■
a belief of the fa£f, as fhe related it.
MacbethhowcYtr pretended not only, the
laft furprize, but appeared as if extremely
unwilling to credit fuch an imputation:
againft his couflnt Rancho *, he ordered that
a council fhould be called to meet within
three hours j that the Queen, with all thofe
perlbns who at hrft were witneffes of the
fit nation, fhould attend; for that in aquef-
tion where the parties were fo nearly con-
ne&ed with him, he won It}, not trufb him-
* The inhuman Queen had no fooner
finiflied the murder o£ Bancho, than fhe
jumped from the bed and fcreamed out fp
vehemently, thatlhe foon aroufedtheneigh-
b )uring ladies of her bed-chamber,, and
even the more remote guards ; flie counter¬
feited a fort of diftradion to a nicety, and
in thal condernation' the King entered,
while madam was pouring forth inveftives
a gain it the hfelefs Bancbo^ for having made
a daring attempt, to rob her of her virtue,
and todifhonour the King’s bed ; which no¬
thing, fhe faid, could have prevented, but
by a leeming compliance, to wait the op¬
portunity of his laying afide the dagger
which he had held drawn at her bofom,.
quickly to fnatch it up, and inflantly to
plunge it into his ! She difTembled this
affair fo-well, that fhe had already gained
over both the attendants and guards into ■
a belief of the fa£f, as fhe related it.
MacbethhowcYtr pretended not only, the
laft furprize, but appeared as if extremely
unwilling to credit fuch an imputation:
againft his couflnt Rancho *, he ordered that
a council fhould be called to meet within
three hours j that the Queen, with all thofe
perlbns who at hrft were witneffes of the
fit nation, fhould attend; for that in aquef-
tion where the parties were fo nearly con-
ne&ed with him, he won It}, not trufb him-
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Languages & literature > Key to the drama > (172) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/122387780 |
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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