The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-11-18
HISTORY or MACBETH.

About the lineage and statqa of Macbeth,
whose misd.eds have been dramati2cd, wri-
ters have written vacioDsly, as their purposes
were either narrative OF dramatic. lhe IT,
bulous Boce was the first, who said, that
Macheth's father WAS thanc Of Angus, and
married Doada, the second daughter OF Nal
colin III. Buchanan, without inquiry, adopted
the fables of Becc. Iolnshcd followed
Becc, as to the station Of Macbeth, and
Shakespeare repeated the echoes Of Holins-
he'd. The more yeracious Wyntown calls
Macbeth the thano Of ClH8l5acHty, which
is the GIlic name of Cromalty: and III the
well known story Of the Herd Sisters, the
chronlclcr makes the FIRST witch hail Mac
beth thane Of MORAY and the third, king.
These iHtimationS lead directly up to Tie
several hcti9ns of b0cc, flolinsAed and
hakspcare. Macbeth was, BY birth, the
th4nc ot Ross by marriage with The Lady
Crouch, the thauc Of Moray and, by his
crimes, tile king 0t Scnts. ! lie Lady
Grloch, when driven from hcr castle BY the
cruel fate ol her itfst husband, tie maorHor
Of AIoray, naturally he'd, With lcr infant son,
llGlaCA, into the nciShboni.nS count. q
Ross, which was then ruled Ey Macbeth,
who married her during the reign Of Dun
can. sine was daughter Of Boedhc, and tlic
grand -tlaughtcr I'll Kenneth IL. Macbeth
thus united III himself all the power which
was possessed BY the partisans Of Kenneth,
and all tic infucncc OF tic Lady Crouch,
aud Qf her son, I-ulach, toMcther with the
authority of maormor Of lN0ss With AL
these powers, il addition to is own charac-
tse, tar address and sgour. Macbeth became
s,.pcrior 10 u mean and the lartisaDs Of his
family. Macbeth had 70 ayeuge the wrongs
of hi, wife, and To resent fof himself the
death Of his itthcr. lie superiority ei
Macbeth, and tie weakness Of Duncan, were
felt, when the unhappy KING e~piatcd the
crimes Of His fathers by : his most sacrile-
gious murder" ard Macbeth ila4tiiy mar
chcd 70 Sconc, where he was inausucred ii,
the King Of Scots, supported BY The clam, p
Moray and Ross, and applauacd w the par
tisans Of Kenneth IN
Whatever defect there max have been Il
his title to tho suliied sceptre u His unhappy
predecessor, lie seems to have been stutliou'
70 make up for il. by a vigorous and beneG-
cent administration. He even pgactlsed the
hospitality which gives shcl.cr 70 the iugi
tive. During his rcign, plenty = said % iltvt
aboundcd Justice was administered; tht
ehiclgains, who would have raised distai-
Dances, were either ogeraWcd By It's power
! VI itijIC-SNA ny llA Ndlltti. jtls lilliI1
! buSsicd hersoliin plotting vengeance. Crian
the abbot Of Denkeld, Who is the father .
Duncan, and the grandfather Of his SONS
must haze been NOW wei-strickcn in years
put himself At the head Of the friends of Dun
can, and made gallant, but unsuccessful
attempt, to restore them to their rights
The odious crime, however, by which Mae
beth acquired his authority seems to hay,
haunted his most prosperous moments. He
tried, By distributing money at Rome, b,
largesscs to the clergy, and BY charity to TIL
poor, to obtain relief from "afiletian Of thos
terrible dreams that did shake him nightly.
Yet, the friendship of the Pope, and the sup
port Of the clergy, did not insure Macbeth
j quiet reign. His rigour increased with hi
sense of insecurity. The injuries Of Mac
duff, the maormor Fife, constantly prompt
ed the son of Duncan to attempt the redres
of their wrongs. With the appreciation
perhaps by the command of Edward tn
Confessor, Siward, the potent Earl OF North
, cumberland, and the relation of Malcolm
conducted numerous army into Scotland
, during the year 1854. The Northunbrian
led by Siward and his son, Osbert, pcnetrat
& ed, probably, to Dunsinane. In this yicinit