, 1881-01-09

In early times tne oet!a! was qulte; con.
scotcnlnen Visiting England asked to see the
% I'D a sSoy hsa
themselves OH hearing of the arrival OF the
guests, being quite convinced that they would |
Pc sma eaea y tVey gbsep az
but has the almost supersttttoui belief IN the
peculari:ies Of Scotland as u foreign and far
lana fe dfee oa a u
who, having already written many plays, might
feel his inventive powers fnwant OF fresh ma
fulI OF stirring and dramatic incident, but
specially likely to interest the King. and 1t Is
also natural that he would paint In ttnts Of dark
est yillainy the portrait Of Macbeth, "a,
TIE REPurED MURDERER OF TILE ANcEs-
TOR OF King, JAMES
Opinions seems to differ whether Shakespeare
ever visited Scotland, but even although he may
have taken tourist trip over the Border, fnfa
at the marvellous manner In which
produced with unerring fidelity the manners and
customs Of country regarding which SO httle
wv We @ can bard hardly venture to accuse Shakespeare
of ignorance Of history, for hts knowtedge OF
Many authorities hold that bis acquaintance
with legal minutib could only have been ac-
quired by professional tEaintng: ne asiao was 80
been written on the Mad Folk OF Shakspease,
showing what Il special insight he bud into in
sanity, and case has even aetuully peep pIo- n3p
cuiat1on Of the blood. HIS notions on science
wcre fully up to the somewhat moderate STAND.
ard of the t time a ana hs HsT9 Ts he is so un
studenI ol man nl,9 !. ha Har e,opected IN fhe
one % hand that ono man could never have writ
tsa a his s1ba ysg e p
rho 1reat Lord BACON was the author of at least
some Of them. So many-sided u man would would
heE tSnf IN tha eierenth century histor-
iea1 .nse.rch Ind mt been carried very mr. aud,
secondly, that the nessssittes of drama same
deviation from the ri4id lines of re-
corded tradition: and so1 we find that the
iIlustrious poet, clothing the dry bones Of Hol-
inrHriant fancy. transformed poor Macbeth
++S,An, orerans snecimei,of a Scottish ,u,on-
arch into ea1La @ deeds as
na,G IA TsnitsS suiitt lanp1are itseif
'1a 4s'4't. 1s ,1.|co7v II - nrs1ays.
when the % Romans LETT thy Scots to govern
Northern and Southern Plcts. ana tneh r., anoo 10
seven provinces oof9re lhe sapeene he e.
NV Mn1 t;,, 1r9m hrter to brother, aud not
tn -. aut9 - re ra,,tnnc system Of primogeni-
f,.re Ni5,co,m r. determined to upset this, in
tha wist, to trpnemlt the crown to bis immediate
descendunts, and for this purpose directed the
Of The next @ In he5 70 ho aone
stnnd IN fha wav Of his erandson, Duncan. NAL
COIN had many warliko ad centuries In the ear11es
Rrians and Danes, but tho Inst few years wore
peacefully employed unfit. bis assassination 0t
Glammis. Then Duncan :, the grncious duncan
" oA1..a e,,-,a,,,,e 1,oxvpp1y SCOTLAND.
- . s,s... e.,.xa Eindlo,., rucc,,nfod
AZ ;tant tns t1e !nsii9on ri Scotland, being BY
birth Ihane or marHloar, or hoss, anu uy a,aa ~
riaKe with Gruoch, aiso sort ~ of Lord Hle
OF. yr ~ t rown lands, His Wife, Gruoch
Of Gtlcom9an was slstero1 tds hv Mn1c,im
the throne, who had peen ,d ie, ~ syccassinn
,1n;c et had neVer been formally repealed, and
which went through the ien1ale nne hnoa%.a nea
ought to have peen on On 'ne ner 'nr nrnsnerous' lie
mnde an unsuccessful attack on Durhan. @ ano
was led into boodthirsty otspnte Win = ,hias,
the Norwegian Jarl or EAR % thro,1ah
Il xss stss,ea aFaF ~ ia5Ssd
it with hostile designs ! FsT sot9ana napqsa tFf
Duncan was tit1aF ~ Mac6eth lad d made h AZ
most supreme over his own nnderkingdom, ana n .
| lis growing power might well have excited tne
Jealousy Of his sovereign --,,,,e,o,, :,
DoNeANs' DE4>1n mAccImATE.
n,,naaa,s object nav have been in
akv hs visit tohis vasssls ter
tory there is no doubt that re was sir ~ f
say py Maene1a u, snsith's bothy. near ElEi and
| nGtAto" 1t&At. y -nnxo tIiLeiv that Macbeth
.tiph ho 1rst his life Here then, we first break
nnce w VIII shakspeare on tile score of tstor-
fca1 accuracy, Du1lcan WIS killed near Elgin.
not and hs I san9hten tet wdS aSfa aa
Incident in no way ous ns when h,1raan lfe> was
and nS %hso e o1 s
biltty OF dying quietly at hoh1e l. Is
ana nc5ediee Of e IN
a he hsayy pe,uaessr hs
rnof-tree. Mncbath would have killed Dnnc9t
fbe loathins ana speed
revenge OF al the subjects OF me maru;lGi 1oas;eai
dra.natic than Version he h;5 a5rlg4 1
spoken ad5aton fGe m seat tho air nimb
and sweetiy commends itself unto our gfhn eh
entertninment> provided for II him, a. q
shown by :. his sending e., ring ~
his hostess before retiring Tor the nlgnt. ,,1 ~
nra,.tous to this the terrible plum Ut secu5inI|
her husbands progress. to the throne nao ~ q
r.niv nen ,cc1,rred to Lady Macbeth. and althoug
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