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106 Macbeth [Act V 

Revenges burn in them ; for their dear causes 
Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm 
Excite the mortified man. 

Angus. Near Birnam wood 

Shall we well meet them ; that way are they coming. 

Caithness. Who knows if Donalbain be with his 
brother ? 

Lennox. For certain, sir, he is not : I have a file 
Of all the gentry : there is Siward's son, 
And many unrough youths, that even now 10 

Protest their first of manhood. 

Menteith. What does the tyrant ? 

Caithness. Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies: 
Some say he's mad ; others, that lesser hate him, 
Do call it valiant fury : but, for certain, 
He cannot buckle his distemper'd cause 
Within the belt of rule. 

Angus. Now does he feel 

His secret murders sticking on his hands; 
Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach ; 
Those he commands move only in command 
Nothing in love : now does he feel his title 20 

Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe 
Upon a dwarfish thief. 

Menteith. Who then shall blame 

His pester'd senses to recoil and start, 

15-16. Explain the figure with reference to the party of 
Macbeth. 
18. Scan.