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132 Notes 143. Initiate fear . . . wants hard use. i. e., the fear at- tending upon the first steps in crime will vanish with the fre- quent performance of evil. Scene V. This scene is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymes; it stands in strong contrast to the foregoing and following scenes, which are slower of movement, and are written in the prevailing blank verse metre. 15. Acheron. A river in Hades. 27. Artificial sprites. Is this the magic used in Act IV, sc. i, line 71 ? Scene VI. This scene serves to delay the action presented in Macbeth's meeting with the witches in Act IV, Scene i, and shows plainly in what suspicion Macbeth was now held by his subjects. 27. Pious Edward: i. e., Edward the Confessor. 47. His message ere he come. Whose message? Ere who comes? ACT IV Scene I. 1. Thrice. Magical number. 2. Harpier: i. e., harpy. 6. Toad, etc. Scan, giving cold two syllables, thus, co-old. 17. H owlet: i. e., little owl. 25. Hemlock : i. e., poison. Socrates died from drinking it. 33. Chaudron: i. e., entrails. 55. Corn be lodged: i. e., in the blade. 104. Will: i. e., determined to be. Scene II. 22. Each way and move: i. e., the sea is violent and we are helpless on its bosom. Explain the application of this to the text lines 20-22.
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