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Scene ill] Macbeth 

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day : 
Now spurs the lated traveller apace 
To gain the timely inn, and near approaches 
The subject of our watch. 

Third Murderer. Hark ! I hear horses. 

Banquo. [Within'] Give us a light there, ho! 

Second Murderer. Then 'tis he : the rest 

That are within the note of expectation 10 

Already are i' the court. 

First Murderer. His horses go about. 

Third Murderer. Almost a mile ; but he does 
usually — 
So all men do — from hence to the palace gate 
Make it their walk. 

Second Murderer. A light, a light ! 

Enter Banquo, and Fleance with a torch 
Third Murderer. 'Tis he. 

First Murderer. Stand to't. 
Banquo. It will be rain to-night. 
First Murderer. Let it come down. 

[They set upon Banquo. 
Banquo. O, treachery ! Fly, good Fleance, fly, 
fly, fly! 
Thou mayst revenge. O slave ! 

[Dies. Fleance escapes. 
Third Murderer. Who did strike out the light ? 
First Murderer. Was't not the way? 

Collect all the evidence in this scene to prove that Mac- 
beth is the third murderer. Disprove this statement.