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with Macbeth, gives them, in some sort, credit for more than mortal knowledge, when he thus addresses them:—

———— In the name of Truth,
Are ye fantastical, or that indeed
Which outwardly ye show? * *
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If you can look into the seeds of time,
And say, which grain will grow, and which will not;
Speak then to me, who neither beg, nor fear,
Your favours, nor your hate.[1]

If you can look into futurity, Banquo says, reveal my destiny: I neither solicit your favour, nor dread your

  1. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 3.