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ultation: Presently, indeed, his whole soul is inflamed with mad rage, on beholding the royal succession of Banquo's line; and that rage is further exasperated into frightful vengeance, on learning that the wary Macduff has placed himself, by flight, beyond the reach of the murderous power, to which, not a moment ago, he had doomed him an assured victim.

If Macbeth thinks himself served by the Apparition who warns him to beware of the Thane of Fife:[1]

Macb. Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution thanks;
Thou'st harp'd my fear aright:[2]

  1. Remarks, p. 42.
  2. Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 1.