Macbeth, Part 2 by William Shakespeare

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119 ‘bid my will avouch it’ – Macbeth speaks of justifying Banquo’s death purely by the fact that he has willed it. Such would be the action, and attitude, of a tyrant.

129 ‘the perfect spy o’th’time’ – ‘the perfect vantage point for the occasion.’ Macbeth intends to tell the murderers exactly where they should lay in wait for Banquo…

130 ‘the moment on’t’ – … and ‘the (precise) moment of it’. He can tell them exactly when Banquo and Fleance will be riding by.

131 ‘something from’ – ‘somewhat away from’.

131 ‘always thought’ – an ellipsis: ‘let it always be considered that…’

132 ‘a clearness’ – meaning that Macbeth must not be implicated, and, possibly too, that the job must be successfully completed, as he goes on to mention Fleance.

133 ‘rubs’ – uneven bumps or blemishes in a worked surface.

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