Thy praises in his kingdom's great defense
And poured them down before him.100
ANGUS We are sent
To give thee from our royal master thanks;
Only to herald thee into his sight,
Not pay thee.
ROSS
And for an earnest of a greater honor,
He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor;
In which addition, hail, most worthy thane,106
For it is thine.
BANQUO What, can the devil speak true?
MACBETH
The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me
In borrowed robes?
ANGUS Who was the thane lives yet, But under heavy judgment bears that life110
Which he deserves to lose. Whether he was combined111
With those of Norway, or did line the rebel112
With hidden help and vantage, or that with both113
He labored in his country's wrack, I know not;
But treasons capital, confessed and proved,
Have overthrown him.
MACBETH [Aside] Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor-
117 The greatest is behind.
[To Ross and Angus] Thanks for your pains.
[Aside to Banquo]
Do you not hope your children shall be kings,
When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to me
120 Promised no less to them?
BANQUO [To Macbeth] That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown,