Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then ſayd Makduffe: this yet is the worſt of all, and there I leaue thee, and therefore ſay, EEBO page image 251 oh ye vnhappie & miſerable Scottiſhmen,Makduffes ex+clamation. which are thus ſcourged with ſo many and ſundrie ca|lamities, eche one aboue other. Ye haue one cur|ſed and wicked tyrant that nowe raignes ouer you, without any right or tytle, oppreſſing you with his moſt bloudie crueltie: This other that hath the right to the crowne, is ſo replete with the in conſtant behauiour and manifeſt vices of Engliſh men, that he is nothing worthie to en|ioy it: for by his owne confeſſion he is not onely auaritious, and giuen to vnſatiable luſt, but ſo falſe a traytour withall, that no truſt is to be had to any worde he ſpeaketh. Adue Scotlande, for now I account my ſelfe a baniſhed man for euer without comfort or conſolation: and with thoſe words the teares trickled down his cheekes right abundantly.Makduffe weepeth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At the laſt when hee was readie to depart, Malcolme tooke him by the ſleeue,Malcolme comforteth Makduffe. and ſayde,

Be of good comfort Makduffe, for I haue none of theſe vices before remembred, but haue ieſted with thee in this maner, only to proue thy mind: for diuerſe tymes heretofore, hath Makbeth ſought by this maner of meanes to bring me in|to his handes, but the more ſlow I haue ſhewed my ſelf to condiſcend to thy motion and requeſt, the more diligence ſhall I vſe in accompliſhing the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Makduffe and Malcolme em|brace ech o|ther.Incontinently hereupon they embraced eche other, and promiſing to bee faythfull the one to the other, they fell in conſultation, howe they might beſt prouide for al their buſiineſſe, to bring the ſame to good effect.