Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this prophecie Makbeth put all feare out of his heart, ſuppoſing hee might doe what hee would, without any feare to be puniſhed for the ſame, for by the one propheſie he beleeued it was vnpoſſible for any man to vanquiſh him, and by the other vnpoſſible to ſlea him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This vaine hope cauſed him to doe manye outragious things, to the grieuous oppreſſion of his ſubiects.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length Makduffe to auoyde perill of lyfe, purpoſed with himſelfe to paſſe into Englande, to procure Malcolme Cammore to clayme the crowne of Scotlande. But this was not ſo ſe|cretly deuiſed by Makduffe,Linxes eyes, and Mydas eares. but that Makbeth had knowledge giuen him thereof, for kings (as is ſayde,) haue ſharpe ſight like vnto Linx, and long eares like vnto Midas. For Makbeth had in euery noble mans houſe, one ſlie fellow or o|ther in fee with him, to reueale all that was ſayd or done within the ſame, by which ſlight he op|preſſed the moſte parte of the Nobles of hys Realme.