Why by the varieties of thee made good

Practice Answer a few questions on each word. Get one wrong? We'll ask some follow-up questions. Use it to prep for your next quiz! Why, by the verities on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope? If he had been forgotten, It had been as a gap in our great feast, And all-thing unbecoming.

We should have else desired your good advice, Which still hath been both grave and prosperous, In this day's council. I wish your horses swift and sure of foot;. To that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety.

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so, For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind. Rather than so, come fate into the list. And champion me to the utterance! You must know that it was Banquo who made your lives so miserable for so long. You thought I did it, but I was innocent.

You made it known to us. I did so, and went further, which is now Our point of second meeting. Do you find Your patience so predominant in your nature That you can let this go? Are you so gospeled To pray for this good man and for his issue, Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave And beggared yours forever?

I did that and more. Which leads me to the point of this second meeting. We are men, my liege. Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept All by the name of dogs. The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive Particular addition, from the bill That writes them all alike.

And so of men. Just as hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, mutts, shaggy lapdogs, shaggy water-dogs, and half-wolves are all dogs. But you can distinguish which of these dogs are fast, slow, or clever; which are watchdogs, and which ones hunters.

You can describe each dog based on the natural gifts that separate and make it different from the general qualities that define a dog. Because then I will tell you a secret plan that will get rid of your enemy and bring you closer to me. As long as a certain man lives, I am sick. His death would cure me. I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed that I am reckless what I do to spite the world. Both of you Know Banquo was your enemy.

True, my lord. And though I could With barefaced power sweep him from my sight And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not, For certain friends that are both his and mine, Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall Who I myself struck down. And thence it is, That I to your assistance do make love, Masking the business from the common eye For sundry weighty reasons. I have to be able to grieve and cry over his death, even though I am the one who will have him killed.

I have to hide my real plans from the public eye for a variety of important reasons. We shall, my lord, Perform what you command us. Though our lives—. Your spirits shine through you. Resolve yourselves apart. Your resolve shines in your eyes.

Because it must be done tonight, some distance from the palace. Always keep in mind that I must be free from suspicion. For the job to be done right, you must kill both Banquo and his son, Fleance, who is with him.

Each of you should decide for himself whether you will do this. We are resolved, my lord. Abide within. It is concluded. Table of Contents. Act 1, Scene 1. Act 1, Scene 2. Act 1, Scene 3. Act 1, Scene 4. Act 1, Scene 5. Act 1, Scene 6. Act 1, Scene 7. Act 2, Scene 1. Act 2, Scene 2. Act 2, Scene 3. Act 2, Scene 4. Well, did you think about what I said?

You should know that it was Banquo who made your lives hell for so long, which you always thought was my fault. But I was innocent. I showed you the proof at our last meeting. You made it known to us. Are you so gospeled. I did that and more, which brings me to the point of this second meeting. Are you so pious that you would pray for this man and his children, a man who has pushed you toward an early grave and put your family in poverty forever?

We are men, my liege. Just as hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, mutts, shaggy lapdogs, swimming dogs, and wolf-dog crossbreeds are all dogs. But if you list the different kinds of dogs according to their qualities, you can distinguish which breeds are fast or slow, which ones are clever, which ones are watchdogs, and which ones hunters. You can classify each dog according to the natural gifts that separate it from all other dogs.