| Makdowald . . . gaue batayle vnto Makbeth, with the residue whiche remained with him, but being ouercome and fleeing for refuge into a castell . . . at length when he saw how he coulde neyther defend the hold any longer against his enimies, nor yet vpon surrender be suffered to depart with life saued, he first slew his wife & children, and lastly himselfe, least if he had yeelded simply, he shoulde haue bene executed in most cruell wise for an example to other. |
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