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Then when Maebeth, who has ridden hard to fee the first to
bring the news to Lady Macbeth, arrives, he i® received in
Joj without measures
. . . Great Slfflaisf worthy Cawdor!
Greater than "both by the all-hall hereafterl**
Only the first of the two murderers is a ®esse ger| he
brings word that the mission is half completed, Macbeth is
too much disturbed to offer any iMnedlate reward for the
success or punishment for the failure.2® Be had, however,
promised that if they would perform the murder he would
grapple them to his heart and love.26 on the face of things,
it 3©ems unlikely that he ever brought about this ©lose bond.
H©ss appears as a Messenger on several oeeaslons. He
Is never manifestly rewarded for substantiating the sergeant i
glad tidings, nor looked upon with any disfavor for conveying
s® @ of -tee worst news to his friendsj namely, informing Old
Slward that his son was slain in battle,®^ and telling
Macduff that his family have all been slain. Before convey-
ing the last-mentioned message, he says to Macduff,
let not your ears despise my tongue for ever,
Ihieh shall p®ssess then with the heaviest somnd
That ever yet they heard.®
Macduff himself is mx exile from Macbeth* s tyranny and
a messenger to the expatriate Malcolm. The latter treats
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Branch, James Wesley. The Messenger in Shakespeare, thesis, May 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130421/m1/78/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .