Kingship Quotes

I have begun…

I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing

Besides, this…

Besides, this Duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels

His virtues…

His virtues will plead like Angels

Here lay…

Here lay Duncan, his silver skin lac’d with his golden blood

A Falcon,…

A Falcon, towering in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d

Upon my head…

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, and put a barren sceptre in my gripe

Seize upon fife;…

Seize upon fife; give to th’edge o’ the sword his wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line

My Thanes and…

My Thanes and Kinsmen, henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland in such an honour named