kingship

Banquo, thy soul's flight, If it finds heaven

Macbeth knows that Banquo was a good person as he mentions that his soul will fly to heaven. This suggests that Banquo could potentially be a good king regardless of the witches prophecies

His virtues will plead like angels

The noun angels has positive connotations of purity and goodness which shows that duncan was a righteous king because he fit in the ideology of how kings should be like

What can the devil speak true?

Banquo is shown to be very insightful and careful which shows he is a better king because he possess the traits

“Our fears in Banquo/ Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature

Macbeth is scared of Banquo because he poses a threat to macbeth’s reign, this is because he acknowledges Banquo is more suited to be king due to date.

He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.

Act 1 Scene 4. A mistake that Duncan will make again. He places too much trust on the wrong men.

I’ll to england

Malcolm flees to england, this could be interpreted as cowardice and the lack of responsibility as a heir to the throne. But Malcolm may be actually protecting his country as he prepares a english army to defeat macbeth. ‘ THE english power is near’

There is no art to find the mind’s construction in face

Don’t judge a book by its cover, Duncan is correct however he makes the mistake in trusting Macbeth