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The Theatre of the Scotish Kings

By Alexander Garden, Done from the Original Manuscript

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Mackbeth, 85th King,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mackbeth, 85th King,

Rang the Yeer of Christ 1040, fra the begining of the Kingdome 1370, and Rang 17 Years.

His cowsing King, he Murdred and Betrayed,
So caught the Crowne, & thus his Greatnes got:

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And yet eschamde, vncessanntlie Essayed,
To burie in Obliuionn that Bloot:
By well Governing, and by holsome Lawes,
Some little signes of satisfactionn schawes.
BOT Nurture, Nature past, and he, Repents,
His good, and to his vomited vomeit turns:
He slayes the saikles, and the Innocents,
And still his Brest, for blood it boills and burns:
Blood wes the Schott, and Butt of his Desires,
By blood he came, by blood his Spirit Expires.