“What, can the devil speak true?”
_Ib._ Banquo’s speech:—
“That, trusted home,
Might yet enkindle you unto the crown,
Besides the thane of Cawdor.”
I doubt whether “enkindle” has not another sense than that of
“stimulating;” I mean of “kind” and “kin,” as when rabbits are said to
“kindle.” However, Macbeth no longer hears anything _ab extra_:—
“Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.”