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polls today. Thanks everyone. Good evening. In this episode, I'll be reading two more stories,

Macbeth and the comedy of errors from William Shakespeare and E. Mesbeth's beautiful stories from

Shakespeare. So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we settle in for a peaceful night's

sleep. Story 1 Macbeth

When a person is asked to tell the story of Macbeth, he can tell two stories. One is of a man

called Macbeth who came to the throne of Scotland by a crime in the year of our Lord 1039 and

reigned justly and well on the whole for 15 years or more. This story is part of Scottish history.

The other story issues from a place called Imagination. It is gloomy and wonderful and you shall hear it.

A year or two before Edward the Compessor began to rule England. A battle was won in Scotland

against a Norwegian king by two generals named Macbeth and Banquo.

After the battle, the generals walked together towards Forez in Elginshire where Duncan,

King of Scotland was awaiting them. While they were crossing a lonely heap,

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