Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Macbeth.
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Angus. We are sent
To give thee from our royal master thanks;
Only to herald thee into his sight,
Not pay thee.
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Ross. And, for an earnest of a greater honour,
He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor:
In which addition, hail, most worthy thane!
For it is thine.
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Banquo. What! can the devil speak true?
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Macbeth. The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me
In borrow’d robes?
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What is Macbeth asking Ross?
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Why do you address me as the thane of Cawdor if the thane is still alive?
Why do you give me a gift that you borrowed from the thane of Cawdor?
Why do I have to dress in these robes if the thane of Cawdor lives?
Why do I have to wear robes that belong to the thane of Cawdor?