Kingship

• "Your wives, your daughters, your matrons, and your maids could not fill up the cistern of my lust" ACT 4.3, Malcom
• "His virtues will plead like angels" ACT 1.7, Macbeth
• The line "His virtues will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off" is from Act I, Scene 7 of William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth." It is spoken by Macbeth as he contemplates assassinating King Duncan, expressing his apprehensions about the consequences of such a deed.
• In Act IV, Scene 3 of "Macbeth," Malcolm is speaking to Macduff. He is testing Macduff's loyalty and virtue by pretending to be a worse person than Macbeth. This line is part of Malcolm's fabricated confession where he claims to be lustful and morally corrupt, as a way to gauge Macduff's reaction and trustworthiness.
• "Bloody, luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin that has a name" ACT 4.3, Malcom
• The line "Bloody, luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin that has a name" is spoken by Malcolm in Act IV, Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." He is describing the vices and sins he claims to possess as part of his test to discern Macduff's true loyalty.
• "Justice, verity, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude" ACT 4.3, Malcom
• Malcolm lists positive qualities or virtues, not vices, when he says "Justice, verity, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude." He lists these virtues as a contrast to his earlier claim of possessing vices, as part of his test of Macduff's loyalty. By claiming to possess these virtues, he sets a standard for the kind of ruler he believes Scotland needs, and he gauges Macduff's reaction to determine whether he is sincere in his opposition to Macbeth's tyranny.