MACBETH

a ruler of the Scottish | The district of Moray aes pest of the 11th | rose: century. He murdered Duncan, king of | Salo: Scotland, and seized the throne, 1140. | raily oe Mie ees Bg 17 years, he was killed| yy in a battle with Malcolm, theson of Duncan, | Flor 1157. These historical facts are embodied dipl ip Shakespeare's noblo tragedy, Macbeth. | whic enna © temnily of herolc patriots | char > or delivered Jews from tho rif a Antiochus ——, King of Syr 175-164 B.o. most famous of these fans leaders were Mattatbias and his son| Max Judas Maccabeus, The latter, who suc- | tive! ceeded his father, 167 B.c., completed the | cans deliverance of his countrymen. His/| smal brother Jonathan became prince and high- | are | ae Ge eorecignty of the Jewish | bulle Bation was exercised by other Maccabwan | bein, Princes until $7 B.c. This Le ema of | fed f Priest-princes is usually called the As- | diffe: Mon@an ° ther ROBERT, }. at Wexford, | work 1001, 6,; # famous Arctio explorer. | the g took — in the search expedition | new organised find Sir Joho Franklin in! rapid $8, and in 1850 succeeded in making bis; ar along the north coast of Canada and | to Ma the north-west pa age to 4 ra RODORELD, [s. 202]