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Dunc. Dismay'd not this
Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?

Serg. Yes;
As sparrows, eagles; or the hare, the lion.^[1]

Here the Thane of Rosse arrives, post from the battle, and completes the fainting Sergeant's unfinished narrative:

Norway himself, with terrible numbers,
Assisted by that most disloyal traitor
The Thane of Cawdor, 'gan a dismal conflict;
Till that Bellona's bridegroom,^[2] lapp'd in proof,

1. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 2.
2. "———— Bellona's bridegroom."
   
   "This passage may be added to the many others, which show how little Shakspeare knew of ancient mythology.—Henley."