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Sweno, the Norway's king, craves composition.
nor would we deign him burial of his men
till he disbursed at at saint colme's inch
ten thousand dollars to our general use.
Sweno is the Norwegian king who stood against Duncan at the beginning of the play. He was aided by the traitorous Thane of Cawford, but lost to Macbeth and Duncan's army. And he was not allowed to bury his men until he paid $10,000 to Duncan's coffers (national bank).
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Peter Derych
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∙ 14y agoKing Sweno [c. 1016-1035] of Norway had to pay the Scots $10,000. In Act 1 Scene 2 of the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth', the force of invading Norwegians and collaborating Scotsmen were defeated by friends and fellow Generals Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and Banquo. The Norwegians had to pay Scotland the money in order to recover and bury the Norwegian casualties.
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