Lords meeting Ladies, 1577. This illustration from Holinshed's Chronicles (Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland), inspired William Shakespeare (c1564-1616), when writing Macbeth. Specifically Act 1, Scene 3, in which Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches for the first time.

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