A wounded soldier reports the epic battle between Macdonwald (the vile rebel, the Norwegian lords and king, the Thane of Cawdor and his mercenary army) fighting against courageous Macbeth and Banquo to Duncan, king of Scotland. After a long battle where Macbeth, Banquo and the kings army are victorious after they ‘unseamed’ Macdonwald, captured the thane of Cawdor and fined the Norwegian king 10,000 gold coins.
“For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloodied execution,”