Attending SpiritsFolkloreAct 1,Scene 5Lines 39-40A discussion of "devilish" spirits in myShakespeare's Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5. Lady Macbeth Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, It was believed that devilish spirits waited until someone had an evil thought and then turned that thought into action.
