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x Contents Document: An Act for the Better Discovering and Repressing of Popish Recusants , 1606 , 140 The Problem of Melancholia , 141 Document: Timothy Bright, A Treatise of Melancholy , 1586 , 143 Document: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy , 1621 , 146 The Dangers of the Theater in Renaissance England , 149 Document: John Northbrooke, A Treatise against Dicing, Dancing, Plays, and Interludes, with Other Idle Pastimes , 1577 , 152 Document: Thomas Heywood, An Apology for Actors , 1612 , 154 Suggested Readings , 158 4 Macbeth (William Shakespeare, ca. 1606) , 161 Synopsis of Macbeth , 161 Historical Background: Scotland and England: A Long and Oft-Troubled Relationship , 164 Why We Read Macbeth , 168 Historical Explorations of Macbeth , 171 Documenting Macbeth , 179 Witches, Demons, and Dark Magic , 179 Document: Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland , 1577 , 182 Document: Reginald Scot, The Discovery of Witchcraft , 1584 , 184 Document: James I, Daemonologie , 1597 , 187 “Remember the Porter,” Jesuits, and the Gunpowder Plot , 192 Document: William Allen, A Briefe Historie of the Glorious Martyrdom of the Twelve Reverend Priests: Father Edmund Campion & His Companions , 1583 , 194 Document: Henry Garnet, A Treatise of Equivocation, 1598 , 197