Some holy angel
Fly to the court of England and unfold
His message ere he come, that a swift blessing
May soon return to this our suffering country
Under a hand accursed!
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 6. Lennox prays that the forces of good in the person of Macduff will return from England to rescue Scotland – “our suffering country” – from the accursed hand of the tyrant Macbeth.